OSC Board Meeting

August 3, 2004

 

The monthly board meeting was called to order by President Scott Severance at 7:08PM.

 

 

Present-  Scott Severance, Anne Sonne,  Jan Carr, Karen Whedon, Arley Morey, Kay Kotwas, Bill Beaudin, Leo Naylor, Jane McCarthy, Diane Clark, Marv Patnode, Mary Clay, Joe Cali, Tom Button, Terry Avery

 

Absent- Christa Foster, Jack Lancette, Kurt Londhair

 

Secretary’s report- Accepted        

 

Treasurer’s Report- Accepted

 

 

Committee Reports

 

Membership- Christa reported (by way of Scott) that there are presently 582 members in the club.

 

Biking- Larry and Jan our leaders await bikers each week no matter what the weather (which has been very inclement this year).  The ride around the lake is scheduled for August 15 (Sunday)- Around the lake bikers depart at 9AM, shorter riders depart at 11AM and turkey will be served rain or shine at 2PM.  Karen Whedon is having a bike ride at her house in Parrish on September 18- (rain date 19th).  There will be 2 rides offered and directions will be put out on the internet closer to the event.

 

Hiking- John Whelan continues to have Wednesday kayak trips (contact him).  There will be a trip to Lake Eaton (lead by Terry Avery) from august 4-8. 

 

Long term planning- Marv in still considering how to appeal to a “younger” audience.  The next meeting will be on August 17 at 7PM at Judy Swanson’s office.  The minutes will be on the website.

 

Communications- The transition still hasn’t taken place so the Boomer is in a hiatus.

 

Lodge- Dick Butler is planning a meeting to discuss future plans.

 

Trip Committee Meeting- Leo Naylor reported that we are working with Sno Search to plan the winter trip to Mt. Tremblant.

 

Ski Sale- Marv reported that the ski sale is moving along.  They are presently working on the signage.  Basically details are being dealt with as they come up.

 

 

Old Business

 

Insurance- Karen has not had any response from the agents she has contacted.  She will continue to work on getting information.

 

Meeting venue- Gary was not here to give a report.  We still need to have a venue by December due to the remodeling of the Ramada.  Diane and Gary will be working on this.  There is some concern about having a centralized location.  There were a plethora of suggestions for sites so hopefully one of these will work out.

 

 

New Business

Website presentation- Scott is interested in having a presentation of our website at the general meeting.  For this we would need a computer hookup and a way to make a presentation to our general membership.

 

Terry’s ideas- Terry Avery suggested that we open our general meetings with some inspirational music.

 

Checking Accounts- The board has authorized transferring all our accounts to Charter One Bank (from M&T) because they give interest on checking accounts of $5,000 or more.  There will be one signature required for checks under $500 and 2 signatures required for checks over $500.  Bill Beaudin brought up the issue of bonding which is under consideration.  Tom pointed out that changing treasurers every 2 years is an important way to monitor the books.

Tom made a motion that the club’s policy will still require 2 signatures on checks over $500, but that the bank which has the club’s checking account does not need to check this requirement.

The motion was passed

 

Mailings for September meeting- Tom moved that Karen be authorized to send out postcards, if necessary, for the September meeting.  This contingency is necessary because of the Boomer transition and the possibility it may not be out until after the first meeting.  Leo seconded and the motion was passed.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 8:12 PM