RALPHO TOWNSHIP BUSINESS ASSOCIATION

NOVEMBER 17, 2011 MEETING MINUTES

 

The meeting was held in short form due to lack of a quorum.

 

Financial Report

The Financial Report was presented by Treasurer, Carole Swank. A motion to accept the report was made by Ann Roadarmel and seconded by Frank Berger.

 

OLD BUSINESS:

The minutes for our October 20, 2011 meeting were approved with a motion by Carole Swank and a second by Frank Berger.

           

Food Drive/Donations

The letter that has been composed requesting food bank donations will be enclosed with the membership letters for 2010.  Suzanne will be taking care of an article for the newspaper regarding this food bank project.

Christmas Decorations

The trees have been fertilized for the winter.

The Christmas decorations and Santa’s mailbox will be set up this year on November 27 at 1:00 p.m. so that they will be ready to be turned on December 1, 2011. Several items will be needed for this project and budgeted monies will be used for this expense. President Berger has checked the power system and it is in working order. Various people have been contacted and have agreed to add their decorations.

Santa’s Mailbox Decorations

President Frank Berger will try to get the mailbox in place on November 20. The All Home Days Association will again take care of Santa’s Letters and we will be helping with the costs if necessary.

 

NEW BUSINESS

            Correspondence

An appreciation letter for the use of the Conference Room at the Municipal Building for our monthly meetings will be sent to the Township Supervisors.

Christmas Tree Pick Up

Christmas Trees will be picked up on January 7, 2012. President Frank Berger will speak to the police department regarding their help in directing traffic for this event. Bill Griffith has again donated his chipper. The group will meet at Vought’s at 9 a.m.

Christmas Decoration Removal

Decorations will be removed at 11 a.m. on January 7 and the lights, extension cords, etc will be removed on January 8.

Pizza & Soda for the Tree Pick Up Crew

Several non-members of the Association help with the Christmas Tree Pickup and so it was decided to again provide pizza and soda as a thank you gesture.

 

 

           

Donation

The Food Pantry, Fire Department, and Library donations have been fulfilled for this year, as per our spend plan. It was brought to our attention that Dr. Kenneth Heise and his entire dental crew will be going to Jamaica on a mission trip. A motion was made by Frank Berger and seconded by Ann Roadarmel to cut a check in the amount of $100 to be used for this project.

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

 

FBLA

The Student of the Month for the Quarter Marking Period at SCAHS is Natalie Beishline. Ms. Beishline and her teachers, Ms. Christine Force, and Ms. Lori Shiveley were present at our meeting where she was awarded her check by President Frank Berger. He spoke to Ms. Beishline and congratulated her on her award which was based entirely on her individual efforts. Several pictures were taken and will be published in the local newspapers and given to Ms. Beishline as is our custom for this award.

Scholarship Letters

These letters will be mailed to the households of 12th grade students from Ralpho Township prior to our January 2010 meeting. Any member who is interested in being part of the selection committee, please contact Frank Berger.

Membership Drive

Membership chairperson, Brian Hubler, will combine the membership letter with the Food Pantry letter in one document which will be mailed in the near future.

 

ADJOURNMENT

A motion to adjourn was made by Frank Berger and seconded by Carole Swank.

 

Next RTBA meeting will be January 19, 2012. There will be NO DECEMBER meeting.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

Ann S. Roadarmel, Secretary