Minutes of the
President Neugaard called the meeting to order at
Members present: Luke Lloyd,
John Skillman, Ken Skillman, Ed Neugaard, Alan Bell, Marty Miller, Don Weir,
Roger Quackenbush, Dick Hurley, Robert Yarnell, and
Kevin Yarnell.
Welcome
guests: Tom and Darleen Choepski, Bill and Dotty Love
The president introduced the
guests.
The minutes of the January
meeting were approved. The secretary thanked Bob Yarnell
for filling taking the minutes in his absence.
The secretary had three
items of business.
At the recent state Board of
Management meeting a request was made of the chapters to report their efforts
regarding get the “Keyhole to History” CD’s aired on local radio stations. The
members who have the CD’s agreed to report their
efforts in March.
“Chapter Ambassadors”,
members who donate $25 to offset the cost of mailing the newsletter to
prospective members, are needed. President Neugaard
agreed to cover March.
The chapter received a check
from the Florida Society Endowment Trust Fund for $84.73 which is the remaining
amount due for reimbursement of our expenses for the ROTC medals last year. The
secretary related the circumstances under which 7 members of the Florida
Society contributed the money necessary to cover our check as well as the needs
of several other chapters.
The Treasurer reported a
balance of $2,108.87.
The registrar, Luke Lloyd,
gave an update on Jack Bolen’s status after his back surgery this week. The
prospective list is now up to 21. Two of these came from the Florida Society.
Dick Hurley noted that the National website showed his application as approved-
which is welcome news for the chapter. Luke also reported on the status of
other prospects.
Allen Bell gave a brief
update on the color guard. Three members are ready to go and the first outing
will be Friday, March 3rd at the state CAR meeting where the unit
will provide the color guard. The group also hopes to participate in the Lutz 4th
of July parade.
In new business, the
secretary reported on the plans for this year’s JROTC presentations and
luncheon. The units will be sending us the dates of their awards ceremonies and
the secretary offered to pass these along to members that wished to present the
medal at a particular school.
Don Weir talked about an
idea to provide a small booklet containing the Constitution and amendments to
middle and high school students. The membership very much liked the idea. There
was some discussion of how best to proceed. Having a member, in uniform, pass
out the booklets as part of some presentation would be a possible avenue to
pursue. This might be especially effective in the middle school. Ken suggested
that the information in the booklets might be made available on our website.
This would eliminate the cost of purchasing the printed booklets. The JROTC
students are another potential audience.
Several members shared books
on revolutionary war people that the others might enjoy.
President Neugaard, in honor of George Washington, read a brief
biography of our first president.
The meeting recessed for lunch.
President
Neugaard introduced Vice President Bell who introduced
our speaker Floyd Head the owner of Head’s Flags. He began his remarks by
recounting how he came to be in the flag business. It began in a bit of an
accidental way at an auction and a realization that there was no place in
Mr.
Head then showed several flags from the revolutionary war era and recounted
various stories about each. One was the “Sons of Liberty” flag adopted by the
colonist who participated in the
President
Neugaard thanked Mr. Head for his presentation.
Kevin won the 50/50 drawing.
The treasury was thus enriched by $7.00.
President Neugaard led the recessional. Chaplain Lloyd offered the
benediction. The meeting adjourned at 1:36 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Kevin Yarnell
Chapter Secretary