Club membership as of January 31, 2022 was 246 Active members. Attendance for the month’s four meetings was 32%. Average attendance at each meeting was 78 members and 13 guests. Discussion for the board included two member terminations/changes in status (Larry Eiler and Al Storey) and three new member nominations: Michele Deatrick, Edwin Portugal, Ademola Osofisan; as well as two transfers: Scott Bunnay, Karen Driggs. It was unanimously approved to include all new members.

The Operating Fund Balance on December 31 was $62,280. The Club’s Endowment Investment market value was $2,848,000, a 5% decrease from the previous month.

The board discussed our meeting format for March and unanimously agreed to move back to the Hybrid approach starting March 2, 2022. We will look forward to seeing people in person next month! Zoom meetings will also continue.

A discussion was held regarding where to allocate the surplus funds from our successful GTO event. Fund requests came from IHPC ($6,500), Food Drive ($1,600), VITA ($500), ARC ($3,900), Community Service Awards ($6,265), and the Peace Committee ($7,000). The board moved to fulfill these requests, as well as increase the Peace Conference Sponsorship allocation by $1,000 due to the local conference coming up in September. The GTO committee is looking for additional help for this year’s event, especially with the auction.

Applications for the new Admin/Financial Manager position came in through our website, Indeed postings, the Michigan Nonprofit Association posting, and RCAA club referrals. Six candidates are being interviewed by the search committee this week.