William Penn Life, 1979 (14. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)

1979-01-01 / 1. szám

Minutes of The Board of Directors Quarterly Meeting

Excerpts of Minutes of the Fourth Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors of William Penn Association held December 11-13, 1978 in the Board Room of the Home Office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1) National President and Chairman of the Board, Elmer Charles, opened the meeting at 10:00 A.M. He welcomed the Board of Directors and National Officers and extended cordial fraternal greetings for this, the last meeting of 1978. He stated it was a joy to see everyone in good health and fine spirits.

The following members were hospitalized recently:

Auditing Committee Member Michael Kara, former Auditing Committee Member László Kereszti and Mrs. Ann Hrabar, wife of Michael Hrabar, Auditing Committee Member.

Mr. Charles announced the death of Bishop Zoltán Beky, D.D. former President of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America. He offered a eulogy in memory of Bishop Beky. The members rose for a moment of silent prayer in memory of Dr. Bishop Beky and all deceased members of the Association. The Chairman stated that the Agenda for the Board meeting is prepared and officially called the meeting to order.

2) The Board of Directors and National Officers pledged allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

3) Vice President Louis L. Varga offered the invocation.

4) Secretary of the Board, Frank J. Radvany, called the roll and the following were present:

National President Elmer Charles; National Vice Presidents Louis L. Varga and John P. Balia; Directors Frank Bero, Stephen Danko, Zoltán B. Emri, Michael Hegedűs, Albert G. Kertesz, William C. Kohut, Stephen Lang, Jr., Steve Lesco, Frank J. Radvany, John Sabo, Joseph Toma, Frank Wukovits, Sr.; National Secretary and Treasurer Albert J. Stelkovics and General Counsel Gay B. Banes.

5) The Agenda is adopted with the proviso that any matter properly belonging before this meeting may be added thereto during the course of the meeting.

6) National Secretary Albert J. Stelkovics read the Minutes of the Executive Committee meeting held on November 15 and November 16, 1978. It was moved, seconded and adopted

to accept the Minutes as a basis for further deliberation.

7) The Board ensued on a lengthy discussion of the progress being made with improvement of facilities on the Penn Scenic View buildings. The Board also discussed taking title to the Penn Scenic View property from the Scholarship Foundation.

It was moved, seconded and unanimously adopted that Point 15, Minutes of the Board of Directors dated September 11, 1978 be rescinded and reaffirms that Point 13, Minutes of the Board of Directors dated June 12, 1978 be reinstated which authorized conveying the Penn Scenic View property from the Scholarship Foundation to the William Penn Association.

8) It was moved, seconded and authorized by the Board that the Executive Committee meet with Mr. George Kemp to prepare plans for the most feasible utilization of the Penn Scenic View property.

9) The Board next discussed the establishment of a Fraternal Fund. The Board felt there was a real need for such a fund in order to assist local lodges in their activities. It was moved, seconded and authorized to provide $10,000.00 for this fund immediately to be budgeted for use in 1979.

10) The Board further authorized that the Association establish a Fraternal Fund at the Home Office by taking a certain percentage of first year premiums and a certain percentage of renewal premiums each year. In addition, a flat amount from the general fund be allocated to the Fraternal Fund. Distribution from the Fraternal Fund then would be made to those Branches which are supporting and providing youth, sports, cultural, senior citizens programs or other fraternal and social activities. The percentage factor of premiums to be determined by the Actuary.

11) It was moved, seconded and adopted by the Board to approve the Minutes of the Executive Committee meeting held on November 15 and 16, 1978 in its entirety and also ratified the actions taken by the Executive Committee.

12) National President submitted a verbal report on the progress of the American Fund litigation. He reported that this lengthy litigation is now in the final stages of resolution and it is hoped that settlement will be consummated in the very near future. He requested National Secretary Albert J.

Stelkovics to read various documents as prepared by legal counsel representing the various principals. The Board acknowledged the report of the National President and National Secretary.

13) National President Elmer Charles welcomed former National Treasurer Julius E. Somogyi to the Board meeting and extended good wishes to him.

14) President Charles offered a comprehensive verbal report on the proceedings that have taken place since the last Board meeting pertaining to the development of Block C. Mr. Charles states a decision will be forthcoming soon with respect to who will develop the area wherein our property is located. The Board acknowledged Mr. Charles’ report with sincere thanks and appreciation and authorized him to proceed further in his effort to develop our property.

15) National Secretary Albert J. Stelkovics read the Report of the By- Law Revision Committee.

16) REPORT OF THE BY-LAW REVISION COMMITTEE

The Commitlee consisting of Messrs. Elmer Charles, Gay B. Banes and Albert J. Stelkovics met on several occasions at which time suggestions for amendments as submitted by Officers and Directors were reviewed and those which we found to be beneficial are incorporated herein.

Our report consists of two parts, namely proposed amendments to be acted upon by the Board at this meeting and those to be acted on by the General Convention.

(1) A Resolution has been prepared for your consideration. The By-Law Committee spent a good deal of time reviewing .‘he proposed Delegate Districts and Area Delegate Districts prepared on the basis of Computer run of August 31, 1978.

We found that if representation based on 600 adult certificates as provided in the by-laws were to be adhered to we would be running very close to not having the required 2/3 Statutory requirement concerning elected representatives. We also gave thought to possibly three mergers taking place which, according to the by-laws would possibly add four more non-elected delegates by those appointed as Directors from the merged societies. For this reason we recommend that the Resolution be favorably considered by the Board of Directors.

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