I want to thank all members for
their attendance at the September meeting. I am getting
this newsletter out to all members later than I had
hoped to, due to some family issues, and due to my
working the special election for the 2nd Congressional
District, and working the Reno Air Races. I hope to see
all members at the October meeting.
Thanks for your understanding.
Rich
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Meeting
Minutes for 6 September 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 John Glatthar
Members
and Guests Present:
Bob
Livingston
Paul
Weller
Chris
Nero
Bob
Sohrt
David
Walker
Dennis
Espinoza
Don
Enea
Fred
Vigil
John
Warmouth
Ken
Santor
Kimberley Wood
Richard Olsen
Tom
Bickert
Guests:
None
Applications for
Membership:
A new
member , David Zabol, wants to join, and we all hope to
see him at the October meeting.
It was
discussed to have on the web site that all new/current
members may not use credit/debit cards to pay for their
membership.
Minutes
from the Previous Meeting:
John
Warmouth proposed to accept the minutes of the August
meeting as published. Tom Bickert seconded the motion,
and it was voted on to accept them as published.
Correspondence:
Richard
Olsen reported that he had received a letter from the
State Commandant concerning the successful Boise
Convention in August.
The next
National MCL Convention in 2012 will be held in Alabama.
News from the Boise convention:
A) The Red
MCL cover remains as the only unique identifier of MCL
members and when wearing the Red MCL cover no pins or
other non authorized attachments are to be worn/attached
to the Red Cover. When the MCL member is wearing the
appropriate cover, they are considered to be in uniform.
B) The
white duty belt may only be worn while performing the
duties of the Sgt at Arms, or as a member of a Color
Guard or Honor Guard and only with a white uniform
shirt, either long or short sleeve.
The Dept
of Nevada is trying to standardize the State patch that
is worn on our Red MCL jackets using the Battle Born
Patch as the example for all state detachments.
The
Mid-Winter conference for the Dept of Nevada will be
held at the El Captain Hotel in Hawthorne, NV at 09:00
hours on January 14th, 2012.
Please
contact Richard or Ken ASAP if you plan to attend, as we
have to give an accurate account of attendance by 15
October.
Paymaster’s
Report:
Ken
reported income for August of $936. Expenses were
$405.74 for August. Any member has the right to look at
the paymaster records if they want to see any more
detail of the detachment's financial records. Contact
Ken Santor if you want to arrange this.
Report of
League/Family Members in Distress:
None
Report of
Officers:
Ken
reported to all about a letter he received concerning
our contribution to the Devil Pup program, and how we
have been a prime supporter of the Devil Pups. This
letter was very complementary toward Detachment#672, and
our continuing financial support.
Fred Vigil
reported to all about the Wounded Warrior Program in the
Camp Pendleton area. Fred's daughter has helped in this
project, and has asked for our detachment's help in
supporting this worthy program. Several members spoke in
favor of the proposal, and recommendations were made to
vote on funding this project at the October meeting. An
amount of $200-$300 was suggested. For more information
please check the following web sites:
www.warriorfoundation.com
or
www.freedomstation.org
Report of
standing committees:
Budget
Income
Expenses
Air Race
$1700
3
Devil Pups
$1600
Hot Sauce
$2000
VFW
$300
2
Gun Shows
$600
Cemetery
$300
Donations
$1000
Public Relations
$500
Scholarships
$500
Convention
$500
2
Home Shows
$600
Hot Sauce / Inventory
$600
Air Race B/fast
$300
Computer Fees
$200
VA
Cake
$250
Food Bank T/Giving
$200
Food Bank Christmas
$200
Winter Coats
$200
Vet Center
$100
Scholarship
$500
Contingency
$650
TOTAL
$6400
TOTAL
$6400
Bob
Livingston suggested that a Car show income also be
included in the amount of $200 for the budget. That
would make $6600 income, and an extra $200 into the
contingency fund for expense of $6600.
Discussion was had by many members over the various
items in the budget.
There
will be a Home Show at the end of October at the
Convention Center, volunteers needed.
Ken
proposed buying plants for the Fernley Cemetery, and
Tom Bickert was going to check on our American Flag
that had been taken down
Obituaries
None
Old/Unfinished Business:
Tom
Bickert suggested our detachment have a procedure to
prevent any happening such as was currently going on in
Las Vegas. Discussion followed, and our budget/reports
should prevent any repeat of the problems in Vegas.
There was
no July meeting, and 4 days before the August meeting
Richard received a letter from the National Commandant
awarding our detachment an award for the success of the
1/5 Socks drive. Richard briefed all about the
background of the letter, and how the letter and the
Award Certificate was passed around to everyone. At the
September meeting the National Ribbon that goes with the
National Award was passed out to all present members.
Richard
apologized for the informality of the presentation.
Fred Vigil
briefed all on the need for a dress code. Any time we as
a detachment have a function as representatives of the
Marine Corps or the MCL, we need to look sharp and
squared away. Richard will work on adopting a dress code
and present it to the members. When the dress code is
informal, all members must still have neat and clean
clothes. Also we as a detachment need to arrive at all
functions on time.
New
Business:
None
Good of the
League:
The Marine
Corps Birthday Ball will be held at the Peppermill on
Nov 5th, and tickets are $60 per person. Please buy your
tickets from Ken or another MCL member, so our
detachment receives the credit.
The annual
Marine Corps Birthday Cake Cutting Ceremony at the VA
Hospital will be held on Nov 10th after the noon meal.
More discussion will be at the next meeting.
Don Enea
was presented with his Life Member pin by Richard.
Important: All MCL members are advised to leave the
front of the VFW Hall bar area at 19:00 hours so the VFW
can hold their meetings at 19:00 in that location, and
have privacy and quiet. All members are to go to the
back room where we have our monthly meetings.
Our
detachment is in need of a publicity/historian chairman,
and any member interested in this position please see
Richard or Ken.
The
election of the detachment officers for the year 2012
will be held at the November meeting. The nomination of
officers for those positions will start at the October
meeting, so please attend and be willing to serve the
detachment as you are able. At the December meeting the
new officers will be installed, and we will have our
annual Christmas dinner.
Don Enea
suggested that Evelyn Mount and her organization may be
able to help with the veterans food bank, and with the
programs for homeless vets. He volunteered to brief the
detachment at the October meeting.
Announcements:
None
Local
Business:
None
NEXT MEETING
4 OCT 2011 at 1930
Meeting minutes transcribed by Commandant
Rich Olsen
Newsletter created by Web Sergeant John Glatthar
