I wish to thank all members for their participation at
the October meeting. A lot of detachment business was
completed. We need all members to attend our next two
monthly meetings, because several important topics will
be discussed and voted on. Remember to bring all of your
left over Halloween candy to our meeting on 1 November,
so we can prepare jars to pass out the candy at the
Veterans Day parade.
Keep looking for new members, and keep looking for our
Devil Pup candidates.
Rich
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Meeting
Minutes for 4 October 2011
Marine
Corps League, Battle Born Detachment 672, held at VFW
Post 9211, 255 Veterans Memorial Drive, Reno, NV
89509-5429
Roll Call of
Officers: All present, except Sr. Vice Commandant
Paul Weller
Members
and Guests Present:
John
Warmouth
Craig
Lamke
Bob
Sohrt
John
Glatthar
Tom
Bickert
Don
Enea
David
Walker
Richard Olsen
Fred
Vigil
Ken
Santor
Kimberley Wood
Bob
Livingston
Jon
Yuspa
Dennis
Espinoza
Stan
Benson (guest)
Guests:
Stan Benson
Applications for
Membership:
None,
however we did have one MCL member transfer into our
detachment.
Also, for
all members’ information, no credit/debit cards can be
used to pay for member dues, cash or check only.
Minutes
from the Previous Meeting:
Richard apologized for the newsletter coming out late,
and hopes everyone has been able to read the September
Newsletter. David Walker made a motion to accept the
newsletter as published, and this was seconded by Tom
Bickert and John Warmouth. The members voted to accept
the newsletter as published.
Ken Santor stated he needs a print copy of the
newsletter for the Detachment files. John Glatthar will
work on making a print version available.
Correspondence:
Richard
read to all members the response from the National Judge
Advocate concerning the detachments complaint against
Nevada State Commandant Richard Hoery, and the apology
letter written by Hoery. The National Judge Advocate has
agreed with our request to end this complaint, and to
have it withdrawn. This case is officially closed.
Richard
briefed all members about a Susanville, CA MCL member
who has some horses he has trained to use as a "Riderless
Horse" in parades and funerals. His name is Phil Raglen,
and he will participate in the Reno Veterans Parade
behind our MCL trailer. He will use two horses, and has
Marine lettering on the saddles.
In
February 2012 the VA will sponsor a Veterans concert for
all veterans and their wives/mates. This will be very
similar to the one this year that was given by Gary
Lewis and his Playboys. The artist is scheduled to be
Eric Tipton, and he will perform at the Grand Sierra
Hotel at 8:00pm Feb 13th. Everyone will need a ticket,
but the tickets are free.
The VA
hospital will put on a Halloween Carnival for the
veterans living in the VA hospital. It will be on
Saturday, October 29th, from 2-4pm. Please call Richard
if you can volunteer
for these 2 hours.
The Reno
VA Hospital will sponsor the 2013 National Veterans Art
Festival, and the hospital will need volunteers during
that time. Dates will be announced later. Please help if
you will be in town.
The Reno
VA Hospital has started a program called " No Veteran
Dies Alone." This is a hospice environment, and veterans
are needed to volunteer to sit with a patient in his
final days, so he will not be alone. No medical
procedures will be required to be preformed, just
sitting with the patient in his room at the VA hospital.
Anyone interested please call Richard for more
information.
Administrative officials at the VA Hospital have asked
all veterans to please be patient during the completion
of the many construction projects at the VA. Park where
you can, when you can.
The
Veterans Day Parade will be held at 11:00am on November
11th. The parade starts from the corner of Court St and
South Virginia, and our detachment will have Fred's
truck pulling his trailer. The horses of Phil Raglen
will follow the trailer. We hope all members will attend
the parade and ride on the trailer.
Paymaster’s
Report:
Ken
reported income for the month of September of $1117.
Expenses were a total of $465.56. If any member wants
more information about the income/expense statement,
call Ken.
Report of
League/Family Members in Distress:
Ken reported that Bonnie Holtzer is doing fine so far
Report of
Officers:
Report of
Officers: Fred Vigil thanked all detachment members that
showed up at the Air Race Victims Memorial Ceremony held
at Idlewild park. Attending were Fred, Ken Santor, Don
Enea, Paul Weller, and Richard Olsen. All members were
in formal dress, and we all looked sharp.
Richard
briefed all members about new detachment business cards.
He has researched several places in Reno , and has found
a printer who is having a sale on color print cards,
with color on both sides. Discussion followed, and the
detachment voted to purchase new business cards. Richard
will try to get the cards ready for the next meeting.
Richard
briefed all about the Department of Nevada Mid-Winter
Conference to be held in Hawthorne, NV on Jan 14th at
the El Captain Hotel. So far 4 members have signed up,
and if anyone else wants to go, contact Richard ASAP.
Our
detachment has been informed by the Dept of NV that we
need to have a "Toys for Tots" coordinator. If you would
like to volunteer, please contact Richard.
Our
detachment is still looking for a person to become our
historian/public affairs coordinator. Please contact
Richard if you would like to have this position.
Report of
standing committees:
Report
of standing committees: Budget. This years Air Races
were canceled after the air crash, and we do not know
how much income the detachment will receive from JP for
our beverage tent hours. We hope to have a figure by the
Nov meeting. Discussion followed as to what programs we
may be able to fund.
Hot
Sauce: Plenty in stock, and the next event is the
Home Show on Oct 22-23.
Devil
Pups: We already have 2012 devil pup funds in our
account, so next year is covered. Please find suitable
candidates 14-17 years old, and forward their name to
Bob Livingston. We need 3 children.
Cemetery: The irrigation water is turned off, and no
planting action until spring. Tom Bickert volunteered to
raise and lower the flags at the Fernley MCL 155
Howitzer over the MC Birthday, and Veterans Day.
Obituaries
None
Old/Unfinished Business:
Warrior
Program, this is at Camp Pendleton, and Fred briefed all
about this. Discussion followed, and it was decided to
table this idea until we find out about our income from
J.P.
New
Business:
Tom
Bickert asked about "Operation Stand Down", the program
for homeless Vets. The next "Stand Down" will be Sept
2012. No funds were allocated till we know what income
we will receive from JP. Discussion followed, and this
item was tabled for now.
Don Enea
informed the members he has a extra light blue shirt,
like the one's Jim Snyder found for the Recruiter
Marines, and like the one we all had for the socks drive
at Wal-Mart. If you want the buy this shirt, call Don.
John Yuspa joined as a
new associate member, he has been in Reno for about one
year, and he wants to help out and lend support to our
detachment. All the members welcome him to the MCL
family.
Good of the
League:
Richard
briefed the detachment on the dress code for all of our
events. The codes are, Casual, Informal, Formal, and
Evening dress. The dress code was handed out to all
members present at the meeting. It will be handed out
again at the November meeting.
John
Glatthar proposed to have a Rock Island 1911 semi-auto
pistol for a raffle, like we did for the M1 this year.
Discussion followed. A total of 200 tickets were
proposed to be sold.
John
Glatthar asked all members to not ask him to forward
other members messages for them. This is very time
consuming, and each member can do this himself. John
volunteered to help any member set up a batch email to
all MCL members, and this should solve the problem.
John has
redone the MCL Application for New Members that was on
our website. It is easy to use, easy to download. Member
dues are $31 per year.
Don Enea
briefed all about the Evelyn Mount programs, and how she
and her staff will help all veterans and their families.
On Friday afternoons at 1:00pm Evelyn distributes food
from her house for any needy family, and in the winter
season, also distributes coats. Remember there is also
another food bank at Yori and Gentry that provides
Veterans food on Tuesday nights from 6:30- 8:00pm for
$5.
Ken Santor
opened nominations for the 2012 Detachment Officers. As
Nominated:
Commandant: Fred Vigil
Senior Vice: Richard Olsen
Junior Vice: Don Enea
Judge Advocate: Open
Paymaster: Ken Santor
Sgt at Arms and Chaplin: appointed by the Cmdnt.
All
members please come to the Nov and Dec meetings to make
your selection and to vote.
All
members please bring all left over Halloween candy to
the Nov meeting so that we can arrange to have the candy
given out during the Veterans Day Parade.
Ken Santor
has a few tickets left for the Marine Corps Birthday
Ball, Nov 5th. Cost $60 each.
Kimberly Wood introduced
her guest Stan Benson. He is a retired career Marine,
lived in San Jose, moved to Reno recently, and was a
pilot while on active duty. Stan gave a brief talk to
the detachment. We all hope to have Stan join as a full
time member
Announcements:
None
Local
Business:
None
NEXT MEETING
1 NOV 2011 at 1930
Meeting minutes transcribed by Commandant
Rich Olsen
Newsletter created by Web Sergeant John Glatthar
