Wednesday, December 19, 2001

Present:  Pam Halsan (Chair), Brent Hagen, Rudy Jones, Karen Wiggins, David Stires, Stan Dickison, Nancy Brown, Pat Thorpe, Vern Chase, Sally Hyde, Staser Holcomb and Elizabeth Crouch

1.                  The meeting was called to order at 7:36 a.m.

2.                  The Minutes of the November 28^th board meeting were reviewed, and president Pam Halsan, called for corrections.  Pat Thorpe moved to correct the minutes by adding the following sentence as an amendment to item No. 8, page 3: “This means there are no subsidies for any conference”. The correction was inserted after the sentence  “She moved to amend the motion so that the Club Service expenses were reduced by $1800 for the district conference and cut the $1000 figure for the international conference.” The motion for the amendment was seconded and approved. Thorpe then moved for approval of the minutes as amended. The motion to approve the minutes as amended was seconded and the motion carried.

3.                  Attendance Report.  Secretary Vern Chase reported that the average attendance for the Club in December was 93.02%, based on three meetings.  He further reported that Tom Sullivan has resigned, due to health concerns.

4.                  Treasurer’s Report.   Treasurer Nancy Brown reported that the final budget shows an excess of $11,400, after the adjustments made in the November meeting.  The Club Accounts, Income and Expenditure comparisons to budget for November 2001 were distributed.

5.                  Membership.  Pat Thorpe reported that she is working on expanding the potential members lists and that she will look at the Chamber’s list for likely candidates.  Sally Hyde recommended bringing prospective members to our Tuesday noon meeting, and she suggested that we target home-based business owners.  Thorpe said that she would invite them to the meeting on the last Tuesday in February.

5.         Membership (Continued)

The following prospective members were approved for consideration:  David Stern (asked by Stan Dickison); David McFarland, a realtor in Edmonds, used to be in the Everett Rotary. Mr. McFarland sent an e-mail inquiry to our club Membership chair.  Pat Thorpe will follow it up; Karen Wiggins proposed Brian Bossi-or an associate from Landau Associates; Bernice Dreher, a retired insurance broker and Linda Bontecue, a retired RN.  Pat Thorpe moved that the proposed members be approved for elevation to the next step in the recruitment process.  The motion was seconded, and it carried.

6.                  Service Directors:

a.      Club Service.  Brent Hagen reported that he is planning the next Fireside in January.  He will solicit help from the other service chairs.

b.      Vocational Service.  Career Fair Committee Chair, Rudy Jones, provided an update on Career Fair 2002 and the success he has had recruiting quality presenters.  The fairs are being held at four local middle schools on February 1^st and March 1^st, 2002.

7.                  Waterfront Festival.  Brent Hunter reported that the WFF committee continues to make progress and he indicated that he Hunter iio0l; would give a full report to the members in January.

8.                  Foundation.  Sally Hyde suggested that the Club select someone who has helped the Club, and honor that person with a Paul Harris Fellow award. The names of suggested honorees should be solicited from the membership.

9.                  New business. 

Auction.  Stan Dickison moved that the Board give the go ahead on the auction and that the auction committee be asked to report to the Board at the January 16^th meeting.  The motion was seconded and approved. Pat Thorpe asked the Board to provide direction, assistance and whatever other support is needed to the Auction Committee. 

           The meeting adjourned at 8:58 a.m.

           Recorded by

           Vernon W. Chase, Secretary

                        Next Board Meeting:  Wednesday, January 16th at 7:30 a.m.                        Return to Index