Interstate
Hiking Club Minutes – Annual Meeting June 3, 2018
The
President, Guy Percival, called the meeting to order at 9:15 am. The President motioned to accept the minutes
of the 2017 Annual Meeting. Carolyn
Canfield accepted and Steve Rikon seconded.
All in favor.
Members Present Were
–
Marguerite
La Corte, Ursula Davis, Guy Percival, Roy Williams, Peter Germann, Carolyn
Canfield, James Canfield, Udi Cohen, Charles Kientzler, Sarie van Niekerk,
Shirley Weldon, Steve Rikon, Monika Murphy, Paul Ferlazzo, George J. Carfagno.
Secretary’s Report –
The
Secretary, Marguerite La Corte, read the hike statistics as well as the event
cancellations due to poor weather conditions, etc., and also announced the Top
Ten Event Attendees. The Secretary
complimented Paul Ferlazzo and Roy Williams for always deciphering the names of
the guests who attended the events before providing her with the sign-in
sheet. Roy Williams motioned to accept
the Secretary’s Report and Paul Ferlazzo seconded. All in favor.
Treasurer’s Report –
The
Treasurer, Charles Kientzler, reported that the Club had a disastrous
announcement from our insurance company advising our insurance would increase
from $700.00 to $1,000.00 and then it would increase to $1,500.00 in one or two
steps because of the overseas trips.
Going forward the overseas trips will be on a need to know basis. Because of the increase in insurance, It was
decided to increase the annual dues to $20.00.
If there are two Club members at the same address, the second member
will only have to pay $10.00. We had a
loss of $485.09. We donate $300.00 per
year as detailed in his Report. At the present time we have 154.2
members. We may lost some members either
due to aging, no longer hiking or canoeing.
We picked-up members from
Meet-Up.
Roy
Williams suggested that we do not give the New York New Jersey Trail Conference
the extra $50.00 donation, since the Trail Conference does not do anything for
our Club.
Roy
Williams motioned to accept the Treasurer’s Report and Peter Germann
seconded. All in favor.
Trail’s Report –
The
Trail’s Chair, Sarie van Niikerk, reported that the two trails on Schunemunk
are in good shape. The Sterling Ridge
Trail needed a lot of work. The hours
needed to maintain the Sterling Ridge trail was double this year In comparison
to last year.
Carolyn
Canfield mentioned that some trails on the Sterling Ridge are still in bad
shape due to the storms we have had.
Shirley Weldon motioned to accept the Trail’s Report and Paul Ferlazzo,
seconded. All in favor.
Entertainment Report
–
There
is no Entertainment Report. Our
President, Guy Percival, announced that Paul Ferlazzo will be our new
Entertainment Chair.
President’s Report –
Our
President, Guy Percival, personally thanked the leaders for volunteering to
lead hikes. Suggestions for November,
2018 through April, 2019 are due by July 29th, 2018. The President announced that we could use
more people to attend Trail Maintenance.
Also, the President announced the upcoming hikes as detailed in his
report. Charles Kientzler announced that
he was thinking that the Club should stop maintaining the Sterling Ridge Trail,
but he was surprised to see how many people attended the scheduled trail
maintenance.
Roy
Williams motioned to accept the President’s Report and Ursula Davis
seconded. All in favor.
Old Business –
No
old business.
Nominating Committee
Report –
The
Nominating Committee recommends the slate of Officers for the 2018-2019 year as
follows: -
Buy
Percival – President, Charles Kientzler – Treasurer, Sarie van Niekerk – Trails
Chair, Marguerite La Corte – Secretary, Paul Ferlazzo - Entertainment
Chair. James Canfield will continue to
be the IHC Web Master. James Canfield
announced that if there is any change in the scheduled event to please let him
know and he can post it on the web page.
Carolyn motioned to accept the slate of Officers and Roy Williams
seconded. All in favor.
No Recess –
New Officers Assumed
Their Duties.
New Business –
See
the President’s Report for details.
Charles
Kientzler mentioned that our President, Guy Percival, needs help in leading
hikes as he is filling in quite often because leaders are not available.
Since
there was no further New Business to discuss, Guy Percival motioned to adjourn
the meeting and Shirley Weldon seconded.
All in favor.
The Interstate Hiking Club Annual meeting was adjourned at 10:03 am.