Kiwanis Board of Directors ~ July Minutes

SECRETARY: A motion carried to approve the June minutes as printed. Turner, Bennett, mc.

TREASURER: A motion carried to approve the club's financial records for the month of July as printed. Bill Monroe, Pat Miller, mc.

STANDING COMMITTEES

MEMBERSHIP: The current membership as of June 1 is 48 which represents a gain of one for the Kiwanis year.

HUMAN & SPIRITUAL VALUES: NR

COMMUNITY SERVICE: Raccoon River Aktion Club: Linda said the Aktion Club will be selling popcorn at the Farmer's Market on Tuesday nights. Bell Tower went well and everyone enjoyed themselves. The picnic was attended by 48 people and a good time was had by all.

Interclubbing: Vern reported that there are still four clubs to visit, the Ames Golden K, the Ames Friday Noon, Roland and Story City. He commented that he thought the biker group would take care of Roland and Story City.

Bell Tower: Vern reported that we earned roughly $2,300 at the Bell Tower food stand.

County Fair committee: Tom said the committee planned to meet right after the board meeting. The sign-up sheet will go around Wednesday. Tom also made a motion to give $25 towards being a 'Blue Ribbon' contributor for the fair. Bill Monroe seconded the motion and it carried.

Bob Allen gave a few updates and comments regarding all the changes the Fair Board has made. He also asked if the Fair Board could borrow the pancake griddle as they have done in the past. A motion was made by Denny Goshon and seconded by Verle to let them use the griddle. The motion carried.

YOUTH SERVICE: NR

OTHER BUSINESS

CHAMBER DUES: Vern will pay the $200 for us to be an associate member of the Chamber.

CLUB BROCHURE: Pat Miller is working on the new brochure and Tim Buenz made a nice one using a template off the website. Thank you to Pat and Tim both for helping with this project. These brochures will be available at the Chamber Office.

POSITION OF TREASURER: Vern announced that he will resign as treasurer at the end of Pat Miller's presidency.

We received a thank you from the Relay for Life for our donation of $250 towards their fundraising.

PAUL DOMOTO: asked questions about whether the clubs by-laws were up to date and we quickly assured him they were. He also asked whether we had an audit committee and a charitable foundation. We said we do form an audit committee to check the books each year, but that we do not have a charitable foundation. We told him our newsletter was weekly and he made several nice comments regarding our website. We told them our website was maintained by Tim Buenz and we all agreed he does a great job. Thanks, Tim.

Paul encouraged us to try to attend the Kiwanis International convention in Geneva, Switzerland next year. He would really like to see our club get more involved at the district and international levels.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Next board meeting: August 6th, 2010

Greene County Fair: July 13 thur 19th

Farmer's Market grilling, August 10 for school fundraiser

Farmer's Market grilling, Aktion Club, August 31

A motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 7:40 a.m.

Marla Siruta, secretary