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Board of Directors of the Oshkosh Seniors Center
Meeting Minutes- Monday May 22, 2006
Attendance
: Board members: Bill McCarthy; Phyl Hill; Ralph Nielsen; A.J. Anand; Mona Walker Don
Wolter; Judy Troudt; Toni Anand; John Vandenburg; Jean Zimmerman and Leon Thompson. Excused
members were Esther Stegemann; Bob Hoffman and Mary Luepke. Staff members attending were Sue
Kreibich, Aging Services Manager, and Bobbie Luft, Office Assistant.
Agenda and Minutes were accepted as written.
REPORTS:
Aging Services Manager
: Sue Kreibich presented Bill McCarthy with an award for his years of service.
Bill thanked Sue, staff and committee members for their support. A suggestion was made to find out if
OCAT would be willing to play the Badger Band tape that was created by Gilbert Koelbl. Sue passed out
some sheets with Badger Band information concerning revenues and expenditures. About $700 has been
donated as of today for the challenge grant from the Ladies Benevolent Society. The Center needs to
raise $1900 and the Ladies Benevolent Society will match funds to purchase a NuStep for the Fox Fitness
Center. There would be a reception at the main facility for the three interns that worked at the Center.
Program:
Phyl Hill announced that the program committee had met earlier today. Sue Kreibich talked
with committee members about the master plan and got their recommendations. Taste of the Towne
profits were somewhere between $1600-$1700. Frankie Valens will be performing in July at the Annex.
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Women’s Day will be held on the 2 Wednesday of the month, starting in June at 1 p.m. The first talk
will be about finances. This program is funded through a grant and will run 12 times this year. This is a
program that is to benefit women; it will cover areas that will help them to become self-sufficient. In
October the Center will partner with the Public Library and the program will be held there. The eleven
and a half-mile bike ride went well. There were 15 participants and no unforeseen mishaps. Participants
were interested in a monthly ride. The triathlon was held for three days. Monday was a swimming event,
Wednesday held a bike ride of 41/2 to 5 miles and Friday was the walk/run. There were 19 participants
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throughout the three-day event. September 9 will be the Lake Fly walk/run. It will be a 5k (31/2 mile),
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or a mile walk. Entry fee is $15 and each entry receives a free T-shirt. June 13 Molly will be starting a
training that is called “from the couch to a 5k”. This is a twelve-week course, consisting of warm-up,
stretch period, educational information and run. It will start at 5 p.m. at the Annex and City employees
that participate will have their expense paid for to the Center by the City Health and Wellness Program.
FOSC:
Jean Zimmerman and Mona Walker talked about the renovation and that the Friends took a tour
of both buildings. It’s hoped that the Gift Shop will be at the Annex building in the main traffic area.
Jean does not want glass walls and limited entrance so space is not used wastefully. A dressing room is in
the plans as well. The profit on the car wash was around $231. June 11 will be the Strawberry Fest at
South Park Art Fair. A sheet was passed around for those to sign that would be willing to give their time
to volunteer at the Strawberry Fest. On June 14, there will be a joint gathering of the OSC Board and the
FOSC Board. The social gathering will be held in Willow North at 10:30 a.m. A sheet was passed
around for those willing to bring a treat or drink.
Old Business:
Sue Kreibich stated that the master plan is getting closer to being completed. Although it
is critical to complete, it is more critical to complete it correctly than to just finish to meet a deadline.
Molly Butz and Sue met with Affinity Health Systems and they are looking into doing more community
outreach programs while partnering with the Center. Gary Kusnierez from Affinity has received many
awards for developing plans for existing buildings. He had several ideas and was willing to assist us once
we have our plan completed.
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New Business:
Bill McCarthy’s term as president and member expires June 1. He will continue to
serve on the Board for one year as past president. Welcome to John Vandenberg who will be filling Bill’s
vacancy as a member. Sue shared that Bob Hoffman had told her he was not interested in serving as
President. M/S/C (Wolter, Neilsen) nominate Bob Hoffman as Board President. M/S/C (Neilsen,
Thompson) close motion for nominees. Bob Hoffman, elected president. Bob was excused, so he was
not available to deny being a candidate. If Bob does not want to be president a new election will be held.
Don Wolter will notify Bob of his new position. M/S/C (Anand, Neilsen) re-elect Mona Walker as vice-
president. M/S/C (Troudt, Neilsen) close motion for nominees. M/S/C (Anand, Neilsen) to table
treasurer position until further notice of the future of the finance committee. At the June meeting the
chairman of the committees will be appointed or re-appointed. Bobbie and Sue will look at comparison
of the Constitutions handed out to make corrections as needed. Adopted should read the date the
Constitution was made, which is 1975.
M/S/C (Neilsen, Troudt) adjourn the meeting.
Respectfully,
Bobbie Luft, Oshkosh Seniors Center, Office Assistant