The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. On the final day of May, our club had 228 Active Members. Attendance for the month’s meetings was 31% (equal to last month). Average attendance at each meeting was 71 members and 8 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 60% (up 4% from last month). Average in-person vs. Zoom attendance: Average in-person: 52. Average Zoom: 24. The board voted on two new member nominations: Alicia Pani and David Prentice-Hyers. A number of members who are requesting to terminate membership was also discussed. These members will be removed from ClubRunner prior to June 30th to avoid paying fees to Rotary International for terminated members.
Our club financial highlights include Foundation total assets of $2,609,459 and Club Operations balance of $88,057 (but includes pre-paid dues totaling $38,751).
This year the nominating committee members serving with Immediate Past President Susan Froelich were Mark Ouimet, Ebru Misirli Mansfield, Mark Foster and Ingrid Sheldon. This coming year members of the Board will be Mark Foster, President; Joyce Hunter, President-Elect; Mark Ouimet, Immediate Past President; Kathy Waugh, Secretary; Bill McPherson, Treasurer; Rob Shiff, Director of Community Service; Dave Karen, Director of Club Outreach; Jennifer Fike, Director of Public Image; John Sepp, Director of Club Development; Barbara Niess-May, Director of Youth Development; and Linda Kentes, Director of Club Service (official vote by membership held on 6/21/23). (Names in bold are new to the Board this year.) As they leave the Board of Directors we thank Arthur Williams, Dawn Johnson, Norman Herbert and Roy More for their great service. And, of course, thank you to those who continue to serve!
The Annual Report developed by Susan Froelich for the 2021-2022 year has been stored in ClubRunner. To view the report please go to ClubRunner using THIS LINK.
Susan Froelich and Norman Herbert updated the description of the Treasurer’s duties in both the ByLaws for the Club and the Foundation. The update allows for the Treasurer to assist the President Elect in the preparation of the annual budgets for both the Club and Foundation. The bylaws were created at different times for different purposes. A motion was made to accept the bylaw change and present this bylaw change to the membership at a future business meeting.
The board continues to review the ability to continue with the Hybrid Meetings. We simply do not have funding in our budget to continue to support the Hybrid Meeting format. A discussion occurred regarding offering streaming or showing a laptop in front of the speaker. The quality level will be greatly reduced and the board believes the membership will not be happy with that option, either. The board is planning to hire contract employees to run our Hybrid Meetings on a trial basis. A letter went out to members to provide background information, followed by a survey. The board is hoping the results of this survey will provide guidance on how to move forward.
