BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
AUGUST 17, 2009
ROTARY YEAR 2009/2010

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS:
President	P	Bonnie Leigh A. Black
President Elect & Vice President	P	Colin L. Read
Second Vice President	P	Jon J. Cooper
Sergeant At Arms	P	Catherine A. Forget
Secretary	P	Barbara A. Straw
Treasurer	P	Marsha K. Cook
Immediate Past President	P	Steven G. Frederick

 

DIRECTORS AT LARGE:
ONE YEAR 6/30/10		TWO YEARS 6/30/11		THREE YEARS 6/30/11
Robert J. Frenyea	A	Jody L. Carpenter	P	Ellen M. Bouchard	P
Victoria A. Marking	A	Keith D. Tyo	P	Donald C. Moore	A
Robert C. Smith	P	Martin D. Mannix	P	Cornelia B. Forrence	P
		John C. Bernardi	A

VISITORS: Seven (7)
TOTAL ATTENDENCE: Twenty (20)

CALL TO ORDER:
President Black called the meeting to order at 12:15pm in the “Cougar’s Den” CCC Main Campus.

MINUTES:
The Minutes of the July 20, 2009 Board Meeting were presented. Motion to accept by Bob Smith, seconded by Colin Read and approved.

TREASURERS REPORT:
Marsha Cook presented the Treasurers Report for July. Motion to accept by Colin Read, seconded by Cathy Forget and approved.

Marsha also requested that the Club continue to use Champlain National Bank as our bank. She also presented the Annual Bank Certification from Champlain National Bank identifying the following Officers who are authorized to sign the Club checks:

• Bonnie Leigh A. Black - Club President
• Barbara A. Straw - Club Secretary
• Marsha K. Cook - Club Treasurer

Motion to accept by PP Steve Frederick, seconded by Bob Smith and approved. Jon Cooper, President of Champlain National Bank abstained from voting.

ATTENDANCE:
July - 66.68%

MEMBERSHIP:
July - 105

Honorary Members - 2009/2010 - See Attached

Bob Parks, Co-Chair of the Membership Committee stated that the committee met and is presenting the following for Board consideration:

• Terrianne D. Pavone

Motion to accept by Bob Smith, seconded by Keith Tyo and approved.

• Jack Helfgott

Motion to accept by Bob Smith, seconded by Ellen Bouchard and approved.

CORRESPONDENCE;
A letter was received from Kit Booth, Co-Chair of The Battle of Plattsburgh Commemoration, thanking the Club for the $4000.00 contribution to the Commemorative Activities scheduled for September 11-13, 2009.

A Thank You Note was received from the Defayette Family for providing the Honor Guard for the Funeral of long-time member Issie Defayette.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Bob Parks, Co-Chair of the Membership Committee, stated that New Member Packets for sponsors are now available.

Barb Straw, Co-Chair of the Centennial Park Committee, briefed the Board on the current status of the project and stated that a meeting is scheduled with CVTEC Officials in September to finalize the schedule for construction of the Pavilion, the first part of this Rotary long term project. She passed out a current Centennial Park Budget, stated that $5000.00 is needed to complete Phase I (Pavilion) Part of the project. (see attached budget)

A Motion was made by Colin Read, seconded by Cathy Forget and approved, to transfer $5000.00 from the savings account to the Centennial Park Project.

Keith Tyo, Chair of the Club Web Site Improvements, stated that significant progress has been made in the Web Site and currently he is imputing data from the Clubs recent 24th Annual Fishing Tournament, as well as information on the upcoming 25th Annual Fishing Tournament.

John Seiden, Chair of the Rotary/CVTEC House Project, stated that he is coordinating this years project with CVTEC Officials and will be furnishing up-dates at future Board Meetings.

NEW BUSINESS:
Jon Cooper discussed a possible new Club Fund Raising Project - The First Annual Bed-Racing contest, and passed out fliers with additional information for Board consideration. He will discuss this again at future meetings.

Colin Read, Chair of the Rotaract Club Development Committee, has several projects in mind for the group including area clean-ups, and holiday gift wrapping.

President Bonnie discussed several scheduled programs including DG Arnold Lawrence’s visit on August 26, and the Strategic Planning Meeting scheduled after the September 21st Board meeting.

GIFTS:
The Gifts Committee met and is presenting the following for Board consideration:

• Senior Enrichment Day - October 12, 2009 - $300.00

Motion to accept by Bob Smith, seconded by Cathy Forget. Bonnie Black abstained from the vote.

ADJOURNMENT:
Motion to adjourn by PP Steve Frederick. Meeting adjourned at 1:50pm.

Secretary
Barbara A. Straw

 

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