Military Veterans Chapter Meeting
Thursday, July 12, 2017
Indianapolis, IN
1700 Hours
Call to order: Called to order by President, John Lee at 1707
hours. Members stood for Pledge of Allegiance.
Number of members present: 47 members and their guest
Invocation by: Wilma Jean.
National Officer present recognized: Gaye Young, National Secretar; Gary Milner
Midwest Area Vice President and David Kessler, INTO Area Vice President.
Officer Reports
President: In
attendance. Welcomed all members and
potential new members.
Secretary: Glenda Milner kept the minutes for the
meeting. Motion was made by Thomas
Giluya and seconded by Gary Milner not to read the minutes. Minutes can be found on the MVC blog at: www.mvcfmca.blogs.com
Vice President: In attendance. Dell Jackson reported that we
signed up 17 new members at this meeting.
Total membership is now 321 members.
The Chapter received 43 new members from the Southeast Area rally; 75
new members at International Convention in Chandler; and 10 new members
attending the Northwest Area rally. He
encouraged all members to read the article found in the latest FMCA magazine about
our Chapter.
National Director: In attendance. See New Business on his Governing Board
update.
Alternative Director: In attendance. - Rev. Rich “Doc” Strait
Old Business:
Hats
are available for all members for $12.00.
Many members were wearing the new hats.
If you are interested in the available inventory, contact Dell
Jackson. John Lee indicated that the new shirts are
also available. He indicated he would
have them for members at the Donut/Coffee location.
New Business:
National
Director, Bob Cerney reported on the results of the
Wednesday Governing Board meeting. He
indicated a budgeting error on the Treasurer Report. The Chandler rally had a loss due to the
number of extra coaches in attendance versus the budgeted (forecasted) amount. The 2018 budget shows that some items have
been moved above the line.
Proposal #1
to change the Bylaws to reflect that same members under one FMCA number cannot serve concurrent (simultaneous)
terms on the Executive Board. This proposal failed.
Proposal #2 to change the language regarding
membership eligibility. It reads: Membership shall be open to any family unit
or individual regardless of race …adding “sex,
gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, religion,
color, marital or family status, age, nationality, disability or political
beliefs. The proposal failed. Conversation suggested that we end the
membership eligibility to just family or individual unit. The proposal may be to the next Governing
Board. P
Proposal #3 to the wording of
Family Motor Coach owners to recreation vehicle owners. Before vote was taken, the definition of
“recreational vehicle was defined”. The
vote was passed by the Governing Board.
The next step will be for every “F” number has the opportunity to vote on
whether to allow the predefined definition of “recreational vehicle”. FMCA will run three months of the voting
ballot in the monthly magazine and also the voting ballot can be downloaded
from the website and mailed in. The belief is that the change will generate
new members, therefore assisting the financial position of FMCA. Look for the ballots and vote. Additional Governing Board decisions was to consider Pomona California for the 2019
Winter Convention and 2020 in Wyoming or back to Oregon. The National Budget was also approved.
Your
new FMCA National Officers are:
Jon
Walker, President
Rhett Porter, Senior Vice President
John Reynolds, Treasurer
Gaye Young, Secretary
David
Kessler, International Area VP, was invited to speak to the group. He introduced the next International Area rally
that will be held in Tucson, February 2018.
Motion
was made by Nick Farley to dispense of reading and reporting the Treasurer
Report.
The
Blog is up and going. See in RVillage
site to keep track of all members. Thank
you, Rev. Rich Strait, for keeping us updated.
John
reported that Volunteering at your National Conventions are very
rewarding. He suggested members seek out
that opportunity.
A
suggestion from the floor is that the Chapter identify members that can
organize social gatherings in geographical areas. Mr. Lee suggested that if members would volunteer
to be Wagonmaster for those events, that it would be a great way for members to
meet outside regular meetings. Southern
California, Wisconsin, South Carolina, Colorado, Florida, Georgia and
Washington State have people working on meeting locations and activities.
All
military veteran members were invited to an Elks gathering at 9:45 on Friday
July 13, 2017.
Nominating
committee met (Dell Jackson, Roy Holt and Gary Milner) and recommended the
following officers for the next two years.
Nominated for President is Dell Jackson, Roy Holt for Vice President,
Secretary Glenda Milner, Treasurer Skip Kazmarek, National Director George
Young, and Rev. Richard Strait as Alternate National Director. Floor nominations were asked for each
position and no nominations were provided from the floor. A motion was made to elect all by acclamation
by Patricia Sonny and seconded by Gary Milner.
Audit
Committee has been conducted and no financial issues were found. Report will be filed.
Drawings
were made for gifts for the members in attendance.
Dell
Jackson recognized John Lee for his hard work as President for the Military
Veterans Chapter for 4 years. He also
thanked Bob Cerney for
serving as the Chapter’s National Director. Carol Lee for Secretary
Dell
Jackson asked that the ladies consider making quilt blankets for Veterans that
are recovering from surgery.
Badges
are also being made for members who prepaid dues for five years; postage paid
by the members.
Adjourn
meeting at 18:15.
Signed,
Glenda
Milner
Secretary
