Faculty Club Board Meeting Minutes
February 7, 2020
Present: Eleanor Divver, Gillian Tufts, Man Hung, Roxine Lawton, Mohammed Mirfakhrai, Ashok Tuteja, Xan Johnson
Ex-Officio: David Morrison, David Pendell, John Burton
Excused: Judith Warner, Jane Laird, Abbas Rashidi, Jill Moriearty
Xan Johnson presiding, meeting began at 4:05p
Board Business
- Minutes not addressed, initially no quorum
- How to get reimbursed for buying things for the FC
- W-9 has to be completed to be reimbursed per Jane
- Will not be taxed unless is > $600 (over the year)
Social events
- FC socials
- November had 2 entrees, more expensive
- Increased the number to 60 for November and February’s socials
- PTC Once upon an Island
- Wednesday, 19th
- Xan will be in the lobby w/ tickets, need to be
- About 20 RSVPs already
- 40-50 available
- Send RSVP to Eleanor
- Will announce tonight at the FC social
- Basketball
- February 20
- 8:30p start
- Pick up tickets at the will call, can say with Faculty club
- Tend to see different people show up at this vs who attends the FC social
- Children’s party
- Envelope from party with money given to Jane with names and head count
- Party wrap up
- Balloon granny – not paid yet
- Jive, only $100 paid so far ($550)
- They did go to wrong place initially place (Monson center)
- Did come late and said that would knock off $100 for next year
- Not good job, overexposed photos, time delay, inexperienced person came
- Acapella – Business Casual
- Well received
- Will be paid $175
- Santa William has been paid $200
- 2 face painters, both paid, $200 each
- Gillian & John to pick up food at Costco
- Croissant sandwiches more popular
- More oreos
- No coffee this year – need next year!
- More chips
- Adult party
- $880.95 to Monson center ($50 less than less year)
- Compliments re the food (Lux catering)
- Already scheduled, 12/11 for next year
- No deposit from dinner night yet
- Envelope from party with money given to Jane, likely about $1000
- Roxine will send email to Jane (cc Eleanor, Xan)
- Wine tasting in January
- Held at Lea Erikson’s
- No time for report
- Briefly, new people attended
- BBQ this summer, Eleanor is willing
- Planning for June/July
- Roxine will check on the availability of the wild flower hike
Treasurer Report
- Funds from cabin
- Money first endowment ($500,000) from sale is now in, as of 12/2019
- We cannot touch the principal but will get the interest, about $20,000 per year
- Cannot use until after 1 year, so 12/2020
- Whether FC will continue to receive the $10,000 but…
- Roxine has heard both a yes and no. No 2nd to the interest FC will be receiving
- At least will receive next year, since interest cannot be used until later 2020 or into 2021
- There is a plan to form committee re how to use the 2nd endowment
- FC has interest in this
- Judith been sending emails re the new committee on how to use the larger money so FC can participate, so far, committee has not been formed
- $12,467.84 currently in account
New items
- Mo
- Survey members re what they would like to do for activities
- Who will do? Maddie helped last time
- Mo will develop initial draft, then bring back to the board for input
- Discussion ensued – best to ask those who are present at the FC socials, they are the ones who are likely, but at some activities, different folks show up
- Planning through Survey Monkey
- To add more activities
- Really need to have more FC board membership to help run these
- To raise the membership fee, $2.50 per paycheck
- Discussed
- Tabled for now, will wait to see what happens with the interest from cabin sale
- Emeritus travel events per John
- Consider sending information re travel events sponsored by Emeritus faculty
- Survey members re what they would like to do for activities
Next FC Board meeting: March 6, 2020
Meeting adjourned at 4:53pm