Sons of the American
Revolution
Meeting Notice, April 2009
Gentlemen,
The next
meeting of the Tampa Chapter will be held on April 18th in the
private meeting room of the Piccadilly
Cafeteria, located at
This month we hold our 10th
Annual ROTC Luncheon and we hope you’ll make a special effort to attend.
We’ll honor the cadets chosen by their commanders to receive the SAR JROTC
award. It is always a wonderful time meeting and talking with these fine young
men and women. As you’ll recall we try to provide a program that is suitable
for our young guest as well interesting to the membership.
“A Flat World: The Role of Technology in
Maintaining Freedom”
Continuing a long standing tradition, the
program for this year has been inspired by a book. In “The World is Flat” Thomas L. Friedman argues that technology is
“flattening” the world and the implications of this are many. We’ll examine
some of these consequences as they relate to our student guests and find out
how all this might tie into the principles passed to us by our ancestors.
I trust you’ll make every effort to attend. It is always good to see each of you.
Regards,
Kevin Yarnell
Secretary,
Upcoming
Meetings
May
will be our final
meeting prior to our summer recess. Compatriot Jack Bolen will present a
program on the Battle of Cowpens. We’ll also be honoring the winners of our 4th
and 5th grade poster contest.
Presenters Needed
Speaking of the
JROTC program, we are in need of members to attend awards ceremonies at the
local high schools. If you would be interested in going to one or more schools
please let Kevin know at the meeting or at kayarnell@hotmail.com. There is no
public speaking involved. Your task is to simply present the medal to the
cadet.
We’re still getting
dates from units. As of this writing we need a presenter at
Thanks for
considering this important task.
Florida Society
Spring Board of Management and Annual Meeting will be held April
24-25 in
Minutes
of the
President Bell called the meeting to order at
Members present: Jack Bolen, John Sessums, Ira
Ward, Marty Miller, Roger Quackenbush, Devaux McLean, Ed Neugaard, Luke
Lloyd, Allen,
Welcome guests: Prospective members Chuck Hawley and Terrell Sussums; June Bolen, Jeanne Lloyd, Licia
Sessums, Phyllis Ward, Captain Derrick Ryan and his
wife Debbie.
The President introduced the guests.
The minutes of the February meeting were approved with additions made to
the list of members present.
John Skillman announced that he had secure Lt. Gen. James Ellis as our
speaker for the November meeting.
The secretary made several announcements:
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He thanked Vice President Yarnell for assuming the
duties of secretary at the last meeting
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The first commemoration of the Battle of Pensacola
will be held May 8-9. The secretary had information available.
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At the FLSSAR annual meeting, April 24-25, eight
changes to the society bylaws will be considered. The proposed changes will be
printed in the Patriot magazine which is expected to be mailed next week.
Members were asked to consider these so that, if necessary, they might be briefly
discussed at the April meeting.
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The National Society is considering an increase of
$60 in the new member application fee. The secretary solicited feedback as the
topic would be considered at the next FLSSAR Board of Management meeting so
that the FLSSAR delegates to the National Congress can be instructed on voting
this matter. The consensus of the members was clearly that the increased seemed
like a poor idea and if there was a need for funds, perhaps to hire another
genealogist, then the National Society needed to do a better job of
communicating this need.
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The National Congress will be held in
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Our next meeting will be the annual JROTC luncheon.
Some of the details were briefly discussed. Copies of the invitation that was
mailed to the ROTC units were available.
The Treasurer reported a balance of $2,698.62 and petty cash of $48.47.
During the month the treasurer moved $125 from petty cash to the checking
account.
The registrar, Luke Lloyd, reported that National had approved the
change to require documentation for “center check marked”
The Compatriot Bell, as commander of the color guard unit reported on
the unit’s recent attendance at the Florida Children of the American Revolution
state meeting held here in
In old business the secretary inquired of the membership how they wished
to respond to the FLSSAR President’s call for support of the Center for
Advancing America’s Heritage. The membership, while supportive of the project
as evidenced by a recent chapter donation, was not inclined to do anything else
at this time. The secretary will send on the “seed” donation make by the FLSSAR
President at the last meeting with a note to National expressing our current
view of the Society’s responsiveness to local chapter needs.
Under new business Luke Lloyd and Jack Bolen reported on their judging
of the Poster Contest.
The meeting recessed for
lunch.
The President
reconvened the meeting and introduced Vice President Yarnell who introduced
Captain Derrick Ryan, our recipient for the Fire Safety Award. Derrick Ryan is a
Captain Ryan first
observed that he wasn’t entirely convinced that he was deserving of any award
thinking instead that he had done only what was expected. He then recounted the
story of that day. It isn’t possible to include the details of the Captain’s
story here, but the membership was in rapt attention throughout the
presentation. After answering a few questions, Captain Ryan was presented with
the SAR Fire Safety Award by President Bell.
John Skillman won the 50/50 drawing and graciously donated his share to
the chapter. The treasury was thus enriched by $24.00.
Luke Lloyd gave the benediction. The President led the recessional and
adjourned the meeting at
Respectfully submitted,
Kevin Yarnell
Chapter Secretary