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Our theme was Animal Awarness and the environment and we talked about the walkathon. We had very tasty Norwegian open sandwiches for dinner.
Attendees: President Karen, Laila, Gerd, Liva, Jan Natas, Peggy, and Suzan.
The picnic on Sunday April 22nd was discussed. It will be held in Heritage Park in Plantation at noon and it will cost $10 per person, children free. Social Director Else was not at the board meeting to confirm food items, but we will have the same as last year: hot dogs (Norwegian and American), hamburgers, potato salad, and so on. Later Else said she is bringing the food but we need to find someone else to bring the soft drinks and beer and to do the grilling of food. Treasurer Liva offered to help Else with the picnic and Karen said that our new members Ernesto and Olga also want to help. Our records show that we had about 60 people attend the picnic last year and we are hoping for the same this year. Several games for the kids and adults were talked about, such as volleyball, sack race, badminton, egg in spoon race, water balloons, horse shoe throwing, rolling pin and fish throwing. Sports Director Aage Halvorsen is in charge of games and activities at the picnic.
Our May 12th social meeting at President Karen's home was also discussed. It was decided that it should start at 3:00 p.m. and everyone who wants to go swimming in the pool needs to bring their own towels. We also might need to rent chairs or borrow from VFW. Our new member Ernesto Garcia would like to be the bartender. More will be discussed in the next board meeting.
Since the goal this year is for each member to sign up another new member, Karen, Liva and Laila decided to sign up 3 new members. Setting up a new cruise trip was also discussed and Karen said she knows someone who can look into options for us.
President Karen brought up that doing interviews with new members in the newsletter is a great idea and a fun way to welcome them into our lodge and at the same time get feedback about the lodge and its activities. Some of the questions could be about how they heard about us, why they were interested in joining, what they have gained by becoming a member, what they can contribute with to the lodge and so on.
Gerd made a motion to have people sign in with Peggy at the door when they arrive to our socials. President Karen volunteered to make her a signup sheet, where they can also add their email addresses. That way we can send them the newsletter by email. And for those who do not have email, we will continue to send them a copy through the mail. This way we will have a record of who comes to the socials and also cut costs on mailing newsletters to our members. This was approved and 2nd.
On National Day of Climate Action April 14th Laila will be at Hugh Taylor Birch State Park to promote environmental awareness and Sons of Norway. Liva, Suzan and possibly Gerd said they would be there also. We want more people to join us also.
Next Board Meeting was set for Wednesday April 25th and everyone is welcome!
Suzan
Secretary
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