Faculty Club Board Meeting Minutes September 6, 2019
Present: Xan Johnson, Gillian Tufts, Evert Lawton, Roxine Lawton, Jane Laird, Mohammed Mirfakhrai, Ashok Tuteja, Abbas Rashidi
Ex-Officio: David Pendell, John Burton, Jill Moriearty
Excused: Eleanor Divver, Judith Warner, Man Hung, David Morrison
Xan Johnson presiding, meeting began at 4p
Board Business
- Minutes for April, the Business meeting and Summer meeting – Quorum not present, to vote on next month
- Social media
- Man will take care of
- Wants us to send her pictures
- Cabin
- Not a lot of news
- Xan reports offer for Cabin was made during the summer
Treasurer Report
- We did receive $10,500 from the Univ of Utah President’s office, the general fund
- Currently at $17,911.56
- Rolled over $6000
- About $1000 more than last year
- Only place we cut costs was Beer & Wine tastings – these were potluck instead of FC providing food
- FC Socials cost about the same as previous year
- Breakfast, held 8/20/19
- Used Chartwells
- $800
- Ordered for 50
- Quite a bit left over
- BBQ after wildflower hike, held 6/29/19
- $670.69, BBQ lunch, ordered from Pat’s BBQ
- Moderate amount leftover
- Faculty info
- Payroll deduction: $650 each pay period in July, August 647.50
- 70 new members
- Discussion re
- How to get Emerti faculty to pay
- Reviewed the list with a few names and when their membership expires
- Talked about having the “gate-keeper” when in our room, easier to keep track of
- Used Chartwells
Social events
- Breakfast, held 8/20/19
- Had in the Panorama room, Student Union,
- 41 RSVPs
- 25 showed up across the 2 hours
- Sara Projansky (VP for faculty) attended
- Dan Reed (Senior Academic VP) attended and spoke to the group
- Used Chartwells
- Discussion ensued re having again next year
- Maybe 2 different mornings so more can attend
- Faculty club to provide food, too expensive from Chartwell’s
- BBQ after wildflower hike, held 6/29/19
- 35 attended the 2 hikes
- Mid-40s attended the BBQ, held after at Eleanor and Chris’s cabin – thank you for letting the FC use the space!
- Children’s party booked for 12/6
- Adult party
- Discussed date briefly, no reason has to be on a Thursday
- Could be earlier in the week
- Dates for Volleyball
- Xan to check on dates
- Dog lake hike next week
- 9/14
- Ashok taking the lead
- Monthly socials
- Menu set for the year
- Sept: Street tacos
- Oct: Herb roasted chicken
- Nov: Beef short ribs
- Feb: Italian buffet
- March: Bangers and Mash
- April: Grilled Flank Steak
- $30 per person – is one entrée (2 entrees are $33)
- Minimum of 50 people
- Jill will “cover” the door for 9/6 social to write down who attended
- Marriott providing FC permanent touch down space
- Wants to know if we would like to put up flyer / banner in the space
- Group voted yes
- Menu set for the year
Next FC Board meeting: October 4, 2019
Meeting adjourned at 4:45pm