Others: Ann Kopanski

The meeting was called to order at 1:25 p.m.

Minutes: The minutes of the April 20^th were approved

Treasurer’s Report: The Treasurers Report was approved.

New 2^nd variety of Chapter hats: The Board approved the purchase of 144 additional caps in the khaki design.

Results of 1^st Anti-Fraud Speaking engagement (Pete): Pete made a presentation to the Bucks County Chiefs of Police organization this morning at the Warrington Motor Lodge, Warrington, PA..

New Projector Acquisition: The new projector cost $2,363.10 and will pay for itself in less than a year. We were paying the hotel $600 or more per rental. Pete has it and if anyone needs to use it, call him.

May 18^th and June 15^th programs and agenda preparation: The May program will be Marsha Egan, President of the CPCU Society. Cindy will also have a Sections display at the May meeting. The June meeting will be the installation of officers and the annual meeting. Clint will may a presentation on Road Rage. Also, Val went over the dates for next year. Every date (3^rd Thursday) is confirmed with the exception of the Franklin Award date. Also, the Special Olympics is scheduled for May 5^th, 2001. 

Awards Planning Workshop (all of us): The remainder of the meeting was spent on the status of the Chapter awards submissions. Val had completed four categories and they were being mailed out by Friday. During the session Ann requested a donation to Project Invest. She was asked to submit a formal request. The matter was tabled to the May meeting pending additional information.

Next regularly scheduled meeting is May 18^th.

Board Members in attendance: Kathy Franzel, Pete Palestina, Rina Williams, Jim Jones, Cindy Wolkiewicz, Rick Lee, Jo Battisti, Art Hanebury and Clint Gillespie.

Others present: Larry Crawford and Lilly Cowen.

Minutes from Special Meeting: May 9, 2000 Special Board Meeting minutes were approved.

Treasurer’s Report : The Treasurer’s Report was approved as submitted.

Chapter hats - additional 144 ordered @$900 &discussion of Annual Meeting giveaways: Pete went over the purchase of the caps and advised that the Chapter would give one to every chapter member and new designee of the chapter attending the annual meeting and those members who attend the golf outing schedule for May 19^th. (N.B. the golf outing was subsequently canceled due to weather and rescheduled for June 16^th).

Comments on today’s and June 15^th Annual Business Meeting: Marsha Egan’s program was considered as excellent but there was concern over the low attendance. The board believes we need to increase the number of topics and they have to be interesting. Larry Crawford will set up the programs next year beginning with the September meeting.

May 19^th Golf Scholarship Outing Update: About 50 golfers are expected to attend. As a sidelight, 5 of our golfers will go against 5 of Valley forge golfers in a one putt contest (closet to the pin) to win the trophy that was lost to Greater Valley Forge chapter back in 1997.

Society May Insurance Anti-Fraud Campaign and Public Relations: Pete spoke at the Bucks County Chief’s of Police Association on May 9^th and is scheduled to speak at the Churchville Rotary on May 31st. Anyone interested in making presentations can contact Pete or Larry Crawford.

Status of upcoming May 24^th Satellite Broadcast and results of May 8^th: Cindy reported that the may 8^th broadcast had 50 people but the expected turnout for the May 24^th broadcast was low with only 5 registrants to date.

Good Works - May 6^th Special Olympics Report: We had twice as many people turn out this year than last year and it was a complete success with members wearing the chapter hats.

Scholarship Status Update and Selection Committee: As noted in the agenda this was held over until after the Board Meeting when the Selection Committee will convene.

Status of the 2 Research Projects: Kathy reported that Larry is to submit his project next week to her and Pete. Sharon’s will be a work in progress for next year. Rina offered to help Kathy with the project.

NLI Las Vegas - final count and status: A brief discussion was held on the status of those going. Val and Clint will definitely be going at their company’s expense the remainder will be funded by the chapter.

Project InVest - Status of continuation of funding and request for info: Rick will download the information for copies to the Board. Rick will also make recommendations. The matter was tabled until the next Board meeting.

New Designees: There was nothing new to report on the new designees.

June Chaptergram and Chapter Annual Report to Members: The Chaptergram should be in the mail by Friday, May 20^th. The Annual Report will be given at the June Breakfast Meeting.

Other Committee Reports: Per Jo, the Franklin Award made approximately $180 in profit.

Society Awards Submissions Discussion and Confirmation of Deadline Filing Status: The status was reported on all awards. Rina will call Pat and get an up on the Membership Award. Rina also pointed out that the criteria for the Excellence Award has been amended and she will correct. On the Public Relations Larry Crawford stated the chapter needs to place two adds with one being in a non-insurance publication. Pete made a motion to make available up to $1,000 to achieve this award by placing 2 ads in a newspaper. The Board approved the spending.

Next regularly scheduled meeting June 15^th Annual Business Meeting and Board Meeting: There was some concern expressed on who, form the Society, will swear in the new Board. Pete or Val will check with Ann Myhr and/or the Society to line someone up.