Members Present:Daria, Tracy, Walter, Eric, Nathalie, Mark, John W. Mark, Daria, Walter, Tracey, Lorin, Nathalie, Dr. Jessie, John W

Meeting Start Time: 7:10 pm - End 9.00 pm

1. Old Business:
   Valentine’s Dance 2007
   
   -agreed on a theme song for the dance (Lady IN RED)
   
   -Will be hosted at Dave & Buster’s at Arundel Mills mall. This place has a huge party room that has a DJ. They also have bowling lanes that we can rent. This event will also be catered by Dave & BUSTER’S.
   
   -Daria checked with Glen Echo, and the Casey Community Center, and the Dave & Buster’s at White Flint mall. The Dave & Buster’s at Arundel Mills mall seems to have the best deal. Depending on how much money the Learning Disabilities Association of Montgomery County, Maryland would be willing to give to the fun bunch, tickets will be between $5 and $10.
   
   -Daria has come up with three options to choose from and will present them at either the august or September meeting.
   
   -Daria needs the names and numbers of organizations to invite.
   
   -So far Daria has contacted the following groups: best buddies, chadd of Montgomery County, and chadd of Anne Arundel County.
   
   -At the meeting we determined that the best time to have the Valentine’s party would be on Saturday, February 10th, 2007.
   
   



2. Holiday party 2006
   
   -Daria suggested having the party at either the community room at Mark’s condominium or at a restaurant.
   
   -Mark suggested having a two or three hour “cocktail party” at the community room for both family members of fun bunch members and after the “cocktail party” has members only go to a restaurant for dinner.
   
   -I have heard other people suggest just doing a dinner at a restaurant for members only.
   
   -Please send an e-mail to both daria and mark to let us know which format you would prefer for this year’s holiday party!
   
   -At the meeting it was agreed that the best day to hold this year’s holiday party would be either Saturday, December 2nd or on Saturday, December 9th.
   
   -please send an e-mail to both daria and mark to let us know which date you would prefer for this year’s holiday party.
   
   



3. New Business:
   Birthday celebrations
   
   -May/June- scheduled to be celebrated on Saturday, June 24th.
   
   June 24th 12:30 – 1:00 P.M. Meet at Mark’s condo we will do lunch and also go swimming. (In the event it rains we can go to a movie or play some board games)
   
   June 24th 7:30 P.M. Meet at the picnic area of mark’s condo and we will grill hot dogs, hamburgers on the grill. Afterwards we will convene inside mark’s condo and play games and watch TV. (In the event that it rains, we can watch a DVD movie and play some board games.)
   
   August/September-
   
   -Daria suggested having September 9th as the day to have the crab feast to mark the September birthdays as well as the end of summer. Not all of the September birthday people were not able to make this date.
   
   -Mark suggested pushing the date to have a crab feast to a later date and to commemorate the Fun Bunch’s 7th anniversary. The crab feast is scheduled for Saturday September 23rd.
   
   



4. Social Events - Due to the lack of time to discuss this matter, Mark proposed that we could send out in an e-mail and members could send an e-mail in return telling of their thoughts on the matters.
   
   Here is the list:
   
   1) Bowling- When shall we do that again?
   
   2) Fourth of July- Who wants to have a pool party?
   
   3) Activity Suggestions for the coming year-What does everyone want to do?
   
   4) Camping in September? - Who is interested?
   
   5) Plan to attend singles events
   
   6) Concerts/Dance club
   
   7) Ladies/Guys Night-Plan even
   
   t 8) Fun Bunch Anniversary- Crab Feast 0n 9-23-06 who is interested?
   
   



5. Schedules-Daria needs to know, from everybody, the best days to do social activities. PLEASE NOTE: Please list BOTH the best days AND ALSO days that are not good.



6. TOPICS for Dr. Jessie to cover:
   
   Here is a list of topics that members who attended the meeting suggested:
   
   -Trust
   -Self-Esteem
   -Social Skills
   -Motivation- As it relates to time management
   -Assertiveness



7. Williamsburg, Virginia Trip:
   
   Agreed that it would be wise to postpone the trip to either December (Daria hears that it is beautiful during the holiday season) or to late spring. Due to lack of time to plan a weekend trip to Williamsburg and the fact that nobody will have enough money to pay for the trip is why we are postponing the trip until a later time.
   
   



8. NEW MEETING LOCATION:
   
   Please note that starting with next month’s meeting, we will begin to have the meetings at the Special Needs/Davis library in Bethesda, Maryland. We will meet in the “small room” for the July meeting. The July meeting will take place on JULY 26th!!!
   
   



9. FUTURE MEETING DATES:
   
   Judy has sent me a list of dates that we are scheduled to meet at the Special Needs/Davis library.
   
   Here is a list of the dates:
   July 26th- Meet in the small room
   
   August 16th- Meet in the regular meeting room (Mark will not be at this meeting; will be out of town.)
   
   September- Meet at Mark’s condo
   
   October- Meet at Mark’s condo
   
   November 29th- Meet in the small room
   
   December 13th- Meet in the regular meeting room
   
   January 2007- Meet in Mark’s condo
   
   February 14th 2007- Meet in the regular meeting room
   
   March 14th 2007- Meet in the regular meeting room
   
   April 2007- Meet in Mark’s condo
   
   May 2007- Meet in Mark’s condo
   
   June 2007- Meet in Mark’s condo
   
   Please note that if the Fun Bunch is not pleased with the meeting room or if most of the members are unable to make a particular meeting date, as long as we give Judy 3 weeks notice, then the LDA will be able to get their money back for that particular meeting night.
   
   



10. Dr. Jessie:
    
    - Informed Dr. Jessie of the July meeting date and of of the meeting location at the Special Needs/Davis Library.
    
    - Discussed situations involving “small talk” and ways to “break the ice” in various situations. Agreed that one needs to be aggressive and take the initiative to introduce one’s self to the other person and to ask questions such as “how are you doing”; “Where are you from”; and the typical “what are your favorite…” questions.
    
    - Discussed what type of things that one can say to “break the ice” and how to make “small talk” and to keep the conversation flowing. The consensus was to ask about favorite movies, favorite foods, favorite books, favorite authors, and favorite music.
    
    - John W. and Walter role played a situation involving a new co-worker and a worker that has been there for a while and introducing one’s self to the new worker and making the worker feel welcome.
    
    - Just before the meeting ended, Dr. Jessie was informed of the select dates that the Fun Bunch is now scheduled to meet at the Davis Library. She was also informed as to what topics the Fun Bunch had decided to use as topics for future meetings.
    
    - After a group vote, it was decided that the topic for the July meeting would be motivation as it relates to time management both at work and at home.
    
    



11. NEXT MEETING:
    
    July 26th at 7:00 P.M. at the Davis/Special Needs library