January 14, 2019 Minutes

The  meeting of the Grand Lake Recreation Club was held at Rustic Haven.  President, Brad Fisher, brought the meeting to order and gave an overview of the Treasurer’s report.  26 members present.

The next meeting will be Sunday, February 10th, 2:00 at Bayview

• Membership renewal letters and magnets for 2019 went out last month. Thank you Renee for handling this time consuming task!
• The election of all Officers and the one year Trustee  will be held at the March 2019 meeting of the Grand Lake Recreation Club (per the By-Laws) . Nominations will be accepted in writing , phone or e-mail from February 1st 2019 To March 1st 2019 . All elected positions will take effect April 1st 2019 . Contact  Dave Meyer for nominations . Cell 1-937-570-5325 OR E-Mail at dgmeyer67@gmail.com .
  • There are two more Trustee positions that do not need filled .
    • Two year term , up in 2020 (Dave Meyer)
    • Three year term , up in 2021 (Mark Oyer)
• June 8th will be the date for next year’s Bicycle Poker Run. Please bring your suggestions, concerns to the February meeting. We will meet with Bayview before the March meeting to discuss.
• Dave Faler attended January’s meeting:
  • Lake was 7.5 inches above the notch and they are closing it later today.
  • The new Governor was sworn in January 12th.
  • Chief and Assistant Chief positions likely to change as well.
  • The Nature Center in the campgrounds is in bad shape. Camp Hosts graciously donated enough to buy new Nature Center and metal car port for park movie theater, to show movies when it’s raining too.
• As we all know, Brad is a member of the Township volunteer Fire Department. At a recent meeting, it was brought up that they need two new water rescue suits. Recently, two vehicles plunged into the water at the fish hatchery. One suit was ruined from the gas that leaked from the vehicle and the other was worn and tattered. Two new suits will cost ~$1500. Bob Swick made the motion to donate the suits, Jerry Mendenhall 2nd the motion, it passed unanimously.
• The GLRC boat has been winterized and Denny Liette allowed us to store on his property. Thank you gentleman!
• Club drawing was for $60.00, Dave Meyer’s name was pulled, paid, not present. Next drawing $70.00.

December 10^th, 2018 Christmas Party Meeting Overview:

• Record current members to date, with record smallest Christmas Party turnout yet, only 27 present.
• Delicious meat prepared by the Club and tasty covered dishes, thank you all!
• Renee gave the 2018 member update:
  • 146 members, 114 paid. Record year for members!
• Tom Scheib gave the 2018 Treasurer’s report overview:
  • $4750.49 2017 year end
  • $5204.64 going forward in 2019
• Let us know if you have any ideas for donations or good causes, ideas at this meeting included:
  • Kayak launch
  • cleaning up Little Chickasaw
• Our website is still a work in progress, let us know if there is anything you would like to see on it.
• Thank you to Pam Miller and Cindy Pike for getting the Christmas presents for the Club’s raffle, it was a fun time!

2019 Dues are now due ($20.00 per family for the year)

  (Thank You if you have paid your dues)

Respectfully submitted by Amy Ruane, Secretary