The regular business meeting was held on Thursday March 11, 2020. The 65 Club clubhouse was closed due to the COVID 19 shutdown therefore the meeting was conducted remotely using the Zoom program. Vice President Roger Jacobs called the meeting to order at 1:30 PM. There were in excess of ten (10) members on Zoom.
Dave
Tarditi led The Pledge of Allegiance and then the invocation.
Minutes
– Fred Willis
·
The
minutes of the last Business Meeting, held on February 11, 2021, were
read. They were accepted without changes.
·
The
minutes of the last Board of Directors Meeting, held on March 4, 2021 and
conducted on Zoom, were read.
President’s
Report – Frank Lodge
· Frank apologized for being late due
to pulling up the wrong Zoom link.
·
Frank
requested guest Narendra Chawla to introduce himself.
o
Narenda
inform us he was originally from India and had emigrated to the US to attend
graduate school in chemical engineering. He worked for chemical companies and
then for banks before retiring. He has one son, three grandchildren and is a
bridge player and golfer.
Treasurer’s
Report – Dave Tarditi
·
The
clubs cash increased by $100 in February
·
There
were twenty-one (21) unpaid members and eight (8) unpaid guest members.
·
Doug
Rauschenberger and Dave are tracking down the unpaid members.
·
Members
who have not paid by March 31 will be deleted from the 2021 club directory
Reports
Welfare
–Henry Leimkuhler
·
Allan
Richie was in the hospital with COVID, he is at home recovering.
·
Dan
Columbi is preparing to resume chemo.
·
Charles
Legge and Don Beck seem to be up and about.
·
Dewaine
Osman does not use zoom but is feeling better and will return to board meetings
when the club house is reopened.
Speakers
– Roger Jacobs – 1st VP
·
The
following presentations are scheduled.
o
March
18 – Sunset Valley Flowers
o
March
25 – Video on making the Museum of the American Revolution.
o
April
1 - Hal Taylor – Delaware River Valley
o
April
15 – Mark Grill – the 1800 Presidential Election
Membership
– Rich Bonnette
·
No
report
Activities
- Bill Brown
·
No
trips are scheduled
·
The
spring luncheon is the next planned event.
So far only three members have signed up.
·
Golf
will resume in early April.
·
Bowling
continues on Friday. Attendance is
usually five members.
·
Bridge
continues on line on Monday and Thursday nights.
·
Chess
will start later.
·
Bill
has again contacted the Borough commissioners about re-opening the clubhouse
for Thai Chi and Chess. So far, he has
not received a response.
Old
Business
·
Roger
remined members to find locations to display Club Tri-fold brochures.
New
Business
·
Roger
informed us of an interesting exhibit at the Museum of the American Revolution
on `When Women Lost the Vote’.
Joke
Master
·
No
one stepped forward to tell a joke, the members did not know whether to
complain or feel relieved.
President Frank
Lodge adjourned the meeting at 2:10 PM.
Respectfully
Submitted
Fred
Willis, Secretary
