Minutes of the
President Tetrick called the meeting to order at
Members present: Jack Bolen,
Barry Rick, Joe Hill, Dwight Tetrick, Manning Miller,
Rodney Stebbins, Marty Miller, Ed Neugaard,
Welcome
guests: Janett Tetrick,
June Bolen, Allen Smallwood, eight CAR members three of their advisors.
The SAR membership approved
the minutes of the November meeting as published in the newsletter with one
correction. The president pointed out that the position of Registrar is an
elected and not an appointed position.
The secretary reported that the
annual report was coming along but there were still members who had not
renewed. The president offered to contact these people.
The treasurer reported a
balance of $2,048.32. This does not include the recently collected dues.
The president reported that
we had not heard anything further about the
There being no other
business the meeting recessed for lunch.
President Tetrick reconvened the meeting. The CAR president,
Christine Harriot, offered greetings from the
The president read a brief
note from Shelly Jakes, a relative of Compatriot Schumaker
who died earlier. The president also mentioned the passing of Jim Washburn. He
and the secretary briefly shared some of Jim’s contributions to the Tampa
Chapter. In the years since the chapters reformation
in 1984, Jim served in some officer capacity and will long be remembered for
his efforts.
The president asked the
secretary to introduce Barry Marlar, president of the
Florida CAR, who spoke about the state CAR yearly project “A Beacon to the
Future” a plan to assist in the refurbishment of the Egmont
Key light house. The entire plan is expected to cost nearly 1.2 million
dollars. The CAR is hoping to raise enough money to help the restoration board
by showing enough support for the project. This will aid in the grant
applications process. A museum is also planned.
Their primary method for
raising funds is the selling of project pins. Barry offered the membership the
chance to buy a pin or contribute to the campaign.
The CAR will also be working
on a clean up project on the island in January. This will involve removing
non-indigenous plants.
A question and answer
session followed. Barry was very articulate in his answers and was able to fill
in information on the military’s role in the islands history. The island was
most active during the Spanish American War. It was at that time that four
batteries were added to defend the island and the
Barry concluded by
presenting a project pin to Dwight Tetrick, “one
president to another”.
Joe Hill won the 50/50
drawing. He donated his share and the chapter the other half to the CAR
project, a total of $14.00.
President Tetrick led the recessional and gave the benediction. The
meeting adjourned at
Respectfully submitted,
Kevin Yarnell
Chapter Secretary