Board Meeting Minutes — November 16, 2009

þ President: Bob Herrmann	¨ Dir-10: PP Debbie Adamo (E)	þ Dir-12: Bill Tuthill
þ Pres-Elect: Joe Fusco	þ Dir-10: PP Glen Bahr	¨ Dir-13: TBD
þ VP: Missy Graves	¨ Dir-10: Grace Bottini	¨ Dir-13: TBD
¨Past Pres: Ron Townsend	¨ Dir-11:	¨ Dir-13: TBD
þ CoSecy: Mattacola	þDir-11: PP Greg Mattacola	¨ Other:
þ Treasurer: Sandie Latimer	þ Dir-11: Bill Wolf	¨ Other:
þ Membership: Valery Carey (E)	¨Dir-12:	¨ Other:
¨ VP-Elect: TBD	þ Dir-12: Dave Kobernuss	¨ Other:

þ = Present; (E) = Excused

Call to Order & Roll Call (Quorum = 9): President Herrmann called the meeting to order at 5:18 p.m.

Previous Minutes (Herrmann): The minutes of the last meeting were unanimously approved on motion of Kobernuss and seconded by Latimer.

President’s Report (Herrmann): President Herrmann discussed the need to review the by-laws and constitution and it was agreed that should be done.

Secretary’s Report Mattacola:

· Member proposals. New members were discussed. It was unanimously approved, on motion of Wolf and seconded by Graves, that Tara Baker and James Cobb become members of the Club.

· Leaves of absence. None.

· Resignations. None.

· Other matters.

► Dues not paid as of November, 2009: Hairston, Martin, Moore, Ramineni, Simons. It was discussed that these members be contacted regarding their dues.

► Red Cross grant request was discussed and it was decided to not approve the request due to financial situation of club.

Treasurer’s Report (Latimer): The Treasurer’s Report was received and duly recorded.

Area Reports:

· Membership (Carey). Valerie Carey gave her report. The names of John and Mary Bielby, Tony Levadoti and Sheila Steffon were mentioned as possible new members.

· Public Relations (Mattacola). Greg Mattacola gave his report.

· Club Administration (Graves).

► New Fundraising: (Graves). Missy Graves reported on Rotary Auction net profit to be approximately $4,000.

► Steve Hunt from VIP group asked that we assist with a pancake breakfast with 90% of profits going to Rome Rotary and 10% going to VIP, with some manpower being provided from Rotary.

► RRC 90th Anniversary on 1 Dec 2009 (Occhipinti). Mike Occhipinti reported on the anniversary party and its status.

► Canalfest – Dave Kobernuss reported that Canalfest 09 will have approximately a $12,700 positive balance with some bills still being outstanding.

· Club Projects (Fusco).

► Interact Club at RFA (Fusco/Neiley N). No report.

► Rotary Reader Program Update (Fusco/Packer). No report.

· The Rotary Foundation (Tuthill). Bill Tuthill reported on status of awarding several Paul Harris Fellow awards at anniversary party.

· Elections (Glen Bahr): Glen Bahr reported on upcoming elections and vacancies on the board. It was unanimously approved, on motion by Tuthill, seconded by Fusco, that Carol Mooney be appointed to fill the 2010 board member slot.

· Other Old Business: None.

Other New Business:

· None

Adjourn:

The meeting was adjourned at 6:32 p.m. The next regular meeting of the Board will be at 5:15 PM on Monday December 21, 2009, at The Savoy.

Respectfully submitted,

Greg Mattacola/Debbie Adamo
Rome Rotary Club Co-Secretaries