May 26, 2022
The meeting was opened at 4:00 PM with the Pledge of Allegiance, and in the absence of President Goody Morrison, the meeting was conducted by Treasurer David Weissman.
The secretary, Cal Hunter called for the acceptance of the minutes of the previous meeting. A motion was made by Tom Nowak and seconded by Steve Osterman to accept the minutes which was unanimously passed by the membership.
The treasurer’s report was submitted by David Weissman who indicated a balance of 7,327.45. The Car show took in 7,052.45 less 1,681.13 in expenses yielding a profit of 5,371.32 and 5,200 was donated to the Wounded Veteran’s Relief Fund.
Two new members were introduced at the meeting and they were Barnett Berkowitz, and Gene DeSantis who both served in the U.S. Army.
Mike Heiserman detailed his experiences attending Fleet Week and indicated that there was a sparsity of ships probably due to the conflict in Ukraine.
It was requested by David Weissman that members be present at the Memorial Day Ceremony at the flagpole at 9:00 on May 30th wearing club shirts and hats.
The Kings Academy Choir will be performing on Monday, November 14.
The last meeting of the year will be a breakfast meeting on June 12th.
Mike Silverman made a suggestion that Valencia Reserve erect a plaque to recognize all the veterans in the community and memorialize those who have deceased. This has been presented to the HOA board that initially rejected the idea, but will be further pursued by the membership.
Mike Heiserman further announced that future Honor Flight participants will be escorted by the Capitol Police with flashing red lights.
The speaker of the afternoon was Mike Silverman who gave a very interesting and compelling presentation of the events leading up to World War ll. He detailed the events that brought the U.S. into the war, and the unpreparedness and failure in planning and intelligence that resulted in the near failure of the U.S. forces.
The meeting adjourned at 5:15.
Respectfully submitted,
Cal Hunter, Secretary