GUEST: James Goheen, Senior Center Member STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: Jill Hall, Senior Center Supervisor & Melissa McKenna, Senior Center Secretary A motion to approve the February minutes with revisions was made by Betty Briscoe and seconded by Ron Barber. Motion carried. TREASURER'S REPORT/BUDGET: The Treasurer's Report was distributed to all board member in their boxes in the Front Office. Rusty Embrey was unable to attend the meeting due to a prior commitment. She asked George to relay that we are at 49% of receipts and 34% of expenses at the 8-month level. There are some errors in the Bingo report and Betty Hughes will make the corrections A motion to approve the Treasurer’s Report was made by Betty Ball and seconded by Mary Barber. Motion carried. STANDING COMMITTEES: A. Ways & Means: Jill Hall printed out the raffle tickets last week. Volunteers will begin selling them at Supper Club and Bingo this week and also sell cookbooks. Betty Ball has lined up Howard Briscoe to put up the signs, Betty Hughes to handle the crafters, Marge Carter will handle the Kitchen, Martha Finley the Bake Sale and the Hispanic Group will donate a basket instead of cooking food. George Galasso will donate a basket to the raffle and Melissa McKenna has already assembled a basket for RSI. B. Correspondence/Memorial: We have received one unrestricted donation since the February meeting from Rosa Culleen. We have received 17 donations or memorials since July 1, 2007 - 5 restricted and 12 unrestricted for a total of $720.00. The Carnation Players received $125.00, the Fitness Room $25 and the Holiday Bazaar Food $50.00. Betty Briscoe asked that she receive all donations and memorials and she will make copies and distribute them to the proper person. She will also give Rusty all money collected. The office will put all donations and memorials in a plastic envelope in the safe and give them to Betty for processing. C. Bingo Bingo supplies will have to be ordered twice a month instead of once of month. We run out of supplies to quickly. D. Gift Shop: In the month of February the Gift Shop made $958.82. The consignors were paid $342.94. RSI netted $564.64. E. Thrift Shop: The Thrift Shop netted $899.30 for the month of February. F. Publicity: A crafters wanted ad was in the Gazette. G. International Clubs: The Korean members went to the Toby's Dinner Theater and had a great time and would like to have more activities. Rinn Shinn meets regularly with the Korean members and also meets with Miriam Minera to keep up with the Hispanic Group. H. Outreach: No report. I. Fundraising: Betty Hughes suggested that we sell plants at the Bazaar. Mary Barber will look into the possibility of getting volunteers to pick up the plants and sell them. Betty also said that it is hard to get people to help on her committee - so many of the active people are already busy. She also suggested that we try and sell raffle tickets at the shopping centers. J. Volunteers: No report. K. Senior Citizens Commission: Pete Sante distributed copies of his preliminary study on lifetime memberships based on life expectancy. If we did this the money would go to the City of Rockville and then when a member's membership came up we would transfer this money to the membership account. If someone passed away before all of their money was used then the remainder would go to RSI. If someone outlived the amount they paid they would not pay any more additional money for membership. There was lengthy discussion on the merits of the plan. Further information as needed to determine whether it is worthwhile. Jill will get information from other facilities and see whether we should expand on this idea. Mary pointed out that many volunteers who get free memberships from their volunteer hours then donate $25.00 to RSI. The Senior Commission will donate a basket to the Bazaar raffle. OLD BUSINESS: George signed off on the grant that Lorraine Schack is working on with RSI. It is an application for a grant to help develop a curriculum for English classes. NEW BUSINESS: A nominating committee was formed for the RSI elections. Ron is the chair and Rusty and Mary Jane are committee members. Two people have already submitted their applications. We still need more applications. We need to give applicants copies of the bylaws with what is expected of them highlighted. Jill spoke with Claire Funkhauser, City Clerk and the Mayor will continue as with past mayors in appointing whom the board suggests. The board decided that they would suggest Betty Ball and Betty Briscoe be appointed. Jill will write a letter for George to submit to the Mayor and Council. Jill reminded board members that if they are running again that they need to submit a new application. We need to get nominations for the Volunteer of the Year Award. We also need suggestions for the Corporate Award. Rinn was concerned about the way the free bread is given out. He asked if it could be changed from handicapped and working volunteers get in line first to just handicapped get in line first. Jill will speak with Stuart about changing this. STAFF REPORT: There will be some improvements to the center soon. The stairs from the kitchen parking lot to the center will be repaired. The potholes in the back driveway to the parking lot will be repaired. There are underground pipes that are clogged. And the garden plot will get a second water line underneath. Some gardens will be moved. The basketball court will be repaired in the spring. The Budget for FY09 will be presented on March 25 to the Mayor and Council. It is a public session and you can go and testify about matters affecting the senior center. Senior Center Membership for residents will go up to $30.00 beginning July 1. Chris Klopfer will get a supplemental for more instructors for exercise classes. She will offset this with money paid for the classes. Jill is getting a supplemental for marketing. Lorraine will get a supplemental for an increase in bus driver wages. Lorraine has applied for a grant for a 20-hour mental health person. Before we can continue with the expansion we have to establish a liaison with the neighborhood. The President of the Woodley Gardens Neighborhood, Jim Reshovsky, wants to have more information about the expansion before forming the committee. Chris and Jill attended the First Responder Course two weeks ago. They will be better available to deal with medical issues. Jill will be away for the next few weeks. Vacation one week, National Council on Aging another and the Class conference another week. The meeting was adjourned at 2:33 p.m. The next meeting is Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. | 
