Woodbridge Township Senior Billiards Club

June 12, 2024, General Meeting Minutes

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

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

Steve Sharkey called the general meeting of the WTSBC to order at the Woodbridge Community Center at 1:38 PM, with an attendance of forty-eight active members which is a quorum. Attendance sheet attached.

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

A moment of silence in remembrance of all our deceased members, including Ernie Balestracci, Andy Yanni, Jerry Granato, Bob Haag, and Joe Fenn .

Officer Roll Call: Joseph Onuska - All Officers (except Pat Trombetta excused) are present.

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 Gary Lazur, seconded by Andy Mudrak, and approved unanimously.

Treasurer's Report: - Joe Cafaro reported there is $6,547.24 in the account. Report Attached

President's Report: Steve welcomed the members and announced the Birthday and Anniversary lists for June. We currently have ninety active members. Members went to see Stu Brandow for his One-Hundredth Birthday. We have moved Stu to the Inactive-Honorary List. Room attendance for May averaged Thirty-three on weekdays and twelve on weekends. Steve acknowledged that several members of our club along with other volunteers of the “We Feed Woodbridge Food Bank” were given lunch and presented with a citation for their volunteerism. Lou Algaze talked about the luncheon and asked for more volunteers.

Pin awards. Nina Blackwell – Report Attached

9-Ball Awards Presentation for season: Joe Keber

Relay for Life Wayne Collins – Wayne reported that we have collected Sixteen-Hundred Sixty dollars so far. Donations are accepted till the end of June.

CPR-AED Wayne Collins- Communications have not been going well. We are still trying to set up a class for members on our waiting list.

Picnic- Joe Cafaro – Our Annual picnic scheduled for June eighteenth from one o’clock to six o’clock at Pelzman Park in Avenel. We have almost ninety people signed up to attend. See Joe Cafaro if you want to attend.

Committee Updates:

Membership/Orientation - Joe Keber The club welcomed new members, Nicholas Bilis and Shantha Athalage. We now have ninety members. We will be interviewing potential applicants on June twenty-seventh.

Fellowship – John Borkowski read a list 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: No Report.

Water/Soda - Angel Rodriguez No Report.

Tournaments/Fundraisers:

9-Ball Joe Keber – Season nine 9-ball ended this morning Predators took first place. The schedule for season ten will start on October first and conclude on December seventeenth. We will play on election day.

Triple Play- Joe K. The next triple play is scheduled for July seventeenth and Joe K. will collect the sign-up sheets on July tenth and post the teams next week.

Zirpolo Tournament. Wayne Collins/Joe Onuska. Tier 1-A & 1-B games were played on Monday and tier two on Tuesday and will conclude next Tuesday. Tier three will be tomorrow, and tier four on Friday.

Dawn Hopkins We are in contact with Dawn and will schedule her Day at the Club at her convenience.

The Founding Fathers tournament - Will be from September sixteenth to the twenty-seventh.

League matches. Lou Algaze / Ron Blackwell: No Report.

Hospitality - Carol DiPietro/Evelyn Mercado: Thanks to the committee and to John Borkowski’s wife for the crumb cake. Carol has indicated that she will be resigning from the committee effective immediately.

Public Relations – Steve announced that Pat Trombetta was contacted by Evergreen Senior Cener about supplying members to play in a match between Woodbridge and Old bridge townships for a fun game of pool. We were asked to supply eleven members to bolster their team to the eighteen members needed to play. The game will be on June eighteenth at Old Bridge. There will be a bus provided to transport our members to the match. Wear your club shirts to the game.

Audit – Ellen Wortman: Ellen reported that we are adding Thomas McHale to the Audit committee. Steve acknowledged that the by-laws call for a three-member committee.

Bylaws – Wayne Collins: No Report.

Ethics – Wayne Collins: No Report. Wayne updated the emergency contact list, please check your information to make sure it is correct.

Captains – Ron Blackwell: No Report.

Website – Ron Blackwell: No Report.

Club Apparel – Johanna Calamusa, Pat Murphy: No Report. A catalog is upstairs if anyone needs to order any clothing. Steve told the membership to be sure of the size you ae ordering when buying club apparel. Once you order an item it is yours.

Floor Open/Q&A BOB Kazimir thanked Lou Algaze for setting up the League trophies and picnic. Judy Kazimir thanked Joe Keber for his work running the nine-ball league. There was a question of giving out gift cards instead of trophies. Joe O. explained that the question was raised in the past and it was decided we would not give out monetary prizes to winners. Steve Lemaszewski reminded the members that Frank Pelzman was the one who originally set the club up with the room we enjoy today. Steve L. also mentioned that he has been in contact with Philis Jaroszewski and reported that she is not doing well since she broke her hip. Steve thanked Jim Mulvey for donating the flashlights for the raffle.

Motion to Adjourn made by Ken Yaremko and seconded by Peter Aleo at 2:42 p.m. and approved unanimously.

Next meeting: September 11, 2024

Respectfully submitted, Joseph Onuska, Secretary of

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