03-26-2018 SAMSenior Advisory Board Minutes
March 26, 2018
Present: Don Schroeder, Judy Simons, Mike Becker, Julie Jensen, Darlene Kenning,
Jeannette Meyer, Curt Dahl, Kay Yoch
City Staff. September Jacobsen, John McRaith
Absent: None
L The meeting was called to order at 10:00a.m. by Chairman Don Schroeder.
IL Secretary's Report: The February minutes were reviewed and approved on a motion
made by Curt and seconded by Darlene.
III. Treasurer's Report: September reported that the card sales amounted to $97 for
February while the button projects brought in another $74. Dish cloths, potholders,
and scrubbers tallied an additional $38. Kay made a motion to approve the
treasurer's report with a second from Jeannette. The motion was approved.
IV. Old Business
A. Tours- Julie reported that last Wednesday a group traveled to the Old Log
Theater for a presentation of Guys and Dolls. The show was very good but the
food left something to be desired. On April 15th our Center will take a visit to
Orchestra Hall to hear the Kings Singers. There are currently 31 registered for
this trip. On May 9th the Center will travel back to the Minnesota Masonic
Heritage Center for a rendition of the Life and Music of Frank Sinatra. This tour
has 26 people currently registered. June 5th will bring a tour of the Fagan Fighters
Museum in Granite Falls, and July 17th will offer a trip to Willmar and a Green
Lake boat tour. August will feature two trips. The first will be on August 14th
and will travel to Lake Lillian and the Dykstra Gardens while the second will be
the annual trip to the state fair on August 30th.
B. Update on Programs- September reported that the Fellowship Dinner that is
scheduled for tomorrow evening will feature meatloaf. Merline Duering will be
holding a session on being "Fashion Feisty" on April 16th after the event had to be
postponed due to snowfall on the original date in March. The movie for April
will be "Wonder" with "Just Getting Started" as the second movie. Ping-pong
players are fewer in number recently but should improve when the snowbirds
arrive in the spring. Red Hats and Friends are planning a May 1 ofh activity at the
Center.
V. Business
A. Volunteer Appreciation Dinner- The annual volunteer appreciation dinner will
be held on Monday, April 30th.
B. Mini Golf Fundraiser- The mini -golf fundraiser was held on Saturday, March
10th. There were nine holes of golf along with some other games. Concessions
sold $235 for the day and the golf brought in $602. There have been some
requests for renting the course out. Kay made a motion that we charge $50/hole
for the course with the renter properly supervising play during the rental. Curt
seconded the motion and the motion passed. Offsite rentals will be considered
on a case by case basis.
C. Murder for Fun - The murder mystery dinner is set for Saturday, April 14th at
the Event Center. The event has sold 70 tickets so far.
D. Concert- September is working on a possible concert for Saturday, September
15th. We could go with a 60/40 split or pay $2500. September recommended
that we go with paying $2500 up front. The board decided to charge $20 per
ticket for an advanced sale and $25 at the door.
E. Other- The monthly drawing for Fellowship Dinner tickets went to Joyce
Barrick. A board member expressed the desire that we put any action items at
the top of our agenda and leave any discussion items for the end of the
meeting in case some members need to leave.
VI. Adjournment: Curt made a motion to adjourn at 11:30 am with a second from Kay.
The motion passed.
The Senior Advisory Board's next regularly scheduled business meeting will be held on
Monday, April 23rd at 10:00am.
John McRaith, Secretary