Veterans Club SCOV
Minutes of Meeting 2 January 2023
Meeting started at 1 pm with 62 members and 3 guests in attendance.
New members in attendance for the first time were Dick Harper/Marine Corps, Pat Waddick/Army, Dan Reagan/Air Force, Ken Norton/Navy, Roger Paluska/Army, Sue Watkins/Marine Corps, Dallas Watkins/ Marine Corps, John Sand/Navy.
The 7 November 2022 meeting minutes were approved as stated. Dennis Alexander and Larry Clark first and seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.
Finance Report: Larry Webster
Current Membership is 331
Current bank balance: $3,182.41
Old Business
Heroes Wall. Join the other 82 photos on our website. Send Mike a photo when you were in the service with location and year the photo was taken.
If you served in the military between Nov 1955 and May 1975, you are eligible to receive the Vietnam commemorative pin. See Mike after the meeting.
“Meet and Greets” continue monthly at The Views at 3:30 PM on the first Wednesday of the month. The next one will be Wednesday, 5 January 2023 at 3:30 PM at The Views Restaurant.
New Business
Veterans Club Statistics slide show was given by Mike. Attendance in the club has grown from 11 members at our inception in 2019 to 331 members today. The number of people involved in volunteer activities has grown from 31 to 120 members in that time period.
The position of Vice President has been dropped. A motion was made by Russ Janis, and seconded by Denis Alexander, nominating Mike LaBarbera and Larry Webster for the positions of President and Treasurer respectively. They were voted in unanimously. The position of Secretary is open. Let Mike know if you would consider volunteering your time and talent for this important job, which takes a minimum amount of time.
Guest Speaker
Larry Richard of the 9th and 10th Mounted Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers.
Meeting adjourned at 2:05 PM.