May, 2020

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 – 2^nd VP – See report under Treasurer

Speakers – Frank Lodge – 1^st 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