ROTARY CLUB OF URBANA

Board of Directors Meeting

May 2, 2006

The Board of Directors of the Rotary Club of Urbana met at 10:30 AM on Tuesday,May 2, 2006 in the meeting room of the Urbana Country Club.  Those present were: President Nancy Quisenberry, President Elect Michael Murphy, Vice-President Deborah Rugg, Secretary Kermit Harden, Directors Loren Bode, Tom Conry, Ray Elliott, Deborah Day and Vickie Mayes.  Those absent were:  Past President Joe Rank, Treasurer Thomas Brown and Director Diana Williams.  Alvin Griggs also attended.

MINUTES:

It was moved by Loren Bode and seconded by Tom Conry that the minutes of the meeting held on April 4, 2006 be approved as presented.  Motion carried.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT:

President Quisenberry announced that the awards for the Rotarian of the Year and the New Rotarian of the Year would be presented at the next meeting.  She also stated she is preparing a basket of products pertaining to our area which will be given at a drawing at the District Conference in Decatur.  She will ask members of the club to make further donations to the basket if they desire to do so.  She urged any member who plans to attend the Conference and has not made a reservation to do so as soon as possible.  She introduced Alvin Griggs who explained some of the highlights of the up-coming  Conference.

SECRETARY’S REPORT:

Secretary Harden reported the membership was 115 members and the Membership Committee has recommended that Steven Beckett be accepted as a new member.  It was moved by Tom Conry and seconded by Ray Elliott that he be accepted as a new member. Motion carried.

TREASURER’S REPORT:

In the absence of Treasurer Brown, the treasurer’s report was deferred.

DIRECTORS’ REPORTS:

Director Day reported that the RYLA students have been selected—one from Uni-High, one from Urbana High School and an exchange student.  These students will be attending the Leadership Conference which will be held in the near future.

Director Diana Williams sent word that the award for Lifetime Achievement  will be delayed since the recipient has entered a nursing home.  Arrangements may have to made to present the award at a time other than at a regular meeting.

OLD BUSINESS:

President Quisenberry reported the GSE Team from Poland will appear at one of our meetings and present a report on its trip.

The drawing for the raffle will be held on May 18, 2006.  The committee has collected some very nice awards in addition to the trip inside the USA and the foreign trip.

Since Ray Elliott has submitted his resignation from the Board, the Nominating Committee recommends that John Muirhead be selected to fill his unexpired term (one year).  Motion carried.

The Installation of the officers for the 2006-07 Rotary Year will be held on Tuesday, June 27, 2006.  President Elect Michael Murphy announced he is calling the first meeting of the new Board for June 27, 2006.

ADJOURNMENT:

The meeting adjourned at 11:30 AM.  The last meeting of the present Board will be held on Tuesday, June 6, 2006.

Respectfully submitted