Villages Hiking Club – Board Minutes
Tuesday, September 20, 2022 meeting, Gordon’s home
- Call to Order occurred at 9:43am at Gordon’s Village home on this rescheduled meeting date. All
Board Members were present including- President – Bob Bogdanof, VP Social – Bernice Capitano,
VP Membership & Website – Jim Beyer, Treasurer – Gordon Carbonetti, Secretary – Cheryl Allmen,
and VP Hiking & Trails – Gary Lohr. - Reports
Secretary – Cheryl thanked Gordon for completing the August Board minutes while she was on
vacation. After one small addition to the original minutes (exchanging a name in the New Business
section to Marjorie Siegel instead of Mary Fullerton). Cheryl motioned Gordon seconded for approval of
the August 25, 2022 minutes. Motion approved.
Treasurer – Gordon indicated that the balance for the Hill Lands Project Fund remained unchanged at
$2,215.89. With the addition of 4 new members and receiving a check from the Villages, the new balance
for the General Fund was $5,558.95. Board members approved the 4 financial reports.
VP Membership & Website – Jim shared that our current membership is 321 members with the addition
of 3 new members: Stephanie Torres, James Halliwell, and Norma Brown. He reported that the club
website is doing well and then passed around a suggested change on our new application form, Board
members agreed to the new photo change.
VP Hiking & Trails – Gary reported that last week’s pre-hike Cambria trip team members (attended by
Gary and Bob) explored the most appropriate hiking trails for the upcoming Cambria Fall Trip scheduled
for October 25-27, 2022 and all went well. The trails for Rambler Lite, Rambler and Long Hikers were
found and agreed upon. Bob indicated the Blue Bird Hotel was very nice and the sign-ups with the hiking
club so far were 34 individuals. More additional attendees are also expected. The Wednesday night
group dinner scheduled by Bernice is with Linn’s of Cambria. Several dinner entrees including non-
alcoholic beverages are available and the cost of approximately $48.00/per person will be billed to
member’s house number account. Individual separate tabs will also be available upon request for those
wishing alcohol and dessert. A Pre-trip correspondence will be sent to the web-registered attendees in
later September. Cheryl indicated she had dined at Linn’s numerous times in the past and every meal
was great…especially their wonderful local desserts. She also indicated there are jams, syrups and other
items available for purchase from the local area in their gift shop.
VP Social – Bernice presented an overview of the End of Summer Pot Luck scheduled for Thursday,
September 22, 2022 from 4:30 – 8 PM (sunset) at the Gazebo. She’ll ensure that iced buckets of water
bottles will be available along with labels for the potluck items brought and a corn hole game and
availability to the Bocce courts. She arranged for several new volunteers to help setup and also at end of
the event to pick up trash & close down the table umbrellas. Cheryl indicated that bocce reservations
have changed recently and are needed for the bocce ball courts so to check with the Villages about its
availability during our social timeframe. Jim agreed to bring the name tags and to set up its table for the
social.
President -Bob announced that the 2023 calendar and room requests have been submitted to the
Villages and we’re awaiting for their response and status. He also indicated that the election of the 2023
Club Officers is coming soon and asked if any present Board members are considering stepping down or
wishing to continue in preparation for a great slate of seasoned leaders for 2023.
3. Old Business. It was mentioned that there was a recent Villager article on alcohol utilization at
Village’s events and the Hiking Club Board needed to review the policies for usage and to ensure we’re
following the procedures at our various functions.
4. New Business. None
5. Next Meetings. Our next General Meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 26, 7:30-9:30pm at
the Foothill Center. Cheryl indicated that she will be on vacation during the next Board Meeting on
Thursday, October 20, 2022 from 9:30-10:30am in the Cribari Forum Room. Gordon agreed to be her
substitute.
6. Meeting Adjourn. At 10:40am, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Cheryl Allmen
Cheryl Allmen, Secretary
Attachments, Fiscal Reports
Hiking Club – The Villages Golf & Country Club
General Fund – Financial Report
September 2022
September 1, 2022 Beginning Book Balance: $ 5,658.95
Income:
New Member Dues – Norma Brown $ 7.00 New Member Dues – Stephanie Torres & James Halliwell $ 14.00 New Member Dues – Greg Schultz $ 7.00
Total Income: $ 28.00
Expenses:
Ed Knott – End of Summer Pot Luck Entertainment $ (125.00) Total Expenses: $ (125.00)
September 30, 2022 Ending Book Balance: $5561.95
Submitted by:
Gordon Carbonetti
Treasurer
Hiking Club – The Villages Golf & Country Club
Hill Lands Project Fund – Financial Report
September 2022
September 1, 2022 Beginning Book Balance: $2,215.89
Income:
$ –
Total Income: $ – Expenses: $ – Total Expenses: $ – September 30, 2022 Ending Book Balance: $2,215.89
Submitted by:
Gordon Carbonetti
Treasurer