Doll of Hope Service Project

Doll of Hope Service Project
Making Dolls for Refugees Worldwide

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Meeting Minutes December 10, 2015

Attendees (17):
Rose Defa, Liz Sherlock, Frank Lilly, Brian Rollo, Susan Marks, Danny Schoenfeld, Shannon Tilly, Jennie Ferguson, Justin Powell,  Margreta Hjorth-Vlasic, Sonia Woodbury, Mustafa Celebi, Linda Book, Stephanie Chard, Marty Gelman, Ladd Tanner, and Judy Zone.

The meeting was chaired by Danny Schoenfeld. Meeting held at the Training Table.  Danny apologized for snafu that required cancellation of December 3rd meeting.

Guests:
Max Calleja (exchange student), Holly Thompson, a nurse who was a guest of Linda Book, has been a Rotoract from Minnesota, and Sheila Gelman.

Social:
Rose stated that at the next meeting the social events for the year will be discussed.

By-laws:
The club needs 1/3 of the members to make changes to the by-laws. A copy was passed which incorporates the proposed changes. It was suggested to change the requirements to a majority for changes to the by-laws and whenever by-laws are amended. Also when a proxy is used a notification must be at least 24 hours before the meeting.

Stephanie Chard made a motion to approve the by-law changes, seconded by Marty Gelman.

The motion passed unanimously.

Service Projects:
Family mentoring is ongoing. Rachel Sanders & family liaison will assist. The IRC project was last Saturday. Families need books, pencils, notebooks. Laurie, Christine and Marty will make a list of items needed for a Nov/Dec service project, suggested by Margreta.

Other Notes:
Rose Defa shared a Rotary Moment relating to refugee families

Judy Zone shared some of her life story.

Next meeting January 7th, Café Madrid.

Meeting adjourned.