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FORT RUCKER CHAPTER
MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF
AMERICA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
12 July 2010
The meeting was called to order by President Mike Abbott at 11:30 am, 12 July
2010 at The Landing, Fort Rucker.
Attendees were Mike Abbott, Scott Larese, Charlie Block, Marie Wilkins, Jim
Mellish, Othan Gilbert, Loel Ewart, Ben McKee, Bill Carter, Joe Rutkowski, and
Lucy Fields.
Ben McKee opened the meeting with an invocation.
Old Business
Minutes of the June meeting were approved as written.
Loel Ewart presented the Treasurer’s report showing income and
expenses over the past month and a current balance of $11.530.69 in our
checking account, with $490.00 in the Scholarship Fund. The report was
approved as submitted.
The Board discussed the multiple problems experienced with AK
Printing in getting our newsletter printed without any errors. Most
recently, the wrong business card was printed for one of our sponsor’s
for a third time. Both Mike Abbott and Lucy Fields have visited Steve
Cape, owner of Quality Printing, and discussed with him printing our
chapter newsletter. Steve advised that he could print 150 copies of each
issue for approximately $202, and this will include the cost of the
graphics designer scanning all of our sponsors’ business cards. Photos
can be scanned into the newsletter at a cost of $6.00 per photo.
Turnaround time for printing the newsletter will be one week. After much
discussion, the Board approved a motion that we change our printer to
Quality Printing beginning with the August issue of our newsletter.
Interested chapter members will attend a Montgomery Biscuits baseball
game on Friday, 6 August. Deadline for reservations is 26 July, and
Charlie Block will e-mail a flyer with all the information to members
who have e-mail.
The President’s Symposium will be held 16-18 September 2010 in
Jacksonville, FL, and will be attended by Mike Abbott, Scott Larese,
Charlie Block, and Othan Gilbert.
New Business
The new commander for Lyster Army Health Clinic has been invited to
speak at the 21 August dinner meeting. The VA administrator at the
clinic will also be invited to speak at the meeting. The Board was
reminded that our October dinner meeting will be changed to Saturday, 30
October, so that our guest speaker can be LTC Shane Ostrom, Deputy
Director, Benefits Information Department at MOAA National, who will be
at Fort Rucker for Retiree Appreciation Day.
There are currently 196 chapter members. There will be a "tear-out"
in the August MOAA magazine for those persons who are members of
National but not members of a local chapter. If an individual mails back
the "tear-out" we will be notified by National. We are to then contact
the individual and invite them to our dinner meetings. Once we have done
that and added them to our chapter roles we are to notify National and
they will send us a $15 rebate.
Othan Gilbert advised that we have recruited 561 new members to date
through the Give Me Ten! program. Othan reviewed a comparison of
recruitments for 2009 and 2010 which shows a drop in recruitments by
approximately 17% from this time last year. Our chapter should soon
receive approximately $5000 from National for past recruitments.
MOAA National has offered help with some cost-sharing of gifts to new
recruits signed up through the Give Me Ten! program. After a lengthy
discussion by the Board, it was decided that we would continue to issue
the multi-purpose tools until our inventory is exhausted. The Board
discussed possibly giving rank epaulets that are worn on the Class B
white shirts versus shoulder boards as a future gift. Rank epaulets were
deemed a better choice because shoulder boards are much more expensive
and would need to be branch specific. Meanwhile it was thought that if
National could provide us with MOAA brochures to be handed out at the
graduations it would help educate recruits on the benefits of MOAA
membership. Scott Larese will discuss this request with Lee Lange,
National Director, Council and Chapter Affairs, at a meeting in
Montgomery next week and request the brochures.
The death of COL (Ret) Bruce Gibbons was reported. Jim Mellish has
spoken with the family, and Marie Wilkins has visited with his widow,
Chris Gibbons.
Newsletter input is due to Lucy Fields by 19 July. Joe Rutkowski will
send out new billing for sponsors later this month. AK Printing will not
be sent a renewal.
ROWA will not meet again until September 14, which will be the first
brunch for the 2010-2011 year.
Mike Abbott will appoint a Nominating Committee soon. Positions to be
filled on the Board of Directors next year are: Vice President, Public
Affairs and Give Me Ten! chairman. Vice President Scott Larese will
allow himself to be nominated for the President’s position in
2011. All other board members agreed to stay on and finish their terms
for 2011.
Chaplain Ben McKee offered to begin calling on next of kin of any
deceased chapter members.
There being no further business, the Board was adjourned at 12:35 pm.
Lucy Fields
Secretary
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