USSVI
Cincinnati Base
Meeting Minutes 19 December 2002

Meeting Start: 18:30

Intro: Meeting Start: Art Randell, Director of the Central Region of the USSVI, introduced  himself and initiated the Pledge of Allegiance, then continued with a moment of silence to honor our fallen submariners, past and present.

Invocation: Tom Barnes, Base Commander Hoosier Base, introduced himself and instituted the USSVI Creed. CDR Barnes then initiated a round table of introductions.

In Attendance:

All individuals gave a breakdown of service and family history to enable a familiarization of all in attendance.

Nominees:   Dick Young – Cincinnati Base Commander, all in favor-aye

Terry Diehl – Cincinnati Base Vice Commander, all in favor-aye

Mark Golias – Cincinnati Base Secretary, all in favor-aye

Dick Hauck - Cincinnati Base Treasurer, all in favor-aye

The Oath of office was then initiated by Mr. Art Randell and Cincinnati Base Officers were sworn in and Plank-owner certificate awarded to CDR Dick Young.

Discussion/issues: Initiated by Cincinnati Base Commander, Officers & Members.

1st order of business: Next meeting, where & when?, to be determined after the 4 January 2003 meeting @ the Hoosier Base in Indianapolis. It has been discussed and determined that a certified base is to have a minimum of 4 business meetings per year. A base can have as many other meetings in between as they like.

2nd order of business: Tim made a motion to change the Cincinnati Base Patch to eliminate the SSN 693 from the original patch derived. Dick seconds, all in favor-aye.

3rd order of business: CDR Dick Young made a motion to keep the by-laws as they are for now until we deem a reason to change to accommodate our particular base. Sec. Mark Golias seconds, all in favor-aye.

4th order of business: It has been made clear by Mr. Art Randell/USSVI that an individual must be a “primary” member of a particular base in order to be an officer of that base.

5th order of business: Time was taken for all new/transfers applications to be filled out and dues turned in.

6th order of business: Appointed positions. Chaplain – No one offered at this time – no one designated at this time ***Need*** Store Keeper – Barry Buckley offered to uphold this position. Pre-designation allowed. Chief of the Base – No one offered at this time – no one designated at this time.

7th order of business: Can we get involved in the Opening Day Parade? It is hopeful, but the answer is to be determined.

Closing: It has been determined that as many members that can attend the 4 January 2003 meeting @ the Hoosier Base will be in contact and will meet at a pre-designated location to able to observe an official base meeting. Once again, our next base meeting will be determined after the 4 January 2003 meeting at a location to be decided at a later date. It has been determined that “we”(as a base) will try to rotate the locations of our meetings in order to accommodate the various travel destinations of our members. Our meeting locations will also be determined on a cost basis as well. As members of a new base, we must keep this in mind during our infant stages of a base and allow us to establish funding to allow us to accommodate everyone in a rotational method.

Our New Cincinnati Base of the USSVI has been growing quickly and God willing will continue to grow at the present pace. God Bless All.

Meeting End: 20:45

USSVI
Cincinnati Base
Meeting Minutes 25 January 2003

Intro:  Meeting Start: Base CDR Dick Young initiated the prayer and the pledge of allegiance.

 In Attendance:

Art Randell – USSVI Director, Central Region
Dick Young – Cincinnati Base CDR
Terry Diehl – Cincinnati Base VCDR
Mark Golias – Cincinnati Base Secretary
Dick Hauck – Cincinnati Base Treasurer
Barry Buckley – Base Storekeeper
Tim Rich – Newsletter coordinator
Dale Gudorf
Frank Sebesta
Scott Lucas - Chief of the Base
Keith Hayden
Doug Hughs
Dave Self
Jim Flahey
Patrick Leedham
Steve Collier – Web Master
Mike Burba
Marlin Helms
Brady Stevens
Joe Japp
Connie Moore
Dave Veeter
Fr. Greg Lockwood - Chaplain
Mike Noon
John Madoffri
Wayne Lade
Sam Powell
David Bumbker

All individuals gave a breakdown of service to enable a familiarization of all in attendance.

Treasurers’ Report: Officiated by Dick Hauck and discussed the current finances. Tim made the motion  to accept the minutes and Steve seconds the motion. All in favor.

1st order of business: Next meeting, where & when? The next meeting will take place at St. Vincent’s Church @ 4036 River road, Cincinnati at 1200, 22 February 2003. The following meeting will take place in Mt. Carmel at 1200, 22 March 2003.

It was noted that any names for the Holland Club should be submitted.

It was also brought up that we could order them through McGrogin Patches for $3.25 each with a minimum order of 50. This is for a full embroidery patch. It was also brought up to change the colors of the rings to blue on the outside ring and gold on the inside ring. These changes forced a vote due to the change would require a by-law change. Dave Self made the motion and a second came from Keith Hayden. All in favor.

It was also requested that if anyone had any ideas/additions for the web site, they should be brought up either by way of the website(www.cincysubvets.com) or at the next meeting.

A banner for the base will be discussed at the next meeting unless an unbeatable deal comes up prior to the next meeting.

6th order of business: Base vests were discussed (where to purchase and which style to obtain) and Frank Sebesta offered to research a connection that he had to have them made. Other items brought up were plank owner patches, etc…

7th order of business: Plank-owners: In order to allow everyone that expressed interest in being a member of the Cincinnati Base during the initial start-up of the base (but were unable to attend the first meeting) the opportunity to be a plank-owner, we had a vote to allow everyone that has their paid application postmarked to Dick Hauck by 31 January 2003.

Dave made the motion to allow and the second came from Keith. All in favor.

9th order of business: It was brought up that there should be individual $10.00 contributions to one of five funds to raise money nationally via all bases. It will be discussed at the next meeting to determine when the donations will take place and to which fund it will be allocated.

The order of the rules are as follows: Motion, Second, Vote and then Discussion. It was suggested that rules be read & understood prior to the next meeting.

Closing: Great attendance and thank you to all. Let’s continue to build our membership and keep all current members interested. It was also suggested that we should have hats made for the Cincinnati Base. It was also suggested that we honor the former subs lost for each month.  Thanks to Terry Diehl for providing the data and the printouts of these lost subs. The meeting was then turned over to Art Randell for presentation of Plank-owners certificates and a more in depth view of the USSV and its purpose for all of the new members and new attendees.

Meeting Adjourn Time: 1520

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