LE RADICI MEMBERSHIP MEETING
APRIL 10, 2012
President Kay Corsaro welcomed thirty-four (34) members to tonight’s meeting.
SECRETARY: There were no additions or corrections to last month’s minutes. John Petzker motioned to accept the minutes & Sarah DiLullo 2nd. Virginia Cruickshank read correspondence from the Montessori School at Holy Rosary in Little Italy. They are having “A Taste of Little Italy” on Sept. 23rd ; cost of tickets are $40 per person.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
MEMBERSHIP: Pat DiLullo reported that to date, we have sixty-seven (67) families for a total of one hundred eleven (111) total memberships. There are sixteen (16) families that have not paid their dues yet. Pat will contact them to inquire about their status.
SUNSHINE: Mary Fraiya sent “Get Well” cards to Tony & Sally Dalessandro & a “Sympathy Card” to Eduardo Altieri for the death of his brother. Please notify Kay or Mary if you know of any member who would need a card sent to them.
ITALIAN COUNCIL: Kay read the report from the April 2nd meeting. The Financial Report stated the Checking Account Balance through March was $20,663.85; the Festival Account Balance was $29,013.23 through March. There were eighty-one people in attendance at the Delegate Banquet. The Festival deadline for vendors is May 10th. There will be a raffle for a trip to Italy. The Scholarship Breakfast will be on Saturday, & Sunday Mass is at 11am at the Civic Theatre with two parking lots available for the Mass. Prices for ads in the program booklet are $25 for business cards, $100 for ¼ page, $200 for ½ page & $300 for full page. Please see Sally Dalessandro to purchase a $5.00 patron ad line. All clubs must sell $130 worth of raffle tickets to have a free ad in the booklet. All Scholarship applications must be in by May 4th. The IBH is offering a spaghetti appreciation dinner on August 4th that is free to all Council Members. Application forms are available for debutants for the Columbus Day celebration on Oct. 13th at Tangier.
TREASURER: Giovanni Catalano reported that as of March 13th there was $263.00 Income; $435.93 Expenses; Total Checking Account Balance is $20,354.47. As of March 31, the Total Investment is $50,890.00.
BUILDING: There is no change in status. We will wait until repairs are resolved by the owner & will keep on looking for other possibilities.
ITALY TRIP: There are eighteen people who will be traveling to Italy. All payments should be finalized by May 1st. There will be a meeting & social with all travelers to go over the itinerary soon.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS: There will be a “Frank Sinatra Night” on April 27th at the St. George Fellowship Hall sponsored by the Young Adults. There will be a dinner & dance with cash bar. The cost is $35.00 per person.
Connie Sancetta from the IACF notified Kay that there will be an Italian Music Program at Oberlin College on April 13th.
FESTIVALS: There will be a meeting with Kay, Ennio, Pat & John Petzker to set up plans for the festivals. The Akron Festival will be July 13th through July 15th. Le Radici will have a booth & sell donated homemade cookies. The Festa Italiana in the Falls will be July 27th through July 29th & we will sell sausage sandwiches. Lots of workers are needed. Ennio will prepare estimates for Board approval. There will be sign-up sheets at next month’s meeting for the shift workers.
PICNIC: The co-chairs for this event will be Dave & Karen Young & Johnrocco & Erica Sibilia. The picnic will be August 19th at Lion’s Park in Tallmadge. Giovanni will look into the cost to have a pig roast. There was some discussion as to whether we should continue with the $5.00 admission charge, or maybe not have any charge at all because we can use the club’s money. Ralph Pezzotti made a motion to charge $5.00 for all adults to attend the picnic & Theresa Cornacchione 2nd the motion. Ennio made an amendment to the motion to use the admission money to have a raffle to give back the money. There was a show of hands & all were in favor.
BOCCE TOURNAMENT: Giovanni asked if there was anyone interested in co-ordinating a Bocce Tournament at Lion’s Park that would include teams made up of people from our club & other clubs. Please contact him to discuss the possibility.
Starting on June 4th, the first Monday after Memorial Day, we will start our weekly Monday Night Bocce at Lion’s Park at 6pm. Everyone is invited to come & play bocce.
ANNIVERSARY PARTY: Giovanni wanted to know if the members were interested in having our Anniversary Party at the Molisani Club in Euclid. We would have a home-cooked meal, dancing, cash bar & then play bocce as they have three bocce courts. There were some concerns about the drive to get to Euclid. Kay will look into some type of limousine service.
CHRISTMAS PARTY: Dora Quattrocchi & Roseanne Henderson are chairing the event this year. It will be December 7th at Guy’s Party Center at 7pm.
NEW BUSINESS: John Petzker would like to put a bus trip together in the fall. Further information will be coming.
MISCELLANEOUS: As the Radio Station is closed, Giovanni would like to start a newsletter that would focus on the local Akron Italian Community. It would be a paid position, possibly run by a journalism student. He will try to contact the local universities for interested students. Maybe the Italian Council will help support this effort.
Ennio will be conducting the Italian Language Classes at the Falls Library. He asked if Le Radici would like to run this program in the future.
Joe Motta has a contact at an embroidery business in Aurora that can put the Le Radici logo on to a shirt of your choice. The cost would be $11 plus tax. If you would like to bring in your own new shirt to next month’s meeting, Joe will see that the work is done.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:30pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Virginia Cruickshank
Recording Secretary
PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT MEMBERSHIP MEETING TO BE HELD ON MAY 8TH AT 7PM AT THE COUNTRY INN & SUITES. HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE!
LAST CALL FOR ALL DUES TO BE PAID! SEND YOUR CHECK TO LE RADICI, P.O. BOX 258, TALLMADGE, OH 44278