VR Veterans Club Secretary Secretary Reports

Gentlemen,

Meeting opened at 1600 with 30 members in attendance. Total club membership is now 112 members.

An informal "Meet and Greet" with refreshments was held from 1600 to 1620.Formal meeting commenced at  1620 with the Pledge of Allegiance and a moment of silence in memory of all those who perished in the World Trade Center.

The President's Report was presented. It was noted that progress is continuing on the effort to erect a flag pole at the Clubhouse in conjunction with the Valencia Reserve Men's Club. It was also noted that Leo Gray, a member of the original Tuskegee Airmen, the first all black airmen, of the World War II 332 Fighter Group will be a guest speaker at our November 7th meeting. The event is open to Valencia Reserve residents as guests for a $5.00 donation. All donation checks should be made out to "Wounded Warriors of South Florida". Veteran's Club members and their spouses will be admitted without charge.

The Treasurer's Report was presented.

The Membership Report was presented. The Club now has 112 members.

New Business was discussed. Fifteen members have already signed up for the December 5th road trip to the Fort Lauderdale Naval Air Station Museum and the Lost Squadron Presentation. The plan is to make it a bus trip with or without spouses including a stop for lunch leaving VR at 10:30 and returning around 4pm.  Mark your calendar and put your name on the bus list if you are interested in participating.  We need to have 57 people sign up for the bus and payment may be made later.

In view of our Board's unanimous recommendation that the Veteran's Club develop a Web Site a motion was made, seconded and unanimously approved by our membership to move forward with the Web Site. Jim Pedersen will do the site development work for $500.00 and the site will cost about $75.00 per year to maintain. Membership agreed to solicit a donation of $7.00 from each member to defray the start-up costs of the site. An initial collection was taken up from members present with $168.00 contributed. This will allow us to move forward with the site development immediately.

Veteran's Club By-Law's were discussed, voted upon and unanimously accepted.The Hospital Committee, focusing on visiting our members when they are hospitalized, was discussed and additional volunteers and a committee chairman were solicited. Our goal is to add 3-4 additional members to the three who have already volunteered.

For 2014 our regular monthly meetings will be held on the 2nd Thursday of every month from 1600 to 1800 in the Social Hall.

Our next meeting will be held on Thursday, October 3rd.