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USSVI
Cincinnati Base
Meeting Minutes 26 April 2003
Meeting
Start: 1227
Invocation:
Fr. Lockwood led the members in the prayer.
Intro: COB
led the pledge of allegiance.
Tolling of
the Bell.
In
Attendance:
Dick Young
– Cincinnati Base CDR
Terry Diehl
– Cincinnati Base VCDR
Mark Golias
– Cincinnati Base Secretary
Father Greg
Lockwood – Base Chaplain
Barry
Buckley – Base Storekeeper
Tim Rich –
Newsletter coordinator
Dale Gudorf
Frank
Sebesta
Scott Lucas
- Chief of the Base
Keith
Hayden
Patrick
Leedom
Doug Hughes
Dave Veder
Russ Bowman
Joe
Raszmann – new member
Kieth
Littlepage – new member
Bill Ritter
Brady
Stevens
John Graves
Jim Flege
William
(Bill) Finley – new member
Chuck Rapp
Bill
Schaefer – new member
John
Madoffori
Ted
Campbell
Sam Powell
John Walton
LTJG
Belinda Whittey – Sea Cadet
WO Mike
Clements – Sea Cadet
All
individuals gave a breakdown of service to enable a familiarization of all
in attendance.
Reading Of
Secretary Minutes: Officiated by Mark Golias. Doug made a motion to accept
the minutes and Sam seconds the motion. All in favor.
Treasurers’
Report: Officiated by Base CDR. Dick Young and discussed the current
finances. $606.66 is the current balance of the base. Keith made the motion
to accept the minutes and John seconds the motion. All in favor.
Discussion
of Old Business: Initiated by Cincinnati Base Commander, Officers & Members.
Indy Base
Ball: All individuals that attended stated that it was a great event, a
total class act. VCDR Terry Diehl brought in a copy of the program for all
to view.
Picnic: To
be held June 28th @ Lake Wynoka (lots of activities). Info on the location
was passed around as well as directions. Keep in mind that we need
additional tables/chairs & grills etc. We will determine food needs at a
later time.
Base Store:
Barry discussed the base stores and the availability of them all.
Parades:
4th of July is out for now, but be prepared for the Memorial Day parade in
Cheviot.
Vests:
Still no concrete information yet, still looking.
Ships Bell:
Thanks to VCDR Terry Diehl for taking the time to obtain our base bell. We
are currently looking for a quality engraver to engrave our base bell.
Member
Drive: To all members, keep looking for new members and keep our base going.
Sponsoring
a Boat: Our base is currently in contact with a member of the USGN Ohio in
reference to sponsoring this particular boat.
New
Business:
1st order
of business: (Today’s visitors) Patricia McGaffrey – Press agent from the
local Press papers doing an article on our base and members. Any one
interested in providing information or stories, please do so. Thank you.
WO Mike
Clements & LTJG Belinda Whittey from the Sea Cadets joined our meeting and
did a brief presentation of what the Sea Cadets do and what they represent.
2nd order
of business: VCDR Terry Diehl is in the process of organizing a special
“annual tolling of the bell” ceremony at the Northern KY Liberty Bell.
Details to follow.
3rd order
of business: Pictures. Any new members that are here today, please stay to
take a picture afterwards. Also, we will send out an e-mail regarding the
scheduling for the Memorial Day parade.
4th order
of business: The next meeting will be held on 24 May 2003 @ 12 noon at a
location to be determined via e-mail.
A small
note to all. We want to thank the Mason VFW for allowing us to hold our
meeting at their location at no cost. We must keep in mind that when these
locations allow us to hold our meetings at no cost, they tend to expect us
to stay around and eat and maybe have a couple of beverages (i.e.: beer,
wine or soft drinks etc…). The Mason VFW had made a ton of food for us
(although we did not know about this until it was too late and most of our
members had gone home), and only a handful of people stayed around to eat.
The food was very good at that. Please try to keep this in mind for future
meetings and allow yourselves and spouses to plan ahead so that we can try
to keep the base costs down by eliminating the need for meeting location
charges.
CDR’s Call
for the “Good of the Order”: No information in this category today.
50/50
Raffle: Congratulations to Bill Schaefer for winning the Cincinnati Base’s
50/50 raffle. The raffle generated $53.00 for the base fund, and Bill won
$53.00.
Closing:
Great attendance and thank you to all. Let’s continue to build our
membership and keep all current members interested. Tim made the motion to
close the meeting and John seconds. All in favor.
Final
Benediction
Meeting
Adjourn Time: 1334
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