Sunrise Rotary Board Meeting

Minutes for April, 2003

Meeting was called to order by President Julie Brunner at 7:00 a.m. April 9, 2003 at the Wild Huckleberry.

Milt was asked about the Board Retreat which will be May 16-17.

Concerning the District Conference, each attendee will be registering individually. Milt mentioned there will be a Leadership Foundation Seminar, to which the President, President Elect, and Secretary are asked to attend.

The expenses for the Russian Delegation was reported on. Expenses exceeded the funds which were raised by $443.83. Dave suggested it be put in the budget under International Project (which it already is). Carol will approach the Realtors to share in this deficit.

Dave reported that the grants he applied for, to help purchase computers for schools in Salia, were rejected by R.I. Seems the Salia club had received grants in past years, and failed to report as directed, so all grants to Salia are being rejected. We had chosen Salia because they were available, and Rotary club there were responsive. Sara said, "So what have we learned...."

We've received response from Puerta Vallarta, also, our help is needed there. Question: Do we want to continue this project? It was decided to wait until Joyce gets back from her trip, and see what she reports.

Water project: We received a thank you from the work at Los Molinas, Peru, with pictures, and gratitude for the clean water project.

Membership: Bryan is on vacation, so cannot present the letter he is composing until next time.

Julie brought up discussion on the resolutions to be voted on at District Conference. Sara questioned the necessity of passing resolutions for Administrative items, rather than Policy items. This seems to be spending money unnecessarily.

The discussion concerning the insensitivity of Sargeant of Arms at times. Comments that are political or ethnic in nature need to be avoided.

Julie read letter of resignation from Phil Vendetti. His reasons for resigning are due to his very busy early schedule, and difficulty in being over-committed.

She read a letter from Jess Montoya which didn't actually ask to resign, but stated his health problems have kept him from being involved.

Discussion on being involved with the Make a Difference Day Committee. Do we want to have a committee to work on this, as a regular community service committee? It was decided that we might present that opportunity to the club for an individual who has a passion for that particular project to be involved. However, we don't want to burn the club out with too much. We will participate, but not take the lead.

The breakfast service situation was discussed. Mark has volunteered to help Milt with this, and had a suggestion. All suggestion were discussed, and it was decided that the best solution was to charge every member $7.00 per breakfast, whether they are present or not, and no credit be given for make-up at another club. Breakfast will be buffet.

Kevin distributed the budget report.

Meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully,

Carol Stueckle, Sec'y