Minutes of the November 18, 2005 meeting of the Tampa
Chapter SAR
President Bolen called the meeting to order at
Members
present: Jack Bolen, Ed Neugaard, Alan Bell,
Welcome
guests: June Bolen, Pete & Rose Soden, and Chief
Ernie Hiers.
The
President introduced the guests then, for the benefit of our guests, recessed
the meeting for lunch.
President
Bolen had to leave early so Vice President Ed Neugaard
assumed the chair and reconvened the meeting. Ed introduced Chief Hiers of the Temple Terrace Fire Department. After some
introductory remarks he introduced Pete Soden.
Officer Soden has worked for the department for over
20 years. He spoke of his work and emphasized the educational work of the
department. Vice President Neugaard then presented
the SAR Fire Safety Award to Office Soden.
The
Vice President continued with the business portion of the meeting.
The
minutes of the October meeting were approved with one correction- the
secretary’s name was omitted from the list of members present.
The secretary read a thank you letter from the Military Officers Association in regard to our recent $100 donation to Operation Helping Hand. He also reminded the membership that 2006 dues should be paid next month. The treasurer reported a current balance of $2,397.46.
The 50/50 drawing was won by Kenneth Skillman and, as he drew his own winning number, donated the proceeds of $8.00 to the treasury.
Vice President Neugaard led the
recessional and
Respectfully submitted,
Secretary