BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
OCTOBER 19, 2009
ROTARY YEAR 2009/2010

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

 

DIRECTORS AT LARGE: 07/01/09-06/30/12
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	A
Victoria A. Marking	P	Keith D. Tyo	P	Donald C. Moore	A
Robert C. Smith	P	Martin D. Mannix	A	Cornelia B. Forrence	P
		John C. Bernardi	P

VISITORS: Seven (7)
TOTAL ATTENDENCE: Eighteen (18)

CALL TO ORDER:
President Black called the meeting to order at 12:10 pm at the CCC Dining Room located on the old Plattsburgh AFB, NY.

MINUTES:
The Minutes of the September 21, 2009 Board Meeting were presented. Motion to accept by John Bernardi, seconded by Cathy Forget and approved.

TREASURERS REPORT:
Marsha Cook presented the Treasurers Report for September. Marsha also discussed the new procedures directed by Rotary International and District 7040 for all club checking and savings accounts including Special Activity Accounts. All checks must have two signatures for the primary club account. The following are authorized to sign: President, President Elect, Secretary, Treasurer. For Club Special Accounts checks must be signed by the Special Account Committee Chair, or Committee Treasurer, and either the Club Treasurer or Club Secretary, Club President or Pres. Elect.

Marsha also recommended that the United Way request be added to the Annual Budget as a line item. Motion seconded by Jody Carpenter and approved.

John Bernardi abstained from the vote.

Cathy Forget recommended that the Treasurers Report be circulated to Board Members prior to the Board Meeting

ATTENDANCE: September - 69.88%

MEMBERSHIP: September - 100

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

Kathleen E. Garenani --

Motion to accept by Marsha Cook, seconded by Keith Tyo and approved.

Doug Kashorek --

Motion to accept by John Bernardi, seconded by Keith Tyo and approved.

Leigh Mundy --

Motion to accept by Bob Smith, seconded by John Bernardi and approved.

CORRESPONDENCE:
A Thank-You Letter and a Card were received from the Girl Scouts of Northeastern N.Y. for our gift of $400.00 for Camperships.

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS:
John Seiden, Chair of the Rotary/CVTEC House Project stated that this years house will be started soon, and he will keep the Board updated on its progress.

PP Rosemary Souza-Botten, Chair of the By-Laws Committee, stated that her Committee is working on updating the Clubs By-Laws and should have them finalized to present at the Annual Meeting in December.

OLD BUSINESS:
President Black discussed the Club schedule for November and December and made the following recommendations for Board consideration:

December 16 - Holiday Meeting at Lake Forest
December 30 - Meeting Canceled

A motion to accept by Bob Smith, seconded by John Bernardi and approved.

NEW BUSINESS:
President Black stated that District Clubs are organizing members of their Clubs to assist with the Rotary International Convention scheduled for June 20-23, 2010 in Montreal, Canada. Please contact her if you would like to participate.

ADJOURNMENT:
Motion to adjourn by Cathy Forget. Meeting adjourned at 1:30pm.

Barbara A. Straw
Secretary

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