Attendance remained at 93 for the February 6 Social. Although that was a good number, last year there were 123 that attended. Thanks for being loyal to your club by showing up! With the addition of new members at this month’s Social, there are now 127 Full Members and 63 Associate Members. Some Full Members from 2015 still have not renewed. Hopefully, they will renew and return by next month’s Social. The MASS email and Call-em-All lists have been edited to reflect the current membership.

The Host Team included Jean & Jim Martin, Venetia Batten, Gene Day, Mike Sigler, and Yvonne Jordan. The decorations reflected the teams of the “2016 Super Bowl – Panthers and Broncos.” (Of course, now we all know, the game did not fare well for our state’s Panthers.) Thanks to everyone for bringing food and friends, and for helping with clean up by clearing your tables before leaving! The DJ Roy Childress played some great tunes, and the bartender Dennis won the 50/50 drawing.

The monthly Board Meeting was held on Tuesday, February 9 and one of the topics discussed was the status of our treasury balance. As many of you know, we moved our Socials from the downstairs Bar Area of the Elks to the Ballroom upstairs at the beginning of 2014. The cost for rental of the space increased from $50 to $350 per month, but the Board did not increase Membership fees nor Entry fees at that time. (I have been told that these fees have not increased in 24 years.) For “most” of the months of 2014 and 2015,we have been fortunate to meet the monthly expense of $550($350 to Elks and $200 to DJ) with the entry fees of each Social based on increased attendance. However, there have been very little fundsto add to the treasury balance. In addition, over the last two years, the club hasincurred additional expenditures including liability Insurance, development of our web site, and annual fees to maintain the web site. We will continue to study this situation and will keep everyone updated about this topic.

We still need additional host team members for July, September, and October. You may sign up on the website, send an email, or contact Connie Warren or Yvonne Jordan.

Remember that SOS Cards are available for $30 from Yvonne Jordan or Mike Sigler.

Note: If anyone brought a dessert to the December Social and is missing a pie server with a green handle, please contact Yvonne Jordan.

See you at the March 5th Social! (I am not sure, but the theme may be St. Patrick’s Day.)

Until then Keep Shagging!!!

Yvonne Jordan
Madam President, 2016