September 2023 Minutes
Elmwood Meeting, 9/11/23 The minutes of the August meting were read and accepted as written. Claudia presented Wendy Portney with the coveted Golden Elm Leaf Award in recognition of her many, [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 9/11/23 The minutes of the August meting were read and accepted as written. Claudia presented Wendy Portney with the coveted Golden Elm Leaf Award in recognition of her many, [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 8/7/23 We were experiencing technical difficulties with Zoom but Alison and her band of techies persevered and managed to get the at-home’s and the in-person’s communicating. [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 7/3/23 The minutes of the June meeting were read and accepted as written. So glad we were able to honor Duncan Bell at the meeting last month; he passed away this week. Services [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 6/5/23 We started the evening with a very special presentation to honor Elmwood’s genius TD, Duncan Bell, with a coveted Golden Elm Leaf Award. A panel of friends gathered on [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 5/1/23 The minutes of the April meeting were read and accepted with the following corrections: The Shape of Things talkback is scheduled for May 19. The Gala committee is looking [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 4/3/23 After some technical difficulties, Lisa was able to get the meeting up and running. Steve Bermack answered her plea and agreed to arrive early on meeting nights to help [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 3/13/23 The minutes of the February meeting were read and accepted as written. We welcomed Gina, who is hard at work on the Gala committee after having been dragged into Elmwood [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 2/6/23 Minutes of the January meeting were read and accepted with the following corrections: discount tickets were sold at $22 each, and Steve Bermack is NOT involved in the 3/28 [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 1/2/23 Minutes of the December meeting were read and accepted as written. We welcomed some new faces – Sierra Liden, who was just cast in Pride & Prejudice, and Eileen [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 12/5/22 The minutes of the November meeting were read and accepted with the following addition: Dana, Bridget and Wendy have joined the other Elmwood Elves for the upcoming Music [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 11/7/22 The minutes of the October meeting were read and accepted after adding thank you’s to Omar for creating the new Elmwood banner, and clarifying that subscribers and [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 10/3/22 The minutes of the September meeting were read and accepted as written. Lisa expressed her gratitude for the level of energy and passion the members bring to our [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 9/6/22 The minutes of the August meeting were read and accepted as written. Thanks to Rob Ward and David Julin for the new patio display. Carol Napier and Steve Bermack have been [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 8/1/22 Vice President Alison is in charge tonight while Lisa gets a break. Sad news – member Gerry Garrigan passed away, info can be found on Facebook regarding services to be [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 7/5/22 The minutes of the June meeting were read and accepted as written. The Board held their turnover meeting on 6/20, thanking the departing members and welcoming the new. [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 6/6/22 Minutes of the May meeting were read and accepted with the following correction: Interest rate on our loan is 2.75%, not 3.75 – even better! Votes for the Board of [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 5/2/22 The minutes of the April meeting were read and accepted after a few corrections: Night and Day opens on 9/16. Sherlock Holmes closes on 8/5/23 Our 2021/22 Rockland County [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 4/4/22 The minutes of the March meeting were read and accepted; Lisa added that director Cal Chiang is another Elmwood member involved in Antrim’s Falsettos. Following some [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 2/28/22 Many thanks to Larry Wilbur for setting up the sound for tonight’s meeting so the folks Zooming from home are not subjected to last meeting’s glitchiness! The minutes of [...]
Elmwood Meeting 2/7/22 The minutes of the January meeting were read and accepted. Treasurer’s Report: M&T account – $31,209.47 Morgan Stanley account – up a whopping $1.76, balance is [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 1/3/22 The minutes of the December meeting were read and accepted with the following corrections/clarifications: Jillian’s baby is Henry, not Harry. The Play Selection Committee [...]
Elmwood Meeting 12/13/21 The minutes of the November meeting were read and accepted as written. Congratulations to Jillian Goodworth on the birth of baby Harry last Friday; we’re sure he’ll be [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 11/1/21 The minutes of the October meeting were read and accepted as written. Treasurer’s Report: Welcome back, Ed! M&T account: $35,563.79. Morgan Stanley: $182,270.63 [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 10/4/21 The minutes of the September meeting were read and accepted as written after clarifying that the title of Joe Lima’s play is A Clean SHOOT. We are complying with the same [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 9/13/21 Lisa welcomed everyone to the first ever Live/Zoom Hybrid Elmwood Meeting! The minutes of the August meeting were read and accepted with the following correction – The [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 8/2/21 The minutes of the July meeting were read and accepted after correcting the name of Munson Card star Jack Kahan with apologies for mutilating the pronunciation last month. [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 7/5/21 The minutes of the June meeting were read and accepted as written. Larry Beckerle has endorsed Steve Taylor for Elmwood president in 2041. The first meeting of the new [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 6/7/21 Welcome to Election Night! The minutes of the May meeting were read and accepted as written. Treasurer’s Report: M&T Account balance is $36,527.17 Morgan Stanley [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 5/3/2021 We’re aiming for a speedy business meeting so we can move on to meeting the candidates, plus a special surprise… Love and condolences to Tony on the loss of our dear [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 4/5/21 Sad news – Scott Nangle passed away; much love and support to Mimi and his whole family. Scott had been diagnosed with cancer 10 years ago; he was a passionate Elmwood [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 3/1/21 The minutes of the February meeting were read and accepted with the following addition – Candy Pittari is also on the membership committee. Treasurer’s Report: Ed won’t be [...]
Elmwood Meeting 2/1/21 Minutes of the January meeting were read and accepted as written. Treasurer’s Report: M&T account balance is $38,429.28. This is down about $9,700 from last month, [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 1/4/21 The minutes of the December meeting were read and accepted as written. Treasurer’s Report: Thanks to many generous donations, our M&T account balance is $48,165.17. [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 12/7/20 The minutes of the November meeting were read and accepted as written by a show of jazz hands. Treasurer’s Report: M&T Account balance is $44,562.99, down $10,168.87 [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 11/2/20 Steve couldn’t be here tonight, so VP Lisa is the boss! The minutes of the October meeting were read and accepted as written. Treasurer’s Report: Ed reported that we have [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 10/5/20 The minutes of the September meeting were read and accepted with the following corrections or clarifications: Scott Colisimo is great, but he didn’t work on getting us an [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 9/7/20 The minutes of the August meeting were read and accepted with the following correction: It’s the Brimstone JOURNALS, not Chronicles. Ed delivered the Treasurer’s Report, [...]
Elmwood Meeting 8/3/20 The minutes of the July meeting were read and accepted as written. Ed delivered the Treasurers Report: In M&T Bank, we have $74,746.63. This is down $6,025.27 from [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 7/6/20 The minutes of the June meeting were read and accepted as written. At the last board meeting, officers were elected: Steve Taylor is president, Lisa Spielman, VP, John [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 6/1/20 Steve set up small break-out rooms so people could chat while waiting for more members to sign in. When we officially started the meeting, the minutes of the May meeting [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 5/4/20 The minutes of the April meeting were read and accepted as written. Treasurer’s Report: John said there hasn’t been much change since last month, a few utility expenses. [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 4/6/20 The first Elmwood Zoom membership meeting! Steve welcomed about 45 members to theater in the time of Covid and muted everyone – something he probably wishes he could do in [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 3/2/20 The minutes of the February meeting were read and accepted. Steve announced that Scott has stepped down from the Board. John Ade will be serving as Treasurer until June, [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 2/3/20 Steve opened the meeting with a few moments of silence to remember Joe Lima. The minutes of the January meeting were read and accepted with the following addition: [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 1/6/20 The minutes of the December meeting were read and accepted as written with the following clarifications and additions: Lauren Bimbo is also in Hunchback. Candy helped Gail [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 12/9/19 Welcome to the December meeting, postponed from December 2 due to ice and snow. The minutes of the November meeting were read and accepted as written. Treasurer’s Report: [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 11/4/19 The minutes of the October meeting were read and accepted with the following correction: In tonight’s playwriting workshop, there will be six specific PRHASES, not words, [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 10/7/19 The minutes of the September meeting were read and accepted as written. Candy Pittari fell and hit her head today; she hopes to be able to bust out of the emergency room [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 9/3/19 The minutes of the August meeting were read and accepted as written. Scott announced he’s going to be in a staged reading on the 21st as someone who exposes himself. He [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 8/5/19 The minutes of the July meeting were read and accepted with the following corrections: • It was Bev, not Ev, who met Jonathan in his restaurant. • It’s the Maturely [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 7/1/19 The Minutes of the June meeting were read and accepted as written. Steve welcomed everyone and showed his gratefulness to all by giving everyone A NEW CAR!!! Or maybe just [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 6/3/19 Steve welcomed everyone to our official annual membership meeting. Voting for the Board and Play Selection Committee positions will close at about 7:45 and results will be [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 5/13/19 The minutes of the April meeting were read and accepted with the following correction: Candy Pittari’s workshop will be in September. Treasurer’s Report: Acct. 1 – [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 4/1/19 The minutes of the March meeting were read and accepted as written, followed by a stunning rendition of Happy Birthday to me – there’s no better place to celebrate than [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 3/4/19 Steve welcomed everyone from the balcony of our awesome Rumors set – it really classes up the joint! We met Roberta, who comes to us from England via New Jersey and now [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 2/4/19 – the Larry Gabbard Show! ? Minutes of the January meeting were read and accepted as written. Treasurer’s Report: Acct. 1 – $43,492.54 Acct.2 – $671.86 Investment [...]
Elmwood Meeting, 1/7/19 The minutes of the December meeting were read and accepted as written. Treasurer’s Report: The usual Treasurer’s Report was pre-empted by a special report from Lisa [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 12/3/18 The minutes of the November meeting were read and accepted as written. Treasurer’s Report: Acct. 1 – $49,440.04 Acct. 2 – $7,823.55 Morgan Stanley Acct. [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 11/12/18 The minutes of the October meeting were read and accepted after clarifying that an organization with 0% debt-to-equity ratio would not be using their borrowing power. [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 10/1/18 The minutes of the 8/27 meeting were read and accepted with the following corrections: • The Bossy Frog won’t be appearing with Jeffrey Friedberg in December; this [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 8/27/18 The minutes of the 8/6 meeting were read and, after correcting the reported date of the street fair to Sunday, September 9, were approved. Treasurer’s Report: Acct. 1 [...]
Elmwood Minutes 8/6/18 The minutes of the July meeting were read and accepted with the following clarification: Marian McCabe expressed her concern over hearing that lighting designers, costume [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 7/2/18 Steve placed a rose on Franci’s usual seat in the front row – she’ll always be present at Elmwood! Future Eagle Scout James Callabro spoke to the group, thanking Elmwood [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 6/4/18 Steve welcomed everyone to the Official Annual Meeting of Elmwood – it’s more than just another monthly meeting! Voting will continue until 15 minutes after the meeting [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 5/14/18 The minutes of the April meeting were read and accepted after clarifying that the recent update website update was a soft launch of push notifications. Steve quizzed the [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 4/2/18 The minutes of the March meeting were read and accepted as written. A motion was made to wish little ol’ me a happy birthday! There’s no better place to celebrate! ? Sam [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 1/2/18 Following a delicious chili cook-off, the minutes of the December meeting were read and accepted as written after the following revision: The Rockland County grant we [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 3/12/18 The minutes of the February meeting were read and accepted after clarifying that Julie Wendholt and Tiffany Card are co-chairs of the Elmwood gala committee. Play [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 2/5/18 The minutes of the January meeting were read and accepted as written. Treasurer’s Report: Acct. 1 – $52,396.08 Acct. 2 – $485.09 Investment acct – [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 12/4/17 The minutes of the November meeting were read and accepted as written. Treasurer’s Report: Scott confessed to an error in last month’s report on the investment account. [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 11/13/17 The minutes of the October meeting were read and accepted as written. Treasurer’s Report: The audited statement shows we’ve added $27,744 to our balance for the year. [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 10/2/17 The minutes of the September meeting were read and accepted as written. Treasurer’s Report: Acct. 1 – $73,015.96 Acct. 2 – $521.35 Investment Acct. – we [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 9/11/17 The minutes of the August meeting were read and accepted as written. Franci reminisced about her 90th birthday celebration here at Elmwood a few years ago, and we [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 8/7/17 The minutes of the July meeting were read and accepted as written. Treasurer’s Report: Scott reported… Acct. 1 – $94,822.22 Account 2 – $1,356.83 Mortgage [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 7/3/17 VP Lisa Spielman opened the meeting and confirmed that she was NOT Steve Taylor. Minutes of the June meeting were read and accepted with the following correction: the [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 6/5/17 Let the elections begin! There being no nominees from the floor for Board of Directors or Play Selection Committee, the election is uncontested. A motion was made by [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 5/1/17 The meeting began with a special presentation to Christian Pearson, a young member who made creating better storage and organization at Elmwood his Eagle Scout project. [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 4/3/17 The minutes of the March meeting were read and accepted as written. Treasurers Report: Acct. 1 – $19,446.43 Acct. 2 – $1,280.48 Mortgage Balance = $364,292.25 [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 1/9/17 The minutes of the December meeting were read and accepted as written. Penny offered to sell 50/50 tonight, and Penny and Kathy Gnazzo will team up to be hospitable at the [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 3/6/17 The minutes of the February meeting were read and accepted as written. Thanks to Sam and Maxine for tonight’s refreshments. Treasurer’s Report: Acct. 1 – $18,089.36 [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 2/6/17 The minutes of the January meeting were accepted as written, but should be amended to show that Michael Edan was not only nominated for, but WON an award for best director [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 12/12/16 The minutes of the November meeting were read and accepted as written. Thanks to Dolores who jumped in to help Steve with hospitality refreshments, and to Seth for his [...]
Elmwood Meeting 11/14/16 The minutes of the October meeting were read and accepted as written. Treasurer’s Report Acct. 1 – $32,743.17 Acct. 2 – $3,193.11 Investment Acct. – [...]
Elmwood Minutes, 10/4/16 The minutes of the September meeting were read and accepted as written. Treasurer’s Report: Distracted by his upcoming workshop, Derek forgot to get updated figures for [...]
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The minutes from the Elmwood Playhouse General Membership meeting November 2015
Elmwood Minutes, 10/5/15 Larry called the meeting to order, his voice echoing in the cavernous new theater space! Thanks to Dolores & Bob Hodesblatt and Carol Napier for providing hospitality [...]