14 December, 2022

RCEF MINUTES – REGULAR MEETING – December 13, 2022 

Call to Order 

*Meeting called to order by President Mary Patterson, 6:00 p.m. at Ravenna Lumber Company.  

Roll Call 

*Also attending were trustees Mike Pierson, Justin Wilson, Gina Schulz, Hailey Mabrito, Scott McFarren, Jason Helsen, Terry Farr;  absent-Mary Arends, Paul Borgman and Josh Emery.  

Approval of the Agenda 

*The agenda was unanimously approved on motion by Jason with support from Hailey.  

Welcome- Terry Farr and Josh Emery are joining the foundation board. Terry was in attendance, introduced himself and  gave some information on his background. Josh was unable to attend as he was ill. 

Approval of Minutes  

*Minutes of the October 11, 2022 meeting were unanimously approved on motion by Justin with support from Gina.  Correspondence-Mary received a thank you from Kera Howell for her grant request approval.  

Finance Report-Jason noted that the projected balance available to spend was $4,836.30 ($5,336.30 minus $500 Tammi Kantola  grant). Snapshot of the fund balance 12/11/2022 was $260,645.50; checking account balance; $1,403.73 *Hailey moved with Mary supporting to authorize Jason to pay the school for the approved grants and to bring the spendable balance  to 0 for the end of the year; unanimously approved. 

Old Business 

*Gina and Mike drafted a letter to send to potential donors. Mary provided a list of the last donor list from 2017.  *Mary will send each member the spreadsheet of the donor list for each to peruse and add and subtract. Mike will send Gina a list of  members of the Ravenna Area Chamber of Commerce.  

*Goal is to get an updated spread sheet and send out solicitation letters this weekend. Gina was going to draft her mother to address  the envelopes.  

New Business 

*Grant request approved via e-mail of $500 to Kera Howell for the Broiler Chicken Project was unanimously approved on motion by  Mike, support Scott.  

*Web site needs attention to make the donation process more user friendly. Discussion centered on the most effective way to  Communicate our message. The consensus was to minimize the web site and possibly put out quarterly Facebook and Instagram ads thru the Ravenna High School accounts.  

*Gina was authorized up to $300 for the mail donation solicitation project on motion by Jason, support Hailey. Election of Officers-Gina was unanimously elected president on motion by Mary with support from Justin; Scott unanimously  elected vice president on motion by Mike with support from Jason; Mike unanimously elected secretary on motion by Hailey,  support from Gina; Jason unanimously elected treasurer on motion by Justin, support from Terry.  

Thank you Mary for 7 very good years as president! 

*Next Meeting-was set for Tuesday March 14, 6:00 p.m. at Ravenna Lumber Company. 

*Meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m.  

Respectfully Submitted, 

Michael Pierson-secretary 

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