July 14, 2021 Meeting Minutes

President Joan Smith called the Zoom meeting to order at 12 noon from her car. Also present on the call were Flora Stephanie Wilkins, Steward Amanda Brozana Rios, Secretary Richard Weiss and RetireSafe CEO Mark Gibbons.
 
(Contact with Joan was lost and Weiss chaired the meeting.)
 

The June 9, 2021, minutes were approved as read.

TREASURER’S REPORT

No Report.

OLD BUSINESS

NAITC Conference

Amanda presented Potomac Grange’s annual Teacher of the Year” award to Serita Blankenship from Kansas at this conference in Des Moines, Iowa. Amanda noted that many of the attendees were not ag teachers but simply teachers looking for interesting material for their classrooms.  Conference topics included virtual farm tours.

Membership and Dues

Secretary Weiss has sent out dues notices to members in arrears.  For those behind just a year or two, the notices asked for past dues.  Some plain renewal requests also went out.  We will see results in the next Treasurer’s report.

Kile Fund IRS Status

No update at this time.

Grange Revival

To date, 142 Grangers have signed up to participate.  This is double last year’s total participation.  The week’s schedule is rather open as people may want to do their own thing after a year of being couped up. On Friday of the week, there will be a trip to Mount Rushmore. Grangers who are veterans will be stand among other veterans being honored during the traditional lighting ceremony.  An unrestricted $500.00 grant from the Colorado State Grange will likely help cover food costs.

Telethon Results

The Telethon raised $23,470.00 for the National Grange Junior and Youth programs.

National Session

Due to lack of a quorum, votes on two resolutions and Potomac Grange’s delegate to the Session will carry over to the September 8th meeting.  Secretary Weiss commented on our need to increase meeting participation.

There was no further business and the meeting adjourned at approximately 12:45 pm.

No meeting in August. Next meeting will be September 8th at noon.

Respectfully Submitted,

Richard B. Weiss, Secretary
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