NEW MEMBERS FOR THE 2005/2006 BOARD PRESENT: Rusty Embrey Terry Maxwell ELECTIONS: The RSI elections for 2005-2006 were held prior to the meeting. Two members of the 2004-2005 board did not seek re-election (Chu Shen and Mary Ryan). In total there were 11 people running for 7 spots. Ron Barber, Betty Briscoe, Marjorie Costa, George Galasso, Teresa Harn, Betty Hughes and Teresa “Terry” Maxwell were elected to the RSI Board for 2005-2006. Mary Barber, Louise Gregory and Edith “Rusty” Embrey were appointed by Mayor and Council. Marty Roney is the Senior Commission Liaison. The officer positions were decided. Ron Barber was unanimously elected to remain as President and Chairman of RSI. George Galasso was unanimously elected to serve as Vice-President. The following people were also unanimously elected: Marjorie Costa as Recording Secretary and Betty Hughes as Corresponding Secretary. Louise Gregory will remain as Memorial Secretary
STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: Jill Hall and Phil Bryan The minutes from the April 19, 2005 meeting were accepted.
TREASURER'S REPORT: A report for the month of April was presented. Copies will be forwarded to the city's Mayor and Council. STANDING COMMITTEES: A. Budget: The RSI budget for FY06 was distributed. The budget will be approved at the June meeting. B. Ways & Means: The ticket sales are doing okay. We will have Asian and Hispanic volunteers to help sell raffle tickets on the day of the Bazaar. Young In Heart donated a French themed basket to the raffle. Betty B. has been checking to make sure there are enough volunteers for the Bazaar. The popcorn machine will be delivered soon. C. Bingo: No report. D. Correspondence/Memorial: We received one donation for $25.00 in April. E. Gift /Thrift Shop: No report. F. Publicity: The Gazette designed a new ad for the Bazaar and it will be in tomorrow’s issue. The ad is $400.00 and there was no charge for art design. G. Senior Citizens Commission: Three commissioners attend an affordable housing conference at the Marriot. It was very informative. There was a series of exhibits on reverse mortgages. The Senior Center Health Fair is on May 25. H. Hispanic Services Report: No report. I. Asian Services Report: No report.
OLD BUSINESS: At the Hispanic Health Fair (which was a rental) we sold food in the kitchen, however, the renter (County) ordered in pizza for their volunteers, which took away from our profits. We need to make a decision regarding how to invest the money that is in investment CDs. We need to prepare a statement of investment policy. George will check with Montgomery College and see if they have anyone who can give advice. Jill attended a presentation at a conference from Legg-Mason regarding statement of investment policies. She will check with the representative from Legg-Mason and see if someone can come out and speak with us. A decision needs to be made at the June meeting. The staff met to discuss the Senior Services Committee Task Force. We are trying to focus on what we are trying to achieve before the Task Force is created. NEW BUSINESS: Lorraine asked if RSI would purchase a Toshiba DLP projector for use in the Azalea Room. She has researched it and it would cost $999.00. If so would they approve it this year or next year? The board asked if she would get three estimates to make sure we are getting the best price. Betty H. will also check with her son since he provided the new sound equipment for the stage. George asked if it would be possible to have local businesses pay to have their name on our rooms as a fundraiser. Jill indicated we already have a procedure for this in our Living Legacy Campaign and a precedent has already been set with the Mary Schultz Card Room. Staff would have to do additional work to determine the prices if we are approached by a donor. STAFF REPORT: We may be able to use space at the planned Thomas Farm Recreation Center during the daytime to accommodate our growing programs. There is a meeting at the senior center on June 9 at 7:00 p.m. to discuss the potential use of the new recreation center. Since so many members of the board will be away in late July the Board meeting was moved from July 19th to July 12th so that we can take a photo of the board. The new snack bar will open tomorrow and Vicky Smith will be the Manager. The hours will be 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Vicky will purchase breakfast items and then resell them at a small profit. We have a cash register, microwave, refrigerator and supplies. We will charge for coffee up until 11:00 a.m. (except for volunteers who are working that day) and any leftover will go to the lunch program. Jill asked if the board would like to have this as a fundraiser. Jill will pay Vicky’s salary. There will be no involvement from RSI other than monetary. Louise made a motion to support the snack bar. Marjorie seconded the motion. Motion carried. We received our new city brochures and will be mailing them out over the next couple of months. It will include a $5.00 off coupon good toward a new membership. The meeting was adjourned at 3:50 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled for June 21, 2005. | 
