The
regular business meeting was held on May 14, 2020. The 65 Club clubhouse was closed due to the Corona virus shutdown.
The meeting was conducted remotely using the Zoom program. President Bill Brown called the
meeting to order at 1:30 PM. There were about
25 members on Zoom.
Bill
called for The Pledge of Allegiance but singing God Bless America was waived
for this meeting. Our Chaplin, David
Tarditi, gave the invocation.
The
secretary gave a synopsis of the last Business Meeting held on April 9, 2020,
which was conducted on Zoom. The most important issue was the missing club mail
and this was resolved. John Cokos had been picking up the mail which was
unknown to the other officers.
The Secretary
also gave a synopsis of the minutes from the May 7, 2020 Board of Director’s
meeting. The minutes were not read. The secretary
informed the attendees the Business Meeting and Board of Directors Meeting minutes
were available from him via e-mail or they could be read on the club website.
Treasurer-
Dave Tarditi gave the financial report.
The club is still in good financial shape. Diligent work by Dave, Roger
Jacobs, and others to contact late paying dues members resulted in 133 out of
139 members have paid their 2020 dues.
President
Bill Brown continued to give suggestions to club members for activities during
the shutdown. This included recommending two movies `Grader’, a sports movie
and `Taking of Pelham 1,2,3’ which is a 1970’s thriller starring Walter
Matthau. Henry Leimkuhler suggested `The Theory of Everything’. Bill also suggested members get together for
walks and asked if members were interested in establishing a club singing
group.
Reports
Membership
- Roger Jacobs – 2nd VP – See report under Treasurer
Speakers –
Frank Lodge – 1st VP – Frank reported the speaker lists is currently
filled for June and July and also empty since all of the speakers prefer to
speak to a live audience. Frank will
continue to search for backup Zoom using speakers, if the shutdown continues. Zoom speakers, John Ganz and Sharon McCullough,
will speak at the next two May meetings.
Welfare –
Henry Leimkuhler – Henry reported Joe Haro passed away and suggested the club
make a $50 donation to the Historical Society of Haddonfield in Joe’s name. Joe
was an active member of the society. Henry informed us Tom Mervine was out of
the hospital and back to card playing, Dan Columbi was hanging in there with
dialysis and one member had been diagnosed with ALS. Three members are still in quarantine at
their assisted living homes.
Activities
– There were no reports on activities. There
are no activities to report on.
Spring
Luncheon – this has been cancelled and will be combined with the Fall Stag Luncheon.
Trips - Bill
Brown informed the club the June, July and August scheduled trips are still proceeding. Signup sheets will be placed on the club
website and money will not be collected until the day of the trip.
Old Business
–
Howard Rementer
announced he was serving ice cream at Tavistock today
Bill
suggested expanding the size of your home green donation jar. Contributions made
at home will be delivered to the club when the meetings return to the club
house.
Stuart
Harting suggested members visit the new Giraffe at the Park sculpture and take
their grandchildren if possible. Also, their grandchildren should enter the
Name the Giraffe contest.
Joke
master - Three jokes and stories were told.
Each was worse than the one before.
President Bill
Brown adjourned the meeting at 2:05 PM.
Respectfully Submitted
Fred
Willis, Secretary
