I
wish to thank all members for their attendance and
participation at the January meeting. The confidence you
have shown in me by your voting me as the detachment
Commandant is a trust I will hold dear, and I will
perform my duties to the best of my ability.
I,
and all of the officers of the detachment, serve at the
members request, and all officers need and expect input
from the membership. The goals and results of the
detachment is the combination of all members effort.
Please make your wishes known, and contribute as much
time to our programs as you can.
Semper Fi,
Fred
Vigil
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Meeting
Minutes for 3 January 2012
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 Don Enea
Members
and Guests Present:
- Members
-
Bob
Livingston
Paul
Weller
Bob
Sohrt
David
Walker
Fred
Vigil
John
Warmouth
Ken
Santor
Richard Olsen
Tom
Bickert
John
Glatthar
Michael Evans
Mike
Rios
Craig
Lamke
Jon
Yuspa
Lowell
Cross
- Guests -
Pam
Guerin
Justin
Brandenburg
Applications for
Membership:
Ken Santor
reported that Lowell Cross applied for membership in
December, and his application has already been forwarded
to Dept of NV, and National. Lowell was welcomed by all
members, and his MCL pin will be presented when it
arrives.
Ken also
briefed everyone that former member Justin Brandenburg
is renewing his membership, and he will be participating
in detachment activities. Justin was introduced to all,
and he gave a quick talk to the members. We all welcome
Justin, and look forward to his input
Minutes
from the Previous Meeting:
The
December meeting was very brief, due to our Christmas
party. Bob Sohrt made a motion to accept the Dec minutes
as published in the newsletter, and this was
seconded by Tom Bickert. The motion was
approved without objection or changes
Correspondence:
Fred Vigil
talked to the membership about recruiting new members,
and for participation by everyone. Fred stated that he
is extremely proud to serve as the Commandant.
Paymaster’s
Report:
Ken
reported Nov, 2011 income of $1248. Nov expense of $703.
Dec, 2011 income was $2529. Dec expense of $1463.
Report of
League/Family Members in Distress:.
Ken
reported that Bonnie Holtzer is doing well with her
cancer treatment. She is in good spirits.
Fred Vigil
wants Sgt at Arms John Warmouth to keep the detachment
advised if John needs any type of
help around the house, so
John can have his foot back to normal as soon as
possible.
Report of
Officers:
Ken
briefed all that the MCL mid-winter conference in
Hawthorne has been rescheduled to 25 Feb. 2012. Several
Dept of NV officers were sick and could not make the
original date of 14 Jan. 2012
Richard
Olsen requested all members keep him updated with
current emails and phone numbers, so the contact list of
the detachment will always be correct.
Richard
Olsen passed out $5 discount coupons to those members
who want to attend the Wild Sheep Foundation Convention
on Jan 20,21,22.
Fred Vigil
suggested all members have name tags with their name and
the MCL logo on the tag. Discussion will again be held
at the Feb meeting on what the detachment wants to do on
this topic.
Paul
Weller reported on the Hot Sauce sales. At the gun show
in December total bottles sold were 87, resulting in $
435. Remaining inventory is about 11 cases of Red Hot
Sauce, 10 cases of Green Sauce, and several cases of SGT
MAJ and OLD CORPS sauce. Paul advised he will bring hot
sauce to the monthly meeting, so any member will be able
to purchase some.
Bob
Livingston reported he has one candidate already for the
Devil Pup slot in the summer. Fred advised that he has
talked with persons in the Native-American community
about finding Devil Pup candidates from the Indian
Reservations.
Report of
standing committees:
None
Obituaries
None
Old/Unfinished Business:
None
New
Business:
Michael Rios briefed all
about the successful food drive for the holidays that
the Evelyn Mount Food Bank completed. He had volunteered
to help in the program, and the food drive was a great
help to all the needy families.
Fred Vigil informed the
members of his trip to the Stead Marines to deliver all
the toys collected at the Christmas party/dinner. The
toys were given to 1st Sgt. Noel, and to SGT Garcia to
be included in the "Toys for Tots" collected by the
Stead Marines. The Stead Marines were extremely grateful
for all the toys.
Fred and Ken thanked all
for the food and support all members showed at the
detachment Christmas party. All members and family had a
great dinner.
Tom Bickert proposed that
there be extra media coverage for the Christmas Wreath
Across America. This program is at the Fernley Cemetery,
and he feels there needs to be more coverage of this
event. Discussion followed with several ideas proposed
to get more coverage.
Tom also advised all that
the gasoline prices in Hawthorne are much higher that in
Reno or Fallon, and any person going through Hawthorne
should fill up in Fallon to save money.
Good of the
League:
John
Glatthar advised the members that the "Pay Pal" account
is not feasible, and is not working for us. He proposed
a credit card account instead, with a manual swipe
feature. Discussion followed, and the subject will again
be discussed at the Feb meeting.
Ken and
John Glatthar informed all that the drawing for the 1911
pistol raffle will be on Memorial Day, at the VFW.
All
members are requested to send John Glatthar pictures of
their active duty days. Also John wants any old USMC
pictures.
Pam
Guerin, Bob Sohrt's daughter, spoke of her thanks to
John Glatthar for his great job as Web Sgt, and his
effort and attention to detail in the monthly
newsletter. All members gave John a well deserved round
of applause for his time and effort as the Web Sgt and
publisher of the newsletter.
Justin
Brandenburg spoke to the detachment about the services
offered by the Reno Vet Center. Justin is the manager of
the Reno Vet Center, located at 5580 Mill St., phone
#775-323-1294. The Vet Center is a branch of the VA, and
the Vet Center was started to help vets returning from
the Viet Nam War. The US now has about 300 Vet Centers
through the 50 states. Reno has 4 full time consular
officers to help vets with marriage problems,
bereavement, jobs, health care issues, etc.
Justin and
the employees work with all veteran organizations. In
Nevada, there are 3 Vet centers, one in Reno, one in
Henderson, and one in Las Vegas. The budget for the Vet
Center is thru the VA. Please talk with any Vet you know
that you think may need help, and refer them to Justin.
1st Sgt.
Noel has advised us that he has seen many cases of
veterans who are having difficulty after release from
active duty, and the Reno Vet Center, under the
leadership of Justin, is a valuable asset to help those
person.
Announcements:
None
Local
Business:
None
NEXT MEETING
7 FEB 2012 at 1930
Meeting minutes transcribed by
Jr. Vice Commandant
Rich Olsen
Newsletter created by Web Sergeant John Glatthar
