Kiwanis Club of Sand Lake, NY

President Gerald Tysiak                                                                                                       Secretary Peg Weiss

President-Elect Mikki McSherry                                                                             Treasurer Robert S. Pasquarelli

Vice President Gary Meislin                                                                                  Immediate Past Pres Joe Behson

Sandpiper Editor Jo Moccia                                                                                             Photographer Jim Rogers

Webmaster David E. Booker   

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Scott Paul, Ray Turner, William Whipple

Bryce E. Cutler, Skip Patton, James E. Rogers

John C. Brownrigg, James M. Colabelli, Eve M. Ward

Club Bulletin Committee

Jo Moccia, Chair

Jim Colabelli            Pat Lane

MEETING OF January 5, 2009

PRESIDENT Gerald Tysiak presiding

GREETINGS & INVOCATION by John Brownrigg

WELCOME BACK:  Chet Melius, Nancy Davis, Joe Cybulski, & Peg Weiss

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Citrus Sales fund raiser results presented by Chet Melius, Kevin Sarsfield and Jim Parslow. Remaining Citrus at Botsy’s Barber shop. Per Kevin S. There is no remaining citrus. A total of $13,000.00 was taken in before expenses. For the tangelos ( because of the mistaken shipment) a total of $2,848.00 was realized. 

• Christmas tree sales update from Joe Behson: Thank you to everyone who was involved in any way with the Christmas Tree sales. A profit of $1,856.72 was realized. A special award will be presented to Bob Reiter for selling the last Christmas tree.

• Mikki: Doors of Hope food delivery will need help unloading the truck on Friday Jan 9^th (not on Jan 6^th as was originally stated at the meeting). It would be greatly appreciated if volunteers would come forward. Please let Mikki know if you can help out email her or call her at 237-4766 as President Jerry and Nancy W. have. She will make sure that attendance credits will be awarded. As Mikki says “ Thanks a boodle”.

• Ray Turner: Interclub to Rensselaer on Jan 22^nd  (Booker, Tysiak, Rogers, Davis & Lane) and on Jan 13^th interclub to Hoosick Falls at 6:00 p.m. (Booker, Rogers, Ward, Weiss & Lane)

• Bob Loveridge: Happy New Year! To everyone. Thank-you note from Alb. Med upon their receiving  $792.78 from the Bells of Life sales at Crossgates.

• Bill Whipple: Thank-you to the Blood Drive volunteers (Booker, Ward, Rogers, Turner, Davis, Lane & Whipple). SLK received a thank-you from the Red Cross for  the participation of 44 donors.

• Eve: Seniors Party a big success.  Thank-you for all those who baked goodies for the party.

• January Birthdays!  We sang for Dudley Dorr, Ray Loveridge and son Bob Loveridge, Skip Patton and Jim Colabelli. (in front l-r: Jim, Bob, Dudley & Skip)        

• January Anniversaries!  Joe & Meg Distell

PROGRAM: Club Bulletin and Kiwanis Educational tidbit

PROGRAM #1 Jo Moccia In abstentia :

The Sandpiper is a club tradition with a long history of fabulous work. This year the Sandpiper will cover the events of Kiwanis and is being handled by Jo Moccia, Jim Colabelli and Pat Lane. It is a joint effort and President Jerry helps out by providing the agenda in advance. The newsletter is placed into the format before the meeting and then notes and happy dollars are added to the document. It is then emailed to Booker for posting. Hard copies are printed and sent by Jim Colabelli each week to 11 members. The Kiwanis tradition of being unable to say no to a request has resulted in the current Sandpiper committee thanks to President Jerry!

PROGRAM #2 Kiwanis Educational Tidbits from Bob Pasquarelli (presented as an oral quiz):

Perfect attendance is attained by being present at each meeting. If it is not possible to be present at each meeting there are various ways to acquire make-up attendance credits (KI Administrative Bulletin #3.) They are as follows: board meetings; interclubs; projects; when out of town the attending of a Kiwanis meeting in another city, ( Kiwanis.org to find out where meetings are held ) and the attending of conventions or mid-winter conferences. If you know you will be absent for more than 1 month, it is wise to ask for a leave of absence. Money and or bills coming into the club ALWAYS go to the secretary 1st. It is most important to keep the club money straight to help club administration.

HAPPY DOLLARS

$Skip Patton: The power shoppers class of ‘08 were interviewed by various medias including Channel 9.  We had a good time and got Santa’s job done.  

$Joe Cybulski:  Thank you to the individuals that gave rides home to the New Year’s Eve revelers.  Those individuals were Bob Rider and Dave Booker. 

$Joe Behson:  Happy for a 2 week period of time skiing and spending the holidays with family. 

$Dave Booker:  Proud to have received a citation from the County Legislature for his dedication to Kiwanis and the community and happy to spend New Years Eve with two other SLKC members helping people get home safely. 

$Jim Rogers:  Happy for Dave’s citation.  The Rats played two teams better than them, Scranton and Bridgeport.  The Rats won both games! 

$John Brownrigg:  An unhappy dollar for pending surgery on his now septic elbow. Happy for something that has come to fruition after his prudent actions in Vietnam 37 years ago.  He had been given orders by his commanders to destroy a Buddhist Temple.  Had second thoughts about this and was able to rescue various statues of great value.  After safely storing them in his basement for the last aforementioned period of time he was finally able to return them to Vietnam to their proper sacred place. 

$Eve:  Happy for daughter selling her home and grandson Drew was able to muster a 3.4  grade average at College. 

$Dick Johnson (shown right):  On New Years Eve  we were able to sing with the Helderberg Madricals.  Youngest daughter hosted a get-together on Irving Street in Albany. Happy that an Ecumenical Breakfast will be held at the COC Sat. Jan 24, at 9am. It is titled Octave for Christian Unity.  Contact Rev. M. Watters at COC if you are interested in attending. 

$Gary Meislin:  Got a call from Son.  He said he was told he would be in DC for at least 3 more years.  He has decided to purchase a home there. 

$Peg Weiss:   Happy for safe trip to and from North Carolina visiting family over the holidays.  Son has a new job. 

$Pres. Jerry: Happy for safe trip visiting son is W. Virginia.  Drop through the Cumberland Pass in a white out!  Happy to present CD of Summerfest ’08 to Mikki.

DOOR PRIZE by Jo Moccia: A gift card to Java Beanery won by Jim Rogers

50/50 for $20.00 won by Fred Wurtemberger

MEGA 50/50  $40.50 with 50 cards. Card drawn by: Chet Mielius  He drew the Queen of Spades!  The pot grows larger!

NEXT WEEK         MEMBERSHIP GROWTH WEEK, bring a friend

PROGRAM CHAIR: Jim Rogers

                             PROGRAM:  Cuzco & Machu Picchu

                             GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE: Bill Whipple

JANUARY 19        VAN RENSSELAER DIVISION COUNCIL MEETING

                             PROGRAM CHAIR: Lt. Governor Jim Rogers

                            GREETER/INVOCATOR: Skip Patton

JANUARY 26       PROGRAM CHAIR: Pat Lane

                            PROGRAM: Steve Maney - Community Hospice of Rensselaer County

                            GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE: Fred Wurtemberger

FEBRUARY 2       PROGRAM CHAIR: Bill Whipple

                            PROGRAM: Senior Services Committee Update/Board Meeting

                            GREETER/INVOCATOR: Kevin Sarsfield

FEBRUARY 9       INVITE A COMMUNITY GUEST NIGHT

                            PROGRAM CHAIR: Joe Behson

                           PROGRAM: Lisa Giruzzi - An approach to SLKC strategic planning

                            GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE: Angelo Patti

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: The future depends on what we do in the present. Mahatma Gandhi

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

Meeting Called to Order at 8:12 PM

ROLL CALL:  All officers & directors present except Cutler and Paul.  Quorum present.

SECRETARY’S MINUTES  accepted as presented on the Club Management Site.

TREASURER’S REPORT – $41,617.75 Total assets;  $12,000 from Citrus; $1,856.52 from Christmas Trees; and $400 in donations.

HIGHLIGHTS OF COMMITTEE REPORTS

•   House & Reception (Dudley Dorr):    Dec. 5 meetings one of which was the Holiday Party 

• Community Services (Mikki McSherry): {Editor's note: many reports on the programs of the Club were made much too quickly for the note taker to record and the very busy CS Chair had not been able to respond to requests for this information before this issue was published.}

• Membership & Education (Bob Pasquarelli):   No new members, 1 educational night 

• Interclubs (Ray Turner): No Interclubs for December 

• Programs (Gary Meislin):  5 programs presented 

• Publicity (Joe Cybulski):  Many pieces of worthy news reported 

• Sandpiper (Jo Moccia):  4 for 5 

• Senior Services (Bill Whipple):  Holiday Party at Brookside Senior Center 

• Social (Eve Ward):  Kiwanis Holiday Party at Lakeview; Holiday Party for Seniors at Brookside;  gifts presented to 25-30 teenagers 

• Spiritual Aims (Dick Johnsen):   Thank you to those who have invocated and also to Joe Cybulski for leading singing at Holiday Party 

• Sponsored Youth (Chris Blais/Barb Fioravanti):  Attended two Key Club meetings at Columbia HS, Dale Hall attended one meeting at APHS; Division Council meeting Jan 7^th for election of the Lt. Governor 

• Ways & Means (Chet Melius):  Trees are done,  thank you to all who helped. 

• Young Children Priority #1 (Bob Loveridge):  Sales of Bells of Life with 8 Kiwanians raised $792.78; Hannaford contributed $1,000;  total of $1792.78 was turned into the Albany Med Child Trauma Center

• Youth Services (Cutler/Mills):  5 refurbished computers given out, $500 contributed to the Averill Park Group Home

Old Business:

• Bob Loveridge on The Louis & Hortense Rubin Community Fellows Program: update on SLKC application for a grant initial proposal filed.

• Youth Services – Recommendation on request for contribution from Jessica Waterbury, senior at St. Michael’s College in Vermont, and a 2005 graduate of APHS. No Report as both Youth Services Co-Chair were absent and nothing had been file with President Jerry.

• Audit Committee – Report by Bryce Cutler working with Chris Blais and Kevin Sarsfield on status of SLKC financial audit for administrative year 2007-08. No Report filed.

• Summerfest Committee–Report by Chairperson Mikki Mc Sherry on the launch of and planning for Summerfest 2009.

• 60th Anniversary Committee – Report by Chairperson John Brownrigg on activities; do we want to tie in our 60^th  Anniversary with the Christmas Party?  He will be looking for suggestions from the Club.  The festivities may possibly take place at Crooked Lake or Birch Hill

New Business:

• BOD Strategic Planning Session – Pres. Jerry wants to find an acceptable time and place to discuss how well the club is functioning and carrying-out its mission and priorities. Session is open to all interested members. Solicit preferences.

• Purchase of Ad Space for Mid-Year Conference – Pres. Jerry recommends the Club, as home club to the District Gov. – Elect, purchase & place a full-page advertisement in Mid-Year District Kiwanis Conference Program.  Voted on and passed.

• How will SLKC Implement District Membership Roundup Initiative?  Discussion centered on membership build-up. Resume initiative of IPP Joe to invite guests each month. During 2008-09 Kiwanis Year, BOD designated the 2^nd Monday each month to be Guest Night.  Lt. Gov. Jim Rogers would like to see every member invite at least one person to one meeting between now and the end of August.  Suggested Club membership increase of 10% by Sept. 2009.  IPP Joe Behson made a motion that we attempt to increase membership by 9-10 members which was voted on and passed. 

Division News:

Next meeting of Van Rensselaer Division will be hosted by SLKC on Monday, January 19 immediately following club’s regular weekly meeting.

District News:

Mid-Year New York District Kiwanis Conference at Hudson Valley Resort on February 20 -22, 2009.

International News: 

Kiwanis International Float in the Annual Rose Parade selected for the "Princess Trophy" as the "most beautiful float under 35 feet"

Pay the Bills:  Motion voted on and passed.

Motion to Adjourn:  9:20 pm

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