ROTARY CLUB OF CANTON
MINUTES OF THE BOARD MEETING
JANUARY 21, 2014
Present: Rick Sherer, Tom Clevenger, Paul White, Amanda Tietze, Dave Schrade, Don Coen, Shawn Dougherty, Becky Clark, Tim Furbay, Curt Werren, Robert Matthews, Sharon Sirpilla, Dave Ewing, Jim Blake, Mark Rojek and Paul Feaser.
Absent: Ron Becker, Michelle Mullaly, Lynn Hamilton, Will VanNostran and Bob Pattison.
Meeting opened at 4:25 pm by President Rick Sherer.
Minutes from the December 17, 2013. Board meeting were approved unanimously.
Treasurer’s Report: Treasurer Dave Schrade reviewed an executive summary as of December 31, 2013 which summarized the statements of assets, liabilities and fund balances and the statements of receipts and disbursements for the period ending December 31, 2013 for the club fund and the charitable fund. Treasurer’s report was approved unanimously.
Treasurer Dave Schrade made a motion to spend up to $1,000.00 for a Shelter Box if the need arises from a natural disaster. The motion was seconded and approved unanimously.
Attendance Report: President Rick Sherer reported on the following attendance: club – 63.1% board –80%, attendance committee – 100%.
Membership Report: President Rick reviewed the following:
The following first-time membership proposals were approved:
Kim Kroh,
American Red Cross
Proposed by: Curt Werren
David Truax,
Buckeye Council-Boy Scouts
Proposed by: Scott Sandrock
Loucile Powers,
Geiger, Teeple, Robinson & McElwee
Proposed by: Al Albacete
Jake Geis,
Midwest Warehouse & Distribution
Proposed by: Becky Clark
Stacey Young,
Eyecare Specialties
Proposed by: Denny Fulmer
President Rick asked for a motion to approve the classifications for the following proposed members:
Kim Kroh,
Active-Assn/Red Cross
David Truax,
Active-Assn/Boy Scouts
Loucille Powers,
Active-Law/Gas Oil
Jake Geis,
Active-Warehouse & Distribution
Stacey Young,
Active-Optometry
The following second-time membership proposals were approved:
Kim Kroh,
American Red Cross
Active-Assn/Red Cross
Proposed by: Curt Werren
David Truax,
Buckeye Council-Boy Scouts
Active-Assn/Boy Scouts
Proposed by: Scott Sandrock
Loucile Powers,
Geiger, Teeple, Robinson & McElwee
Active-Law/Gas Oil
Proposed by: Al Albacete
Jake Geis,
Midwest Warehouse & Distribution
Active-Warehouse & Distribution
Proposed by: Becky Clark
Stacey Young,
Eyecare Specialties
Active-Optometry
Proposed by: Denny Fulmer
Resignations: President Rick announced a request of resignation has been received from Janet Schwartz. A motion was made to accept Janet Schwartz’s resignation with regret. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
Status Change Requests: President Rick announced a request for professional leave of absence has been received from Alan Gruber. After discussing Alan’s request, the Board agreed to have President Rick contact Alan Gruber to explain the club’s procedure on this type of request.
Requests for leave of absence: There were no requests for leave of absence.
Programs for February, 2014: Vice President Paul White
2/7: Phillip Hamilton of Ohio State Medical -Rotary/Ohio State Health mission to Kenya
2/14: Dave Truax on Buckeye Council Boy Scouts of America
2/21: 4-Way Speech Contest – Jeff Scott
2/28: Jim Easterly - “What is Freemasonry?”
Monthly programs were approved.
President’s Report:
President Rick presented to the Board members the details on the Rotary District 6650 International Project Dominica 2014. A list of items in need for this project was handed out for the Board members to review and to decide which items our club would be willing to purchase for this project. A motion was made to sponsor two children with hearing aid batteries, for one year, for the cost of $400.00. The motion was seconded and approved unanimously. Shawn Dougherty made the suggestion to forward this list to all of our Canton Rotarians for their review.
Treasurer Dave Schrade made a motion to increase our current credit card limit of $5,000.00 to $10,000.00 in order to pay the club’s Rotary International semi-annual dues. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
President Rick announced that Junior Achievement has expanded their program this year and is asking that our club sponsor 3 classes for a total of $1,500.00, an increase of $500.00 from previous years. A motion was made to approve the donation of $1,500.00 to Junior Achievement. The motion was seconded and approved unanimously.
President Rick announced that our club has nominated PDG Robert Pattison for the position of District Representative to the 2016 RI Council on Legislation.
President Rick pointed out to the Board members the newly installed awning.
President Rick announced that he has received the application for this year’s Presidential Citation Award. A copy of this award will be forwarded to all Board members for review.
Board member, Robert Matthews, gave an updated report on the Rotary Health Screen Project. Robert Matthews discussed the need to acquire the advanced program from Clubrunner in order to be able to run the registration for this event. This advanced program would require a cost of $1.00 per registration. After a lengthy discussion on this matter, a motion was made to acquire the advanced program from Clubrunner to run the registration for the Health Screening Project. The motion was seconded and approved unanimously.
Mark Rojek presented to the Board the current pricing and profitability report for the Health Screening Project.
There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 6:05 pm.
Minutes submitted by:
Lauri Coy, Administrative Assistant