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President’s Notes: This will be my last newsletter as President of our club. I have been honored to have served as your president for 3 years and am thrilled that Romelle is willing to serve in that capacity next year. We have worked hard with limited success to build our membership. Hopefully, new leadership will be able to reenergize our efforts. Thank you to our nominating committee for finding willing hands to take on these leadership roles. Thank you too for your honest input at our last meeting. I know that this will be of great help to our new President and board as they plan for our future. Installation: Area Director, Carol Munns will be joining us next week at our meeting to conduct the installation services for our new board. Thank you Romelle, for inviting her to join us. Service Recipients:
FY05 Budget:
The Finance Committee will have a budget recommendation for FY05 for our consideration as well at this meeting. Annual Report: International By-law Proposals: I will be enclosing with this newsletter, copies of proposed by-law revisions which will be considered at the International Convention in July. Romelle would like your input on these recommendations. It will be a busy meeting, but hopefully the beginning of a new and exciting year for our club. Thank you for all that each of you has done to make this a successful year. Linder’s Gift Certificates: Club 100 Newsletter Minutes: Members Present: Guest: President Joann Usher called the meeting to order; Brag Bag and Sunshine Tambourine were passed around. Shirley Nice shared the news of her family's 75th surprise birthday party for her. Romelle is celebrating her birthday this month too. We sang Happy Birthday to each one. The minutes were approved with a correction to the spelling of Carlson School of Business (spelled Carlton); The treasurer's report was given. Shirley Nice and Peggy St. Germain have reviewed the proposed budget for the coming year which will be presented at the May meeting. The service committee will be meeting prior to our May meeting to select recipients of funding for the coming year. The recipients will be presented to the membership in the May meeting to be voted upon. The nominating committee presented the 2004-05 slate of officers who will serve for a 1 year term. President - Romelle Vanek Helfmann, Co-President Elects - Carole Snyder and Jennifer Rynbrandt, Secretary - Shirley Nice, Treasurer/Zonta Paul - Peggy St. Germain, Board members - Judy Cognetta and Connie Nyman. Also a board member is Joann Usher, serving as past president. The membership voted unanimously to accept the slate. The 2004 nominating committee was also presented. Motion made to approve the new nominations committee by Romelle and seconded by Carole. The nominating committee will be Marj Neihart, Evelyn McDonald and Lauraine Torgerson. We will have installation of officers at the May meeting. Carole Snyder gave a report on the area meeting. Carole found it very informative and shared the highlights with us. The fall meeting will be in Brainerd. The Duluth Club has folded, leaving 6 clubs in Minnesota. Area 3 has 200 less members than two years ago. Romelle briefly gave an overview of the upcoming by-law proposals which will be discussed and voted upon at the International Convention in July. We will be getting more information and will be asked to give her our input as to how we would like her to vote on these items. Joann introduced Barbara Klemme, our facilitator for the evening discussion on the direction of our club. Many members participated in the discussion. Barbara took notes and gave them to us after the meeting. We discussed membership, service, and other topics. Carole Snyder will continue to follow up on her one-on-one interviews with the remaining members and give a presentation in May. Romelle indicated that the History Theatre opening night for the winter play is November 12th, one week earlier than the prior year. We will have further discussion at our next meeting. The meeting adjourned around 8:45 p.m. Next meeting is May 25, 2004 at the Cherokee Sirloin Room. |