Honeywell Retiree Club Board Meeting Minutes

March 19, 2014

Meeting was called to order by Vic at 1:02 p.m.

Those present were: Francis Cartwright, Judy Edmond, Kaye Eibeck, Vic Fragnito,  Pat Golic, Russ Henzel, and Barbara Rippstein

Our next meeting will be Wednesday, April 23, from12:00 to 3:00 p.m. at Rock Bottom Brewery, 7640 W Bell Road, Glendale, AZ and will be a combined meeting of all the outgoing board members and the new board members.

A motion to approve the February meeting minutes was made.  No quorum present. 

Webmaster Report

Russ gave the web site activities.  He sent Blasts to everyone.  He received at least 50 hits a day, but many were from other countries and not important.  Russ will write an article about the website.

Treasurer’s Report

Francis gave his report showing we have $500 in new membership renewals.  The Balance Sheet shows $11,342.  Will have $4,000 for scholarships.

Scholarship  
Four students have applied.  Honeywell International committed $1500.00 for the year.
Any monies coming in now will go toward the scholarship for next year.

Programs and Event Status

Butterfly Trip was Tuesday, March 4.  Kaye reported that it was a great outing and lunch after.
Spring Picnic/Annual Meeting — April 10.  Judy and Pat explained how they will set up the event and can use help from 9:30 a.m. on. One table will be used to display all the gifts.  Russ and Jim will take care of the hams.  Barbara and Shirley will work the Welcome Table and tickets.  The gifts will be given out after Vic’s talk.  The winner of the quiz will be able to select one of the gifts.

Christmas Dinner —  Barbara said that she was able to get The Breeze band again for the dinner.

Election
The ballots were sent out in The Bridge this month and will be counted in April at the Annual Meeting.  Francis was elected to be the Vote Counter.  There will be extra ballots at the Annual Meeting for those who didn’t send theirs in.

Bylaws

The ballots were sent out this month in The Bridge and will be counted in April.

Unfinished Business

New Business

Suggestions were made by the Board for places we can go in the future:

Have the Spring Picnic/Annual Meeting together from now on.

Frank Lloyd Wright Taliesin West                       	Tovre Castle with Lunch at Stockyard
Music Instrument Museum				Spring Art Walk and Lunch
Mine Museum					Theater 
Desert Belle Cruise					Botanical Gardens
Verde Valley Train Ride				Wildlife World Zoo & eat at Dillon’s
AZ Science Center					Angela’s Kitchen at Sun City Grand

Open Discussion
Joe Schneider announcement of death when it was another person with same name.  We will put something in The April Bridge.

Meeting was adjourned at 2:15 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Judy A. Edmond, 
Secretary pro-tem