Not all minutes from every meeting of the year will necessarily appear in this document. Only minutes that have been submitted are displayed. ---- January 24, 2012 Opening ceremony: 1930 Roll Call of Officers: Sr. Vice not present Applications for membership: Not at this time Balloting on Applications: Ceremony of Initiation: Minutes of previous meeting: Motion to postponed until the newsletter comes out in February Correspondence: Paymaster Graham read correspondence to all in attendance. Report of paymaster: Motion to except pending audit, motion passed. Report of any member/family sick or distressed: Kevin Oliver had surgery in December and is currently recovering at home. Report of officer: Commandant announced that 14 April will be seminar in VFW Anne Arundel Detachment. 17 March will be a banquet in honor of the Veteran of the year. Commandant also offered a copy of the quarterly report to any member who wishes one. The detachment has put together a library of magazines and books see Stan Brosky to borrow the books. Commandant made mention that at our next meeting any detachment member who wishes to share their experience in the Corps will be allow to do so starting our next meeting. 26, 27 and 28 April will be the 2012 convention. Ocean City, MD 4 Delegates will be needed from our detachment. Report of Standing Committees: Toys-4-tots over 3000 toys and $500.00 in cash Adopt-A-highway more information to follow during the next meeting. Pistol Match updates 1, 2, and 3 June 2012 Fort Indian town gap Department Marine of the year needs to be in before March 10, 2012 Report of Special Committees: Unfinished Business: Do not do anything with regards to writing on your cover at Department level they will be coming out with a uniform guide line on how it is done. They are also doing away with year stripe. Commandant thanked all members for working the Toys-4-Tots program. Marine Pastino wants to give Toys-R-Us a certificate of appreciation. More info to follow. New Business: Motion to give Kevin Oliver $1000.00 to help with living Expenses while he recovers from his Surgery Motion made and 2nd motion passed by all present. Announcements: Trip to Parris Island 9th thru 15 Oct more info to follow the Commandant will supply additional info to anyone interested in the trip. Next Quarterly meeting will be in Westminster, MD March 10. Our Detachment must supply a copy of our Bylaws to the Department. J/A Marine Saki will handle the above task. Commandant read email sent by Marine DJ making a recommendation to have a monthly get together. Doug Putts' son has enlisted in the Marine Corps and goes to Paris Island in June. Marine Shames Garrity has died due to cancer; talk to Mike Betts for more info. Saki, web site has been updated send him photos and dialogue about the events. Ceremony of Installation of officers: Good of League: Marine Brosky discussed new flags "U.S. and Marine" and banner. Marine Betts will have these items if and when needed for detachment uses. Closing Ceremony: 2027 meeting closed it will reopen for the conduct of official business 28 February 2012 ---- February 28, 2012 Opening Ceremony: 1930 Roll Call of Officers: Commandant Excused Applications for membership: New member present, Erich Franz Muehleisen, DD214 turned in. Balloting on Applications: All members voted unanimously accepting the above applicant. Ceremony of Initiation: Performed by Sr. Vice Oliver Minutes of previous meeting: Minutes stayed until next month when newsletter goes out. Correspondence: Post card from Timbers Golf club with information about the club Report of paymaster: Motion to accept pending audit, motion carried. Report of any member/Family Sick or distressed: Bob Walton still doing well. Commandants' mother in-law passed away. Report of officer: Sr. Vice gave an update on his surgery and a thanked everyone in the Detachment for the funds sent from the benevolent funds we have to assist him during his recovery time. Jr. Vice has no report. J/A no report. Report of Standing Committees: Pistol match update. All forms have been sent in. Match will be 1, 2, 3 June 2012. Curtis has provided Airline tickets; tickets expire by March 2013. J/A will put a poster up at Ellicott Mills Brewery for a raffle to win the tickets. Road Clean-up for 2012 is April 14, 2012 and it is also on the web page. Scholarship committee: Saki has packages ready to go out and has tried to contact Dennis Starliper and has not heard from him to date. Gordon MacPhee will head up this year's committee consisting of Mike Betts, Bill Pastino and Kevin Oliver. Report of Special Committees: Dinners need to have more help from the current group of members. Rhonda is making an effort to bring awareness to the Wounded Warrior program hosted by Booz Allen Hamilton and is looking for support from our detachment and possibly from some of our sponsors. Unfinished Business: New Business: Mike Betts asked if the Detachment is going to host cook out at Bethesda for the wounded Marines and wounded Military personnel. A motion was put on the floor that a $500.00 donation will be made to the Detachment. Will the attachment match with $500.00? Motion made and carried. The Detachment will match the funds. Announcements: Tony Beganwald will be honored at a dinner for Veteran of the year and Mike Betts is asking for our Detachment to purchase and ad for $50.00. Motion made, second and carried. Ceremony of Installation of officers: Good of League: First detachment dinner will be hosted 29 February 2012 this was put together by DJ. Meet at East Moon Restaurant at 1900. Nominations: Gordon MacPhee Commandant Accepted Bill Pastino Declined Kevin Oliver Commandant Accepted Sr. Vice Frank Kippenbrock Accepted Jr. Vice Doug Putt declined Mike Betts Accepted. Bill Swain Jr Vice Accepted J/A Bill Pastino Accepted nomination. Closing Ceremony: 2034 ---- March 27, 2012 Opening Ceremony: 1933 meeting started Roll Call of Officers: Sgt-at-arms excused and paymaster excused Applications for membership: Balloting on Applications: Ceremony of Initiation: Minutes of previous meeting: Accepted as posted in Newsletter Correspondence: Mid Eastern Conference info forwarded to all members by email Report of paymaster: Given by Marine Kippenbrock who is standing in for paymaster Graham report accepted pending audit. Report of any member/Family Sick or distressed: Dennis and Janet Graham. Janet’s Father past away 26 March. Report of officer: Commandant gave an update on Carl Sheets and the donation of books and other literature. Report of Standing Committees: Gordon MacPhee has transmitted all the scholarship info to all high schools throughout the county. The newsletter is incorrect with regards to the first Adopt-a-Highway cleanup. The correct date is Saturday, April 14, 2012 26, 27 April State convention in Ocean City. See Bill Brooks for package if you are planning to attend. Mike Betts, Joe Roman, and Bill Brooks are detachment delegates. Report of Special Committees: Unfinished Business: New Business: Ceremony of Installation of officers: Announcements: Stan Brosky addressed the topic of our detachment hosting a basket bingo. The Last one our detachment sponsor netted our detachment about $4,700.00. A motion is on the floor to host this again. Stan also strongly encouraged each member to seek out basket donations and basket sponsors. Motion made second and carried. Good of League: Mike Betts and Joe Roman attended the quarterly staff meeting. Mike gave a report to the detachment of what happened. They have also come back with raffle tickets. Motion made and seconded that the detachment buy one hundred dollars worth of these raffle tickets which are for the Department of MD Convention Fund raiser. Motion made to give each deligate one hundred dollars to help defer the cost of attending the convention. Motion was second and past. Marine Betts also stated that the Department strongly suggests that all detachments keep their web sites current. The department will be hosting a leadership seminar to help any Detachment member holding a position that wants to know in depth what their job is. Marine Kippenbrock addressed all present with regards to Marine of the year. 2008 was Joe Roman and Mike Betts was 2009 and Curtis Atkins was 2010 as Detachment Marine of the year. We still have to nominate a Marine of the year for 2011. Mike Betts made a motion to place an ad in the convention brochure at a cost of $100.00. Motion second and past. Kevin Oliver: Motion made and passed for up to $100.00 for the hospitality suite. Kevin Oliver announced camping trip on 21 April 2012 and also info with regards to combat shooting. Any nomination for Commandant: No new nomination Kevin Oliver withdrew from Commandant nomination Sr. Vice: Curtis Atkins accepted nomination. Jr. Vice: No new ones. J/A: Kevin Oliver. Nomination, are closed until the April Meeting. ---- April 24, 2012 1. We received a thank you letter from Toys-4-Tots for $650 in monetary donations. 2. MCL convention - Joe Roman & Mike Betts are going. Joe has raffle tickets for the convention at $10 apiece. The detachment is buying $100 worth of tickets and we are also donating $100 to the Hospitality Suite. Also $100 stipend to both Joe & Mike to help with their expenses. 3. We would like all officers who received a guideline book to turn them over to the new officers for this year. 4. We will announce our Marine of the Year winner at the next meeting. 5. Basket bingo is set for September 16th at the same Laurel senior center. Stan Brosky will have more Info to follow. 6. Booz Allen is donating $250 to our Scholarship fund. Kudos to Saki for getting this! 7. We presented Gordon MacPhee with his MCL Life membership Card. 8. 2000 hours – Officer Nominations officially closed, Elections to follow. ELECTION RESULTS: Commandant - Gordon MacPhee (by Acclimation) Sir Vice - Curtis Atkins Jr. Vice - Bill Swain Judge Advocate - Kevin Oliver Dennis Graham - Appointed to Paymaster 9. New Officers sworn in at 2020 hours. 10. Returned to regular business at 2030 hours. We did 3 cheers to Bill for a job well done as Commandant! Last note if you have any Marine Stories you would like to share on our website please Email to Saki Respectfully submitted by Curtis Atkins ---- May 22, 2012 Opening Ceremony: 1932 Roll Call of Officers: J/A excused, Sr. Vice and Jr. Vice and Sgt–at-arms not present Applications for membership: Edward Philip Julian, left application for membership with dues. He could not stay for tonight’s meeting and will be sworn in at our June meeting. Balloting on Applications: Motion to accept above applicant made by Kip second by Dennis. Motion carries. Ceremony of Initiation: Minutes of previous meeting: Motion to accept by Kip, and seconded by Chuck. Motion carries. Correspondence: Dennis Graham gave update on correspondence and mentioned that we received a $250.00 donation from Booz Allen Hamilton for our scholarship fund. Report of paymaster: Report given by paymaster Graham, copies of report was issued to all present. Motion made to accept report with the understanding that dates on the report will be corrected. Motion made by Chuck and seconded by Kip. Motion carries. Report of any member/Family sick or distressed: Report of officer: Commandant’s report to be given during new business. Report of Standing Committees: Dinner this Friday by Kip. Pistol match up date given by Kip Scholarship report was given by Commandant. Only one application has been received to date. Golf tournament update given by Chuck Casey. A question arises whether committee even exist at this time. Question also was brought up about the funds that are currently on record for the golf tournament. It was decided to leave the funds stand at this time. Rifle match fast approaching any interest contact Kip or Danny. June 9, 2012 road cleanup. Report of Special Committees: Unfinished Business: Detachment Marine of the year has carried over to tonight’s meeting. The Marine of the year award was given to Danny Rotondo. New Business: Commandant asked Chuck about tickets for the Friday evening parade. Chuck gave an update on how to go about getting a group to this event. If you are interested in going talk with Chuck Casey he can assist with small groups. Announcements: Chuck’s daughter Emily graduates this year and wanted to thank the detachment for the scholarship funds she received. Chuck gave an update and also announced that she already has a job in her field. Commandant Mac Phee reminded all members to keep recruiting, to build up our ranks. Ceremony of Installation of officers: Good of League: VFW will be having their cookout on Monday and will be having their ceremony at Meadow Ridge at 1100 hrs. It is a brief ceremony. Closing Ceremony: 2005 Next meeting 26 June 2012. ---- July 24, 2012 Opening Ceremony: 1900 opening ceremony performed. At 1903 hrs a break was taken to introduce scholarship winners. Commandant Mac Phee gave a brief synopsis of each winner. Meeting resumed at 1957 hrs Roll Call of Officers: All officers were present. Applications for membership: Balloting on Applications: Ceremony of Initiation: Minutes of previous meeting: Motion to accept by Kip and second by Bill motion carries. Correspondence: Report of paymaster: Motion to accept verbal written report motion made by Dan Rotondo. Seconded by Bill Swain. Motion carries. Report of any member/Family Sick or distressed: Harold Mazmanian has passed away and a motion was put on the floor for up to $500.00. Motion made by Bill Swain and seconded by Mike Betts. Discussion on the floor if this is setting a precedent or a case-by-case basis. Discussion agreed that this will be a case-by-case basis. Motion carried. Discussion also on the floor with the regards to funeral arrangements. Report of officer: Report of Standing Committees: Next road clean up will be in August. Date will be posted in the newsletter. Report of Special Committees: Rifle match: If you are interested, contact Dan Rotondo or Frank Kippenbrock. Quartely meeting 15 September 2012. More info to follow. Unfinished Business: New Business: Announcements: Ceremony of Installation of officers: Good of League: Closing Ceremony: 2012 ---- August 28, 2012 Members present: Mike B, Bill P, Bill P, Joe R, Gordon M, Stan B, Curtis A, Dennis G, and Bill S. Report of paymaster: Accepted pending audit New Business Bingo Sept 16th 1230. Starts at 2 Discussion on raising money from companies Road clean up Oct 6 Talk of Nov birthday Oktoberfest tentative Oct 20th spend up to $500 for the event Discussions about Marine of the year (dept and attachment) Talk about getting ready for T4T ---- September 25, 2012 Opening Ceremony: 1934 meeting open Acting Sgt-at-Arms: Mike Betts Roll Call of Officers: Sr. Vice excused and Sgt-at-Arms not present Applications for membership: N/A Balloting on Applications: N/A Ceremony of Initiation: N/A Minutes of previous meeting: Motion deferred to October. Meeting motion passed, made by Marine Graham and seconded by Marine Brooks. Correspondence: Report of paymaster: Given by Marine Graham. Motion to accept pending Audit by Marine Rotondo and seconded by Marine Oliver. Motion passed. Report of any member/family sick or distressed: Jane Starliper had surgery. Mike Betts mentioned it at tonight’s meeting. Report of officer: No reports of officer Report of Standing Committees: Basket Bingo report giving by Marine Stan Brosky including report of funds was read and then given to Paymaster Graham. All checks were presented to the commandant. Any questions regarding this event contact Marine Stan Brosky. Commandant Gordon Mc Phee presented a certificate of appreciation for a job well done. Remainder of funds for the basket bingo will be put into general funds. Note: One Thousand dollars will go to Marines Helping Marines. Toy-4-tots: Bill Pastino has spoke with the management at Toys-4-Us and can start the weekend of Black Friday. A request for additional help from the ranks was put forth by Commandant McPhee with regards to reaching into our membership pool so we can add and an additional weekend. Marine Oliver will be trying to get extra Toy-4-Tots boxes and posters to distribute to whomever might need them. Marine Roman discussed the possibility of doing hot dog sale fund raisers again at the Wal-Mart in Ellicott City to try and reignite this fund raiser while Wal-Mart is under construction. Marine Roman recommends that we put a letter together for management at Wal-Mart to explain where the funds were sent to. Report of Special Committees: Marine Cake cutting and Veterans Day celebration November 11, 2012 at Ellicott Mill Brewery. Marine Bill Pastino is the contact person if you have any questions. 1300hrs to 1600hrs Gordon Mc Phee will speak with Bill Pastino with regards to ticket sales and what we will be using for TV raffle. Unfinished Business: October Fest will be October 20, 2012 starting at 1700hrs, as voted on last meeting; $500.00 will be allocated and an invite flyer will be sent out. New Business: Announcements: Ceremony of Installation of officers: Good of League: Closing Ceremony: 2035 meeting ended. ---- October 23, 2012 Opening Ceremony: Meeting called to order by acting commandant. Roll Call of Officers: Commandant, Sr. Vice, and Jr. Vice not present. J/A, Chaplain, Paymaster and adjutant present. Applications for membership: Balloting on Applications: Ceremony of Initiation: Minutes of previous meeting: Motion to accept pending two corrections as mention in tonight’s meeting. Correspondence: Gift to the league given in honor of saki and Norma’s wedding from Saki’s parents. Saki stated other gifts may be given at the request of saki and Norma. Report of paymaster given by Dennis Graham. Motion to accept pending audit. Motion carries. Report of any member/family sick or distressed: Gordon went to the hospital tonight. Blood pressure out of control. Went to get it checked. Report of officers: Report of Standing Committees: Road side clean-up one more left for the year email will be sent with the date. Nov. 11 Marine Corps Cake cutting and Veterans Day celebration at Ellicott Mills Brewery. Flier was sent out to all members, make copies and give it out to all veterans you know. Bill spoke with Toys-R-Us manager and they are expecting us. Report of Special Committees: Unfinished Business: New Business: Sgt. Santiago who was injured during war time. Chuck Casey brought a request to the Detachment with regards to a donation to help equip Marine Santiago’s home to assist with his disability. Betts made a $750.00 motion, motion was seconded. Discussion within the group that more information is needed to proceed after finding more information out about the organization and proving the validity of it. Mike Betts will check out the details and vet the company. Dennis Graham making a motion that we spend $95.00 for Christmas tree lights. Second motion by Betts. Motion carries. Announcements: Stan Brosky will be hosting the Taylor family when they come to town 11 Nov 2012 to attend the Marine Birthday Cake cutting and Veterans celebration. Stan will coordinate with Bill Pastino. Ceremony of Installation of officers: Good of League: Speak with Kip about raffle tickets that he will purchase to help fund youth Archer. If raffle is won, we want to give the winnings to a wounded marine Hunting Trip. Closing Ceremony: 2018 meeting closed ---- Quarterly Meeting Minutes from Detachment March 10, 2012 Since the last Quarterly, our detachment has been engaged in the following activities: • Assemble our scholarship committee for our annual scholarship to be award in July of 2012. • Set dates for our 2012 Adopt-highway program. • We are currently doing two fundraiser dinners each month at the Jessup VFW post. We cook on the second and fourth Friday of each month. If you are in the area, dinner will be served at 1800. Stop in and enjoy a great meal. • Our detachment voted at our last meeting to fund the August cookout at Walter Reed in Bethesda. • Nine of our detachment members will be heading off to Fort Indian Town Gap to attend the PA MCL annual pistol match.