Rotary Club of Rutland

 
1) Call To order at 12:15pm on August 11th, 2016.
Mike made a motion to approve the prior board meeting minutes. Chuck seconded the motion. All in favor.
 
2) Secretary's Report:-roughly 50% attendance during month of July. Bernadette from Ravnah is a potential new member. Mark made motion to approve the report. Colie seconded it. All in favor
 
3) Treasurer's Report:-for the period 7/14/16-8/11/16, our income was $3,083.20, total expenses were $5,662.52. Our balance sheet assets were $109,291.58 and total liabilities are +/- $600.52. Mike agreed to reach out to past due members and see what deal is. Chuck made a motion to approve the report. Mike seconded it. All in favor
 
4) Committee Reports
   a) Vocational- Krista still has to get w/ Lyle Jepson on this. more to come.
   b) Centennial- There will be a meeting next Thursday, 5:15 at Jack's office.
   c) Admin- Spoke to Kevin, He'll be sending out future dates to meet
   d) Community Service- No upcoming events- No big projects until parade, but Mike said possibly a beautification project.
   e) International- No updates
   f) Fundraising- Spoke to Jeff Wennberg about other ideas (Middlebury Rotary puts up flags at local businesses and homes during holidays and charges $50 a year for service, Trees are all on course, deposit paid, Nancy Greenwood will be in charge of Santa Raffle this year, Mark and Krista are going to try and get the district to give us a grant again on the Santa Raffle for $1,000.)
   g) Foundation- Reed wants to do a polio fundraiser again. Board discussed and eventually voted on club giving a dollar for dollar match on whatever amount the club is able to raise from members, community, etc UP TO $2,650 (in honor of the 26.50 contribution that was made to get the Foundation started). The fundraising push will run from October 1st-February 1st
   h) Mike is trying to get Bernadette in from Ravnah as Joel Perry no longer there. Dick reached out to Mike re: Jaquelyn Eddy who may be a potential member. She is at Rutland Mental Health. Mike to reach out to her
   i) Public Relations- Krista got ahold of Christina Kumka regarding the video project and she told Krista to reach out to her again in September.
 
5. New Business / $ Requests:- National Boy Scout Jamboree Tuition Request. Elijah, a 16 y/o local boy in area reached out and asked for our help to go to the jamboree in West Virginia, which costs over $2,000. He was also looking for help with Summer Camp costs. A motion was made by Ron to pay his summer camp tuition, which was $339, contingent upon him helping with trees or something with the club. Mike seconded this. All in favor.
 
6. Old Business
    a) services rendered request is being closed out. b) we got something from CSJ saying they may want help from us in the future, but nothing definitive.