MINUTES –
HAMPTON PONDS
ASSOCIATION
MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2007
The meeting was called
to order at
7:00 p.m. by President
Rosalie Dupont, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. A moment
of silence followed for those active men and women, veterans and
all who have died in service to our country. There were 15 in
attendance.
Barbara Giroux,
Secretary, read the Minutes of the September meeting. Paul
Bluemer made a motion to accept as read, seconded by Nancy
Pasquini.
Janet Sanuita,
Treasurer, distributed the Hampton Ponds Budget – September 2007
report for everyone’s review. Total income was $1,611.52,
Expenses: $4,732.27 (this expense figure included the payment
for the boat/motor/trailer to Lambert’s for our raffle) and cash
in all accounts: $16,010.97. Profit from the pancake breakfast
was $124.48 and from the tag sale, profit was $785.04. The
total brought in from the clambake was $502.00, but no expense
numbers were available. Pete Sanuita made a motion to accept
the Treasurer’s report, seconded by Ray Dionne.
President Rosalie
Dupont started off the meeting saying we NEED to work as a TEAM
to accomplish our goals and not work AGAINST each other! Kim
Goulette expressed concern about the split in the group from the
“newbees” and “oldbees” and that the new people do have a great
passion and are working hard and want to be a Team. A lengthy
discussion followed…..also brought up was the fact that the Town
of
Southampton doesn’t contribute
as the City of
Westfield does. It was duly
NOTED to everyone that the small group of people from
Southampton certainly doesn’t rule the
Town, and
Southampton has been approached many
times but without success to obtain monies, etc. Don Leger
stated that Proposition 2-1/2 did not pass in the Town of
Southampton, and this was one
way that monies could have been obtained. Ray Dionne said he is
working with our Mayor of Westfield to obtain monies for us. It
was suggested that Ray could approach the Town of
Southampton to try for monies
as well. Clean Lakes was again brought up and noted that this
is NOT a new part of our organization; Nancy Pasquini had been
the sole person working on this project for years and has done a
GREAT JOB – Now we have a TEAM onboard to help with fundraisers,
etc.
Nancy said that it actually
started about 10 years ago when she started having meetings with
the City of
Westfield regarding Bill
Epstein’s properties.
Pete Sanuita suggested
that our meetings need to be conducted in a more orderly
fashion, and not everyone talking at once. President Rosalie
will use the gavel more at our meetings, and WE must all
remember to put up our hands before speaking to be recognized by
our President.
Jim Haley attended our
meeting to give us information about the Marching Band that has
participated for many years in our 4th of July
Parade, and the background of why we pay them $300.00. Paul
Bluemer stated that in the past, the Parade Book proceeds were
used to pay for the Band, but since we do not publish anymore,
it now comes out of
the General Fund. The band has a
lot of history with our HPA, they are also civil war
re-enactors, plays the tap as well, and contributes a lot to our
Parade. Barb Giroux made a motion to continue to pay the $300.00
to this band and have them participate in our future parades,
seconded by Pete Sanuita.
Jim Haley also gave a GREAT
presentation on a quick History of the HPA. A lot of
information he presented was not known to us, and we thanked him
for taking the time to share this information with all of us.
Barb Giroux also took a copy for the Minute Book if anyone would
like to read it more thoroughly.
The
Membership Drive and
“Personal Ask” to Waterfront Owners were tabled until January.
Copies of the mission
statement, charter and by-laws were handed out for everyone’s
review and tabled until next meeting to discuss.
The “Application for
Common Victualler” was discussed in detail. Nancy Pasquini and
Rosalie Dupont will work on this to determine if we are required
to submit this. The form notes that a Food Service Permit is
supposed to be attached.
Per Janet Sanuita, no
news as yet on the IRS Penalty assessed to us in the amount of
$1,400.00.
Nancy Pasquini talked
with Gary Massoti about donating a boat to
Jericho. She stated he has a
14’ fiberglass that he could donate.
Nancy will discuss this boat
versus an aluminum one, and she will get in touch with Lou after
Gary decides the boat that
will be donated.
Janet Sanuita is
handling the quotes for our liability and property insurance and
will update us when quotes are received.
Upcoming events…..Tag
Sale weekend of October 5th, Spaghetti dinner October
6th, Walk-A-Thon November 3rd, and Turkey
Dinner November 3rd.
Barbara Giroux made a
motion to adjourn the meeting at
8:23 p.m., seconded by Kim Goulette.
Respectfully submitted,
Barbara Giroux, Secretary
10/3/2007
FOR DISCUSSION AT NEXT MEETING
-
Mission statement, charter and
by-laws.
-
Application for Common
Victualler Update.
-
Donation of boat by Gary
Massoti to
Jericho.
-
Did we receive quotes re:
liability and property insurance.
-
Discuss success of Tag Sale,
Spaghetti Dinner, Walk-A-Thon and Turkey Dinner.
-
IRS Penalty Assessed of
$1,400.
-
Membership Drive and “Personal
Ask” to Waterfront owners tabled until January.
