General Meeting June 16, 2009

The monthly meeting of the B.A.A. was held at Barrister Gardens. It was called to order by President Arsene VanVooren at 7:30pm. A roll call of Officers and Board members showed all present except Rick Dauw.

The financial report for May 2009 was read by Treasurer, Roland Deprez. Our membership, as reported by Bob Grant, stands at 307 with a few delinquent members.

President VanVooren reported that there were 56 golfers at the June outing with the winner being Jim DeSandre, followed by Mark Deckers and Dan Ferdinande. The next outing is September 13th at Bello Woods. See Arsene in July to sign up. It will be a best-ball format. Arsene reviewed the times for the July 12th picnic, which is from noon to 6pm. The card games start at 1pm; kids and adult games at 2pm; the band will play at 3pm and food will be served at 4pm. The Hazel Park outing is still not set because of our state’s economic conditions. Arsene hopes to have a solid answer soon. The softball game with the Century Club is September 20th beginning at 2pm at Kennedy Park in Eastpointe. Both the Halloween and Christmas parties will be at St. Gertrude’s

The leaders in games are:

Membership chairman, Dale Verhaeghe, introduced guest Alec Ouvry, son of member Mike Ouvry, and Gary Clauw, guest of member Bill Myers.

Sick & visiting chairman Norm Kay reported on the death of Lilian Verkey, wife of member Albert Verkey. Norm also noted that Ernie DeBaene, who had been on the sick list for quite awhile, was in attendance.

Our Webmaster, Chuck Myny, reported that 19 members took advantage of the free ticket offer in the raffle for the last time.

Mel Ferdinande thanked Chuck Horan for handling the food at the golf outing and that lunchmeat and veggies along with delicious cake, prepared by Toni Lams, was provided from the Ladies Auxillary.

Frank Baecke reported that they had 97 at their June dinner.

Publicity Chairman, Etienne Elskens asked that the articles for the bulletin be turned in at the July Board meeting.

Marshall Bill Meldrum reported that there were 81 in attendance.

There was a discussion on purchasing shirts for the softball team; Rick Dauw is looking into the matter by getting 3 quotes from suppliers on the price the Board agreed upon.

The drawing winners were: Etienne Elskens, Chuck Myny, Mel Ferdinande, Larry Mahieu, Frank Baecke, George Lesperance, Bill Vreven, Lou Danckaert, Dennis LaDuke, Chuck Horan, Cy Peleman, Scott Schumacker, and Alec Ouvry.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:10pm.

Respectfully Submitted,

Bob Putrycus
Recording Secretary