Berks County Parrot Head Club Meeting Minutes

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Third & Spruce

 

Phounding Phather and President “Denny Lorah” welcomed all members to the meeting. 

We saluted Dot Imbody for her years of service to the Club as Chair of the Newsletter Committee.

The president asked if all members had received a copy of April’s minutes; everyone did.

 

The president asked for a motion from the floor to approve the minutes. A motion was made by Tim Kraft to accept the

minutes of our last meeting and a second by Janice Kraft; a vote was taken and the minutes were approved.

 

The Treasurer’s report was given by Tim Kraft. Tim said membership dues are still trickling in. The amounts currently in

our checking and savings accounts are comparable to last month.

 

A motion was made by Mim Dunkleberger to accept the treasurer's report and a second was made by Duane Cahill. A

vote was taken and the treasurer's report was approved. 

 

 OLD BUSINESS:

 

Website Update – no big changes since last month.

 

Cookbooks are still available, for $10 each.

 

Possible parades for fall 2009 include Hamburg (last Saturday in October), Boyertown (second Saturday in October),

and Temple (first Saturday in October). Official dates will be in the newsletter.

 

Summer Parrot Daze is July 11th. The evening band will be Jimmy and the Parrots. Also, Jim and Jimmy will play together

in the afternoon.

 

Tuesday, August 26th is the Buffett night at the Reading Phillies. We’ll need to decide at some point soon how many tickets

we want. Ticket cost will be about $30 each. Kris Johnson heard from about 15 people so far, who are interested in attending.

Jimmy Budda will be playing and we’ll be hanging out in the pool area.

 

Kris talked about summer concert tickets for Camden and Atlantic City. Everyone has paid for their tickets – thank you!!

 

The next general meeting will be Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 at 7 PM at Third & Spruce.

 

A follow-up board meeting with committee on May 19th.

 

NEW BUSINESS:

 

PARROT SCOOP:

 

Happy birthday to…

May 3 – Leigh Gentry

May 5 – Jodi Blatt

May 7 – Tina Shenk

           

Happy anniversary to…

            May 26 – Nick and Bonnie Blatt (two years)

            June 18th – the original $1,000 karaoke contest starts at the California Bar & Grille.

 

Special thanks to Kathy Cahill for running the Highway clean-up! She did a great job with it, even though it was 100 degrees!

 

Annual Spring Fling at the Neversink Golf Club on May 30. Sunday, September 27 is the Holly Heilman Cancer Fund event.

More details at www.havanabudda.com

 

The next Happy Hour will be May 14th at the Railroad House from 7-10pm.

 

Eileen offered some fun Cinco de Mayo trivia, about events that happened on May 5th.

 

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

 

Newsletter Committee Meeting Minutes

Chairperson: Open position

 

Membership Committee Meeting Minutes

Chairperson:  Cheryl Bean

Cheryl introduced new members, five of whom were at the meeting tonight!! There were also two people who wanted to join the club!

 

 

Charity Committee Meeting Minutes

Chairperson:  Gary Kraft

Gary talked about the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund. They’re having their annual gala fundraiser in May and they’re doing some

cool things to publicize the summer party.

 

Gary also said we’re starting to look for new charities. If you have a charity in mind, please send the name to Gary (contact info is

appreciated).

 

 

Volunteer Committee Meeting Minutes

Chairperson: Duane Cahill

 

Duane talked about the Highway Cleanup, and thanked all the volunteers who participated.

 

There is a sign-up sheet for the meeting by the door for the Summer Daze party. If you can help with the Golf outing, please let Duane
know.

 

 

Merchandise Committee Meeting Minutes

Chairperson:  Tina Shenk

Donations or ideas, please let Tina know.

 

Tina brought a selection of merchandise to the meeting and gave away more pieces of merchandise in a drawing. Tina said that she’ll

continue to bring a selection of merchandise to meetings because members suggested it, but that she hasn’t sold much yet!

 

Next meeting is May 11th at Denny and Tina’s! Meetings are always on the second Monday of the month and Tina said the committee

is always ready to welcome new volunteers.

 

Email Tina at tinashenk@aol.com if you’d like to join the committee.

 

Events Committee Meeting Minutes

Chairperson:  Jodi Blatt

The next few Happy Hours will be at the Railroad House and Jimmy Budda will play

May 14th, June 11th and July 30th.

 

Jodi thanked everyone who helped with the Highway Clean-up. It was an extremely hot day, but the volunteers were great. Thanks

again to Kathey Cahill for running the event.

 

Parrot Daze tickets will be available at the next meeting for the summer party, $10 for members through end of June, then $15 for

everyone in July, then $20 at the gate. Our major sponsor will be United Documents and Destruction.

 

The Caribbean Christmas show will be Saturday, December 5th at the Scottish Rite.

 

 

Sponsorship Committee Meeting Minutes

Guest Chairperson:  Sherrie Hallowell

Sherrie is still in California, but Denny said she and her committee are working hard in preparation for the summer party!

 

 

Other Info for Good of Club: 

 

Denny pointed out that Kris hadn’t spoken, so Kris came up and said that there are still rooms available for MOTM. He also e

xplained a little bit about MOTM.

 

Denny said he’s often asked about how our club is so successful, as compared to some of the others. He believes that it’s because

we’ve never lost sight of the charity focus. Because we work so hard, and ask our charities to work so hard, we’re able to manage

both the party and the purpose, all while having a great time!

 

The President asked for a motion for the meeting to adjourn. A motion was made by Shawn Guevin; a vote was taken and the

meeting was adjourned.