Theme for meeting was Judging Others.
Invocation before lunch.
Program: Speaker Kara Mendenhall was introduced by Karen Butt. Her topics cover various aspects of ORTA and how they help our chapter and individuals.
Dennis Evans from AMBA was also present. He help answer individual questions after the meeting.
We welcomed new members Margaret & Bob Ketner.
Pledge to flag led by David Greene
Gail Dufford spoke about grants being awarded to student teachers at OSU-N. Everything is on track. We will give two grants.
Eileen added that we will give two classroom grants for the 2019 - 2020 school year. Three grants were given for the 2018 - 2019 school year and those teachers will join us at either the May or August meeting. They will share how they spent the $200.
Karen Butt touched on the topic of taxes and suggest that members change their withholding based on the bottom line of their 2018 tax filing outcome.
David Green spoke about an upcoming movie Dark Money.
We collected $44 for the pantry and $77 for our scholarship fund.
Eileen adjourned the meeting.
Treasurer’s Report from Debra Shelly
Checking - $4186.79
Scholarship - $2670.42
Savings - $1144.72