January, 2022

 The regular business meeting was held in the 65 Club clubhouse on Thursday January 13, 2022.

President Frank Lodge called the meeting to order at 1:30 PM.  There were approximately twenty (20) members attending with an untold number on Zoom.

Dave Tarditi led The Pledge of Allegiance and provided a prayer.

Minutes – Fred Willis

·        The minutes of the last Business Meeting, held on December 30, 2021, were read.  They were approved without changes.

·        The minutes of the last Board of Directors Meeting, held on January 6, 2022, were read. 

President’s Report – Frank Lodge/Roger Jacobs

·        Frank thanked the officers for their support throughout this past year. He also asked for an easy transfer to the new officers and Directors.

·        Frank presented the officers and Board of Directors for 2022.  After reading the duties of each position he asked the them to confirm they will execute the duties.  The club members verbally approved their election.

·        Pictures then were taken.

·        New President Roger Jacobs continued conducting the meeting.

·        Roger thanked Frank and past presidents for tutoring him for this position. He also thanked Al Schmidt for his video assistance throughout the year.

Treasurer’s Report – Hank Zaleski

·        Hank informed the members the number of unpaid members was reduced to ten (10).

·        The club’s assets at the end the year was within its historical normal range. The club is in good financial shape.

·        If approved, the club will spend about $2000 on video equipment this year.

Speakers – David Tarditi - 1^st VP

·        January 20 – Mike Underwood - Don Wallace Collection of Tools in Greenfield Hall, Haddonfield Historical Society.

·        January 27 - Borough of Haddonfield Administrator, since 2016, Sharon McCullough

·       February 3 - Blue Birds of New Jersey

Membership – Joe Galliera – 2^nd VP

·        Joe received the phone list from Verizon. He will begin checking for possible club candidates.

Event Committee Reports

Trips/Events - Bill Brown

·        Bill is still waiting to hear from SCUCS about a trip to see the Phillies

Friendship – Henry Leimkuhler

·        No report.

Bowling – Walt Baker

·        Bowling continues on Friday morning at 9:30 AM

Bridge – Bernie Schaming

·        Bridge continues on Monday, this week nine (9) played

Pinochle – Tom Mervine

·        Pinochle continues on Wednesday, this week nine (9) played

Chess – Fred Willis

·        Chess will be available today.

Tai Chi

·        There were two attendees this week The class is held Monday morning.

Old Business

·        A new refrigerator has been delivered.  Members had ice cream during the meeting to test the refrigerator’s freezing capacity.

New Business

·        Howard Rementer suggested the club spend some time on encouraging existing members to come to meetings and not just search for new members. How to reach out to existing members is the issue.  It was noted good speakers get good crowds.

·        A suggestion was made the club place ads in the local papers listing the speakers.

·        Another suggestion was the club maintain a library of videos of past speakers and use these in the event of a last-minute speaker cancelation.

Joke Master

Bill Brown, announced he had a joke but was waiting for a larger crowd.

President Roger Jacobs adjourned the meeting at 2:25 PM.

Respectfully Submitted

Fred Willis, Secretary 

Club Officers and Directors 

for the year 2022

Officers

President  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Roger Jacobs

1^st Vice President  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Dave Tarditi

2^nd Vice President  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . Joe Galliera

Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . Fred Willis

Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hank Zaleski

Asst. Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Open

Directors for Three Years

Rich Carney

Jay Cokos

Tom Diemer

Directors for Two Years

Al Schmidt

Bernie Shaming 

Timothy Barnes

Directors for One Year

Walt Baker

Henry Leimkuhler

Howard Rementer

December, 2021

 A business meeting was held on Thursday December 30 2021 which was held in the 65 Club clubhouse. The regular business meeting was not held on Thursday December 11 due to the club’s annual Christmas party being held that day. A last-minute speaker cancellation occurred for the December 30 meeting and in place of cancelling the meeting a business meeting was held.

President Frank Lodge was unable to attend due to being in quarantine caused by a possible Covid exposure.  First Vice President Roger Jacobs called the meeting to order at 1:30 PM.  There were approximately thirteen (13) members attending.

Dave Tarditi led The Pledge of Allegiance and provided a prayer.

Minutes – Fred Willis

·        The minutes of the last Business Meeting, held on November 11 2021, were read.  They were approved without changes.

·        The minutes of the last Board of Directors Meeting, held on December 6, 2021, were read. 

President’s Report – Frank Lodge

·        Roger Jacobs conducted the meeting in Frank’s absence.

·        Bernie Schaming was also in quarantine because of possible exposure to Covid.

·        Joe Galliera accepted the position of 2^nd Vice President – Membership for 2022. Joe will be approved by the Directors at the January 6 BOD meeting and elected at the January 13 Business meeting.

Treasurer’s Report – Hank Zaleski

·        Hank was unable to attend due to recent eye surgery.

·        No report was presented.

Speakers – Roger Jacobs - 1^st VP

·        January 6 – Dr Kelly Jackson – Founding Fallacies.

·        January 13 – Business meeting and Officers-Directors  elections.

·        January 20 – Mike Underwood – HHS Tool Collection

·        January 27 – Sharon McCullough – Haddonfield Borough administrator

Membership – Dave Tarditi – 2^nd VP

·        One possible member Dave had been talking to decided not to join the club.

·        Dave is waiting for a Camden County Verizon phone book to help find possible members.

Event Committee Reports

Trips/Events - Bill Brown

·        Bill is waiting hear from SCUCS about a possible trip to see the Phillies.

Friendship – Henry Leimkuhler

·        No Report

Bowling – Walt Baker

·        No Report

Bridge – Bernie Schaming

·        Per Howard Rementer nine (9) members played this week

Pinochle – Tom Mervine

·        Pinochle continues on Wednesday. 

Chess – Fred Willis

·        Chess will be available today.

Tai Chi

·        There are now three weekly attendees.

Old Business - None

New Business

·        Howard informed the club members there was a shuffleboard alley in the club’s back yard which needed repair to use. He suggested polling the members to determine if there was sufficient interest to justify spending money to repair the alley.

·        Roger asked for suggestions on speaker topics. Bill offered sports speakers are always popular.  These was no disagreement with this.

Joke Master

Four members, Walt Baker, Howard Rementer, Bill Brown and Bill Hoffman bravely stood and tried to tell a joke which would sink to a new low bad level.  Judging from the bored and horrified looks on the members faces each joke succeded. However, no one could tell which joke sunk the lowest so the four members were declared equal winners.

Vice President Roger Jacobs adjourned the meeting at 2:20 PM. Due to refrigerator problems no ice cream was calling

Respectfully Submitted

Fred Willis, Secretary