General Meeting March 16, 2010

Prior to the start of the meeting, President Arsene VanVooren called the Board members together to review the applications for membership from Keith and Christopher Silage, sons of member Greg Silage and Steven Persyn, sponsored by Chuck Horan. They were all approved. The meeting was called to order at 7:35pm by President Arsene VanVooren at the Barrister Gardens. There were 91 in attendance.

The minutes of the February General and March Board meetings were read. A Thank You card from Larry Allemon was read thanking the members for their cards and calls while he was hospitalized.

Roland Deprez read the February 2010 financial report and Bob Grant reported membership at 304 with 21 still not paid for 2010.

Arsene VanVooren spoke of the upcoming Trough Bowling and 1-day casino trip. The April Joint meeting will be at Barrister Gardens unless they move us at the last minute.

The 3-day casino trip still has openings. The trip is scheduled for April 28-30 with a cost of $149 per person, which returns close to $100 in cash and tokens. Contact Bob Putrycus ASAP if interested.

The winners/leaders in games were:

There were 2 guests in attendance, Ben Allemon, son of Bernie Allemon and Jeff Haezebrouck, son of George Haezebrouck.

Vice-President Dale Verhaeghe then introduced membership applicants Keith and Christopher Silage and Stephen Persyn who were then sworn in by President VanVooren.

Larry Mahieu still has tickets for the Band concert in April. The cost is $22.00.

Norm Kay reported that Frank Mahieu, Bob Janes and Al DeHoorne are all in the hospital and Marcel Verdoodt has a broken wrist. Ted Monahan is at home recovering from a broken hip suffered while playing tennis.

Our chefs, Mel and Chuck reported that lunchmeat and veggies would be served along with corned beef for St. Patrick’s Day.

There was a question from the floor as to why the board decided not to sponsor a softball team. President VanVooren explained that the cost was too high. The players were being polled to see if they would be willing to pay for some of the costs and would let the Board know their thoughts.

There were 20 prizes to give away and the winners were: Mike Huyghe, Gabe DeKimpe, Richard DeGrippe, Ron Vercruysse, Dick Cleyman, Chris Silage, Frank Callabaut, Ed VanRossen, Mark Deckers, John Begin, David Vasquez, Chuck Horan, Ray Huyghe, Don Putrycus, Mike Aluia, Greg Silage, Leon Huyghe and Larry Mahieu.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:10pm.

Respectfully Submitted,

Bob Putrycus
Recording Secretary