Meeting Minutes, February, 2012

 

02FEBRUARY2012

Meeting was called to order by CDR Robby Bacom.

There was a quorum of 9 members present, by write-in only in order to discuss pertinent business and acquire votes.

CDR Bacom’s expressed his disappointment of lack of participation at meetings and events at our post. 1st Vice recognized that with concurrence from other posts with the same lack of participation. CDR still expressed the need for more support here.

Chaplain absent. We had a moment of silence for respect to our troops.

ADJ O’Callahan read minutes from the JAN General Meeting, Motion by Roy Havekost, seconded by Dan Wortmann, minutes accepted as read.

The Executive Committee Minutes of January not read in as this was not a true quorum for rules of order.

And the Emergency Executive Committee Minutes of 31JAN2012 motioned by Roy Havekost, seconded by Dan Wortmann, minutes accepted as read, with exceptions and corrected.

New Members:

Colin Smith; Tim Dixon; David Thomas; Joe Renolds; John Mowell; Leedoim Kettell; Doris Gill; Jerry Boland; James Toft.

Transfers:

Bill Marshall; Walter Wadford; George Horchreiter.

All members voted and approved all of the above-referenced new members & transferees.

1st Vice Commander gave a report on the status of he & Diane Dorsey’s discussions with the Dept of Health and our septic tank issues. They will continue to advise us of the progress with the negotiations. His report & notifications are attached. Jim Durnall made a motion to accept his report, Dan Wortmann seconded, report accepted as read.

1st Vice Commander read his report, attached, as well as his web site report, attached. Patty O’Callahan made a motion to accept, seconded by Mark Dorsey, reports accepted as read.

1st Vice Commander revisited the motions on the floor for payouts to be seconded and voted on by the members for:

$200 to Ponte Vedra High School Softball/Baseball;

$198 to Mike Shaar for the Dept of Health Certificate test for the Post; and,

No more than $50 for a 150’ hose to be used at our burn site.

All motions were seconded and approved.

Roy Havekost gave the House Committee Report regarding our septic/well situation and he made a motion that we purchase, for no more than $500, an artesian well/meter, Dan Wortmann seconded, the well was approved. Jim Durnall offered to install it.

Roy Havekost suggested that we get a company to come out and give an appraisal before we move forward with the well/septic situation.

Finance Officer-Absent

3rd Vice-Absent & No Report

4th Vice- Absent & No Report

Chaplain- Absent & No report

Historian- Absent & No Report

Service Officer- Absent & No Report

Sergeant-of-Arms-He had to address a member out back that was walking around with papers on fire & was instructed to put out the fire. Info needs to be put out to the members of rules of the Post, that they are not at their home.

Financial Report was presented by the 1st Vice for review. In the absence of the Finance Officer, Patty O’Callahan made a motion we accept the report as presented, Dan Wortmann seconded the motion, report accepted.

CDR Bacom made a motion to dismiss 2nd Vice, Ed Dellapenna, of his duties, Patty O’Callahan seconded the motion of dismissal, motion approved. ADJ O’Callahan will send a letter to Dellapenna.

Patty O’Callahan gave a Pavilion Committee Report.

CDR Bacom congratulated Patty O’Callahan on her Blood Drive results.

Past CDR Mark Dorsey expressed his disappointment with the lack of participation at our post at the attendance at meetings & at our events. His main concern is no one seems to understand the importance of the situation with our septic/well status. He also offered to investigate what it would take to get the city sewer pipe routed to our post. He stated that he is embarrassed at the members not in attendance to vote.

1st Vice CDR suggested that we send post cards to members, new & old, reminding them of our meeting dates and the importance of their attendance.

The meeting was adjourned at 2005 hours.

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Patty O’Callahan