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Board of Directors of the Oshkosh Seniors Center
Meeting Minutes- Monday October 31, 2005
Attendance
: Board members: Bill McCarthy; Mary Luepke; Kristin Cimera; Esther Stegemann; Ralph
Nielsen; Mona Walker; Bob Hoffman; Don Wolter; Barbara Ruedinger; Leon Thompson AJ Anand and
Toni Anand. Excused member: Phyl Hill and Judy Troudt. Staff Members: Sue Kreibich, Aging Services
Manager; Bobbie Luft, Center Office Assistant; Judy Brewer Center Supervisor; Paula Stephens Center
Nurse, Molly Butz Program Coordinator Linda Verwiel Marketing Coordinator and Human Service
Intern Leigh Stelter.
President Bill McCarthy called the meeting to order at 1:02 p.m.
REPORTS:
Board President,
Bill McCarthy introduced new board members, Toni and AJ Anand. Toni will be
serving a two-year term and AJ will serve a three-year term. Bill announced the date of the next meetings
for all of the committees.
Aging Services Manager
: Sue Kreibich announced that Lutheran Social Services (LSS) would open next
Monday. They have a list of several potential clients. Sue passed around a wish list of things that they
could use and their schedule for snack time. The floor in the main Day Service room will not be carpeted.
There is a van that will be utilized to pick up participants. The Senior Connection person that will be
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provided by through LSS will start on December 1 this person will give tours of the facility, handle
phone calls requesting information other than Center business, and keep the brochure racks up to date, in
addition to many other responsibilities. The carpeting in the hallway by the gift shop will have to be
replaced at the Center’s cost. The City Council will look at our budget this week. Sue passed out a
matrix of the budget to all members of the board. City Administration has told Public Works that they
can use the pole building gratis until we are ready to renovate the area. Public Works has and continues
to provide the Center with services at no charge. Judy Brewer has an assistant, Pat Kohls, whom will be
working 20 hours per week helping with clerical needs. She’s working for 18 months through the federal
Older Worker program run by Advocap.
Oshkosh Committee on Aging:
Kristen Cimera reported that City bus would be stopping at the main
facility Monday through Friday and at the Annex on Saturday.
Executive:
Bill McCarthy reported that the officers of the Board did meet as recommended by the
strategic plan. The main focus of the meeting was discussing committee structure and what can be done
to make committees more efficient. Some suggestions given were: have the executive committee meet on
a monthly basis and the regular board meet quarterly; and combine and/or eliminate some committees.
The Executive committee has requested members to send their input as to what could be done for
improvement. Sue would like to continue with written reports being sent with agenda and minutes. She
asked that those writing reports have them to her two weeks prior to the Board meeting.
Facilities/Maintenance:
Don Wolter announced that the bushes and shrubs have been trimmed around
both facilities; Don supervised the DACC group that did the work.
Finance:
No Report
Friends:
No Report
Health Committee:
Paula Stephens announced that 213 flu shots had been given during the first flu
clinic. She’s waiting for word as to when another shipment of vaccine will be delivered. This will be
enough for another 230 doses. Paula, along with two volunteers have been trained and will be leading a
workshop series starting in January on “Living Well With Chronic Conditions”. The series will be six 2
½ hour sessions.
Nominating:
Bill McCarthy announced that AJ Anand will serve on the nominating committee.
Personnel:
No Report
Policy:
No Report
Programs:
No Report
Publicity:
Toni (Antonia) Anand will serve as chairman of the Publicity Committee.
Special Fund Raising:
The North Field House is being looked at as a possibility for the performance of
the Badger Band. This building will hold up to 3,000 people. To use the Civic Auditorium would require
the date to be April 9, which is Palm Sunday. With the North Field House there may be opportunity for
April 2 as a date. It will all come down to what day the band will be able to perform. Judy Troudt has
stated that she has spoken with some people that are interested in participating as sponsors for the event.
Thus far seniors will be $12 and anyone else will be $15 for tickets that will be purchased at the Center.
More details will be forth coming.
Strategic Plan:
The Master Plan committee has met once and will meet again today. Staff and
committee members are gathering necessary information.
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New Business:
Bob Hoffman prepared and read the 1 reading of the resolution to 1. Include non-board
members to serve on the nominating committee, or 2. That all members of the board serve on the
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nominating committee. The 2 reading and vote will be held at the next board meeting.
Sue Molly and Paula have been working with the Director of Mercy Foundation, Vicki Schorse. Mercy is
interested in provided additional needed services at the Center. The groups will begin making plans after
this Board and the City give the okay to go ahead and discuss options. M/S/C (Nielsen, Thompson) with
AJ Anand abstaining from the vote for staff to communicate with Affinity to determine what is feasible.
M/S/C (Nielsen, Hoffman) to adjourn the meeting.
Respectfully,
Bobbie Luft, Oshkosh Seniors Center, Office Assistant