Board Meeting Minutes — 12 June 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
¨ VP: Joe Fusco (E)	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)	þ Dir-10: PP Glen Bahr	¨ VP-Elect: Missy Graves (E)
þ Treasurer: Sandie Latimer	þ Dir-10: Grace Bottini	þ Other: Pete Costianes
¨ Membership: Valery Carey (E)	þ Dir-11: Donna Burch	þ Other: PDG Mike Occhipinti
¨ Other:	þ Dir-11: PP Greg Mattacola	¨ Other:

þ = Present; (E) = Excused

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

Previous Minutes (Townsend): The minutes of the last meeting were approved with one minor change (“Agenda” to be “Minutes”).

President’s Report (Townsend):

► Discussion of Rome Chamber Membership. The cost is $128 per year. The Board unanimously approved joining the Rome Area Chamber of Commerce (Latimer/Butters).

► Discussion of sponsoring an RACC Business After Hours in the Fall. Tabled until July Meeting.

Secretary’s Report (Schonewetter):

· Member proposals. Karen (“Candy”) Fay (Upstate Abstracts) proposed by Maria Dailey; Joyce Midlam (Retired HR Manager) proposed by Bill Tuthill; Sam Pendergrast (Presbyterian Minister) proposed by June Sperlik. Also, Ralph Mirabelli (retired school principal) proposed by Mike Occhipinti. The Board unanimously approved all of these proposed members (Kobernuss/Latimer).

· Leaves of absence. None.

· Resignations. None.

· Other matters. District Conference, 25–27 Sep — Karen & Bill Tuthill signed up so far. Ron Townsend said he would attend the Saturday Session.

Treasurer’s Report (Latimer): The Treasurer’s Report was received and duly recorded.

► 2009–10 Budget Presentation and Discussion. The Proposed Budget shows a $6K deficit, even after Bob Herrmann and others went through it line-by-line. Adjustments were: 1) Expected dues. 2) Added a fund raiser. 3) Canalfest is uncertain as always. 4) Eliminated birthday table. 5) Children’s Christmas Party — shows $0 now. Some discussion that Children’s Christmas Party and Canalfest showing $0 does not reflect sufficient detail. Budget should show projected incomes and disbursements separately, not just the net. Ron asked Greg Mattacola to work on the Children’s Christmas Party part of the budget and Dave Kobernuss to work on Canalfest part for next meeting

Area Reports:

· Membership (Carey). (Recruiting, orientations, inductions, and mentoring.) No report.

· Public Relations (Mattacola). Greg reported that articles have been coming out regularly on our events.

· Club Administration (Fusco).

► New Fundraising Project Ideas (Fusco). No report.

► RRC 90th Anniversary on 1 Dec 2009 — Celebration? (Occhipinti). A speaker has been identified according to Occhipinti.

· Club Projects (Herrmann).

► Interact Club at RFA (Herrmann/Neiley N). The Interact Club raised $1,000 for Haiti. They are researching how to get PH credit for it.

► YE Student Information Update (Herrmann/Neiley N). Next year’s YE Student will be from Venezuela and is arriving in August.

► Rotary Reader Program Update (Herrmann/Packer). President Ron has requested a year-end report from Chair Jeannie Packer.

► Healthcare Professional of the Year (Carnevale). The program is all set for the meeting on 6/16.

► Roses for the Living Report & Discussion (Burns). Darlene Burns reported that over 100 people attended with about 30 Rotarians in attendance. It was a struggle to get Rotarians there this year. It was an excellent event.

► Student Scholarships Report (Herrmann/Martin). No report.

► Teacher of the Year Discussion (Herrmann). No report.

► International Students Day 2009 (Butters). Ron Cantor is the Chair for this event to be held on 10/24. Planning is underway.

► Canalfest update (Kobernuss). Dave is working on corporate donations now. Noticeably reduced donations this year. There will be no pirates this year because of illness and unemployment on the part of the Pirates. There will be three new rides. Who Let the Dogs Out dog show is shifting from a City event to be a Canalfest event. No Tugboat Urger this year because of previous commitment.

· The Rotary Foundation (Tuthill). Bill reported that he is still seeking more sustaining members to support The Rotary Foundation.

Other Old Business:

· 2009–10 Club Goals & New Club Assignments (Herrmann). Bob reported that the Club Organization Chart is up on the web site and that there are still position vacancies to be filled.

Other New Business:

· Day of Week and Time of Monthly RRC Board Meeting Discussion (Schonewetter). Tabled until next month.

· President Ron announced that the Annual Summer Picnic will be held in Sylvan Beach on 6/28 from noon until 4 PM. $5 covers meats — everyone should bring a dish to share.

· President Ron thanked this year’s Board of directors for their service.

Adjourn: The meeting was adjourned at 12:59 PM. The next regular meeting of the Board will be at noon on 10 July 2009 at the Savoy Restaurant.

Respectfully submitted,

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