Call to Order:
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:03 P.M. BY PRESIDENT SHERRY SCHAEFER. SHERRY WELCOMED GUESTS ROY KLINE, KEITH HEMINGWAY, TERRY DWYER AND HER GRAND DAUGHTER ALEXIS
Minutes of previous meeting:
APPROVAL OF OCTOBER MINUTES (DUE TO NO MEETING IN NOVEMBER): MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES WAS MADE BY JEFF HANCOCK, SECONDED BY FRANK WILDEMAN, MINUTES APPROVED.
Treasurer's Report:
ALAN BAILEY'S TREASURER'S REPORT INCLUDED THE INCOME FROM THE OCTOBER CLUB SHOW. MOTION TO APPROVE AS READ WAS MADE BY BEN MEYER, SECOND BY DAN ALLDREDGE, REPORT APPROVED.
Library Committee:
Show Committee:
MOTION MADE BY KATHY VONDERAHE TO DONATE $600.00 TO SALEM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FOR THE USE OF THE BUILDING FOR THE CLUB'S SHOW. MOTION SECONDED BY JEFF HANCOCK. THE CHURCH ALSO HAD CASHED THE CLEAN-UP FEE CHECK OF $100. THE SHOW HAD 117 VISITORS, DOWN FROM 2018 AND FEWER EXHIBITORS AS WELL.
Old Business:
ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR 2020: NOMINATING COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN BOB KORESSEL PRESENTED A LIST OF POSSIBLE OFFICERS. PRESIDENT, JACK WINKELMAN, VICE-PRESIDENT FRANK WILDEMAN, SECRETARY ROBIN MEYER, TREASURER ALAN BAILEY. KATHY V. MADE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE SLATE OF OFFICERS WITH A SECOND BY LARRY ADAMS, OFFICERS APPROVED.
New Business:
THE CONTRACT FOR THE 4-H CENTER MEETING ROOM WILL REMAIN THE SAME AS IN 2019. MAGIC WORD SNOWSTORM!
DISCUSSION- BOB KORESSEL AND OTHERS GAVE INPUT ON THE CURRENT MEMBERSHIP STATUS OF THE CLUB WITH SOME HISTORY PROVIDED ABOUT HOW THE CLUB CAME ABOUT, ETC. IDEAS WERE EXCHANGED ABOUT GROWING THE CLUB MEMBERSHIP, OUR CURRENT CLUB SHOW, ETC.
SHOW AND TELL:
MARTI VANADA HAD A NICE SELECTION OF ITEMS SHE HAD CARVED INCLUDING A SNOWMAN, BALL AND CHAIN, CAT, MUSHROOM, DECORATED GOURD AND A DONKEY. STEVE ELI HAD A CARVED SANTA AND KATHY VONDERAHE HAD A SANTA IN A ROCKING CHAIR.
Seminars:
TONIGHT'S MINI-SEMINAR WAS LED BY JACK WINKELMAN* CARVING A SNOWMAN. JACK IS WORKING ON A LIST OF POSSIBLE MINI SEMINAR LEADERS FOR 2020. ANYONE WILLING TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND TALENTS PLEASE LET JACK KNOW YOUR INTEREST.
Half Pot:
The half pot was won by Jim Green.
NOTE:
JUST THIS MORNING FRIDAY, JANUARY 17 I FOUND OUT THAT TSC MEMBER FROM HARRISBURG, ILLINOIS PASSED AWAY IN EARLY NOVEMBER: CONRAD WETZEL. CONDOLENCES TO CONRAD'S FAMILY.
Adjournment:
There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m.
The next meeting is Tuesday, February 11, 2020.
Our meeting was followed by a seminar led
Respectfully submitted:
Steve Eli, Secretary