Not all minutes from every meeting of the year will necessarily appear in this document. Only minutes that have been submitted are displayed. ---- January 25, 2011 Opening Ceremony: Meeting called to order by Commandant Kippenbrock 1930 Roll Call of Officers: Sgt-at-Arms excused all other officers present. Applications for membership: Gordon MacPhee Balloting on Applications: All member present voted to accept applicant Ceremony of Initiation: Conducted by commandant Kippenbrock. Brief recess to welcome Gordon. Meeting restarted 1953. Minutes of previous meeting: Motion made to accept minutes as posted in the newsletter by Dennis Graham. Seconded by Doug Putt. Approved. Correspondence: Read and made available after meeting for all members present to review. Report of paymaster: Presented by Paymaster Graham. Motion to accept pending audit made by Marine Rotondo and seconded by Stan Brosky. Motion carried. Report of any member/family sick or distressed: Jane Starliper is doing better and is attending tonight’s Auxiliary meeting. John Heckendorf's wife Barb is recovering well from surgery Bob Walton is still checking in with us and doing well. Dennis Graham’s father-in-law is ill and has been in the hospital at Holy Cross. He came home today. Report of officers: Mike Betts and Stan Brosky attended the quarterly meeting in December. Sr. Vice report: Discussed information in the Semper Fi Magazine and the mentoring program that is made available to help new members and new detachments. Jr. Vice report: Spoke to all members that have not paid their dues and request they renew. Jr. Vice also shared with us that he works with South West Airlines and they have sent two tickets for those with volunteer time with Toys-4-Tots. Report of Standing Committees: Pistol match will 3, 4, and 5 June 2011. Basket Bingo update was given. Michael Siemasko said this will be held at the Laurel Boys and Girls Club. Michael will send out an email to the Commandant regarding the baskets and what is needed. He will also give out fliers at the end of the meeting tonight. Average price of the baskets will be from $50.00 to $300.00. As soon as Michael has a flier regarding the basket bingo it will be posted at the post. Stan Brosky gave a brief update on his activity assisting Michael with the basket bingo. They have put together raffle tickets in envelopes to raffle off the air line tickets and this will bring funds into the Detachment while the basket bingo proceeds will go to Marine Helping Marines. No update on golf tournament fundraiser. Dennis Starliper gave an update on the scholarship program and requested three volunteers to help review the applicants. Marine Betts, Marine MacPhee, and Marine Pastino have volunteered to help. Motion made by Dennis Starliper to add $2000 to the scholarship fund. Seconded by Marine Betts. Motion carried and funds will be taken from the General Fund. Toys-4-Tots cash that was collected was turned over to the paymaster to forward to Toy-4-Tots. Report of Special Committees: Unfinished Business: New Business: Guy Hall brought up about Marine of the Year award from each detachment. He also mentioned that funds are needed to fund the convention at Ocean city. He gave our Detachment raffle tickets to sell or purchase. Price is $10.00 for one or three for $20.00. Announcements: Next Quarterly meeting will be at the Harford county VFW in Elkton, MD. 21 May 2011 will be doing a fishing Tournament in NJ. On June 3rd, the Lance Cpl. Dean Detachment will be hosting their 10 anniversary celebration. Ceremony of Installation of officers: Good of League: Stan Brosky informed Detachment members that a block of rooms at Ocean city has been reserved, so start making your reservations now. Closing Ceremony: 2040 ---- February 22, 2011 Opening Ceremony: Meeting called to order by commandant Kippenbrock. Roll Call of Officers: Sgt-at-Arms excused, all other officers present. Marine Casey acting as Sgt-at-Arms. Applications for membership: Balloting on Applications: Ceremony of Initiation: Minutes of previous meeting: Deferred until next meeting when they will be posted in the newsletter. Correspondence: None Report of Paymaster: Given by Paymaster Graham. Motion made to accept by Chuck Casey pending audit. Seconded by Dan Rotondo. Motion carried. Report of any member/family sick or distressed: Bob Walton is still hanging in and in touch with Chaplain Roman. Report of officers: Report of Standing Committees: Pistol match paper work is in. Match will take place June 3, 4 and 5 Fort Indiantown Gap. Golf tournament will be put on hold for now and revisited in June. Decision based on the current state of the economy. Regarding Basket Bingo, people selling tickets for the airline tickets should get in touch with Michael. He needs back the stubs and money for all tickets that have been sold. If you or you know of someone who wants to sponsor a basket for the basket bingo, get in touch with Stan or Michael. Report of Special Committees: N/A Unfinished Business: New Business: Curtis Atkins nominated for Marine of the year for Detachment and Department. Nominated by Dan Rotondo and Second by Dennis Graham. Mike Betts was nominated for Marine of the year by Curtis Atkins and Chuck Casey. Stan was nominated for Detachment Marine of the year nominated by Bill Brooks and Bill Pastino. Nomination for Officers Commandant: Bill Brooks, (by Dennis Graham) Accepted Frank Kippenbrock declined at this time. Stan Brosky declined. Curtis Atkins accepted. Sr. Vice Bill Pastino nominated and accepted. Curtis nominated, declined. Jr. Vice Stan Brosky. Chuck Casey Declined nomination. Doug Putt accepted. J/A Bill Pastino accepted. Curtis Atkins accepted nomination for J/A. Doug Putt accepted. Announcements: Ceremony of Installation of officers: Good of League: Tickets for convention to be given out to be sold as a fundraiser for the convention in May 2011. Note: Drawing will be held May 6, 2011. Motion made by Chuck Casey that the detachment pays for our delegates to Ocean City. Second by Daniel Rotondo. Motion carried. Motion by Chuck Casey to give a stipend to the Delegates that register and attend the conference in Ocean City. $100.00 total to offset their expenses. Seconded by Stan Brosky. Stan Brosky made a motion that we pay $100 for an ad and for the hospitality suite. Bill Pastino seconded. Motion passed. Chuck Casey made a motion that was seconded by Bill Pastino for the Detachment to send $750.00 to the Marine in VA who is having his home modified to assist his living. Amount was $247.00. Address to be obtained so the money can be forwarded directly to the family. Chuck Casey will further investigate for this information. Chuck Casey and Dennis Graham will determine how the funds are delivered. Motion passed. Closing Ceremony: 2035 Note: 12 Members Present. ---- March 22, 2011 Opening Ceremony: 1930 Roll Call of Officers: Sam Stein, Curtis Atkins will be Late, all other officers present. Applications for membership: Balloting on Applications: Ceremony of Initiation: Minutes of previous meeting: Bill Pastino made a motion to accept minutes as posted in newsletter. Mootion was seconded by Bill Swain. Motion carried. Correspondence: Certificate received from Ron Short thanking us for our support to the Marines Helping Marine program. Other correspondence was read and made available for all to see after the meeting. Report of paymaster: Given by Dennis Graham. Motion made to accept pending audit by Kevin Oliver. Seconded by Bill Swain. Motion carried. Report of any member/family sick or distressed: Bob Walton sent our Chaplain an email stating that he is doing well. Jane Starliper and Barb Heckendorf are recovering well from their strokes. Report of officers: Report of Standing Committees: Application packages have been sent to all Howard County Schools for the scholarship program. Adopt-a-Highway clean up dates to be announced. Bill Pastino will direct this program for the 2011 year. April 8, 2011 will be the basket bingo. Stan Brosky has taken care of the raffle for the Southwest Airline tickets. Frank Kippenbrock will head up the kitchen and food for Basket Bingo. Doors open at 1800. Hotdogs, Hamburger, nachos and cheese snacks, soda, and water will be provided. Frank Kippenbrock issued a reminder that we will need to bring change for the food sales. Everyone selling airline raffle tickets see Stan Brosky between now and the basket bingo with the funds and the sold tickets stubs. Suggestion that fifty percent of the money for this raffle is recommend to go to Tony Beganwald for the Marines Helping Marines program and then up to a $1000 for the scholarship. Report of Special Committees: Unfinished Business: New Business: Mike Betts declined nomination for Commandant. Sr. Vice Bill Pastino nominated. Bill declined. Kevin Oliver nominated, Kevin accepted. Jr. Vice Closed J/A Closed Marine of the year nomination: Kevin Oliver nominated Bill Pastino. Announcements: Mike Betts will forward information to all Detachment members regarding funeral information for a Westminster, MD Marine killed in action. Ceremony of Installation of officers: Good of League: Make amendments to the February minutes that each delegate who attends the convention will receive $100.00 to offset expenses. Additionally, the Detachment agrees to pay $100.00 for the ad and a donation of $100.00 for hospitality suite. Stan Brosky made motion to purchase $100.00 of convention raffle tickets. Motion seconded by Dennis. Motion was tabled. Funds for sales of convention raffle tickets will be generated by the purchase of tickets to Detachment members. Motion made by Kevin Oliver regarding the Marines Helping Marines raffle tickets and then the motion was withdrawn, until a future meeting. Paymaster Dennis Graham read a letter he wrote and sent to the wounded Marine in VA to accompany the funds the detachment sent to help with his further education. Dennis Graham has presented an issue with regards to a Marine Veteran with two Purple Hearts that is in a low income bracket and needs help financially. Dennis is asking if the Detachment will be willing to participate in helping out this local Marine veteran in need, William Anderson. Motion to send $25.00 a week to above person from Weis grocery store. Motion seconded and carried. Stan Brosky has offered a carrying bag for pistol/ammo to be raffled off. Additional information will be provided. Closing Ceremony: 2035 hour ---- April 26, 2011 Opening Ceremony: 1939 Roll Call of Officers: Sr. Vice and Jr. Vice. J/A excused. Applications for membership: None Balloting on Applications: None Ceremony of Initiation: N/A Minutes of previous meeting: Delayed until next meeting when newsletter comes out. Correspondence: None Report of Paymaster: Presented by Paymaster Dennis Graham. Motion made by Mike Betts and seconded by Kevin Oliver to accept pending audit. Motion carried. Report of any member/family sick or distressed: None Report of officer: None Report of Standing Committees: Bill Pastino relayed a message from Dennis Starliper regarding the scholarship program. Scholarship is on track for July 1, 2011. Report from Basket Bingo given by Mike Siemasko. Total amount raised: $5,784.75 Mike Siemasko would like to have $1,230.00 go to the scholarship fund and the balance to go to Marines Helping Marines. Road side cleanup this Saturday. Meet at Egg-Spectation parking lot, 0800. Report of Special Committees: N/A Unfinished Business: Mike Betts will contact paymaster Dennis Graham regarding detachment checks of $100.00 for our ad, $100.00 for the hospitality room, and $100.00 for our Detachment delegates who attend the convention. This was voted on in our previous meeting. Regarding convention raffle tickets, sales of these tickets will be limited to personal purchase of tickets. The Detachment will not be using Detachment funds to purchase convention raffle tickets. New Business: None Announcements: William Swain gave an update on activity in Japan with regards to the aftermath of the earthquake and American service men and women stationed there. Ceremony of installation of new officers: Commandant William “Bill” Brooks Sr. vice Kevin Oliver Jr. vice Doug Putt Judge Advocate: Bill Pastino Note: Proxies for Commandant and Jr. vice were Gordon MacPhee and William Swain Current Appointed positions: Paymaster: Dennis Graham Chaplain: Joe Roman Adjutant Daniel Rotondo Good of League: N/A Closing Ceremony: 2025 Respectfully Submitted by: Daniel Rotondo, Adjutant ---- May 24, 2011 Roll Call of Officers: Jr. Vice and J/A out. All others present. Applications for membership: Balloting on Applications: Ceremony of Initiation: Minutes of previous meeting: Motion to accept as sent out to Detachment members via email. Motion to accept and seconded by Dennis Graham and Sam Stein, respectively. Motion carried. Correspondence: Read to attending meeting members by adjutant Rotondo. Bill Pastino J/A, will verify if we are allowed to participate in these out of state raffles that are being silicate. Report of Paymaster: Motion made to accept pending audit by Rotondo. Gordon MacPhee seconded. Motion carried. Report of any member/family sick or distressed: Bob Walton is in the hospital. Report was given by Marine Betts. Report of officer: Sr. Vice thanking the Detachment for putting their trust in him for the Sr. Vice Position. Commandant shared these same sentiments, also thanking the detachment for their trust in him. J/A arrived late and offered no report at this time. Report of Standing Committees: Scholarship committee has six days to go and has four applicants that have applied. Quality of the applicants are not as high as previous years. Pistol match will take place June 3, 4 and 5. Road cleanup went well and the next one will be held on June 11, 2011. Report of Special Committees: Commandant brought to the floor the need for Toy-4-Tots. Bill Pastino will head up our Detachment efforts in this program. Unfinished Business: New Business: Sr. Vice Kevin Oliver brought to the floor that this is our tenth anniversary of the Howard County Marine Corps League. Kevin recommended that we have a small ceremony at the Memorial Day Celebration or has asked for other suggestions. Dennis Graham has recommended that we do both one here on Memorial Day and one for the Detachment. Motion made by Danny Rotondo to reimburse Kevin Oliver. Seconded by Mike Betts. Motion carried for Up to $50.00. We will be doing two dinners at the VFW for the summer months. Joe Roman mentioned that the MCL Aux may not being doing the dinners in the future. Good of the League: J/A Bill Pastino offered congratulations to Mike Betts for being elected as Jr. Vice of the Department of MD. Mike Betts gave an update of the convention, the Department of MD business, and how much the Anne Arundel Detachment has grown. Mike Betts also brought up that we have to get better at recruiting new members. Mike Betts was also the only member of our Detachment to attend the Department Convention. Announcements: Pistol shoot June 3-4 and 5. Mike Betts offered his farm to practice shooting. 3rd of July will be Fourth of July celebration at Dunn-in-sane Mike and Vicki Betts Farm. Ceremony of Installation of officers: Closing Ceremony: 2019 ---- June 28, 2011 Opening Ceremony: 1932 Roll Call of Officers: All officers present Applications for membership: Balloting on Applications: Ceremony of Initiation: Minutes of previous meeting: Motion made to accept by Sam Stein. Seconded by Bill Pastino. Motion carries. Correspondence: None Report of Paymaster: Given by paymaster Dennis Graham. Motion to accept made by Chuck Casey and seconded by William Swain. Motion carried. Audit was completed today by Chuck Casey for today’s report and past reports were also audited and made current. Report of any member/family sick or distressed: Gordon MacPhee went in the hospital for heart complication. Report of officer: The Commandant gave a brief report on the needs of Marine Carlos Hancock’s family due to illness. Table this conversation until we find the needs the family may have. A motion will be made based on the ideas presented to the Detachment. Commandant Brooks asked J/A questions with regards to out of state raffle to solicit funds for the Detachment. This is not allowed to happen by national Bylaws. Sr. Vice will be contacting Jr. Vice Putt with regards to recruiting new members and also holding onto current members. Mike Betts has stated that this is also being worked on at a state level. It was also mentioned that when you bring someone new in you have to mentor them. Motion made by Marine Casey to purchase 8 of the MCL binders along with 8 ritual books. Seconded by William Swain. Motion carried. Report of Standing Committees: Dennis Starliper gave an update on the scholarship committee. They received 12 applications and 3 were not complete and therefore discarded. Of the remaining applicants, two scholarships will be given. The scholarships will be given out at the July business meeting. Dennis also gave an update on the two candidates to the attending members of tonight’s meeting. Sam Stein mentioned that this is a prime opportunity for us to use to promote our Detachment. The Commandant thanked the scholarship committee for their hard work. Pistol match and rifle match update was given by Dan Rotondo. Another email will be sent. Report of Special Committees: Unfinished Business: None New Business: William Swain presented a fundraiser idea using lottery ticket numbers that are posted by the state. We would sell tickets for whatever price is determined by the detachment. Bill Swain will issue a write up for the news letter. Announcements: Duninsane will be having its 3rd annual 4th of July celebration on July 3rd, starting at 1600 or 1700. Ceremony of installation of officers: None Good of League: 4th of July picnic will be held here at the post on Monday 1300 Announcements: Duninsane will be having its 3rd annual 4th of July celebration on July 3rd, starting at 1700. Kevin Oliver invited anyone who wants to join him at Harper Ferry for a day of fun and camping. Closing Ceremony: Meeting closed until 26 July 2011 ---- July 26, 2011 Application for Membership: None Minutes: Tabled until posted in the newsletter Paymaster report: Given by Dennis Graham. Balance $9231.24 Motion forwarded/passed to accept treasurers’ report, pending audit. Correspondence: None. P.O. Box needs to be renewed or closed and mail forwarded to paymaster Dennis Graham address. Judge Advocate: No report Committee reports: None Fund Raising: Lottery tickets brought up by Bill Swain; tabled. Good of the League: No items Note: Scholarships to be presented tonight. Only one recipient will be present. A registered letter will be sent to the second recipient due the fact that he has not acknowledged our phone calls. If no response, the scholarship will be forfeited. Announcements: None. Meeting adjourned until 23rd August 2011 Respectfully submitted by: William Swain ---- September 27, 2011 Opening Ceremony: Meeting called to order. Commandant excused. Meeting conducted by Sr. Vice. Sgt-at-Arms filled in by Frank Kippenbrock. Roll Call of Officers: Applications for membership: Three New members, Raymond Bartlett, Young Joon “Ben” Herr, and Robert Dowling and one associate Gary Clark (note: Associate member was not present, Dennis Graham vouched for the applicant). Balloting on Applications: The above applicants were accepted into membership. Ceremony of Initiation: Performed by Sr. Vice Kevin Oliver, and JA Bill Pastino. Minutes of previous meeting: Minutes for June, July. and August were accepted as posted in the newsletter. Correspondence: Report of Paymaster: Report given by Paymaster Dennis Graham. Motion made to accept pending audit. Report of any member/family sick or distressed: Dennis Graham. Dennis Starliper mom passed away. Sr. Vice offered the Detachment Condolences. Report of officer: Sr. Vice no report. JA gave an update on the attendance at our booth at the Howard County Fairground Gun Show. Sr. Vice updated the new members of what we do as a Detachment. Gave a general overview on the Detachment functions; i.e. road clean up, scholarship, and Toys-for-Tots, and Marines Helping Marines. Report of Standing Committees: JA gave an up date on Toy-4-tots November 13, 2011 is the Marine Corps league birthday celebration and Veterans Day celebration which will be held at Ellicott Mills Brewery. November 5, 2011 will be our last road clean up. Meet at the Egg-Spectation parking lock at 0800. Report of Special Committees: Unfinished Business: New Business: Motion was presented for our Detachment to host an Oktoberfest here at the Jessup VFW on October 22, 2011. Motion carried. Dan Rotondo will head it up. Volunteers to assist are requested. Cost for this function is not to exceed $750.00. Fundraiser dinner will be held on the second Friday of the month and hosted by our Detachment. Gordon MacPhee has a contact with Booz Allen, and will search out a donation from them. Jr. Vice wanted to know if it would be worth having the meetings on Friday to increase attendance. Announcements: A Halloween party hosted by the VFW post will be held here October 29, 2011. Good of League: Closing Ceremony: Meeting adjourned 2020 ---- October 25, 2011 Opening Ceremony: 1930 Meeting starts Roll Call of Officers: J/A not present. chaplain excused. Applications for membership: Balloting on Applications: Ceremony of Initiation: Minutes of previous meeting: Motion to accept minutes stayed until November Newsletter. Motion made by Frank Kippenbrock. Seconded by Dennis Graham. Motioned carried. Correspondence: MCL Auxiliary needs members. All members are encouraged to invite their significant other to join our Auxiliary. Report of paymaster: Motion to accept pending audit was made by Dan Rotondo and seconded by Kevin Oliver. Motion carried. Report of any member/family sick or distressed: Report of officers: Nothing to report. Report of Standing Committees: Veterans Day and Marine Corps birthday cake cutting will be held November 13, 2011 at Ellicott mills brewery. 42” TV raffle will be held on the same day. Report of Special Committees: Unfinished Business: Road clean-up November 5. Last road clean up of the year. Meet at Egg-Spectation 0800. January 14, 2012 will be the quarterly meeting. Details will follow. New Business: Gordon MacPhee has a guest tonight with him from Booz Allen Hamilton. “Herbert Bullock” is our official liaison. Gordon also requested a position to seek out other companies to solicit funds from industry in our county. Toy-4-tots schedule will be put together by Bill Pastino and forwarded through email. On November 11 at 1100 there will be a service at Garrison Forest Veterans cemetery off Reisterstown Road. Good of League: Update on pistol match and rifle match paper work and the important of submitting it. Closing Ceremony: Meeting closed at 2020 ---- November 22, 2011 Rhonda Farrow guest Opening Ceremony: 1930 meeting called to order Roll Call of Officers: Sr. Vice and Jr. Vice not present Applications for membership: Balloting on Applications: Ceremony of Initiation: Minutes of previous meeting: Dennis Graham made motion to accept. Seconded by Gordon MacPhee. Motion carried. Correspondence: None Report of Paymaster: Presented by paymaster Graham. Motion to accept by Dan Rotondo. Seconded by Bill Pastino. Note: $148.00 was presented from Booz Allen Hamilton. This information was provided by Marine Gordon MacPhee. Anonymous donation of $100.00 was given to us for the Marines Helping Marines program. Report of any member/family sick or distressed: Report of officer: No reports Report of Standing Committees: Toys-4-Tots starts on the Friday after Thanksgiving. A schedule has been provided by Bill Pastino to all members via e-mail. The schedule is for seven days and includes two man shifts at this time. Road clean up is completed for the year. Veterans day luncheon had a good turnout. 90 people were present. $710.00 going to Marines Helping Marines. Motion made by Marine Kippenbrock to reimburse DJ for the cakes at the Veterans Day celebration. Motion seconded by Dan Rotondo. Motion carried. Commandant has mentioned changing the meeting room to match that as suggested by our manual. Also, the Commandant will be bringing in his old copies of Leatherneck for anyone who wishes to have them. Commandant also mentioned his neighbor had given Marine books to share with out Detachment. Report of Special Committees: No update on scholarship as of this date. Reminder about the pistol match; last weekend in May or 1st weekend in June, the paper work will be available Feb 1, Unfinished Business: New Business: Motion by Dennis Graham to pay $85.00 for Tree of Lights program. Motion seconded by Curtis Atkins. Motion accepted. Motion to skip December meeting by Gordon Macphee. Seconded by Dennis Graham. Motion carries. Ceremony of Installation of officers: Good of League: Announcements: Curtis Atkins asked if anyone knew whether or not there would be a Christmas party at Bethesda? Commandant suggested we check with Marine Betts.