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City of Oshkosh
Senior Services Division
Oshkosh Seniors Center
200 N. Campbell Rd.
Oshkosh, WI 54902
(920) 232-5300 (920) 232-5307 FAX
ADVISORY BOARD OF THE OSHKOSH SENIORS CENTER
MEETING MINUTES SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
PRESENT:
Mary Wiedenmeier, Viv Goupell (Friends of the Oshkosh Seniors Center Representative), Judy
Smith, Xandy Kloeckl (Committee on Aging Liaison), Barbara Goldthwaite, Sandy Noe, Sue
Gullickson, Gary Konrad, Heather Hoeffler, and Roberta Messer
EXCUSED:
Cynthia Thorpe, John Hauser, Dale Sonnenberg, Vicki Leichtfuss
ABSENT:
STAFF:
Mark Ziemer, Senior Services Manager; Kathy Snell, Lead Office Coordinator
Meeting was called to order at 1:04 p.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Approval of August 25, 2014 meeting minutes: Gary moved to approve the meeting minutes as written.
Roberta seconded. All were in favor. Meeting minutes approved as written.
Continuing Education:
None.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Fund Raising Committee (FOSC):
Viv reported she was not at the last couple of meetings. However, she and Barbara reported on the
fundraising efforts going on to date.
OCM PreSale – 15 were sold at the Fall Family Fun Fest. Official sales start on October 1.
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Spaghetti Dinner – coming together well right now. The event will be on November 8. Tickets are
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now being sold at the front desks.
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Mystery Dinner – a date has been set for Friday, March 13, 2015. Look for upcoming “Save the
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Date” cards.
Fall Fest – no final numbers, however the impression by staff was that it was not as well attended
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as in the past.
Brat Fry – brought in a profit of $530. Wondering if it is worth the effort. Gary felt this was low for
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a Festival sale. We were later in the season and perhaps that made a difference.
Breakfast with Santa Event – determined there was too much competition and therefore will not be
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hosting an event like this.
Currently the Friends Board is short a Vice President. Elsie Meland resigned due to personal
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reasons.
The Friends have recently received a couple of sizable donations. They have in turn moved a
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good portion of these funds into the Endowment Fund.
Governance
No report. Do not anticipate meeting in October. Meeting for November will be held.
Finance
No report.
Health
Sue reported there was good discussion around future programming. A representative from the
committee will plan to attend the calendar planning meeting with the staff in October. Sue asked Mark to
discuss where the Health Interim Project Manager position is right now. Mark stated at their last budget
meeting it was determined that this position will no longer exist in the 2015 proposed budget. The .5
FTE loss will be effective as of January 2015. Roberta stated we are looking to increase in an
expansion and yet have to continue to cut back staff. She asked how we might plan to maintain a new
facility with less staff. Mark stated that with reducing staff and expanding it will mean that the remaining
staff positions will have to be adjusted to fit the growing needs.
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Committee on Aging (COA)
The Committee did not meet last month. Meetings will resume in October.
Chairperson’s Report
Cynthia also encouraged individuals to sell raffle tickets for the Fall Fest. Kathy distributed everyone’s
packets to be sold. She stated that if each board member and staff sold their packs we would raise over
$2,000 in just these sales.
Manager’s Report
Calendar Planning – will be scheduling time to meet and plan a 2015 program calendar (for special
events). Group meeting will consist of staff and board members.
Dimension IV – will be meeting Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. We will review the report that was put together
regarding the expansion of the North Building.
Fund Development Position – 4 candidates will be interviewed tomorrow. We are also looking at putting
together a marketing and branding ad hoc group in the coming year.
Budget – as it pertains to Fund Development positions will remain the same as it was this year (same
wage and hours). We are sensitive that this might be an issue for potential candidates and realize we may
have to revise these if we do not find appropriate and willing candidates.
Volunteer Coordinator Position – will be vacant effective Wednesday. Chris has chosen to leave her
position with us. We will be posting the opening very soon.
Health Community Program – has been doing a great job assisting with program ideas.
Transportation Study – 9 recommendations had been made, one suggesting an Advocacy group start
meeting to support individuals in the community who continue to face issues around their transportation
needs.
Donors – calls to donors over $100+ continue. Wondering about personally signed letters or handwriting
them…asked for thoughts from the group.
RSVP – Wendy Nevers, RSVP Coordinator will no longer have office hours on our campus.
Senior Connects Program – received grant dollars to connect North High School students with seniors to
teach them how to use their electronic devices.
Old Business:
None
New Business:
None
Comments:
Mark shared with the committee a card received from a recipient of Fisk Gallup Funds. She thanked us
for the funds to assist with purchasing eye glasses to better her vision.
Adjournment:
Roberta moved to adjourn. All were in favor, meeting adjourned.
Respectively Submitted,
Kathy Snell
Lead Office Coordinator
Senior Services
City of Oshkosh
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