SALINE BRECON FRIENDSHIP GUILD MINUTES for ANNUAL MEETING
JANUARY 9, 2022 – 1:30 PM
Saline City Hall
Board members present: Pam Ceo; Jim Low; Jim Roth; Bruce Westlake; Steve Chapin; Dick Cunkle; Joan Roth
Attendees: Jack Ceo; Carolyn Cunkle; Harold and Norlaine Tinsey; Brian Marl; Linda TerHaar; Glena and Pat Lilley; Doug Elfring; Lucy Crossey
Meeting called to order at 1:35 pm by President Jim Roth
1. MINUTES OF JANUARY, 2021: Minutes of meeting was sent to members by email and available to them at this meeting. MOTION TO APPROVE: Jim Low; SECONDED: Harold Tinsey
2. TREASURER’S REPORT: January 1 to December 31, 2021: Steve Chapin provided the Annual Financial Statements by email and also available to members at this meeting.
Checking: $10,397.12
2-CDs $10,011.62
Total $20,204.74
MOTION TO APPROVE: Lucy Crossey; SECONDED: Dick Cunkle
3. LOSS OF FRIENDS IN 2021:
BRECON: Liz Elston,
Peter Evans
Rose Evans
Bill Garnett
SALINE: Barry Barkel
Doris Kraushaar
4. THANK YOUS: All Board Members: Steve Chapin for being our chef, Dottie Barnes for Hosting Meetings & Summer Picnic, Bruce Westlake for website, Pam Ceo for her secretary skills, Betsey Hubbard for hosting the Fall Dinner and everyone for your sharing Sister City interest with citizens in Brecon.
5. SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP DUES: SAME as 2021 = None. Discussion to suspend the dues again for 2022. The vote was unanimous not to collect dues this year.
6. BRIEF REVIEW OF 2021 SBFG ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES:
--Summer picnic at Dottie's place. It was a good turnout. The food was wonderful and everyone had a great time. No one took Dottie up on swimming in the pool. Maybe next year. Brian Marl won the Roster. He needs to tell us what good luck happened to him and bring a bottle of wine to this event next year.
--Fall Fling @ Holy Faith Church. We had a small group but were still able to engage in wonderful conversations with many. It was an enjoyable evening and of course the food was great.
7. POSSIBLE 2022 EVENTS:
--Brecon Night Dinner at a restaurant – Discussion: to wait until we see how the spread of Covid will go.
A decision will be left up to the board at their future meetings. Suggestion is that if there is a Celtic Festival to have the Brecon Night at this time.
–Celtic Festival – July 8-9, 2022. An invitation was sent to the City of Brecon by Brian Marl, our mayor. An article was written by Arwyn Evans about this and a little history of the friendship/twinning. Hopefully we will be able to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the festival and share it with our friends from Brecon.
--Summer Picnic – Possibly at Dottie’s. Looking at August 2022. If we have the Brecon Night Dinner at the Celtic Festival this event may not happen.
--Fall Fling – Need to discuss with Betsey and to occur in October 2022
--Host Celtic Festival visitors – July 2022, more to come. The Celtic Festival committee will be meeting to decide if this event is a go.
–Other: Lucy received an email from Ged Murphy, a resident from Brecon. He wanted to better understand the friendship/twinning of the two cities. Jim Roth will be sending him information via snail mail. Lucy was unsure how he got her email address but our web site has not been updated and she was the last contact for secretary listed.
8. ELECTION OF 3 BOARD MEMBERS: A term on the board is 3 years. Renew: Bruce Westlake, Betsey Hubbard & Dick Cunkle—all three have agreed to serve another term. That term will expire in 2025. It was voted on and was unanimous to have these three people fill the positions.
9. QUARTERLY BOARD MEETINGS: April 13, July 13, & October 12, 2022. Location to be determined.
10. NEXT ANNUAL MEETING: Planned for January 8, 2023 at 3:00 PM at Saline City Hall.
11. WEB SITE: Saline Sister City, both cities are there. Jim to contact Don Sheldon to update the Brecon site.
12. ADJOURN: MOTION TO ADJOURN: Brian Marl; SECONDED: Harold Tinsey. Unanimous vote to adjourn at 2:10pm.
Respectively submitted,
Pam Ceo, Secretary