Redlands Mesa Grange #487

Meeting Minutes February 18, 2014

When members had enjoyed a great dinner, the meeting was called to order by
Worthy Master Kay Adams at 6:45PM. Members present: Kay Adams, Bill Crank, Bob
Halley, Steve Kantz and Bob and Nancy May.

The minutes from the January 21, 2014 meeting were read and approved with a
motion by Bob May and seconded by Bob Halley.

Bill Crank, Treasurer, presented the treasurers report for the November 20 to
December 31, 2013 period, the 2013 year-end report and January 1 to February 18,
2014 report. The current ending bank balance is $6,933.89. A motion to approve the
Treasures Report was made by Bob Halley and seconded by Nancy May.

Fund Raising:

Membership Drive:
Bill Crank announced that during the 2013 year, the Grange had 44 paying
members and 3 Golden sheath. As of February 18, we already had 42 paid
members.

We had tentatively planned a St Patrick Day Dinner for March 15, 2014. Since
Corinne Holder is out of town, we will wait until she returns before scheduling this
event.

Bob Halley made a suggestion that we consider a Piled Potato event. This
would be a baked potato bar a with numerous toppings and also a salad. He
suggested the charge for this event be by donation.

New Business:

Bill Crank informed the membership he had recently received information that the
IRS has revoked the Granges Tax Exempt status. This was due to failure of the
Grange to file the required IRS tax returns over the last 3+ years. This
revocation was effective May 2013.

Bill will investigate the necessary steps and cost to get this status reinstated. It
was agreed that if the cost was less than $2000 we would proceed.

Kay told the members of the recent death of a Redlands Mesa neighbor. Saul
Smithson recently passed away and a memorial ceremony will be held at the
Grange.

A bid to replace the buildings windows came in a $5,388 for 7 windows. It was
decided to hold off on this for the present.


The March meeting will be devoted to a discussion of ideas for improvements at
the Grange building. We would like to get ideas and suggestions from the
membership. Gloria Crank will email all members notifying them of the upcoming
discussion.

A motion to adjourn was made by Bill Crank and seconded by Bob Halley.