Board minutes 

 

In attendance:  Bonnie Davis, Kerri Stewart, Roger Linsley, Traci Thompson, Brad Allison, Brett Todd and      Bob White

Meeting called to order:  5:30pm

 

Old Business:

 

4-Way Test:  Our local winner was Erica Wilson.  She didn’t place on March 20^th although she had a terrific speech.  Teacher Deb Madson was there at the District Contest and requested Bonnie to present an award from the local contest to Erica at the awards ceremony in May.  This request will be honored and Erica will receive a check for $35.00 as the first place winner and Shane Egressi will receive a check for $25.00 as the second place winner of the local contest.

 

Atlantic City Tickets:  Monies collected from the sale of the tickets will be used for the Paul Harris Fellow Award.  Bob is to order 500 tickets to be sold for $5.00 each by club members.  The drawing will be held close to the end of June.

(The Paul Harris Fellowship is named for Paul Harris, who founded Rotary over 100 years ago.  The Fellowship was established in his honor in 1957 to express appreciation and recognition for a contribution of US $1000 to the Rotary Foundation.    A Paul Harris Fellow is an individual who contributes $1,000 US or in whose name that amount is contributed.  Every Paul Harris Fellow receives a pin, medallion and a certificate when he or she becomes a Fellow.  This identifies the Paul Harris Fellow as an advocate of the Foundation's goals of world peace and international understanding.)

 

District Conference:  Vicki was not present to update.  However, the board approved to have the club pay the registration for 10 East Palestine Rotarians.  Roger made motion, Kerri seconded it, board approved.

 

Rotarian/Non-Rotarian of the year:  A discussion was held on obtaining a plaque for each with an invitation to a Rotary Lunch for the presentation.  Winners were tallied.  Date to be determined.

 

Trash Project:  May 15^th in the parking lot between the Methodist Church and the police station.  Roger approved with the Church the use of the parking lot.  Hours will be from 8am-3pm, $5 per car load, $10 per pick-up truck load.  The four dumpsters will be dropped off Friday night.

 

Scrapbooking 12-Hour Event:  Tentatively scheduled for September 11^th to be held at the Salem Community Center.  This has not yet been discussed with the Salem Rotary club.  Kerri is to obtain more information on the size of the gym and the cost for the food.

 

Sign Project-Brad advised that it should be up by the end of March.

 

Dog Days- Saturday, May 8^th, Our club will be painting fire hydrants, Kerri is to make sure we have plenty of paint courtesy of the Chamber of Commerce, Traci is to make sure the hydrants are pressure washed and marked to at least four streets.  Roger made the motion, Brett seconded, motion passed.

 

June 21^st- Monday Meeting The kitchen at the Church advd Bonnie that the Bible School in the Church is on June 21^st and we need to find another meeting/lunch location.  This date works well as it is our Summer Picnic in the Park date.

 

Caring for Kyes:  Rotary received a letter requesting participation for their penny drive in April.  It was determined that our club will not be participating.

 

Community Fun Night:  Bob Evans in Salem, when Bonnie contacted them for their annual donation they asked if we would be interested in doing a Community Fun Night where on one night our club would receive 15% of the proceeds from what is purchased during the chosen time in June or July.  Traci made motion, Brad seconded, Motion passed.

 

Dues:  We have quite a few members who haven’t paid their dues yet.  If the dues aren’t received by April 26^th, we will have to remove membership with our club.  Our members are important to us but each of us are responsible to our dues.  Traci made motion, Brett seconded, motion passed.

 

International Service, Community Service, Club Service and Vocational Service had nothing new at this time.

Question was asked about incoming new member Tim Seltzer…he will be attending our Monday meeting, March 29^th.

Other discussions:  Roger asked about the fall soccer program-Ali is to come in to speak to the members in the Summer regarding what parents, coaches and members brought to her attention.  Brad is to also check on a bill for new nets for the soccer goals to make sure it was paid.

 

The 50/50 fund is at approximately $150-Roger asked where we will be applying it.  It was suggested to send it to the Interact Club at the High School to go towards their Haiti project.  Brett made the motion, Kerri seconded, motion passed.

 

Roger made motion to adjourn, Traci seconded, motion passed.

Adjourned at 6:45