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Board Report |
- Steve Mau was pleased with the 18 member
turnout for the regular Board Meeting held at
the Chaparral on Tuesday, October 21st.
- The treasurers report was positive.
Financially, the club has purchased1 snowmobile
trailer to move displays around at the ARB and
they are looking for more.Only five members have
indicated a firm interest in the credit card
plan. 25 are needed or the idea will be dropped.
Sponsorship payouts included $200 for YAR,
$2,000 for Scholarship, and $500 for the
Radiothon to End Child Abusel
- Total membership is now at 168. Drops
included Jim Whistler, Jenni Haugen, Diane Ulmen,
Jo Trebil and Holly Connaker. Added were Bruce
Heilman and Jerry Bohnsack. Park of LoAnn
Reponen's duties as VP will be to head up the
committee to recruit new members and keep the
old ones.
- November 19th's meeting will not be held at
Bonanza. Instead it will be at the Arb on
November 20th as part of Chow. The cost will be
covered but Sertoma members will need to sign
up. That evening will be the kickoff preview
party for Winter Wonderland also. No meeting
December 24th, but there will be one on January
1,2009.
- Dale Bolt made an insurance presentation.
There will be a "risk committee to deal with
future issues. Other committees are also
undergoing restructuring and Steve encouraged
people to become a positive part of the process.
- The Board approved the Club and individual
payments to the Foundation to qualify for the
Early Bird Award.
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Thanks Pam Sachs for taking notes. |
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| Announcements |
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Tuesday October 28th Set Up begins for
Winter Wonderland. The semis need to be
sorted starting at 10 a.m. The work will
continue on an almost daily basis--check
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David Allen Pundt is in charge of
entertainment and Santa volunteers. We
are having musical groups for an hour every
evening and would like to encourage everyone
to promote this with church and school
groups as well as other talented
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November 10-11 Forestview Vision and
Hearing Screening. Contact Bob Ehrich if
you didn't get a chance to sign up at the
meeting. A large number of people will be
needed right away on Monday but they will be
done in the morning. |
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November 11th Last Flag Set Up for
the Year |
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November 19th No Noon Meeting at
Bonanza |
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November 20th Sertoma meets with the
Chamber Chow group at noon at the ARB.
That evening will be the preview party for
Winter Wonderland. |
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Brainerd Area
Sertoma Club Calendar
Got a big event coming up—want to let everyone know?
Please send to Pam Sachs and it will be posted.
eglponys@brainerd.net |
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| Pipe and
Drape Schedule |
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| Ceiling Dates |
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Blue Ticket Winner |
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Dale Bolt representing the Dog Pound |
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| Pot-O-Gold
Winner |
| Would have been Dallas Humphries |
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| Attendance |
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Guests: The children and their parents/grandparents |
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| *Everyone is encouraged to bring potential
members to a Sertoma meeting with the Club picking up the cost.
However, you will be billed $9.50 for any other guests. |
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| Greeter
Schedule |
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As greeter you have several duties. You need to arrive about 10
minutes early. It is your job to greet people, help them find
their badges and sell them a ticket if they wish to participate.
The money collected must be divided by the Greeters equally--half
goes to the Current Club Treasurer for the social committee and
half goes to the Club President along with the bucket of tickets.
Be there by 11:45 and call somebody to substitute for you if you
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| Oct. 29 |
Jim Whistler, Tina Dunlap, Todd Dunlap |
| Nov. 5 |
Jim Mayne, Sandra and Bob Ehrich |
| Nov. 12 |
Craig Dunmire, Kim Ellingson, Shannon Fanth |
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| Sertoman of the Day |
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 Jim
Mayne from Deerwood Technologies and a newer member was our
Sertoman of the Day. He has been with the Brainerd Noon Sertoma
Club for about five months and was sponsored by Thomas Krekow.
He is one of the many people who originally vacationed in the
area and eventually decided after his children were grown up to
move here. Jim has had many technology related jobs including
working on things such as coordinating ATM machines. Deerwood
Technologies was a part time business until the move in 2005.
Although they have only 3 full time employees, they work closely
with their clients in this area, the Twin Cities and now Fargo.
Jim described the work as "managed services" including proactive
and preventative service plans, technology plans and consulting.
The company was described as "nimble" and growing quickly. When
evaluating his choice of a service club, he chose Sertoma
because of their huge impact on the Brainerd Lakes Area. Jim
described his wife as a full-blooded Norwegian who helped him
raise three fine children. Jim has a varied background including
a stint in the navy, some bartending experience, and desire to
make a huge amount of money and retire to a country that speaks
Spanish. He likes ice fishing and golf. His most embarrassing
moment involved an accidental mooning that was part of a sailing
adventure. |
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Of
Note |
 We
welcomed 5 of the 6 design winners for the Winter Wonderland
contest today. They are pictured and identified. Bonnie
Cumberland presented the group and discussed all of the talent
that was displayed in the 267 entries that were judged. Bonnie
encouraged the children to become ambassadors and get other
students interested in participating in the contest. LoAnn
involved them in the meeting by asking them to lead us in the
Pledge.
Keep Pam Bye in your prayers. She is dealing with a terminal
illness issue with her father.The 2008-2009 Presidential
Recruitment Award for bringing in a new Sertoman was given to:
Steve Augustinack, Douglas Benzer, Pam Bye, Jeff Fitch, Luke
Schumer, and Anita Travica at today's meeting. One of the
focuses of national Sertoma and our club is recruitment of new
members!! |
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Business Notes |
 Deerwood
Technologies has been serving Minnesota businesses since
2000. We specialize in Business Network Design,
Deployment, Support and Maintenance. Our staff offers
quality and reliable products and services you can count
on. Whether you need computer and network sales, set-up,
support, or maintenance, we have what you need at prices
you can afford. At Deerwood Technologies, our goal is to
provide you with courteous, responsive and professional
technology products and services.
Kathy Williams with Newton Advertising specialties
reminds you that she has many many new fun items for the
Christmas season.
Sandra Ehrich is now qualified as an Independent Fee
Appraiser through the National Association of
Independent Fee Appraisers. To earn this accreditation
Sandra took an ethics course (beyond what is already
required for the license), and passed an exam with a
perfect score , and submitted a well done narrative
appraisal of approximately 90 pages. It took several
months to complete the process and Sandra should be
congratulated on successfully achieving this career
enhancing move.
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Rumor Corner
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Stevey Ray Mau told us the real story about his middle name. It
is a family tradition to name the first son using the middle
name of the father. Our illustrious president who is shooting
innocent birds out west invented the Ray part.
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Jim Mayne was very wise in not sharing his most embarrassing
moment until the children left.
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Bonnie Cumberland paid a fine for being (quote from Big Mike)
"the best impromptu speaker I have ever seen."
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Heidi funk paid a happy fine because Cub Foods has generously
put United Way on their grocery bags this holiday season.
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One of our visitors let us know that there will be a foot of
snow by Thanksgiving and the start of Winter Wonderland. HMMM we
don't know whether to believe it or not.
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Ole was guilt of the no pin fine. The newsletter editor wants to
thank him for helping her celebrate her birthday early (guess
what guys it is no fun to have a birthday that always falls in
deer hunting season).
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We had our own little version of In School Suspension in the
works today. Ahh brings back the good old days for all of us
retired educators in Sertoma.
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Rick Besmehn thought Jim was planning his "southern" retirement
in Barrows.
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DAP New campaign slogan on the big boards--"If you don't know
what to do on election, Pundt!
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Photo's |
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Photos
Photos Everywhere New photos go up almost every week on our new
Sertoma Photo Gallery.
http://sertomaphotos.brainerd.com |
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Notes from your President |
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If you are not receiving the newsletter notification or the
emails announcing special events, please contact Pam Sachs
either at 218 829 7761 or
eglponys@brainerd.net. |
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Sue VanWagner (suekvw@brainerd.net) is in charge of the
Sertoman of the Day schedule. Contact her to take advantage of
this great opportunity to share your story and get some free
advertising (and no fines for the day). The form is also
available here on our website.
Kari Barnes is the go-to person
for Pipe and Drape information.
Need awards? Did you lose your pin? Bonnie Cumberland
(bcumberland@mailstation.com) is the person
in charge of awards and meeting paraphernalia. |
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