The Rotary Club of Lynnwood Board Meeting minutes from November 19, 2014 were approved with corrections noting new member additions. The Treasurer's report showed the club's finances on track but below budget on membership dues. Various club activities and events were discussed including the house building project, upcoming social and service events, and officer nominations for the next year were approved.

1. ROTARY CLUB OF LYNNWOOD
Board Meeting - Minutes
Nov 19, 2014
Attendees:
Guests: John Niemi
Meeting opened: 6:10 PM
President: Debbie Bodal
Location: First Security Bank office, 19002 33rd Ave W Lynnwood, WA
October minutes approved as corrected. It was requested that the new member names
be added to the minutes. Dan Wilson, Jody Lende, and Franz Jocelyn. It was
requested that we clarify who Sarah is - Debbie indicated that the club needed to get a
Badge for Sarah-Anne from Provail.
Motion to approve with changes made by Shannon Sessions and seconded by Wayne
Anthony. Motion passed unanimously.
Club Secretary Report - Jay Tveidt - No Report
Treasurer's Report - Larry Strauss - Report as of the end of October was presented by Larry. He
requested that anyone who has questions to contact him by email. Items discussed:
1. Acct: 401 Dues was budgeted at $32000 based on a membership level of 80 members. Actual
membership is 70 members and income is less than budget as a result.
Currently members Bob Wilson and Faimous Harrison have not paid their dues for the current
year. Expectations are that both members will pay.
2. Acct: 410 Advertising Revenue was budgeted at $600. Currently no income has been
received this year. This income has come from BETS Consulting and Acura of Lynnwood in
past years. Debbie will check with Lily regarding what advertising space is available on new
DacDb website. Shannon will draft a proposal to membership soliciting advertisements once it
is known what can be offered.
3. Acct: 411 Lunches revenue is ahead of budget through October. Debbie has reached out to
membership regarding the need for members to purchase lunches to enable the club to meet
minimum requirement.
Debbie Bodal, President ■ Ken Peirce, Dir. Vocational Service ■
Wayne Anthony, President-Elect ■ Gunnvor Tveidt, Dir. Int’l Service E
Marilla Sargent Vacant Vice
President
■ Edith Larson, Dir. Club Service ■
Sue Venable, Past President A Shannon Sessions, Dir. Community
Service
■
Larry Straus, Treasurer ■
C. Jay Tveidt, Secretary E

2. Presidents Report - Debbie Bodal
1. Clarification on membership types - R85 - will be based on number of years in Rotary plus
member age in calendar years.
Debbie proposed that Wil Wright will be categorized as an R85 member but asked that he be
considered as an Honorary member and not be required to pay annual dues.
Honorary and Friends of Rotary - No dues will be required of members in these categories.
Rummage sale helpers can be in this category. Need to give names of people in this category
to Jay Tveidt as Secretary.
Motion was made by Marilla Sargent to make Wil Wright an Honorary member and Larry
Strauss seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously.
Vern Sather has not been able to be reached regarding his ongoing membership. Debbi will
attempt to reach him. No other action at this time. Wil Wolf is requesting a leave of absence
or he will resign from club due to current circumstances. Issue tabled by Debbie until further
notice.
2. Club Runner transition: Add two month website only on Club Runner for $30.00 a
month.
Need of for extension is to extract data regarding our club that is stored on the website.
Debbie will pursue retrieving archived data from website. Motion to continue paying for
website for two months was made by Wayne Anthony and seconded by Ken Peirce. Motion
passed unanimously.
3. College place Elementary request for food.
Shannon contacted mother of one of the requestors and informed her that no funds remained
available during this year to help meet their request.
4. December meeting- Corks and Canvas event - Fellowship http://corksandcanvasevents.com/
Board recommended that no additional fellowship events be added in this calendar year. No
additional meetings will be added.

3. 5. Membership application- Danielle Gregory application. Motion to accept application was
made by Shannon Sessions and seconded by Edy Larson. Motion passed unanimously.
President Elect Report-Wayne Anthony
• Nominating committee: Wayne presented the slate of candidates approved by the
nominating committee for 2015-2016 to the board for approval.
2015-16 Board Officer Nominations:
President Wayne Anthony
Past President Debbie Bodal
President Elect Marilla Sargent
Vice President Casey Auve
Secretary Barbara Lindberg
Treasurer Larry Strauss
Wayne made a motion to accept the candidates and the motion was seconded by Marilla
Sargent. Motion passed unanimously.
Special Orders - Election of officers for 2015-16.(per Bylaws: Article 10. Sec 1.)
Club Service: - Edy Larson
Vocational Service: - Ken Pierce. House project is moving forward. Footings are done. Foundation
forms are in. Tulalip students got fifty percent of the forms in place before the local students got on-
site. A student from King's HS will be joining the group in January. Coats have been provided for all
students. Getting staff support from the Edmonds School District has been slow. Support provided to
date has had no construction expertise.
Debbie proposed a club work party on site at the house project on January 29, 2015 and a fellowship
social event later that day at Anthony's Homeport at the Alderwood Mall.
Debbie also suggesting a social event on April 30, 2015 at the Historic Flight Collection facility in
Mukilteo which would be at no cost to the club for the space.
Community Service: - Shannon Sessions
• Operation Warm - Biggest event to date. Didn't have enough coats for everyone. Had a
donation of $1000 of $50 gift certificates for shoes for people who didn't get coats. Fire District
1 foundation mentioned helping next year.
• Santa Breakfast - Need someone to sell raffle tickets during the event. Need to find a way to
get early ticket purchases to happen to provide a better count of people attending. Last year
there was too much food that was not eaten during the event. Debbie pointed out that the club
needs to find a way to bring in more revenue. Last year the expenses were two times the
revenue. Help is still needed to help decorate on Friday before the event from 1-6pm

4. • Reading Buddies - Program is getting little support from club membership. Only two
members have signed up to provide reading help.
International Service: - Gunnvor Tveidt. No report
Youth Services: - Larry Strauss reported that the Rotoract Event had great participation from
prospective members. Twenty people attended and eight to nine signed up as members. Larry
Strauss, Gunnvor, and Casey Auve were in attendance from club. Gary Alford was not present.
Standing Committee Reports: - Marilla Sargent reported on the scholarship committee. Application
and criteria have been provided to club and LCRF websites. Applications are due in April 2015 the
awards being made in May. Both Vocational and Academic scholarships are to be awarded. Ken
Peirce suggested that there is some lack of clarity regarding if a 3.0 GPA is required to get a
scholarship.
Unfinished Business: - Golf Tournament update. Still in the hands of the attorneys.
New Business: None
Adjourned: 8:25pm