The meeting was called to
order by our president, Al Schmidt, promptly at, 1:30 PM. There were 19 members
present.
The meeting began
with the Pledge of Allegiance and the singing of God Bless America followed by
an invocation by our Chaplin, David Tarditi.
The secretary read the
minutes from the last Business Meeting held on August 9, 2018. The minutes were
approved as read. He also read the minutes from the board of director’s meeting
held on September 6.
David Tarditi gave the treasurer’s
report and posted it on the bulletin board. The big expense this month was the
pop-up tent with the club logo, which was approx. $700.
New member Larry Mazzu introduced
himself to the club and was given a warm welcome.
Jay Cokos reported that
next week’s speaker would be a well-known writer. Also, the speaker from the
Library was rescheduled for the end of November.
Al reminded members that we
all should be looking for speakers as well as new members. He also reminded the
members about the Indian King beer tasting on September 22nd. Al
announced that Camden County is sponsoring a Senior Health Fair on Oct 4th
at the Crown Plaza in Cherry Hill. Most importantly Al reminded the members that
the next business meeting will be the Fall Luncheon at Tavistock at 12 noon.
Bernie discussed how the
flea market is normally run and it appears that we have all our bases covered
for transportation, setup, and sales. After the meeting today, the members
planned to sort and price items for the market.
Bernie also provided a
brief update on Charles Legge and Dan Colombi Howard indicated that Charles is
now at the Atrium in Woodbury (the location of the old Woodbury Country club)
and Dan is now at Power Back in Moorestown.
Bill Brown reported that he has 20
people signed up so far for Mercer Museum trip on October 16th. We
need 40 to break even.
Bridge, pinochle and bowling all begin
their competitive season this week. Dennis Kille reported that they had 24
folks out for golf this week.
The meeting adjourned to
refreshments at 2:00pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Bernie Schaming, Secretary
