Minutes of April CORE meeting

From Glenna Barr, April 20, 2008
Subject: CORE April meeting minutes approved

On April 17, 2008 in the cafeteria room behind the Sublett Room at the STRS Building, Dave Parshall, CORE president, called the meeting to order. Approximately 26 members and two guests, Lou DiOrio and Roger Rhodes, attended. Officers attending were Dave Parshall, president; Mary Ellen Angeletti, vice president; CJ Myers, treasurer and Glenna Barr, secretary. Trustees present: Nancy Hamant, Chuck Angeletti, Nancy Boomhower, Betty Bell and Lloyd Knudsen substituting for Chuck Chapman.

The March meeting minutes were approved by all present. The treasurer's report was given by CJ Myers. There were no committee reports.

OLD BUSINESS; Election update. A printing mistake of some of the Dan Vincent flyers by Ink Well Printers has been corrected, and Ink Well will absorb the additional costs. CORE has done a good job of supporting Dan Vincent, and CORE has also gotten its name out around the state. The people at the April CORE meeting thanked Molly Janczyk, Mary Ellen Angeletti and Kathie Bracy for their great work in this election. A gift was presented to Molly for all her great work on Dan Vincent's election on distribution of information and flyers.

NEW BUSINESS; A discussion was held as to what direction CORE is to take in the future Dave threw out topics to the meeting attendees to discuss such as: Will CORE keep the same framework? Will we suspend CORE temporarily until the next board election in 2009? We need people to serve as officers and to come to STRS meetings. There was a healthy discussion; sentiments went this way and that. Ryan Holderman served as moderator over items involving the CORE Constitution. He said whatever we do, we have to follow the constitution. Conclusions were reached but will be discussed at the May meeting. Molly stated that all we need is a Board of Trustees so we can still be a corporation. These people consented to be trustees: Jim N. Reed, Mary Thomas, George Justice, Ryan Holderman, Kathie Bracy, Dave Parshall, Nancy Boomhower, Marie Fetters, Donna Seaman, and Chuck Chapman with Molly JANCZYK and Glenna Barr as alternates. CORE also needs a treasurer whose name will be on the corporation papers. This leaves important decisions to be made at the May meeting and as many members as possible need to attend as amendments will need to be made to the Constitution in May.

Discussions on other topics were held. Nancy Hamant discussed the future of Medicare and the privatization of health care. Herm Fisher, Clinton County, offered suggestions on recruiting new members for CORE. The meeting was adjourned. The next meeting will be May 15, 2008.

Submitted by Glenna Barr, Secretary