Woodbridge Township Senior Billi

Woodbridge Township Senior Billiards Club

October 9, 2024, General Meeting Minutes

PRESIDENT – Steve Sharkey, 1st VICE PRESIDENT – Joseph Keber,

2nd VICE PRESIDENT – Pat Trombetta, TREASURER – Joseph Cafaro,

Steve Sharkey called the general meeting of the WTSBC to order at the Woodbridge Community Center at 1:32 PM, with an attendance of fifty-0ne active members which is a quorum. Attendance sheet attached.

Steve announced that the E-Board had a discussion and decided that there is no need for an increase in the dues for 2025. The Board has also decided that we will be enforcing the minimal three general meetings per year rule starting in 2025. The room daily attendance for September was 30-33 members on weekdays and fifteen members on weekends. There has been an increase in the number of people not signing the sign-in sheet, please take the time to sign-in and out when you come to the room.

Steve reminded the body that he asked for volunteers at the last meeting primarily to make coffee at the meetings and if you notice there is no coffee today. Fortunately, Christina Malangone has volunteered to make coffee starting next month. Steve thanked Christina for supplying the crumb cake and thanked Diane Walker for making the Apple pie. Rob Jenkins took over the apparel committee along with Pat Murphy.

Ladies’ day tournament. Steve invited the ladies in the club to organize a committee to have a ladies day tournament. We will help get it together if you get the players.

Sergeant-at-Arms - Lou Algaze - coordinated seating, cell phones, and led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Steve asked the members to please remain standing for a moment of silence in remembrance of all our deceased members –

E-Board Roll Call - Joe O. The officers were all present.

Did everyone sign in? - Steve

Do we have a Quorum? Joe O. Yes, we have fifty-one members present.

President’s Report -- Steve acknowledged the Birthdays and Anniversary’s for October. Steve talked about the emergency preparedness of the club.

Emergency evacuation Our muster point is located by the clothing donation bins at the front of the community center.

Election of officers announced. - Steve announced that November is the month we nominate and elect officers for the following year. Steve acknowledged that the current slate of officers has agreed to run again. Steve went over the procedure for the nomination and election of officers and what you need to qualify for office. If there are any challenges for an office the election will be in December, if not the secretary will cast a vote for the current slate of officers and the election will be complete.

Dues - No dues increase, the dues will remain at $60.00 for 2025.

Room attendance - We are still at ninety-two current active members and thirteen inactive members.

Secretary’s Report – Joe O - Steve asked for motion to dispense with the reading of the minutes from our last meeting on the September 11^th Bob Kazimir made a motion seconded by Jeff Levine and the motion passed unanimously.

Treasurer’s Financial Report – Joe C – There is $4,760.61 in account Report Attached.

Fall Picnic – October 2^nd Joe Cafaro reported that ninety-five people attended the club picnic. Wayne Collins brought the cornhole game equipment. Ron Blackwell and Joe Keber won. Joe Cafaro kept the books for the date changes and picked up the awards for the raffle. Thank you, Joe C. Angle Rodriguez brought the water. The plan is to hold the picnic in September next year.

Holiday Party Dominic’s Joe C. Stated that if there are no other restaurants suggested by the membership, the party will be on January fifteenth at Dominic’s Restaurant.

Mike D Giovanni Food Bank Memorial Fundraiser – Wayne Collins - The fundraiser is in process; we currently have collected $1,600.00. You can make donations to Joe Cafaro directly, drop a check in the collection box in the room, drop cash in the box with a note attached saying what it is for, or mail a check to Joe Cafaro at 32 Kilfoyle Ave, Fords, NJ 08863. The money goes to the “We feed Woodbridge food bank” to help feed the sixteen hundred families in need in Woodbridge.

Food Pantry- Lou Food Pantry needs volunteers for November 23^rd at the Woodbridge Shoprite from 9am to 5pm. They appreciate any hours you can be there. There are currently six of our members that volunteer at the foodbank.

Ed Hodan Will again play our members on November 23^rd from10:30am to 12:30pm. A sign-up sheet will be in the club room.

Committee Updates

Membership/Orientation/Waiting List – Joe K - We are placing an advertisement in Colonia Corner soon. There is a proposal to have an open house to increase our membership. There are two inactive applications and no active applications. If anyone knows of anyone that would like to become a member, let us know or give them an application.

Fellowship – John Borkowski Joe O. read John’s report. Report attached.

Room Maintenance/Supplies – Steve Jimenez & Lou Algaze Please do not put garbage in the food collection bucket. We may be moving the bucket from the room to a different location. Steve Jimenez reported that we will be picking up a nine-foot table tomorrow to replace table four. Steve J. said they are looking for a volunteer to help move the table. The new table should be operational sometime on Saturday. Bob Wardlow is purchasing the table for the club. Pat reported that we have the cloth to cover the new table. We will close tables 3, 4, and five during the transfer. The fate of the current table four is to be determined. Steve Sharkey thanked Bob Wardlow and the moving crew for everything they were doing. Pat Trombetta thanked Bob Wardlow for the donation.

Water/Soda Supply – Angel Rodriquez/Mike Talty No Report

Upcoming Tournaments/Events:

Season 10 Nine Ball, 10/8/24 (Joe K) The first week went well and will continue for eleven weeks. The games start at 10:00am. There are forty-two members in six teams playing. League ends on December twenty-third.

Triple Play, 11/20/24 (Joe K) Sign-up sheets are on the club table, and we will collect them on November fourteenth. The games will be on November 20. And start at 9:30 am sharp.

Halloween Billiard Bash (Steve), The affair will be on 10/31/2024, Vanessa Van K will run the affair that starts at 12:00pm.

Veterans Day Tournament, 11/11/2024 (Joe O) The eight-ball games will be on Veterans Day November eleventh at 9:30 am sharp. All club members that served in the armed forces are eligible to play. The sign-up sheet is on the club table in the room. Lou Algaze will make reservations for a free lunch at Applebee’s.

Veterans Appreciation Celebration. Nov 8^th from 11:00am – 1:300 pm at the Maple Tree Senior Center 109 Morrisey Ave. RSVP to any Senior center by October 23^rd.

Travel Team League, 2024 (Pat/Lou Algaze) The team played Piscataway and lost 7/5. The next game against Ewing is on 10/10/2024 at home.

In House Eight Ball League, 3/2025 (Joe K) Sign-up sheet will be out on January second. The games start on Mar 25^th and will end on June tenth. The season will take twelve weeks. Games will start at 9:30.

Tournament Committee/Tier Movements, (Wayne Collins) Wayne announced the winners of the 2024 Founding Fathers tournament. The awards presentation scheduled for November’s general meeting. The tournament committee made player movements to balance tiers. Two tier 1-B players moved to tier 1-A. Five players moved from tier two to tier 1-B, and one player moved from tier three to tier two. The players moved by purely statistical data. The players with the highest average of their top three tournaments in 2023 and 2024 moved. Next year players will move up or down using the statistics during the 2024 and 2025 major tournaments.

Ø Hospitality – Diane Walker No Report

Ø Public Relations – Toy Drive - Pat Trombetta No Report

Ø Audit – Ellen Wortman/Phil Degliomini. No Report

Ø Club Apparel – Bob Jenkins/Pat Murphy. No Report

Ø By-Laws – Wayne Collins. No Report

Ø Ethics – Wayne Collins. No Report

Ø Captains – Ron Blackwell. No Report

Ø Website – Ron Blackwell. No Report

Old Business – Steve N/A

New Business – Steve N/A

Floor Open/Q&A -- Steve - Barbara Clark asked how the food bank donations get distributed. Wayne detailed the process of how the foodbank distributes the donations to the eleven Woodbridge Foodbanks that serve sixteen hundred families.

The Next Meeting of the WTSBC scheduled for November 13, 2024

Being there was no more business to discuss, a motion to adjourn made by Rob Jenkins seconded by Gary Lazur passed unanimously.

Respectfully submitted, Joseph Onuska, Secretary of

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