Meeting of the Board – June 13, 2011

NARFE Chapter 2247 Ormond Beach, FL

The Executive Board met at the Volusia Library at 10:00 a.m. Present were President Bob Wehrli, Past President Geri Wehrli, Linda Gardner, John Lowe, June Griffin, Joan Griffin, Kay Seemiller, Barbara Richardson, Donna Zajd and Mary Araya.

Preliminary remarks by the President included a brief evaluation of the two postal conventions in which our chapter participated. Four new members were added to NARFE rosters. A final tally of expenses will be submitted. Thanks to John Lowe, to Trish Vevera and to all who contributed to the success of this recruiting effort.

Summer programs are slated as follows: June: Café 101 ; July: River Grille; August: Giovanni’s. Regular monthly meetings will begin in September at the River Grille.

The main theme of this board meeting was to outline the goals and objectives of the telephone committee. The original intent of the committee was to encourage attendance at monthly meetings. Some members have no computers and/or little computer expertise. These members’ names were given to a telephone committee to contact. However, a social element became part of the phone calls: members, some housebound, grew to know their callers and shared bits of their lives with them. Cece Dougherty chaired this telephone committee to date, and will now receive assistance from Kay Seemiller who has volunteered to oversee the project. Others who join Kay are Joan Griffin, Donna Sajd, Barbara Richardson, Marguerite Heimenz, June Griffin and Judy Boring.

Several related actions were proposed to further the work of the telephone committee:

Linda Gardner and Bob will forward the M-114 Membership List, the Telephone List and the Postal List to Kay.

All members of the committee were requested to give a copy of their phone lists to Kay.

President Bob Wehrli will obtain the copy of Cece’s original list.

Bob shared that his personal wish/goal was that a Buddy System develop through this personal contact from member to member to unify our chapter in a meaningful way.

Donna Sajd proposed that Judy Boring, our Sunshine Chairperson, be routinely contacted by the committee to send cards and greetings to members who are recuperating from illness. Donna also offered to donate computer paper and to provide a program that will enable us to modify PDF messages.

Bob suggested writing a welcoming letter to all new members.

With no further business, the meeting adjourned with Bob’s thanks for the work accomplished.