November 30, 2021: General Meeting

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November 2021 General/Annual Meeting Minutes 

Meeting time:                7:00 pm, Tuesday, November 30th, 2021 

Location:                         Zoom

Officers present:

President:  Bob Persiko

Vice President: Kieran Holland

Public Relations Officer: Sabrina Lima

Secretary: Sarah Knorr

Treasurer: Bruce Truitt

Past President: Melanie Miller Foster 

Call to order at 7:03pm with 18 members present

Welcome                       

Reading & Approval of Minutes

  • No minutes to approve as this is the first general membership meeting

Reports of Officers & Standing Committees

  • President – Bob Persiko
    • Overview of ongoing and Covid-era Global Connections activities including digital educational series, small groups, social media updates, collaborations of other organizations
    • Expressed the hope that GC could return to in-person meetings in 2022 and that individual members would become more active in participating in programs and initiating new ones
  • Kieran – Vice President
    • Overview of upcoming Global Connections events, including an arts & crafts project in conjunction with The Makery
  • Sarah – Secretary
    • No report
  • Bruce – Treasurer
    • Overview of financial statements including current monetary accounts, investments, and funds
  • Sabrina – Public Relations
    • Ongoing work to social media platforms to promote member and non-member engagement, outreach
  • Past President – Melanie
    • No report
  • Nominating – Melanie Miller Foster
    • Overview of officer elections, see below under Special Orders
  • Finance/Audit – Bruce Truitt
    • Bruce provided report under Treasurer report
  • Program of Activities – Kieran Holland
    • Provided report under Vice President
  • Membership – Daniel Foster (represented by Rita Graef, the newly appointed chair of the membership committeee)
    • Rita not present for report; President Bob Persiko provided report
    • Currently Global Connections has 90 registered members; renewals in process
    • Overview of Membership Committee meetings and outreach
  • Cultural Luncheons – Shannon Holliday
    • Overview of membership picnic, plan for future Cultural Luncheon activities

Reports of Special Committees

  • No report

Special Orders

  • Election of 2022 Officer Team chosen by unanimous vote
    1. President, Past President, Secretary, Public Relations and Past President positions open for new officers. New Officers elected:
      1. Bob Persiko, President
      2. Kieran Holland, Vice President
  • Maryam Barzegar, Secretary
  1. Sabrina, Public Relations
  2. Melanie Miller Foster, Past President

Unfinished Business

  • Not Applicable

New Business

  • No Report

Announcements:

  • Notice of Bylaws Amendments
  • Per Shannon: Community Diversity Group’s Holiday Celebration event (Virtual only)
  • Wenjie from Penn State Global looking for Conversation partners volunteers

Adjourn at 7:41pm

Next Meeting:        TBD

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