Board Meeting Minutes — 13 February 2009

þ President: Ron Townsend	þ Dir-09: Darlene Burns	¨ Dir-11: Bill Wolf
þ Pres-Elect: Bob Herrmann	þ Dir-09: PP Keith Butters	¨ Dir-12: Eileen Foreman
þ VP: Joe Fusco	þ Dir-09: Dave Kobernuss	þ Dir-12: Dave Kobernuss
þ Past Pres: Ray Carnevale	þ Dir-10: PP Debbie Adamo	þ Dir-12: Bill Tuthill
¨ Secy: PP Dennis Schonewetter (E)	¨ Dir-10: PP Glen Bahr (E)	þ PE-Elect: Joe Fusco
þ Treasurer: Sandie Latimer	þ Dir-10: Grace Bottini	þ VP-Elect: Missy Graves
þ Membership: Valery Carey	þ Dir-11: Donna Burch	þ Other: Jeannie Packer
¨ Other:	þ Dir-11: PP Greg Mattacola	þ Other: PDG Mike Occhipinti

þ = Present; (E) = Excused

Call to Order & Roll Call (Quorum = 8): President Townsend called the meeting to order at noon.

Previous Minutes (Townsend): The minutes of the last meeting were approved as written.

President’s Report (Townsend): President Ron reported that he would use $175 of his discretionary funds to ship books that were collected in support of the District 7150 Books for the World Project. Ron is pursuing a District Simplified grant to produce a film that can be used for Club publicity purposes.

Secretary’s Report (Schonewetter):

· Member proposals. None.

· Leaves of absence. None.

· Resignations. Boguhn (joining the Dewitt RC — dues refund requested). After discussion the Board decided that there would be no refund. Secretary Dennis will communicate to Boguhn and the Dewitt Club that he will be a member of the Rome Club through the end of the Rotary year since there is no RI process to cause such a transfer to occur.

· Other matters.

► Steve Mercurio has resigned as Club VP due to a new job in Long Island. The Board unanimously appointed Joe Fusco to be the VP for the remainder of the year.

► Dave Kobernuss is functioning as our Club’s Assistant Treasurer. The Board will appoint him to that position when the Club Bylaws are changed to reflect such a position. PE Herrmann will review the Bylaws.

► Rotary Leadership Institute on 4 Apr. Attendance was encouraged.

► District 7150 Assembly on 18 Apr. Attendance was encouraged.

Treasurer’s Report (Latimer): The Treasurer’s Report was received and duly recorded. Kobernuss reported that our fund balances are very low and that donation requests must be carefully scrutinized.

Area Reports:

· Membership (Carey). (Recruiting, orientations, inductions, and mentoring.) Valery Carey has accepted the Chairmanship of the Membership Committee. President Ron said he would be working with her to assist her to get started.

· Public Relations (Mattacola). Mattacola reminded everyone to give him PRs.

· Club Administration (TBD).

► RRC 90th Anniversary on 1 Dec 2009 — Celebration (Occhipinti). The dinner will be held on 12/4/2009.

► Web Browser Toolbar Fund Raiser Discussion (Herrmann). Herrmann is still researching and will report at the next Board Meeting.

► New Fundraising Project Ideas (TBD). There was much discussion. Mattacola will pursue checking with Walmart to determine if they will support another raffle like a few years ago that gave away a $1,000 gift card. Kobernuss will pursue a fundraising dinner at the Franklin. Duck Tickets will be sold at the home show.

► Club Attendance Discussion & New Attendance Chair Appointment (TBD).

· Club Projects (Herrmann).

► Interact Club at RFA — Progress (Herrmann/Neiley N). The Interact Club will be presenting the program at Rotary on Tuesday, 17 Feb. Seven students will be attending to present a program to include the local club’s history, their participation, observations on International Student Day, and their current projects. A dinner is planned for the 19 Mar to raise funds for their Haiti water project. The dinner will include the raffling of baskets. They are hoping to sell dinner tickets at the Rotary meeting.

► YE Student Information & Host Families Update (Herrmann/Neiley N). Our Exchange student, Simon has returned from his 2 week visit to Denmark. At this point he has about caught up with his school work and has joined the track team. Simon will not be a next week’s Rotary meeting due to his involvement with track.

► Rotary Reader Program Update (Packer). $150 was authorized for book purchases. (PP Mattacola will also donate $150).

► Healthcare Professional of the Year (Carnevale). Nothing new to report.

► International Students Day 2009 (Butters). The ISD will be held at The Franklin next year.

· The Rotary Foundation (Tuthill).

► The Board authorized a $100 (TRF Points) matching donation for first time Sustaining Member contributions of $100.

► Polio Dinner on 30 Jan 09 results (Occhipinti). Occhipinti reported that the Dinner was a huge success.

Other Old Business: None.

· D&O Insurance Discussion (Butters). After a long discussion the issue was tabled until the next meeting.

Other New Business:

· Donation Request — Strough Middle School — $500 to $1,000. After discussion the request was denied.

· Donation Request — Daniel Goewey, People to People Program-fundraising for trip — $ not specified. After discussion the request was denied.

Adjourn:

The meeting was adjourned at 1:16 PM. The next regular meeting of the Board will be at noon on 13 March 2009 at the Savoy Restaurant.

Respectfully submitted,

Dennis R. Schonewetter
Rome Rotary Club Secretary (Past President, 2001–2002)