Not all minutes from every meeting of the year will necessarily appear in this document. Only minutes that have been submitted are displayed. ---- February 24, 2009 Opening Ceremony: 1935 Roll Call of Officers: Commandant Casey, Jr. Vice Brooks, and Sgt. At Arms Stein excused Applications for membership: None Minutes of previous meeting: Motion made and accepted for October and November Minutes Correspondence: Thank you letter from the Young Marine of Cumberland County, Connecticut. Report of paymaster: Given by Marine Graham. Motion made and accepted pending audit. Report of any member/Family Sick or distressed: Bill Brooks’s wife Dianne had a knee replacement Hildegard K. Weber died Feb. 12, 2009 at Mariner Health of Greater Laurel. Most will remember her as our poet laureate. Report of officer: Sr. Vice Mike Betts has been going to Bethesda on a regular basis. Marine Betts also attended a flag raising ceremony in remembrance of Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima. Marine Betts also attended the funeral of Retired Gunnery Sgt. Alvin Guytin. Report of Standing Committees: Scholarship committee is up and running, web site has also been updated. All schools involved have the necessary information packages. The fund currently has $65.00 in it. We need to become creative in getting funds for this worthy cause. Pistol match application and checks will be needed for the next meeting. Road clean up March 28, 2009. This is the first one for 2009. Ladies Auxiliary dinner, Friday 28 February. Report of Special Committees: Received plaque from Pete Pervi for the 2008 Toys for Tots campaign. Certificate of Appreciation was given to all members who assisted in this program. Unfinished Business: New Business: Marine Stan Brosky received his I.D. Card for life membership. Sr. vice Commandant on behalf of Commandant Casey gave credit to the Young Marines for their help with Toys-for-Tots. Marine Corps League convention package was received. Dates are April 30 – May 1, 2009 in Ocean City, MD. See Sr. vice Betts details. Motion made to purchase one hundred dollars in raffle tickets, one hundred dollars for full page ad and one hundred to assist with refreshments. Motion made and accepted to apply any winnings from the above raffle to go to the scholarship fund. Nominations for Marine of the Year have to be in by next meeting. Any one recommending a Marine of the Year needs to have it in writing. Nomination made for Mike Betts to Commandant. Nomination for Sr. Vice Stan Brosky. Nomination for Jr. Vice Jon Heckendorf. Nomination for JA Bill Pastino accepted. Also Saki who respectfully declined. Motion made to make one the scholarships given renamed as memorial scholarship for Rhua Flock. Announcements: Good of League: Closing Ceremony: 2030 ---- March 24, 2009 Opening Ceremony: 1935 Roll Call of Officers: Sgt.-A-arms excused all other present Applications for membership: Motion made and accepted for Jon Caldwell, associate member. Applicant not present tonight. Will need to be sworn in at the next meeting. Tom Clarke applied for membership. Vote made and accepted pending receipt of DD-214. At this time he will be sworn in. Balloting on Applications: None at this time Minutes of previous meeting: Minutes accepted as posted in newsletter. Correspondence: None Report of paymaster: Given by Marine Graham. Motion made and accepted pending audit. Report of any member/family sick or distressed: Report of officers: Commandant attended the department meeting in Elkton. Sr. vice attended quarterly staff meeting. He is also the department Sgt-at-Arms. He has not been to Bethesda recently due to the fact that there are no wounded veterans. Mike also attended Young Marines event. Jr. Vice discussed copy of sheet Marine DJ gave out regarding how to grow the detachment and retain members. Commandant Casey stresses the fact that we have to recruit to stay afloat. Report of Standing Committees: Scholarship committee consists of Dennis Starliper, Mike Betts, and Bill Pastino. Pistol match paper work has been mailed and accepted by the Department of PA. Any member not shooting and wishing to attend needs to advise Frank Kippenbrock or Dan Rotondo by April 15, 2009. Rifle match 19-20 September at Reed Range in Altima, PA. Adopt-a-Highway first cleanup of the year will be March 28, 2009. All hands are requested to attend. Report of Special Committees: None Unfinished Business: Commandant Casey recommended Mike Betts for Marine of the year for the Detachment. Motion made to accept by Dennis Graham and seconded by Stan Brosky. Delegate list for the convention has to be in by April 25, 2009 if you are planning to attend. The dinner reservation also has to be in by April 25, 2009. Room reservation must be made by April 13, 2009. Motion made to pay $100.00 for each delegate. Motion was changed to pay $50.00 a day for each delicate pending proof of attendance. Motion was seconded and accepted. We are entitled to have 4 delegates at the convention. Nominations: Commandant: Mike Betts Sr. Vice: Stan Brosky Jr. Vice: Jon Heckendorf (declined) Jr. Vice: Bill Brooks JA: Bill Pastino as of last meeting. Motion made to assist a soldier son who is in special needs case. This is a Devil Dog project. Funds would be given to Pete Pervie to assist this family. Motion made by Mike Betts and Dennis Graham. Motion accepted. New Business: Motion made by Dennis Graham to move $1,600 to scholarship fund. Seconded by Mike Betts. Motion accepted. Doug Herget from the Young Marines discussed a unit award that the Young Marines would qualify for by assisting us with Toys-for-Tots. May 8, 9, and 10 the Young marines will be at the Gunpowder National Guard Unit. Announcements: Good of League: ---- April 28, 2009 Opening Ceremony: 1930 Roll Call of Officers: All present Applications for membership: Tim Enas from Ellicott City. He heard about us through the internet. Tim contacted MCL Headquarters, who referred him to us. Balloting on Applications: Motion made and accepted. Ceremony of Initiation: Tim was sworn in by Commandant Casey. Also sworn in was Tom Clarke. His application was submitted last month without a DD-214. The DD-214 was verified by paymaster Dennis Graham. Minutes of previous meeting: Motion to accept postponed to May's meeting. Correspondence: None Report of paymaster: Motion made and accepted to postpone until next meeting. Report of any member/family sick or distressed: Bob Walton is doing well, Report of officers: Report of standing committees: Scholarship update forwarded from Dennis Starliper. It is slow moving at this time. This is normal for this time of year. Current committee members are Mike Betts and Bill Pastino. Golf fundraiser to be lead by Dale Hornberger. It is expected to take place in the fall. Report of Special Committees: None Unfinished Business: Nominations: Commandant: Mike Betts, Frank Kippenbrock Sr. Vice: Stan Brosky, Chuck Casey Jr. Vice: Bill Brooks JA: Bill Pastino Elected Commandant for 2009-2010: Mike Betts Elected Sr. Vice Commandant for 2009-2010: Stan Brosky Elected Jr. Vice: Bill Brooks. Motion made to accept by one vote acclimation. Motion passed. Elected JA Bill Pastino. Motion made to accept by one vote acclimation. Motion passed. Signature for checking accounts for April 2009-April 2010 will be Commandant Mike Betts and Paymaster Dennis Graham. New Business: Announcements: None Ceremony of Installation of officers: Installation of newly elected officers have been sworn in by MD State Commandant Jerry Fay. Commandant Betts' first order of business for the upcoming year will be recruitment and fundraising. Good of League: None Closing Ceremony: 2025 meeting closed until May 26, 2009. Respectfully Submitted by, Daniel Rotondo, Adjutant ---- May 26, 2009 New Members: The following new members were introduced, voted upon and inducted into the Detachment: Curtis Atkins, Ricky Windsor (associate member). Minutes of the prior meeting: Motion made and passed to waive the approval of the prior meeting’s minutes until received. Correspondence: Various department newsletters were reviewed by the Commandant. Report of Paymaster: Presented and approved. Report of Officers: Commandant Betts reported upon his attendance at the Department convention in Ocean City. Junior Vice Commandant reported upon the results of the membership development questionnaire circulated at a prior meeting. Standing Committees: Pistol competition participants to discuss logistics after the meeting. Scholarship committee reported that six individuals have submitted material. Four are fully compliant and two are partial. It was reported that of the four complete packages, three were extremely well qualified. Submission deadline is June 1, 2009. The committee will meet to evaluate candidates during the week of June 14 and reach a decision by June 19 for discussion at the June 23 Detachment meeting. The awards banquet was scheduled for July 28, 2009. Road Clean-up: After long chairmanship tenure, Saki has asked to step down as Chairman. Commandant Betts and Chairman Saki request an interested member to assume the Chair position and to contact one of the two before the next Detachment meeting. Fundraising: Hosting an annual golf tournament remains undecided. Perhaps in the fall. More to follow… Monthly Dinners: This program needs more support. Contact Kip or Mike Betts. Unfinished Business: Discussion occurred with respect to a partial replacement of carpet in the bar area of the VFW Post. More to follow. Sam Stein reminded the Detachment that Golf and T-shirts are available at $30 and $15, respectively. New Business: None Good of the League An ad-hoc committee was formed, chaired by Bill Brooks to stimulate recruitment, retention, and publicity efforts to benefit the Marine Corps League. This committee is being formed. Volunteers expressed an interest in participating. More to follow. All were reminded of the membership tri-folds and how effective they are. See Commandant Betts for supply. Announcements: None Adjourned: 2030 Respectfully Submitted by Dennis Starliper. ---- June 23, 2009 Opening Ceremony: 1935 Roll Call of Officers: Sgt-at-Arms out of town. All others present. Applications for membership: None Minutes of previous meeting: Motion made by Marine Kippenbrock and seconded by Dennis Graham to accept minutes from three previous meetings as posted in the news letter. Motion passed. Correspondence: Sr. Vice received two letters from USO thanking him for the supplies that were donated to the troops. Report of paymaster: Paymaster supplied reports and explained updated roster. He also inquired about member’s dues that have expired. Motion made to accept paymasters report pending audit. Report of any member/family sick or distressed: Tom Clarke is undergoing treatment for cancer. Report of officers: Commandant Betts has been going to Bethesda on a regular basis to visit with Marines at the hospital. The Slattery detachment of NJ will be sponsoring a cookout at Bethesda on June 24, 2009. Sr. Vice and Jr. Vice have no report. Report of Standing Committees: Marine Kippenbrock gave an update on the rifle match. Scholarship report given by Dennis Starliper. He is very impressed with the quality of the candidates. Motion made to increase the money to fund three scholarships. Increase by $1,135.00. Motion to decline. Motion made and seconded to increase by $135.00. July meeting will be the awards presentation. Fundraiser: Commandant Betts suggest we set up a schedule for dinners for the upcoming year listing who will do the dinners and on what date. Report of Special Committees: Unfinished Business: New Business: Dinner possibly for July 24, 2009 in lieu of MCL Auxiliary. Dan, Dennis Starliper, and DJ will assist anyone wanting to prepare the meal. Announcements: Good of League: Place ad in newspaper: Bill Pastino will do research for ways of advertising. Dunninsane will have a fourth of July celebration at 1600. Commandant Betts will be sending an email to that effect. Closing Ceremony: 2035 Respectfully submitted by Dan Rotondo. ---- July 28, 2009 It was a short meeting. We had a motion to admit Stan’s Brother Richard Paul Brosky into the Detachcment. He is dying of terminal cancer in Florida into our League. Mike Betts will either administer the oath over the phone or a unit in Florida will do it for us. Motion passed. No members in distress. Stan has a form letter for getting donations. H got $100.00 from Miller Brothers. Marines at Walter Reed needs some furniture. Contact Mike Betts if you can help. Scholarship Awards ceremony: Sarah Elena Bluher and Rahul Rajapalan were awarded their scholarships. Rahul was in India with his mother and his father came in place of him. Sarah was with her mother. We had Bobby Flock's daughter and son-in-law in attendance as well. Respectfully Submitted, Bill Pastino ---- August 25, 2009 Opening Ceremony: 1935 Roll Call of Officers: All officers present Applications for membership: None Balloting on Applications: Ceremony of Initiation: Minutes of previous meeting: Motion made to defer accepting of minutes until the next meeting. Correspondence: Dan will stop at post office to find out about mail. Report of paymaster: Given by Dennis Graham. Motion to accept pending audit. Report of any member/family sick or distressed: Bob Walton at the hospital. Chaplain Roman spent time with him today. Commandant Betts and Sr. Vice spent time with Bob on previous Saturday. Report of officers: Commandant Betts doing Bethesda visits and. He also went to the presentation of the Medal of Honor flag with Sr. vice Brosky. Sr. vice Brosky gave an update of what had taken place at the presentation. Ceremony will have a copy available to anyone who wishes to view it. Sr. Vice presented a spare leg bone to Jr. vice Brooks. Report of Standing Committees: Rifle match discussion. No information at this time. It appears that Howard County will not be represented at this match. November 15 birthday ball and Veterans Day celebration. TV raffle to be held. Tickets available now for 40” Toshiba. Fundraiser: No golf tournament to be held this year. Stan Brosky and Dale Hornberg are working on information for basket bingo. Bill Pastino will work on information to do a poker tournament fund raiser. Sr. Vice working on raising money through cooperate donations. He will be sending out fundraising letters. Also working on luggage on wheels for wounded warriors. Commandant Betts wants a committee chair to put a list together for dinners through out the year. Commandant Betts and Marine Batista will work on polka run fundraiser. Report of Special Committees: Unfinished Business: New Business: Motion made to donate $50.00 for kitchen supplies. Motion made by Dan and seconded by Bill Pastino. Motion passed. Sam Stein inquired about donating dinnerware made of environmentally friendly products. Sara Casey and Mimi Kippenbrock are doing a half marathon for the leukemia and lymphoma foundation and are requesting a donation to help support them. Motion made and seconded to donate $100.00 for the above mentioned team. Motion passed. Announcements: Good of League: Marine Casey instructed members in the proper way to stand at attention during the national anthem. We will not render a salute while wearing civilian attire as per commandant of the Marine Corps. Marine Casey presented a plaque from Pete Pervie and Toys-4-Tots for our participation in the 2008 campaign. VFW post will be hosting a Labor Day cookout. You are encouraged to bring a cover dish at 1300. Closing Ceremony: 2030 ---- October 27, 2008 Opening Ceremony: 1940 Roll Call of Officers: Commandant and Sr. Vice out. Jr. Vice present. JA present. Sgt at arms out. Applications for membership: One visitor, Lee Eggleston. Minutes of previous meeting: Motion to table until next meeting. Correspondence: Read by Dan. Report of paymaster: Given by Marine Graham. Motion made by Marine Casey. Seconded by Marine Rotondo. Accepted. Marine Graham read a list of detachment members that owe back dues from the pistol match. Report of any member/family sick or distressed: Commandant Betts has a broken foot from a fall on his motorcycle. Report of officers: Jr. Vice no report. Report of Standing Committees: Toys-4-tots meeting will be held at Jessup VFW at 1930. Marine Corp Birthday/Veterans Day celebration on November 15 at Ellicott Mills Brewery 1300. Adopt-a-Highway will be held this Saturday October 31, 2009. This is a make up date from the one missed in September. Report of Special Committees: Unfinished Business: New Business: Marine Kippenbrock brought to the floor that the VFW is putting up an outside playground. Marine Casey presented a motion to the floor for $500.00 in support of VFW Playground. Second by Marine Rotondo. Motion passed. Announcements: Mimi Kippenbrock and Sara Casey raised $5,500 for their walk for cancer fundraiser. Good of League: TV raffle on November 15, 2009 at the Ellicott Mills Brewery. Closing Ceremony: 2010 ---- November 26, 2009