Board Minutes Board Members Attending: Jack Lee, Marie Lee, Susan Staples Smith, Joan Kenney, Charlie Mallar, Tim George, Norm Gamache, Jeff Bailey, Allen Gould, Dick Ficke Non Board Members Attending: Janice Andrews, Benny Jesseman, Dan Andrews, Walter Yaceshyn ________________________________________________________________ Motion to approve Secretary’s report from November. Motion to accept Treasurer’s report from November. Special Discussion Motion to approve Diane Gamache as a new member. Motion to approve Bobby Marquis as a new member. Motion to approve Nancy Marquis as a new member. Motion to approve William Martin as a new member. Motion to approve Don Whitelaw as a new member. Motion to reduce dues collected for new members initiated after March 1 of each year to $50 for dues and $25 one time initiation fee. There was initial discussion on promoting Kiwanis on the Tri-County CAP Transit buses known as the Blue Loons. This would be similar to what Rotary does with the Gibson Center bus. Benny passed out the information. As the hour was late, the board will vote at the next meeting. Two requests for charitable contributions: ABAN and the Peace Corp Mali Classroom Project were tabled to the next meeting due to the late hour. $225 was collected in Happy Dollars at the last meeting to support the Eliminate Project. This was the meeting where the Key Club members told us about their time at convention in Arizona. A new role for the club was discussed- Membership Coordinator. Both Allen and Susan said the club membership was getting too large for them to track everyone sufficiently. They suggested a new position to do the following. Norm Gamache has offered to assume the role but nothing will be decided until he and Tim have an opportunity to discuss with Dick Check. It was requested that the minutes reflect that it is the job of the President-Elect to update the new member handbook during their term. It was requested that a sentence about the payment of dues and initial $25 administrative fee be added to the membership application so the financial obligation of being a member is clear.Requests Monies to be donated per our budget in response to requests: Motion to award Aquatic Center $685 to sponsor three swimmers. One swimmer is to be a Key Club member. A request was received to support the Vaughn Center. Tim will call Jackie to see what specific way we could help. A motion was made to donate $100 to a fifth grader at Pine Tree School who is raising money to buy baseball helmets. A request was received to buy a wheelchair for a Franklin, NH man. A letter will be sent asking him to contact more local clubs. A motion was made to increase $300 budgeted for Kiwanis Foundation to $500 but then Greg Garrick suggested we take advantage of purchasing a red coat for a member by sending two payments of $500. A $1000 gift over two years is rewarded with a coat. Jack was asked to put this in his budget next year. A request from Arts Jubilee was denied. A Tin Mt request was not discussed since we give them $700 in the Spring for camperships. The club passed on requests from Green Mountain Conservation and St. Judes.
Motion to adjourn at 8:30 p.m. First Joan Kenney Second Jeff Bailey All in favor. The next meeting is January 11, 2012.
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