Insurance Women of San Antonio |
Meeting was called to order by President Shirley Heskew at 12:00 noon. Chaplain Laura White delivered the invocation noting the many things for which we can be thankful. She also gave an update on Mary Ellen Penwell who has recovered from her broken hip and is now home and Jody Furche Babcock who is now in remission from cancer. Sad news is that Billy Hyde’s wife Catherine just passed away and members were asked to keep Billy and his family in thoughts and prayers. 1st Vice President Gloria Cessac was not in attendance. Sue Finke announced guests and members birthdays. Sponsor for November birthday gifts is McCorkle Insurance Agency. President Shirley Heskew announced October 27, 2011, General Assembly minutes had been posted on the IWSA website. There were no corrections or additions and the minutes were approved as posted. President Elect April Massey was not in attendance. Her report was given by Sue Finke. 1st Vice President Gloria Cessac: Not present; no report. 2nd Vice President Adeina Anderson thanked all who contributed to the Lucky Eleven Casino Night held 11/11/11 at DoubleTree Hotel. The winner of $50 for the member who sold the most event tickets is Sue Finke who sold 30 event tickets and the winner of the $50 for the member who sold the most raffle tickets is April Massey who sold 151 raffle tickets. Our fabulous sponsors are: Adeina reminded members to be sure and tell any of the people who work for these sponsors how much we appreciate their support as we can’t do our fundraisers without them! The winners of the raffle prizes were: Diana Perez, Shirley Heskew and Gail Gold. The winners of the Texas Hold’em Tournament were: David Lively, Dennie Howard and Tim Moranz. Adeina reported not all the sponsor and event tickets payments have been received and the bill for the signs has not been received but a good estimate of our profit is $3700-3800 for this fundraiser. President Shirley Heskew thanked Adeina and everyone who helped on this fundraiser with a reminder that we will have a golf tournament in March. Recording Secretary Jean Schriever: No report. Corresponding Secretary Jan Hyatt asked members to check to be sure their spam blockers are not blocking her e-mails. Jan stated that the Junior League which has owned the Bright Shawl for some time has now taken over the management of the Bright Shawl. Menu has changed, prices have increased, and there are room and screen/mic charges. Jan added that she was sad to report that our November luncheon is the last one scheduled for the Bright Shawl. Jan is checking prices with Sue Vina at the DoubleTree and will send an e-mail with January luncheon information. Our December luncheon will be our Christmas party on Friday 12/9 at Anne Marie’s on Starcrest. Our April luncheon is scheduled for the Doubletree. Shirley thanked Jan for her hard work in finding a new luncheon location. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Community Service Karla Moeller reported she delivered the Thanksgiving food and monetary donations for Woodrow Wilson Elementary families to the school and thanked everyone who brought food or monetary donations. Deni and Karla attended the SAISD thank you breakfast where IWSA was recognized for our donations to Woodrow Wilson Elementary. For our December project, we will be adopting five families through the Daughters of Charity. We already have many donations but need more items. Anyone wishing to “adopt” someone on the list needs to call Karla with that information. Donations need to be given to Karla at the Christmas luncheon or brought to her office before that time. Items needed are food, household staples, gifts or money. Also we have $250 from an earlier raffle that we will be using for this project. Entertainment Letty DeLoach was not present but had asked Shirley to remind members that our Christmas luncheon is Friday 12/9/11 at Anne Marie’s on Starcrest starting at 11:30am. We will have vendors there to provide Christmas shopping opportunities before and after the luncheon so members are encouraged to come a little early to look at their wares. Shirley also reported that Conya Harris, FIWT president, plans to attend. Parliamentarian Sue Finke stated we were in order. Yearbook Kim McKanna Gray was not present. In her absence Shirley reported yearbooks are almost complete and will be e-mailed to members in the near future. If you need a paper copy, please call Kim so she can bring your copy to the Christmas luncheon. There were no other committee reports. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: President Shirley Heskew stated committees of Legislation and Publicity are still not filled on the Board so we need someone to step up and volunteer to fill these positions. Contact Shirley for information on these committees. She will be making phone calls if there are no volunteers! NEW BUSINESS: There was no new business. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Community Service Karla Moeller reported the proceeds of the raffle ($69) will go toward the Christmas project. Prizes were donated by Adeina Anderson and Sue Finke. Door prizes were sponsored by MacKenzie Restoration. Meeting was adjourned at 12:45 pm. Respectfully submitted,
Jean Schriever |
