2011-2012 Committees

Joe Capitano, Sr.
(813) 247-4731

• Responsible for handling any issues related to the building
  including construction, renovations and communication with
  contractors.
• Propose expenditures for repairs, renovations and upgrades to
  be done to the facility and make recommendations to the
  Executive Committee.
• Keep close accounting of all expenditures related to the
  upkeep and maintenance of the building facility.
• Coordinate with the Club Manager to ensure that the building is kept clean, safe, functional and productive.
• Recommend ways for making the building more attractive,
  inviting and functional. Approve all purchases needed to make
  the building safe, functional and productive.

• Maintain cemetary records.
• Maintain relationships with funeral homes.
• Keep Cemetary plots clean and safe.
• Oversee all management activities within the organization.

• Publish bi-monthly magazine

• Coordinate the sale of advertisements in the Magazine.

• Responsible for promoting the history of L’Unione Italiana, and general Italian history, culture and language through special events, programs, displays, newsletter articles and web page articles.

• Work with all committee chairs to add cultural and historical elements to events, as appropriate.

• Serve as the Club’s link to the Tampa-Agrigento Sister Cities Committee, Italian Genealogical groups and other cultural/heritage organizations.

• Organize the major annual fundraiser for the Italian Club in April.

• Organize Fiesta Day activities.
• Organize Volunteers and Cooking for events.
• Organize Festa Italiana Cooking Booth
• Organize cooking booth for Gasparilla Knight Parade

• Responsible for acquiring donations

• Be the keeper and the interpreter of the Club's By-Laws.
• Be responsible for revising and updating the By-Laws as needed.
• Serve as Parliamentarian.
• Recommend removal of Officers and Board Members as it becomes necessary.
• Recommend to the President on filling vacancies on the board.

• Prepare and submit applications for grants.

• Organize beer booths in conjunction with the Guavaween festivities in October.

• Maintain a constant relationship with the Italian Club members.
• Organize fundraisers throughout the year for the Auxiliary.
• Work as a team with the Club to maintain the Club's Mission Statement.

• Maintain a constant relationship with the Italian Club members.
• Organize fundraisers throughout the year for the Auxiliary.
• Work as a team with the Club to maintain the Club's Mission Statement.

• Maintain and certify an accurate and current membership roster.
• Present new members to the Board for approval.
• Issue new membership cards to new members upon approval by the Board.
• Conduct membership drives.
• Propose activities for increasing membership.
• Organize membership socials.
• Maintain an accurate Membership Directory.

Cathy Guagliardo
(813) 417-3697

• Organize the annual New Year’s Eve Dance

Don Bodie
(813) 623-1557

Joe Caltagirone
(813) 253-0421

• Coordinate the photography, publication and archives of photographs of club events

Rick Califano

• Maintain a calendar of all Club events.

• Promote special events to be held in the Cantina.

• Publicize all events to the membership and to the outside community via all means possible.

• Ensure that all events do not conflict, if at all possible, with other major events in the community.

• Elicit input from the membership as to the type of events they would like to have and would support.

• Maintain and update the Club’s web-site

• Organize event with the Cemetery

• Responsible for calling members to volunteer at various functions.