Sons of the American Revolution
Meeting Notice, November 2008
Compatriot,
The next
meeting of the Tampa Chapter will be held this Saturday, November 15th in the private meeting room of
the Piccadilly Cafeteria, located at
This month we will present our annual Law Enforcement Award. We will be
honoring a Florida State Trooper, son of a Jacksonville SAR member. In addition
election of the chapter officers for 2009 will take place. You can read the
nominating committee’s report below. We’ll also be given an update on the use
of DAR record copies in applications (see the October minutes) and several
other important items from the recent Florida Society meeting.
Guests are always welcome. We encourage members to bring a guest and
continue to welcome those working on their applications.
Finally, please see the note below regarding 2009 dues.
Regards,
Kevin Yarnell
Secretary,
2009 Dues
If you are not yet a member, please ignore this note. For the rest…
Dues for 2009 are now being collected. Inflation has not hit us so the dues remain the same as last year.
National Society $25
Total $60
In years past we’ve also collected an optional $3.65 (a penny a day) for the Florida Society’s Endowement Trust Fund. The “Penny” project has been discontinued but the state is encouraging chapters to make donations to the NSSAR Library fund. If you’d like to add a dollar or so to your dues check we’ll send the additions to the NSSAR Library. If we reach $25, we’ll earn recognition as a “Friend of the Library”.
Please make your check out to the Tampa Chapter SAR. You can bring your check to the November meeting and save 42 cents or mail it to the secretary:
Kevin Yarnell
Chapter Stats
Here’s a quick
snap-shot of the chapter via some stats:
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Current
Membership: 36
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Longest
Continuous Member: Marty Miller (Marty joined 10/11/1985 and has graciously
written a dues check each year since!)
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Newest
member: Robert Koehler
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Tampa
Chapter was chartered
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Total
number of men ever belonging to the Tampa Chapter: 156
Nominating Committee Report
The nominating
committee reccomends:
Alan Bell President
Robert Yarnell Vice President
Kevin Yarnell Secy
& Treas
Luke Lloyd Chaplin and Registrar
Jack Bolen has
agreed to be the Sgt at Arms but would prefer to hand this task to another
member. If you are interested, please let us know.
Minutes of the
President Bell
called the meeting to order at
Members present: Ed
Neugaard, Marty Miller, Luke Lloyd, Rodney Stebbins, Alan Bell, Jack Bolen, Cy
Gamber, Robert Yarnell, and Kevin Yarnell.
Welcome guests: Bob Chapman, Ira Ward, June Bolen and Jeanne Lloyd
The guests were
introduced by the president.
The minutes of the
September meeting were approved.
The secretary
announced that the next state Board of Management meeting will be held Oct. 31
and Nov. 1. The Tampa Chapter is helping with the registration table on Friday.
Ed Neugaard is handling this for the chapter.
President Bell will join him after work.
The treasurer
reported a balance of $2,611.25 in checking and $95.66 in petty cash.
President Bell
suggested that the Color Guard and other members might want to participate in
aiding the Boy Scouts in earning their Citizenship in the Nation merit badge.
This would require a 30 minutes presentation on our part. The membership was
receptive to this idea and Alan will pursue it.
In an oversight we
neglected to choose a nominating committee at the September meeting and so took
care of this at this time. Cy Gamber, Allen Bell, and
Jack Bolen agreed to serve and will present a slate of officers for election at
the November meeting.
The meeting
recessed for lunch.
Following lunch our
Registrar, who was delayed in traffic, gave his report. He recently sent notes
to 47 prospects encouraging them to continue their research and applications.
He received a few responses. Currently there are 2 applications and 2 supplementals at National. Richard Hurley’s supplemental
application was approved. Luke also briefed the members on a recent policy
change at National that makes the use of DAR record copies as lineage proof
much more difficult. This topic will be addressed at the state Board of
Management meeting.
The President
introduced Vice President Bob Yarnell who led a round-table discussion on the
Electoral College. He reminded the members that the founders did not trust the
people to directly elect the president fearing that they would be swayed by
political maneuverings. The group looked at the possibility of a candidate
winning the Electoral College but either losing the popular vote or not
receiving a majority of that vote. As an example, Bob pointed out that
Bob also gave the
members some information on the requirements and roles of an Elector. Not all
state electors are required to vote as indicated by the popular vote in their
state. This technically allows that for ‘renegade’ electors. The last such
elector dates back to 1972. He claimed he could not in conscience vote for
either McGovern or Nixon and so cast his vote for his neighbor.
Alternatives to the
Electoral College were discussed. One such change would require that the
electors be selected based on the votes cast in the Congressional Districts and
2 votes, corresponding to the Senator elections, would be based on the total
state vote. Currently
A number of
questions and subsequent discussion ensued.
Cy won the 50/50 drawing and the treasury
which was thus enriched by $5.50.
President Bell led
the recessional. The Jack gave the benediction. The meeting adjourned at
Respectfully
submitted,
Kevin Yarnell
Chapter Secretary