Minutes of Business Meeting September 11, 1996

I. Call to Order:7:15 p.m.

II. Minutes from the Executive Board Meeting, June 18, 1996, were read and approved.

III. Treasurer’s Report: Grace reported a balance of $5096.12 and informed us that if we kept to similar budget standards as in the past years, we would have to either increase dues, or do fund-raising activities. The main area of concern is the Scholarship Fund, which needs enough money in it to produce interest, that we can use for scholarship amounts. Susie Miller introduced a motion to increase dues for all members by $23.00, seconded by Marcia Scarr. Motion passed unanimously.

IV. Corresponding Secretary: Jackie Smart sent an article to the Wolverine for possible publication.

V. Unfinished Business: The sign-up folder for committee work was passed.

VI. Committee Reports

• A. Program of Work
  • 1. Professional Affairs: Mary Jo will try to get a speaker on "Latest Brain Research" for our January Meeting.

  • 2. Personal Growth and Development: Marie Canzoneri asked for help on the November Holiday Auction and asked if anyone has information on how it was done in the past.

  • 3. Legislation: Nancy Bielik reported on the October 17th Public Education Day, sponsored by PTA’s/PTO’s in Lansing. Also, members should be thinking of questions to ask Legislators in preparation for our March Legislation meeting. ‘Defined Contribution’ is still on the Legislature’s agenda and should be of concern to us.

  • 4. Music: June Chartrand led us in three songs during the meeting.

  • 5. Birthday Dinner: To be held at Kiernan’s April 9, 1997.

  • 6. Service Projects: Each member is to bring a bag of large or extra large diapers and a box of tampons to the meeting. The Wayne County Family Center’s director indicated hygiene bags were needed for the women and diapers for the large number of babies. We will assemble the hygiene bags before our color analysis and make-up session.

• B. Society Business
  • 1. Membership
    • a. A motion was made, seconded, and approved that Bonnie Schweitzer be reinstated.

    • b. An attendance book will be used again at every meeting, instead of separate sheets of sign-in papers.

  • 2. Nominations: Motion was introduced, seconded, and approved that Cindy Dietz will chair the Nominations Committee.

• C. Communications
  • 1. Yearbook: Members checked latest directory to verify current personal information. A few more pictures are needed from members.

  • 2. Newsletter: Jackie Smart encourages all members to send her articles, notes of interest for our newsletter.

  • 3. Empathy: Call Candy Vaphiadis if you have information about illness, etc. of members.

  • 4. Historian: Mary Jo Dreffs and Sherry Green will bring one volume (scrapbook of pictures) to each meeting for members to browse through. They will also bring two bulletin boards to each meeting displaying a different year of photos, and other items of interest. Marcia Scarr volunteered to go through boxes of "materials from the past."

  • 5. World Fellowship: $145 was collected from the Travel Auction.

VIII. Announcements:

• A. Jackie Smart reported that Wayne-Westland Schools are piloting the H.O.S.T.S. (Help One Student to Succeed) Program where adults donate time to mentor students through a computer prescription program. Enclosed is a handout about the program.

• B. Paula Dent is now the National President.

• C. October 4-5 is the Fall Workshop at the Holidome in Livonia.

• D. Alice Duke thanked everyone for the cards and support she received during her recovery.

Respectfully submitted,

Mary Foster

Recording Secretary