Polish American Club

Minutes Board of Trustees Meeting

September 20, 2016

7:00pm

Type of Meeting: Board of Trustees

Attendees:

President: Agnieszka Albrycht

Trustee: Janet Baker

Secretary: Helena Rempala

I. Call to order: We met outside because Scout Pac 17 got our room somehow.

II.  Roll call

Grześ Łęcki absent – in Poland.

III.  Approval of minutes from last meeting.

Minutes were approved.

IV.  Financial Report: There was no financial report this month due to the absence of the Treasurer. Actually Grześ attempted to sent the report before he flew to Poland but we did not receive it. We decided to defer the budget discussion till next month.

V.  Open issues:

- Evaluation of the October Dublin's Polish Day/evening/ festival at LaChatelaine: No one spoke with Val, owner of the LaChatelaine, after the event yet, but it seems that it was a success. Val mentioned that he would like to expand it next year. We will defer to PAC members to decide if they will want to support the event. This year we had a nice turnout. Four families came, three with children, all dressed up. The Board came as well. The attendees liked the food, we had a lot of nice conversations with the patrons of the LaChatelaine. Kids distributed PAC fliers and Dr. Pratt coordinated vodka tasting with Grześ. PAC will send the $25 gift certificates to families that dressed up in appreciation of their involvement in the promotion of Polish culture in Columbus.

- Update on theInternational Festival 11/12 and 11/13: Sometime in October there will be an informational meeting organized by the IF. In preparation:

* We will start organizing volunteers in October.

* Helena will email Zbyszek to check if he will set up the movie about Poland at the booth (like last year.)

* We plan to use the same background drop as decoration as last year. * Helena will email Gosia Cymbał for the pictures that her husband took during the Polish Day in Dublin. We want to share them with PAC parents of younger children in preparation for the Parade of Nations.

* Aga will prepare the sign up sheet for cakes and Helena and Aga will encourage people to sign up at the next Mass in October.

-  Report from the first day at school: Pacanów: Families with 6 children came (5 participating, 6th one in a stroller.) Helena did a lesson with kids, Aga and Ania organized the snacks and Aga met with parents. They set up the class schedule till November.

*Aga will e-mail the details top parents and to Boźena Stanek and Zuzia Wałach to keep them informed.

* Helena will reserve the Tremont Library 10/22.

* Helena will coordinate Gregory Rempała to come to the 10/29 11:30 for Kolędy if Ania Mans will qish to have some music for the kids that day.

- update on printing and sending out the bulletin to members. Janet did the printing and sending. She suggests we do not print color copies (turned out to be on a pricey side, $40. The postage was $11. Next bulletin will be Black/White. It will also include the return address.

- Plans for Ostatki: Zbyszek reserved the Band for $500 for Ostatki as voted by the Board via e-mail last week.

- update on PAC Social: This month Ania Bratasz volunteered to organize the PAC Social. Aga will check with her regarding the details and will send info to Grzes to adverstise it.

- update on the Book Club: Still on for 10/9 2-4 at the Tremont Library. Helena will send an email to Grzes to send a reminder about the Book Club.

- Father Knapik suggested a journal exchange and the Board thinks that it may be a good idea to organize it for the after-Mass Social. The idea is for people to bring the Polish magazines that they are no longer interested in and leave them for others to rake home for a month.

VI.  New business coming up?

* Lets all start preparing the “State of PAC address” for Wigilia. The idea is to have both written and spoken version of what PAC has accomplished in the past 12 months to show appreciation to all the members for their participation.

* Aga will send Grześ info regarding reminder about early request for Opłatki in October.

VII.  Any news from members to put into bulletin? Janet wills taret collecting info for the next bulletin. We plan to send it out late December. The items to be included in the December Bulletin: Ostatki, Święconka/Blessing of the Food Holy Saturday before Easter, Mass, Book Club, Topienie Marzanny.

VIII.  Adjournment: Next Meeting: 10/18/16 7:00PM at the Tremont Library. Helena will not be present.