ROTARY CLUB OF URBANA
Board of Directors Meeting
October 3, 2006
The Board of Directors of the Rotary Club of Urbana met at 10:30 AM on Tuesday, October 3, 2006 in the meeting room at the Urbana Country Club. Those present were: President Michael Murphy, President Elect Deborah Rugg, Secretary Kermit Harden, Treasurer Thomas Brown, Directors Deborah Day, Loren Bode, Roscoe Pershing and Gerri Kirchner. PDG Chris Scherer also attended. Those absent were: Vice-President Tom Conry, Directors John Muirhead and Michael McCuskey.
MINUTES:
It was moved by Deborah Day and seconded by Loren Bode that the minutes of the meeting held on September 5 and the Special Meeting held on September 19 be approved as presented. Motion carried.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT:
President Murphy reported the Rotoract Club at the University of Illinois is meeting every two weeks. The club is in the process of organizing its activities for the coming year.
PRESIDENT ELECT’S REPORT:
President Elect Rugg reported on the last meeting of the President’s Council. The consortium working with the Youth Exchange Program is in the process of reorganizing and establishing a budget for the coming year. Since University of Illinois Basketball Coach Bruce Webber only speaks at one of the area Rotary Clubs each year, tentative plans are that he will speak on October 19, 2006. She announced various events the area clubs were sponsoring.
PAST PRESIDENT:
Since the death of Past President Nancy Quisenberry, this position is vacant. It was the consensus of the Board that President Murphy invite Past President Joe Rank to assume this position on the Board. (Since the meeting, President Murphy has contacted Rank and he has agreed to serve.)
SECRETARY’S REPORT:
Secretary Harden reported the membership of the club totaled 106. The Membership Committee has recommended that Joseph Long, who was proposed by Paul Luedtke and Ed Scharlau, be accepted as a member. This recommendation was seconded by Loren Bode. Motion carried.
TREASURER’S REPORT:
Treasurer Thomas Brown presented the monthly financial reports. He stated he had received memorial contributions in honor of Fay Sims and probably would be receiving some in honor of Nancy Quisenberry. He suggested that the Board determine the disposition of these funds at a later date.
DIRECTORS’ REPORTS:
Loren Bode reported the Fellowship and Family of Rotary Committees were working on establishing a routine to make sure the Club properly recognized illnesses and other concerns of members.
Roscoe Pershing announced that Peter Hood had agreed to assist Chairman James Quisenberry with the Membership Committee. The Committee is planning to recruit new members and also contact those members who have not had a good attendance for the past few months. It also plans to be a little more alert so that those new members with the red badges are given a blue badge at the appropriate time.
Deborah Day and Gerri Kirchner reported on the Community Service Group of Committees. The Ways and Means Committee plans to meet soon to act on some requests for small grant funding. Also there has been some preliminary discussion on the possibility of having a “gala event” for the drawing of the spring raffle prizes.
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting adjourned at 11:35 AM. The next Board Meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006.
Respectfully submitted:
