OUR FIRST ANNUAL BRING YOUR CHILDREN TO CURRY DAY!!! What a historic event! We did not have the expected turnout but it was an epic night nonetheless. We will set this aside for now as, with all epic tales (except for Star Wars), we must begin at the beginning.

The night began less than spectacular with the bar selected for pre-dinner drinks, The Boulevard, being basically a large porta potty in the middle of a suburban plaza. The president arrived fashionably late and was welcomed by members Holley, Menninger, McAuliffe, and Eslinger. Although the place had a dank feel to it, the Club brightens any locale in which we are present so the place served as an adequate building to converse. From there it was on to Jai Indian Restaurant for the main event!!

It was an overall great night but right off the bat I must admit my disappointment in the fact that only the president brought his child to enjoy this once-in-a-lifetime chance to rub elbows with members of the club. It was utterly surprising that at least member Falter was not present with his child after sending so many emails requesting this event. I will bold that last statement for effect: Member Falter, after sending multiple requests and kicking off an email storm begging to bring his child, not only did not bring his child but chose not to attend himself. This negligence was so disappointing that it forced the president to look up a synonym for disappointment to express how extremely disappointed he was. Perturbed…I’ll go with that (thanks Google).

Since out of all of the member’s children, only the President’s daughter was present at this classic event, Tamia was not only made an honorary member but was allowed to act as President for the night. The customary Blazer exchange was completed and the picture was taken to seal the deal. This is truly a ground-breaking occasion as Tamia is not only the first child allowed but is also the first female in our illustrious group. In her vast wisdom, Tamia immediately enacted two changes to the Constitution listed below.

• We will no longer allow a Bring Your Children To Curry day and a page will be inserted into the Constitution for children that will be “intentionally left blank”
• Tamia will oversee the annual Independence Day celebration that was formerly headed by Josh Falter. Josh will still hold the responsibility of finding a venue and organizing the event but all final decisions must be approved by Tamia Butler

Since this night was supposed to be about the children, I will keep the rest of the report short and sweet.

Meeting topics:

• President raised a vote to determine a way to keep the blazer clean which was denied despite stains being directly visible to the members as they raised their collective hands in a unanimous “nay”.
• Member Justin Henderson is now ex-member Justin Henderson due to numerous absences and not following the instructions in the March report which would have allowed him to stay had he read it.
• Justin Henderson is to be removed from the distribution list
• Chef Mike is to have his personal email added to the standing meeting’s attendees list (unable to add to the DL since he’s not GE)
• Member Duane Kauffman has agreed to understand how to update and manage the official website. This information will be handed down from President to President.
• The President of the month will be responsible for updating the website with his report once Duane has enough site permissions and understanding to train the next president.

The Good:

• President Butler came through once again and got the venue to supply a complimentary appetizer beyond the normal poppadum’s.
• Opinions of the food ranged from good to great with most agreeing that the naan and chutney were standouts. Leom was even seen licking the chutney off his plate (this is not an exaggeration)

The Bad:

• One check was given for the entire table and had to be manually split using the honor system during our departure.
• Other minor gripes including: Sven received a lemon instead of a lime in his water; Matt W’s briyani was “wetter” than expected although he did say “wetter is better?”; JJ made note that there was not much Indian décor but this was debated; and Leom saying that the food was generally “good but not great”

The Ugly

• You must wash your arms as well as your hands when dining here. Not because it is a dirty place but because they have a sign ordering you to do so.
• This document keeps trying to auto-correct “honor” to “honour” for some inexplicable reason.

May’s official President will be JJ Wurtz.

Glory to the blazer (and apparently its stains)!!!