Minutes of the
President Bell called the
meeting to order at
Members present: Jack Bolen,
Marty Miller, John Sessums, Terrell Sessums, Allen,
Welcome
guests: Judy Copeland, Lissette Young and prospective member Ralph Maples
The President introduced
their guests.
The minutes of the May
meeting were approved.
The secretary read several
emails received from members unable to attend and a thank you card sent by
Dennis Spiker, the Brandon JROTC cadet who received our
award in April. Bill Floyd suggested via email that we might add the names of
the chapter members to the website. The secretary asked if this was agreeable
to the membership. After a brief discussion the group thought a list of the
members with their ancestors might be most appropriate. The secretary will post
this to the website.
The Treasurer reported a
balance of $2,164.73 and petty cash of $70.84. The balance is down due to our
recent purchase of ROTC medals and other awards that will be needed in 2010.
Luke Lloyd was unable to
attend but sent, via email to the secretary a note detailing his efforts on
behalf of the chapter.
Vice President Yarnell
reported on the schedule of upcoming speakers. Several speakers have cancelled
and so a few alterations were required. We hope to reschedule Rodney
Kite-Powell for October and will do the Law Enforcement award in December along
with our annual
The President reported that
the color guard marched in the Lutz 4th of July parade. Four members
participated.
Jack Bolen asked for
information about the ancestry database started by Rod Stebbins.
The secretary reported that he thought he had the database file but not the
program needed to access it. Jack suggested that perhaps a member with some
expertise would like to take this on to provide a valuable resource for the
chapter.
The President pointed out
that the chapter must, at the September meeting, elect a nominating committee.
Robert Yarnell agreed to chair the committee. He spent a few minutes discussing
with the membership the duties of the various officers and committees. A number
of chapter members are relatively new to the chapter and this review was
helpful to them. The nominating committee as elected was Robert Yarnell, Jack
Bolen, and John Sessums.
The President presented Roger
Quackenbush with the membership certificate for his
son Thomas. Thomas lives in NY but will be in
As Terrell Sessums and Chuck Copeland were present, the President
inducted them as our newest members.
The meeting recessed for lunch.
Chuck Hawley, also a
recently approved member, arrived a bit late and was not noticed by the
secretary until lunch. President Bell inducted Chuck following the reconvening
of the meeting.
The
President called on Vice President Yarnell to provide the program on the battle
of
Don
Bernardo de Galvez, Governor of Spanish Louisiana was
waiting for an opportunity to march on
The
Spanish had some internal command issues especially with the fleet commanders,
but for the most part the battle was uneventful. A shot by the Spanish guns
that hit the British power magazine clearly helped the battle. Bob retold a
possible story on how the Spanish hit the magazine but pointed out that the
story may not be reliable.
Following
the surrender of
The fact that
Bob answered a few questions
from the membership.
Jack Bolen won the 50/50 and donated the
proceeds to the chapter. Thus $17.00 was added to the treasury.
The President led the
recessional, Jack Bolen gave the benediction, and the meeting adjourned at
Respectfully submitted,
Kevin Yarnell
Chapter Secretary