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Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)Northeast Florida Chapter FL-18Luncheon/Meeting AgendaJuly 17, 2019I. Social Hour/Membership Check-inMember check-in & socializing took place from 1100 to 1130II. Call to OrderLuncheon meeting was called to order by Chapter President William Bransford at 1130.III. Pledge of Allegiance to the U.S. FlagChapter President William Bransford lead those gathered in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of ourcountry.IV. InvocationChapter President William Bransford delivered the invocation.V. Luncheon ServedAt approximately 1130 lunch was served.VI. Introduction of Guest SpeakerMr. Al Sandrick, Warning Coordination Meteorologist and Hurricane Historian for the National WeatherService in Jacksonville, FloridaVII. Program/Guest Speaker PresentationOur luncheon program was a presentation by Mr. Sandrick who provided a very informative discussion of thehistory of hurricanes and major storm events in northeast Florida. The presentation was followed by a Q&Asession.VIII. President’s CommentsRecognition of new Members: (**present at meeting)**Mrs. Gayle Ely (Surviving Spouse)Recognition of guests:NoneRecognition of Birthdays/Anniversaries: (**present at meeting)July 2nd - Mrs. Betty PurcellJuly 3rd – CAPT Orville ElliottJuly 8th – Mrs. Rosemary AllsoppJuly 13th – Mrs. Joanne RobertsonJuly 2nd – Mrs. Sharon ScrantonJuly 5th – CDR Charles LittleJuly 8th – Mrs. Brenda RauJuly 18th – Mrs. Linda Werring

**July 19th – CDR Charles LuskJuly 27th – CDR Bernard ContrerasJuly 24th – Mrs. Louise LordJuly 23rd – Mrs. Cindy CumminsJuly 31st – Mr. Jonathan MosalThe following anniversaries are acknowledged:Linda & David Mosley, July 19th, 32 YearsJoan & Dick Chadwell, July 20th, 56 yearsElly & Vince Gomez, July 28th, 61 YearsIX. Reports on Items of Interest for General MembershipDirector/Legislative Affairs Chair Kathy Spain provided a legislative update for those in attendance.X. Drawings and Other “Prior to Closing” ActivitiesThe 50/50 Drawing collected a total of 291st Place 15 was won by Mrs. Louise Lord. 2nd Place 9 was won by Mrs. Connie Davies and 3rd Place 6was won by Mrs. Fran Elliott.The ROTC Sword Fund received 28 in donations, which included Mrs. Lord’s 50/50 winnings in the amountof 15 and a 6 donation from CDR Dave Kennett.Following the 50/50 drawing LT & Mrs. Mosley drew raffle tickets and distributed approximately eleven doorprizes made up of various items from the recent FCOC convention held in Safety Harbor, Florida in June.XI. Singing of God Bless America and AdjournmentThose assembled sang God Bless America and the meeting was adjourned at approximately 1310.

Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)Northeast Florida Chapter FL-18Board of Directors Meeting MinutesJuly 18, 2019I. Call to OrderChapter President, COL William Bransford called the meeting of the MOAA NE Florida Chapter Board ofDirectors to order at 1007 on July 18, 2019 at NAS Jacksonville.Present at the meeting: *COL William Bransford, *CDR David Kennett, *LT David Mosley, *COL KenKirkpatrick, *Mrs. Mary (Kathy) Spain.*Indicates BOD voting memberII. Pledge of Allegiance to the U.S. FlagIII. Reading, Correction, and Approval of Minutes of Previous MeetingThe minutes of the June 19th luncheon meeting and June 20th BOD meeting having been previouslyforwarded to all board members for review & approval by chapter secretary, David Mosley, it was requestedto consider them as having been read. Those present were asked if there were any corrections required.Corrections were not requested.“A motion to accept minutes as being considered read and approved was made by COL Ken Kirkpatrick andseconded by Mrs. Kathy Spain, with no discussion was voted on and APPROVED.IV. Reading of Correspondence & CommunicationsNoneV. Officer’s Reports1st Vice President: CDR David KennettCDR Kennett stated that the luncheon presentation by Mr. Al Sandrick was greatly appreciated and was a verygood presentation.A recommendation was made to get the NAS JAX VyStar president to be a future presenter.2nd Vice President: CDR Robert Scinicariello (Not Present)The chapter secretary provided the following details from the July luncheon meeting:Total attendees at July luncheon – 35 with a total of 34 paying guests. There was one “no show”, the guestspeakers’ daughter, and one cancellation due to medical emergency. The total bill for the July luncheon was 453.72. The chapter secretary recommended that the one cancellation not be charged due to it being as the

result of a family medical issue. Since the one no show was a guest there will be no action required for the noshow. There was confusion among the membership and a couple of complaints about the July luncheondessert, some feeling that there was no dessert provided. The club Chef apologized for the confusion andstated that the fruit cup served at the beginning of the meal was meant to be the dessert.Total proceeds collected - 542Luncheon - 476 ( 294 Checks, 182 Cash)50/50 - 29 (Cash)Sword Fund - 28 (Cash)Member Name Tag - 9 (Cash)All proceeds collected were deposited into the chapter’s VyStar Club Checking account on 7/18/19.Treasurer: LT David Mosley (Asst Treasurer)The assistant treasurer provided the following treasurers report:Income/Funds Received: ( 619.81 Total) 476 (Meals) 75 (Membership dues) 28 (Sword fund) 11.19 (Member name tags) 29 (50/50 drawing) 0.62 (interest earned checking)Expenses Paid: ( 529.80 Total) 453.72 (July luncheon) 43.22 (July Newsletter Printing/Postage) 32.86 (Membership Name Tags)Chapter Account Balances as of July 18, 2019: ( 7,849.09 Total) Club Checking Account #0587” - 7,715.37 Business Savings Account #8010 - 132.66 Business Money Market Account #2546 - 1.06LT Mosley reported that the proceeds collected from the July luncheon in the amount of 542 were depositedinto the chapter VyStar checking account on the morning of 7/18/2019.“A motion to approve the Treasurer’s report” was made by Mrs. Kathy Spain and seconded by COL WilliamBransford, with no discussion was voted on and APPROVED.Secretary: LT David MosleyThe deadline for input for the August newsletter is Monday, July 29th at 1600.VI. Reports of Standing CommitteesLegislative Affairs Chair: Mrs. Kathy SpainMrs. Spain discussed various legislative affairs related subjects with the board including, Blue water navy billstatus, the budget impasse, arms sales issues and potential cyber attacks to mention a few.

Membership Chair: LT David MosleyMembership NumbersA.B.C.D.E.F.G.Total Membership: 131Military Memberships:100Surviving Spouse Memberships (Includes 1 Spouse):Life Members & Spouse (Not paying Dues):2# of Members W/Current Year Dues Paid: 101# of Members W/Dues paid in advance of Current Year:# of Members W/Dues in Arrears: 33125Membership Activities Planned and General comments:1. We lost a long-time chapter member in June. LtCol Edwin (Russ) Megonegal passed away on June 21st,2019. The chapter secretary attended the memorial service and ensured that the family was made awareof the process of having his passing recorded in the MOAA magazine TAPS section.2. Welcome aboard Mrs. Gayle Ely (Surviving Spouse) as our newest member. Make sure she feelswelcomed and say hello the next time you see her. She was present at the July luncheon.3. The chapter recruiting/information table will be set up at the quarterly V-4-V gathering, held at theVyStar Veterans Memorial Arena on August 10th, 2019. CWO5 Marc Manor will be assisting with thestaffing of the table. Anyone else interested in attending or assisting are welcomed and encouraged to doso.4. Still working on sending out recruiting emails to the email list received from MOAA national and hopeto get it done within the next couple of weeks.Personal Affairs Chair: Mrs. Patricia Sundt (Not Present)No report.MOAA Transition Liaison: CWO5 Wayne Elliott (Not Present)No reportPublic Affairs Chair: VacantVacant no report.ROTC/JROTC Liaison: CDR Bruce Carawon (Not Present)No reportScholarship: CDR Rob Scinicariello (Not Present)No reportVII. Reports of Special CommitteesFinance: The chapter secretary reminded the BOD that we need to appoint this committee NLT the AugustBOD meeting.Nominating: The chapter secretary reminded the BOD that this committee needs to be appointed real soonbecause they are required to present a proposed slate of officers to the board at the BOD meeting on

9/19/2019. He also stated that he would provide a list of elected offices/positions that would be voted on at thenext annual meeting.Bylaws: It has been determined that since the bylaws were recently revised and there are no specific changesrequired there will be no need to appoint a bylaws committee this year.VIII. Old Business1. At a past BOD meeting and some discussion about the chapter’s donation to the Boy’s State programthe chapter president requested that Wayne Elliott go ahead and send the letter requestingcontribution to the chapter as a reminder for the contribution to be made. The letter has beenreceived and the chapter acting treasurer will cut a check for the donation. The chapter secretarycommitted to getting the check cut and sent out prior to our next meeting.2. Golf tournament planning for the December tournament that the chapter will be partnering withDAU AA is continuing. The chapter is good to go so far.3. At the May BOD meeting the chapter president tabled a request for donation from MiddleburgNJROTC until a future BOD meeting since there was not enough board members present at thismeeting to properly evaluate the request. He stated he would contact the SSI CDR Lee and advisehim of the decision to table the request. The chapter president stated that he would get in touch withCDR Lee the next chance he gets.4. In response to CWO2 Chadwell’s previous question about a joint meeting with the Historic MayportChapter and Northeast Florida Chapter, the chapter president stated that there are no specific plansfor such a meeting/get together currently. A discussion ensued about various possibilities however,no plans are in the works at this time.IX. New Business1. The chapter 1st VP brought up a discussion about the possibility of having an eveningevent/program. He stated that he had some request from the membership and was wondering howthe board felt about the possibility of doing an evening event on a quarterly or semiannual basis. Hesaid he would do a write up for the newsletter to solicit the thoughts and recommendations of thechapter membership.2. The chapter president discussed the need to keep the legislative updates as non-partisan as possibleto meet our commitment to be a non-partisan organization as stated in both MOAA and Chapterguidelines. He also stressed that this discussion in no way should be considered a negative commentor statement about the fine work that the legislative affairs chair does for the chapter. He just wantedto make sure that we make a conscious effort to keep our comments and reports as non-partisan aspossible. The legislative affairs chair stated that she only presents facts as much as possible and triesnot to be partisan. An extended discussion took place among the members of the board and thepresident continued to stress his support of the work being done by the legislative affairs chair. Thelegislative affairs chair stated that she would preface future presentations with the statement that it isand should be taken as a non-partisan report/presentation.X. Adjournment“A motion to adjourn” was made by CDR David Kennett and seconded by COL Ken Kirkpatrick, with nodiscussion was voted on and APPROVED.

Chapter president, COL William Bransford adjourned the meeting at 1135.Minutes Submitted by: LT David Mosley, Chapter Secretary.

A recommendation was made to get the NAS JAX VyStar president to be a future presenter. 2nd Vice President: CDR Robert Scinicariello (Not Present) . All proceeds collected were deposited into the chapter’s VySt