General Membership Minutes, July 3, 2013

§  Ceremonial opening and prayer by Cmdr. Havekost.

§  Commander Havekost called the meeting to order at 7:13pm.

§  Roll call of thirteen members present.

§  Commander Havekost presented Certificates of Appreciation to Steve Willis, Robby Brown, and Bob Nagel (chaplain).

§  The reading of the Minutes of the June 4, 2013 Executive Board was suspended. Motion to accept Minutes for Adoption, seconded and passed.

§  Minutes of the previous meeting were read. Motion to approve Minutes, seconded and passed.

§  Applications/transfers:  Lawrence W. Weber, Navy; Matthew T. Montemurno, Marines; Steven H. Lemmon, Army; and Joe A. Brown, Army. Paperwork for all new applicants is in order. Motion to accept applicants, seconded and passed.

§  Commander’s report read and attached.

§  Website report read and attached.

§  Newsletter report. Sheri Martinez will be working on the newsletter.

§  First Vice reported that the Post was 115.385% to goal for membership for last year, with the new goal being 110%.

§  Third Vice congratulated Judy Mills on becoming President of the Auxiliary. He also thanked Dan Wortmann for all the work he does at the Post and stated that we need to increase membership.

§  Service Officer reported that he had recently worked with an 86 year old World War II Women’s Army Corp Veteran to find her a new home.

§  Don Mills thanks Maury Lazenby for his work with Boy’s State.

§  SAL Commander Tex Ward not present, no report.

§  Auxiliary report read by President Judy Mills and is attached.

§  ALR report by President Judy Mills is attached.

§  Public portion of the meeting concluded at 7:43pm, continuing with Legionnaire only portion.

Unfinished Business

§  The carpeting received from the TPC Military Appreciation event is in storage and needs to be installed. Planning Committee is working on a budget and timeline to complete this project. Other Planning Committee projects were discussed.

§  An invoice from Dan Wortmann for his work on the drainage project was approved at the Executive Board Meeting. Motion to accept invoice, seconded and passed.

New Business

§  Correspondence was read by Assistant Adjutant Sheri Martinez. Requests for donations from My Warriors Place in Ruskin, FL and American Legion Post in South Amboy, NJ were tabled to the next Executive Board meeting.

Nothing further for the good of the Legion.
Commander Havekost conducted the Ceremonial closing.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:57pm.
Minutes were transcribed by Adjutant Martinez from notes and voice recording of meeting.