REGIONAL CONTINUITY OF
August 9, 2011
Educational Classrooms
3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
In an effort to wait for as many members as possible, Mary Riemersma, President, called
the RCCC meeting to order at 3:16 p.m. There were sixteen members present. Each
member introduced themselves and identified their business.
After this brief introduction, Mary continued with the President’s report. She began by
thanking everyone who attended the July 12th seminar. The three speakers were excellent,
and the crowd was lively. Valley Gardens was very gracious to provide a delicious variety
of treats. The next item to discuss was the S.J. County Retired & Senior Volunteer Program
(RSVP) to be held on Saturday, October 1, 2011, at 1:30 p.m. RCCC members were invited
to donate baskets for the honorees, while promoting their businesses. Carol Clemons volunteered to bring these baskets to the appropriate agency, if members brought them to
the September meeting. Finally, Mary announced Jennifer Tiede would lead the committee
for the Winter Social (Nov. 8th).
Mary continued spoke about the importance of nominating people as
new Executive officers in 2012. Mr. Hopper will move into the President’s role, while
other members will be asked to be fill the positions of Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary,
and Membership. She spoke about the need to infuse new ideas into the RCCC. Mary went
on to give an overview of the Membership position, too, as both Diane & Bob were celebrating
their anniversary. Congratulations to them! The website is up and running, with a small
glitch that is being handled by Diane and Deepak.
Kristin Mostowski, Treasurer, gave the account balance to be $1507.39. Forty dollars was
collected as donations for the July seminar.
Mr. Gary Libhard, American Military Benefits group, was then introduced to the membership
as the guest speaker. He delineated several important points about the “Aid and Attendance
Benefit”. His company helps families complete the proper paperwork in the proper order, and get organized so that there will be no unnecessary delays in the reception of the benefit. He
was honest with the membership about possible pitfalls that families and facilities face when
submitting applications. Mr. Libhart entertained many questions from the membership. He
also encouraged facilities to have an information night with resident families.
There being no further business, Mary adjourned the meeting at 4:20 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Margie Maston
