Woodbridge Township Senior Billiards Club

December 11, 2024, General Meeting Minutes

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

2nd VICE PRESIDENT – Pat Trombetta, TREASURER – (Joseph Cafaro excused), SECRETARY – Joseph Onuska

 Steve Sharkey called the general meeting of the WTSBC to order at the Woodbridge Community Center at 1:40 PM, with an attendance of forty active members which is not a quorum. Attendance sheet attached.

Pledge of Allegiance: - Lou Algaze Led the pledge to the flag.

A moment of silence in remembrance of the eight members who passed away this year: Ernie Balestracci, Jerry Granato, Sr., Andy Yanni, Bob Haag, Joe Fenn, Phyllis Jaroszewski, Jim Bob Mulvey, and Frank St. Marie. May they rest in peace.

Officer Roll Call: Joseph Onuska - All Officers except Joseph Cafaro are present.

Pin Awards - Nina Blackwell: Announced the awards for the Month of November. Report Attached

Secretary’s Report: Joe O.: Steve Sharkey made a request for a motion to dispense with the reading of the minutes. A motion made by Wayne Collins, seconded by Bill Vaughn, and approved unanimously. The minutes will be posted in the room.

Treasurer's Report: - Steve Sharkey read Joe Cafaro’s report, there is $2,361.47 in the account. Report Attached. Dues are due by December 31^st $60.00.

President's Report: Steve welcomed the members and announced the Birthday and Anniversary lists for December. We currently have ninety-one active members. Room attendance for December averaged 30-33 on weekdays and sixteen on weekends. Steve announced that as of January 1^st Ronaldo Urioste will become an Honorary member of the WTSBC with all rights and privileges. Steve Thanked Lou Algaze, Mike Talty, John Neves, Tom McHale, Phil Degliomini, Ken Yaremko, Barbara Clark, Ed Vasquez, and Bob Wardlow for standing outside the Woodbridge ShopRite asking people to purchase something extra with their order to donate to the Woodbridge food bank. In the volunteering category Ed Vasquez has volunteered to make coffee at the general meetings. Diane Walker is looking for someone to help purchase and set up the snacks.

Accomplishments and looking forward. The E-Board is looking for things that the club has accomplished during 2024. Looking forward we are looking to increase our ranks. The club has shown what it can do and is highly respected in the community. If you know anyone that might be interested in joining our club, give them an application and let them know what we are about. We will be talking to Debbie Meehan and asking her for a larger ad space in the Colonia Corner. Wayne Collins thought it would be a clever idea to advertise on channel 35.

CPR-AED Wayne Collins. Wayne is checking to see why some members have not received their cards. Wayne is looking into the next class for those who want to certify. We currently have twenty-two members certified. There is a list of certified members on a clipboard near the AED.

Committee Updates:

Membership/Orientation - Joe Keber stated that there is one applicants on the waiting list, but he has not returned his phone calls or texts. Joe suggested having an “open House” to increase our membership.

Fellowship – Joseph Onuska read John Borkowski’s report listing the names of members that the committee has sent cards to or spoken to and those that are in the hospital. Report Attached.

Maintenance/Supplies – Steve Jimenez & Lou Algaze: Lou Algaze thanked the members for helping to keep the room clean.

Water/Soda - Angel Rodriguez No Report. Mike Talty resigned his position.

Hospitality – Diane Walker/Christina Malangone/ Ed Vasquez: Steve welcomed Ed to the committee and thanked him for volunteering. Pat thanked Lou Algaze, Ellen Wortman, and Carol DiPietro for setting up the Christmas tree in our room.

Audit – Ellen Wortman/Phil Degliomini/Tom McHale: Ellen and her team will hold the annual Audit on December 19^th.

Bylaws – Wayne Collins: No Report.

Ethics – Wayne Collins: No Report.

Captains – Ron Blackwell: No Report.

Website – Ron Blackwell: stated that he wants to change the whole website. Steve indicated that no changes will be made at this time.

Club Apparel – Johanna Calamusa/Pat Murphy/Rob Jenkins: No Report. A catalog is upstairs if anyone needs to order any clothing.

Tournaments/Fundraisers: 

Ladies Dat tournament: Judy Kazimir has been in touch with the Ladies of the club to garner interest in having a Ladies Day tournament. She is collaborating with Joe O. for a date early next year.

9-Ball Joe Keber reported that ten weeks have passed, and everything is going well. There are two weeks left in the season. If the second 8-ball league team joins the CJSBL we will maintain two sessions of the 9-ball league next year.

Ed Hodan Day: Steve reported that after two appearances this year Ed has won forty-two games and lost one on an eight on the break to Wayne Collins.

League matches. Lou Algaze / Ron Blackwell the league is currently on a holiday break. The team is at three wins and two losses and hopes to have a winning second half of the season. Evelyn Mercado has a list of members that want to enter a second team in the CJSBL. The E-Board will decide on the second team next year.

Toy Drive Extravaganza: The toy drive is nearing the end. We will be bagging toys on the sixteenth and distributing the toys on the nineteenth and twenty-first. Pat said that we collected more toys this year than ever before and invited the membership to look in studio “B” after the meeting to see all the toys. Pat read a list of names of the club members that help with the toy drive extravaganza.

Nolan tournament: The tournament committee will be meeting on January eighth to schedule who will oversee the Nolan tournament in March. Reminder: to be eligible to move into a different tier you must participate in a minimum of three major tournaments over a two-year period. We are looking for a sponsor to replace the Zirpolo tournament. The new sponsor will rename the tournament. Bob Wardlow asked what the cost is to sponsor the tournament. It would take between $350. and $400.00 to purchase the trophies.

New Business – Steve: Ron Blackwell would like to see more participation at the club, there used to be more players in the afternoon When there were less members.

Floor Open/Q&A

Motion to Adjourn made by Wayne Collins and seconded by Ken Yaremko at 2:46 p.m. and approved unanimously.

Next meeting: January 8, 2025.

Respectfully submitted, Joseph Onuska, Secretary of

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