Minutes from Cedar Grove Chapter Unico National February 25, 2009Held at Il Tulipano 28 members in attendance out of 70 total membersCalled to Order 8:00 pm Minutes approved from February 4, 2009
Committee Reports
1) Bill DiPietro – Membership Chair
a)
Membership at 70 members
b) Announced
February Birthdays
CG Chapter - 2 new members sworn in
– Robert Maione & William LoRusso
2) Amy Tufaro – Publicity Chair
a) Please
give any ads for papers to Amy for distribution
b)
Ads for Track Night have been sent to the Cedar Grove
Observer and Verona / Cedar Grove Times+
c) Will place ads for Super 50/50 raffle, Scholarships, Pasta Night, St. Joseph’s
breakfast and Golf Outing
d) Al Zanga will coordinate publicity with Amy
3) Anthony Latella – District Govenor
a) CG Chapter
“Night at the Races” at Pegasus Sat. February 28 - $65 per person
b) Montclair
chapter inducted 20 new members
c) District 4 now has 500 members
d) Bloomfield
will have wrestling at Bloomfield HS on Sat. 2/21, donated $5000 to President’s Fund
e) President’s
meeting held 2/17 & discussed fund raising ideas for District 4
f)
District 4 Bowl-a-thon to be held at Van Houten Lanes
in Clifton on 5/4/09
4) Anthony Ricciardi – Eastern Regional District Govenor
a) District 4 “Fun Night” Friday 2/7 at ViIlla at Mountain Lakes to raise funds for new President
b) 2009 National Convention in Las Vegas 7/29 to 8/2
c)
District Meeting held 1/25 at Holiday Inn - Totowa
5)
New Business
a) CG Chapter holding Super 50/50 Raffle, with 1 grand prize of $10,000 to be awarded on 6/10/09 at Scholarship
Awards dinner – tickets are $100 each – Sold about 60 tickets
b) “Night
at the Races” at Pegasus at the Meadowlands to be held Sat. February 28 – see Anthony Latella to attend
c) St. Joseph’s Breakfast held Sat. 3/21 at St. Catherine’s after 8:30am mass for deceased Unicans
d) CG Unico Golf Outing tentatively scheduled for Thurs. 6/11/09 at Knoll CC in Parsippany – Greg Salerno will follow
with details
e) Pasta Night scheduled for Fri. 3/20 at St. Catherine’s – Adults $8
, children $5
f) Scholarships – Deadline for applicants is 4/3/09 – all applications
sent to schools – See John Borgese for details if you are on the committee
g) Easter Egg Hunt at community park on 4/10/09 at 10 am – see Francine Faieta for details
h) CG Chapter buying banners to promote organization at events easier
Old Business
Ø CG Chapter
sworn in 2 new members at last meeting
Ø
Presidents Meeting held 2/17 & discussed fund raising
ideas for District
Ø Montclair State University had Italian studies seminar on 2/18 – MSU has
500 students in Italian Studies Special Presentation
Ø
Ben McHugh, Lance Corporal, United States Marine Corps,
and Cedar Grove resident, gave a talk of his experiences of his enlistment and the honor of serving his country and protecting
our freedom
Good & Welfare
Ø Neil Gerard recuperating after breaking his back, is doing much better
Ø Ray Testa will now chair Good & Welfare
Closing remarks by Rich Orsini
Ø
Next Executive Board Meeting – Monday March 9,
2009 at 7:00 pm
Ø Next General Meeting – 3/25/2009 – 7:00 pm at PJ Rufo’s, West
Paterson
Meeting adjourned
at 9:40 pm
Respectfully submitted,
Greg TufaroSecretary
