Board Meeting Minutes — 10 July 2009

þ President: Bob Herrmann	¨ Dir-10: PP Debbie Adamo (E)	þ Dir-12: Bill Tuthill
¨ Pres-Elect: Joe Fusco (E)	þ Dir-10: PP Glen Bahr	¨ Dir-13: TBD
þ VP: Missy Graves	¨ Dir-10: Grace Bottini (E)	¨ Dir-13: TBD
þ Past Pres: Ron Townsend	¨ Dir-11: Donna Burch	¨ Dir-13: TBD
þ Secy: PP Dennis Schonewetter	¨ Dir-11: PP Greg Mattacola (E)	¨ Other:
þ Treasurer: Sandie Latimer	¨ Dir-11: Bill Wolf	¨ Other:
¨ Membership: Valery Carey (E)	þ Dir-12: Eileen Foreman	¨ Other:
¨ VP-Elect: TBD	þ Dir-12: Dave Kobernuss	¨ Other:

þ = Present; (E) = Excused

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

Previous Minutes (Herrmann): The minutes of the last meeting were approved with one correction — “RACC” was spelled out as “Rome Area Chamber of Commerce.”

President’s Report (Herrmann): President Bob told the Board about a District 7150 Area 2 project in support of the ARC. The ARC is developing a park for the disabled. They are seeking grants and volunteer labor for the construction of the park. Bob also spoke about the “It Takes A Man To Be A Dad” project and said that there will be a speaker coming to give the Club more information. Bob concluded his report by mentioning adult literacy and that a speaker would be coming to the Club.

Secretary’s Report (Schonewetter):

· Member proposals. None.

· Leaves of absence. None.

· Resignations. None.

· Other matters.

► Honorary Members for 2009–10: Janine Baker-Gaffney, Jim Brown, RoAnn Destito, Ava Dorfman, Bob Gilchriest, Joe Griffo, Philip Hearn, Bob Marston, Laura Mead, Donna Occhipinti, Kim Ocuto, Tony Picente, and Bob Trowell were all reappointed as Honorary Members of our Club. (Latimer/Kobernuss)

► Dues not paid as of 7/8/09: Adamo, Bauer, Casadei, Cole, Donovan, Gray, Hairston, Henry, Lockwood, Martin, McMahon, Mercurio, Mitchell, Moore, Puma, Ramineni, Recco, Rouillier, Simons J, Simons K, Skogland, Trela, and Wolf. Due to their non-participation at meetings and Club projects, the Board declared Casadei and Mitchell as having resigned and directed the Secretary to write them advising them of this along with encouragement to rejoin when their circumstances permit.

► District Conference, 25–27 Sep — Karen & Bill Tuthill and Bob & Virginia Herrmann have signed up so far. Kobernuss, Occhipinti, Schonewetter De, and Townsend have indicated they will attend the Saturday session.

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

► 2009–10 Budget Adoption. The budget was discussed and modified (resultant budget in the June Treasurer’s Report). The budget was approved. (Latimer/Kobernuss)

Area Reports:

· Membership (Carey). (Recruiting, orientations, inductions, and mentoring.) President Bob reported that the Membership Committee was developing a Red Ribbon methodology for new members to use to remove the “New Member” ribbons on their name badges.

· Public Relations (Mattacola). President Bob noted that we have been receiving excellent coverage of our events and credited PP Mattacola for these results.

· Club Administration (Graves).

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

► RRC 90th Anniversary on 1 Dec 2009 (Occhipinti). VP Missy Graves opined that there should be a substantial project associated with the Club’s 100^th Anniversary.

· Club Projects (Fusco).

► Interact Club at RFA (Fusco/Neiley N). There will be four returning students for the Interact Club to build from in September. President Bob will speak with Nancy Neiley about following up with graduated Interact members to encourage their participation in Rotaract while in college.

► YE Student Information Update (Fusco/Neiley N). The first host family will be the Neileys. Juan will arrive from Venezuela next month.

► Rotary Reader Program Update (Fusco/Packer). No report.

► Teacher of the Year Discussion (Herrmann/Adamo). Tabled until PP Debbie Adamo is present.

► Canalfest update (Kobernuss). Dave reported that preparations are underway and that everything is “on track” for another successful Canalfest.

· The Rotary Foundation (Tuthill). Bill Tuthill reported that last year (2008–09) the Club had 21 Sustaining Members of The Rotary Foundation and two Paul Harris Fellows.

Other Old Business:

· 2009–10 Club Goals & New Club Assignments (Herrmann). Bob said that he wants the Club to grow by at least one member (net) and that the number of Sustaining Members of The Rotary Foundation to grow.

· Day of Week and Time of Monthly RRC Board Meeting Discussion (Schonewetter). After much discussion it was decided to move the monthly Board Meetings to be on the second Monday of each month at 5:15 PM at the Rome Elks Club — this motion was contingent upon the Elks Club being able and willing to support this move. (Latimer/Graves)

· Spaghetti Fundraiser Dinner Discussion (Hermann). President Bob reported that some further investigation was being done and that he would report back to the Board next month.

· Web Site Security Discussion (Herrmann). PP Glen Bahr and President Bob will investigate passwording the HTML and PDF roster files on the Rome Rotary web site. They will report back at the next Board meeting about their findings.

Other New Business:

· None

Adjourn:

The meeting was adjourned at 1:18 PM. The next regular meeting of the Board will be at 5:15 PM on Monday, 10 August 2009, at the Rome Elks Club.

Respectfully submitted,

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