SKAL INTERNATIONAL PALM BEACHES
Minutes of Meeting
TUESDAY May 17, 2005
Pete's Boca Raton

The May 17, 2005 meeting of the Palm Beach SKAL Board of Directors was called to order at 5:05PM.

PRESENT: Richard Stafford, Paul Alterman, Michael Gulotty, Carlos Banks, Stefan Richter, Sandy Saposnick, Wayne M. Lampert and Lee Smolinski.

ABSENT: Paul Cook, Cindi Christen

Secretaries Report: Minutes of the March meeting were unanimously approved.

Treasurers Report: Paul Alterman presented the treasurers report. Cash on hand was $6,393.74 and $5,932.80 on March 31, 2005 and April 30, 2005 respectively. New regulations for making donations have been promulgated by SKAL International. A discussion was held with regard to the dues structure and it was decided that we needed to determine how much money was required annually to sustain the club. A committee was established to bring a recommendation back to the board regarding the dues structure at the June meeting. A motion to reimburse Carlos Banks for his expenses to attend the Calgary meeting in the amount of $770.83 was approved. The treasurers report was unanimously accepted.

SIUSA Representatives Report: Carlos Banks reported on the Calgary trip. The discussion included the statement made by Tom White (Regional VP) that "there will not be a Fort Lauderdale Club". It is still our clubs intention to proceed with the formation of a Ft. Lauderdale Club and Carlos will be meeting with Frances Purvey on this issue. Proposals made by Carlos and others with regard to the correctness of proposed changes to the by-laws were not allowed to be discussed at the Calgary meeting. The definitions for the new restaurant membership category are still being written with the anticipated date for approval being October 2005. Travel Insurance is also a new category with the definitions for membership still being defined. Life and retiree memberships are under review and new criteria are being established to be voted on in Croatia. The board thanked Carlos for his thorough report.

Future Locations and Programs Report: Michael Gulotty reported that the June 21, meeting will be at the Highland Beach Holiday Inn Oceanfront, just north of Boca Raton on A1A. The Holiday Inn will provide a buffet with wine. Spouses are invited. There will be some entertainment and the attire will be casual. An amount of $300-$400 was suggested for the cost of the entertainment to make the evening a festive and fun event. As usual there will be no meetings in July or August, however, our annual Golf Tournament will be held at the Westchester Country Club in Boynton Beach on July 9th at a cost of $60.00 including golf and a Bar-B-Q. A discussion was held about having additional special events during the year. Suggestions included Bar-B-Q's / picnics, boat trip to the Bahamas with overnight accomodations, and one-two night cruises. Paul Alterman suggested doing a charity event that will generate positive publicity for the club in the local and business community. A motion was made to move the December meeting to the 2nd Tuesday of the month to avoid conflicting with the holidays. Dec. 13, 2005 was voted on and the motion was passed.

Membership Report: Carlos Banks reported that new cards and certificates are available for both old and new members. Next years NAASC congress will be held on a cruise from April 29- May 3, 2006 and space is selling very fast. There will be a number of prospective new members at the dinner tonight.

Auctions and Raffles Report: Items are needed for the Golf Tournament.

New Business - More input from the members is requested. To date only 4 members have returned the questionnaire which was sent out t o all members last month.

Welfare: Scotty Cassidy is still rehabilitating from his surgery. Peter Pinkas is in the hospital and good wishes are sent to him.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:25PM.

Minutes submitted be Wayne Lampert