The Wheel San Jacinto Pilot Club August 2015

Houston, Texas Volume 29, Issue 2

President’s Message

Greetings for a Great August! July proved to “Hold Together” quite nicely and so now we must venture into August with just as much if not more courage and swagger. Under the leadership of Treasurer and Fundraising Coordinator Ro-Jean Norris and daughter marketing expert Rochelle, a small, but competent group structured a new blueprint for the traditional Spaghetti Dinner event. It’s something like no other! In fact, I’ve never tasted anything like it before! So for our August meeting on the 13th at Mr. Gatti’s, please be prepared with your sales rosters to share. The Anchors have been busy this summer trying to tie up loose ends before school starts. We’ve spent countless hours making “back to school” tokens for the NSSH teachers and are heading to the Ronald McDonald House this Saturday (the 8th) for a tour and to drop off a year’s worth of Coke tabs. If you have any on hand, let me know. And speaking of Anchors, the signature project for the Texas District Anchors is a paper drive to support local schools. Please refer to the July Governor’s bulletin for details. Membership Coordinator, Julie Fallin, has calendared a Mixer for Thursday, August 27th. Karen Westbrooks is our gracious hostess for the evening. Call your friends, stuff the car and head out to Crosby for an evening of fun and friendship. Look to your email for an event flyer. Pilot-Pick-Me-Ups are being coordinated by one of our newest Pilots, Kimberly Schultz. We are at-tempting to utilize them not only as thank you gestures to caregivers, but as marketing tools this year. If you have any items you may want to secure and donate, please contact Kim or bring them to the next meeting. Does your dentist give out free toothbrushes or dental floss? Does your doctor give out free band aid pack-ets? Do you know anyone who passes out emery boards? We all need to pitch in. Fall Councils are right around the corner, so please make plan to attend one. With Lt. Gov. Julie rep-resenting our Club, I know you can hitch a ride to any of the three. At this time, the Anchors have their sights on Nacogdoches. The dates are September 12 — Gonzales, September 19 — Lubbock, and September 29 — Nacogdoches. It’s always a fun one day get away. Sometimes, it even turns into an overnight adventure. Regardless, it will be an experience you won’t regret. Celebrate the end of summer on Labor Day with those you love. Let’s have a great August, “Hold It Together,” and see what September brings!

In Pilot Friendship and Service, Joan

On Thursday, August 27, we will be having a member-ship informational meeting to introduce our club to potential members. This event will be held at Karen Westbrooks' home at 1810 Krenek Rd. in Crosby. We will be serving hot dogs and ice cream. Please invite anyone YOU think would be a valuable asset to our club. Don't forget to RSVP for yourself, also, so that we can have enough refreshments.

Julie

Membership/Ice Cream Social, August 27 , 2015

Door Prize Assignments August 13 — Carolyn Roberts

Joan Van Fleet

September 10 — Sonya Anderson

Renee Cooper

DO MORE, CARE MORE,

AND BE MORE.”

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San Jacinto Pilot Club Business Meeting Minutes

Mr. Gatti’s Pizza, 150 Uvalde, Houston, TX 77015

July 16, 2015

Joan Van Fleet called the meeting to order at 12:02 p.m. Members present were Sonya Anderson, Renee Cooper, Julie Fallin, Margaret Offill, Genevieve Pierson, Carolyn Roberts, and Kimberly Schultz, and Joan Van Fleet. Joan read a devotional. Members recited the pledge to the U.S. and Texas flags. Secretary’s Report Renee Cooper made a motion to approve the May and June minutes. Genevieve Pierson seconded the motion. All were in favor. Thank you notes were received from Kasi Schultz, a scholarship recipient, and Mary’s Kitchen. The Club received an invitation to a shrimp boil fund raiser on July 25, 2015, hosted by The Rose Treasurer’s Report Seventeen scholarships have been paid, and four have not been paid. The beginning balance on June 1 was $29,373.32; the June 30 ending balance was $13,182.94. Treasurer’s report will be filed for audit. A check from Judy Wheat for our installation banquet will be returned to Judy, as the Club did not have to pay for her meal. Membership Julie Fallin reported that our Club now has eight active members, five e-members, and one student member. Julie’s goal this year is to double our membership. Julie suggested that our Club consider a membership mixer/ice cream social on August 27 (tentative date). Location to be determined. Members agreed that the Anchors would not be invited to join the membership social. President’s Report Joan Van Fleet announced the following appointees:

Awards/Grant Coordinator – Julie Fallin Courtesy Chairman – Genevieve Pierson Door Prize Coordinator – Carolyn Roberts Parliamentarian – Carolyn Roberts PI Founder’s Fund Representative – Julie Fallin Texas TBI Camp Coordinator – Joan Van Fleet Youth Coordinator – Joan Van Fleet Pledge of Allegiance – Renee Cooper Pick-Me-Up Coordinator – Kimberly Shultz.

Division Reports Operations: Joan agreed to coordinate Operations for our Club this year . Membership/Mixer to be an-nounced. We will have a sign-up sheet at our next meeting.

Projects: Joan encouraged members and anchors to par ticipate in the Baytown Alzheimer ’s Walk. Our Club will donate $250 to Alzheimer’s. TBI Camp is November 6-8 at Camp Shiloh.

Youth: Joan took five Anchor officers to the Drury Inn in The Woodlands for their annual retreat. The

Anchors’ new sponsor is Rochelle Roberson. Over 300 gifts were made for teachers. Approximately 80 percent of the Anchor calendar was completed. Joan reported that it was a very successful retreat.

Business Meeting Minutes, July 16, 2015

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Business Meeting Minutes, July 16, 2015, Continued

Fundraising: Rojean Norr is has sent out letter s requesting items for our spaghetti dinner and has al-ready received some raffle items. The wagon is in storage for the liquor basket. Any silent auctions can be put in stor-age or at Linda Norris’s house. Joan brought spaghetti dinner reconciliation forms and auction item forms.

Julie discussed the possibility of our Club having a virtual fund raiser. Julie learned of this idea while attending the Pilot International convention. Our Club would sell ads and tickets for auction items and the liquor basket; but we would not actually have the spaghetti dinner. A motion was made that we would change the spaghetti dinner to a virtu-al fund raiser in lieu of the physical, hands-on spaghetti dinner. Second by Julie Fallin. There was discussion. All ap-proved. Motion carried.

Publicity: There was a picture in the local newspaper from the Fresno convention.

Pick-Me-Ups: Julie showed the members Pick-Me-Up cards that she received from the International Conven-

tion. There is a Pick-Me-Up manual on line.

Unfinished Business

Final Budget approval. A motion was made and seconded via e-mail. Budget was approved. Meeting location. Julie suggested we meet here until we find a better, more conducive place. All in favor. Audit committee. Books need to be delivered to the Audit committee by July 31, 2015. Sonya Anderson,

Margaret Offill, and Joan Van Fleet are serving on this committee.

New Business Julie will invite Gil Hoffman from the North Channel to be an honorary Pilot. Convention Report Julie would like to present a 10-minute motivational/educational segment at our meetings. Possible topics might include excerpts from Jon Gordon’s The Energy Box, Pilot’s Code of Ethics, or the history of Pilot International. Julie suggest-ed changing our door prize format with an “ears or tails” game. Julie distributed copies of The Positive Pledge by Jon Gordon. Julie also passed out a Club Member Survey to all mem-bers and asked that the survey be returned to the next meeting. At the Pilot International convention, a bylaw was ap-proved to bring back the Compass Club, which would provide a transition between the Anchor Club and Pilot Club. It has not been decided whether or not the Compass Club would “stand alone” or be connected with an individual Pilot Club. Go to PortalBuzz.com to set up your password. By doing this, you will be able to keep all personal information for our Club up to date.

Announcements

September 12 - Fall Council, Gonzales September 19 — Fall Council, Lubbock September 26 – Fall Council, Nacogdoches October 17 – Alzheimer Walk - Baytown Pilot Club November 5 – North Channel Salutes November 6-8 – TBI Camp Shiloh – Lake Bob Shandlin November 12 – General Business Meeting

Birthdays

July 11 – Sonya Anderson August 13 — Rojean Norris

Meeting adjourned at 1:27 p.m. Respectively submitted, Carolyn Roberts

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San Jacinto Pilot Club

2015-2016 President’s Appointments

Awards ------------------------------------------ Julie Fallin

Courtesy Coordinator ---------------- Genevieve Pierson

Door Prize Coordinator ----------------- Carolyn Roberts

Parliamentarian -------------------------- Carolyn Roberts

Newsletter --------------------------------- Carolyn Roberts

PI Founder’s Fund Representative --------- Julie Fallin

Texas TBI Camp Coordinator ----------- Joan Van Fleet

Youth Coordinator ------------------------ Joan Van Fleet

Pledge of Allegiance ----------------------- Renee Cooper

Pick-Me-Up Coordinator --------------- Kimberly Shultz

Five Anchor officers attended a motivational retreat at the Drury Inn and Suites/Woodlands in July. The three-day weekend was packed with fun, food, fine motor skills, and hard work. The students brainstormed, planning a year of service projects and began a project making over 300 "welcome back" gifts for the teachers at North Shore Sen-ior High School. New sponsor, Ms. Roberson, arrived on Saturday to a warm reception and fit right in. Welcome, Ms. Roberson! After a quick trip to the Woodlands Mall, it was back home to life as usual. A make-up meeting is planned for Saturday, August 1, at Mr. Gatti's for those who could not attend.

Anchor News

Anchors Jovanny, Valerie, Jose, Mary and Brittney

It is with a sad and heavy heart that we must remem-ber our dear Pilot Pat Cooper. Pat was a kind, loyal, member of the San Jacinto Pilot Club since 1995. She traveled to many conventions as far as Hawaii and as close as Baytown and served our com-munity tirelessly in many ways, always ready to lend a hand. Her smile and laughter was infectious. I will always remember riding with Pat in the Creative Corner bus to see the Nature Trail at Camp for All, a TBI project our club funded and one she was very passionate about. She was glowing that day as I’m sure she is today. Please keep Pilot daughter-in-law Renee and husband Ronnie, husband Ward, and Pat’s family in your thoughts in your prayers as we say good bye.

Dates to Remember

August 13 — 10:45 a.m. Board Meeting 12 Noon Business Meeting August 27 — Membership/Ice Cream Social at Karen

Westbrooks’ home, 6 p.m. September 10 — Business Meeting, Mr. Gatti’s September 12 — Fall Council, Gonzales September 19 — Fall Council, Lubbock September 26 — Fall Council, Nacogdoches October 17 — Alzheimer Walk, Baytown November 5 — North Channel Salutes November 6-8 — TBI Camp Shiloh, Lake Bob Shandlin

Birthdays

August 13 — RoJean Norris

September 5 — Renee Cooper

Our dear friend, Pat Cooper Contact Information

Pilot International web site: www.pilotinternational.org Texas District web site: www.pitexasdistrict.org San Jacinto Pilot Club web site: http://SanJacintoPilot.com San Jacinto Pilot Club mailing address: P. O. Box 9756 Houston, TX 77213-9756 Joan Van Fleet, President JuJuofJJJF@aol.com 281-221-1616

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