MEMBERS PRESENT:
Betty Ball  Vivian Dupuy Rinn Shinn	Mary Barber Rusty Embrey	Ron Barber  Betty Hughes	Betty Briscoe Kathy Neale

Rinn Shinn

Kathy Neale

STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: Jill Hall, Senior Center Supervisor

GUEST:  Doris Reisland, Senior Center Member

A motion to approve the September minutes with revisions was made by Committee Chair, Mary Barber and seconded by Assistant Treasurer, Betty Hughes.  Motion carried.

TREASURER'S REPORT:  Report for the month of September was presented by Treasurer, Rusty Embrey.  Mary Barber made a motion to approve the treasurer’s report and Committee Chair – Ways and Means, Betty Ball seconded the motion.  Motion carried. 

STANDING COMMITTEES:

A. Budget:   We took in $3,788.55 and spent $2,775.26 for the month of September.  We designated $2,000.00 for Lorraine Schack, Sr. Social Services Coordinator, to use for the purchase of books for English class but she only needs $1,000.00.  She is selling the books and has already returned $330.00.  Chris Klopfer, Sports and Fitness Specialist, used $110.00 of the $300.00 donated in memory of Barbara Kach to take the New Attitudes out to lunch.  We received $159.00 from vending machine sales.  Our profit from Duplicate Bridge will be down since they have moved the Monday and Friday games to another site.  This will amount to an approximate loss of $9,486.00 for the rest of the year.  We will only get $2,160.00 for the rest of the year.  We sold 6 cookbooks and would like the closet re-arranged so that the assembled books are easier to get to.  The marker fans for Bingo were ordered.  Rusty made a motion to sell them for $1.00 at Bingo.  Betty Hughes seconded the motion.  Motion carried.  Ron needs gift certificates for the Bingo games in November.  Kathy Neale, Sr. Commission Liaison, made a motion to purchase four $25.00 gift certificates from Safeway.  Rinn Shinn, Committee Chair, seconded the motion.  Motion carried.

B. Ways & Means:  A meeting was held for the upcoming Holiday Bazaar on September 28.  There was discussion about raising the volunteers lunch ticket from $1.50 to $2.00 but the board decided not to raise the amount.  Some board members felt that we should reward the volunteers for helping out that day and some felt that when you volunteer you should not expect to get money toward your lunch.  We need to mark on the coupons that volunteers can only use them between 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.  We have sold 16 craft tables.  We have received the following donations for the raffle:  quilt donated by the Piecemakers, Gift bag from “The Papery”, Sunday Brunch for Two from “Normandie Farms”, $25 Gift Certificate from Sushi Damo, 2 - $25 Brunch Certificates from O’Donnells, Magruder’s “Lettuce Us Cook For You” Gift Certificate, Trader Joe’s Gift Bag, Ben & Jerry’s Free Ice Cream Certificates (5), Blockbuster Free Movie Rentals (5) and a $25 Recreation & Parks Gift Certificate.  Betty Ball will get popcorn from Amusements Unlimited.  Betty Ball also has cards for accounting for raffle ticket and cookbook sales.  

C. Bingo:   On October 10, 2007 the price of the prize money was reduced since we only had 32 players.  This is in the Bingo rules. There will not be a Bingo game on Wednesday, November 21 due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

D. Correspondence/Memorial:  We received a donation to the Sports & Fitness Center from Cynthia and John Kanable II.  We a received a donation in memory of Betty Daughtery from Margie N. Warner and William W. Butcher.  Corresponding Secretary, Betty Briscoe sent a condolence letter to the family of Robert DeGroot who passed away last month.

E. Gift Shop:  In the month of September the Gift Shop made $1,045.15   The consignors were paid $491.44.  RSI netted $553.71.

F. Thrift Shop:  The Thrift Shop netted $683.93 for the month of September. 

G. Publicity:  An ad for crafters wanted was placed in the Gazette.  It cost $88.81.

H. Senior Citizens Commission:  Kathy Neale, Senior Commission Liason, reminded everyone about the Candidates Forum on October 25.  All of the candidates will be speaking except for one.  Anyone can attend; it’s not just for Senior Center members.  Kathy also told the board that she will be resigning from Rockville Seniors Inc.  She thanked the board for all of their help while she was the liaison. 

I. Hispanic Services Report/Asian Services Report:  Rinn spoke with Miriam Minera, Outreach Worker, about the Hispanic Heritage Festival.  It went very well, good programs and music and all 100 registrants came.  Eighty percent of participants were members of the Senior Center.  The first Korean Senior Citizens Meeting will be on October 24.  A letter was sent to 22 Korean members and Rinn estimates that 6 or 7 will attend. 

 OLD BUSINESS: 

Vivian Dupuy, Recording Secretary, has not formed a committee for the Outreach Program.  She wanted to make sure that we had the room for new members since we have limited parking.  Jill estimated that we had room for new members since they all do not attend at the same time and we are hoping to have the expanded parking lot in place by next spring.  Betty Hughes has not formed a committee for Fundraising since she has been working on the Holiday Bazaar.  One fundraising idea so far is to have a “No Bake, Bake Sale” in February.  Everyone enjoyed the sandwiches and salads from the Sandwich Lady.  The remaining food will be sold at Bingo on Wednesday to see what the players think of it.  Betty Briscoe wanted the board to know that she couldn’t accept the position of Volunteer committee chair because she will be having surgery soon. 

NEW BUSINESS: 

Rinn is concerned about the noise level in the Game Room.  Members who are playing Table Tennis are screaming and shouting.  Rinn asked if a sign could be put in the Game Room about being considerate about other people in the building and keeping the noise level down.  The Computer Lab is next door and they should be more considerate.  He also asked if we could close down the Woodshop since he doesn’t think it is used very much and use it for a game room.  Jill told him that the Woodshop is used daily for woodworking and a great deal of money has been spent on refurbishing it so at this point in time we would not change its use.  Mary Barber passed around a Quilters Journal that the Piecemakers had created to show the work they have done for the Senior Center.  Lois Brown, Committee Chair sent a letter to George Galasso, President/Chairperson giving her resignation from the board.  We need to fill her position and the bylaws are not very clear and should be revised.  There were three choices:  we could ask the person with the next highest number of votes in the last election, we could have a mini election or we wait could wait until June when Lois’ term expires.  Betty Ball made a motion to ask the next person on the list to accept the position vacated by Lois Brown.  Kathy seconded the motion.  Motion carried.  All of the board members who were present voted yes to this motion. Jill said that Mary Jane Walling received the next highest number of votes and Ron said he would ask her if she is willing to serve. George and Rusty filled out applications for the Rockville Remembers program nominating RSI.  Mary will ask Harriet if she will have Grandma’s Attic at the Holiday Bazaar. 

 STAFF REPORT:

We sent out a surveys for volunteer opportunities and sandwiches in the Snack Bar.  If we do sell sandwiches we will have to figure out staffing.  We have a new ice machine.  Please come and support the Candidates Forum on October 25.  On November 1 “Rebuilding Together” is going to work on our building and grounds.  There will be 35 to 40 volunteers cleaning out the gardens, building a new shed in the garden and possibly installing automatic hand dryers and faucets in the bathrooms.  The new Recreation Supervisor is Betsy Thompson.  We will be ordering holiday cards with calendar inserts to mail out to the volunteers. 

The meeting was adjourned at 2:45 p.m.  The next meeting is Tuesday, November 13 2007 at 1:00 p.m.  Please note change in date.