USAWOA Keystone Chapter Minutes 19 February 2013

Call to Order: President Patty Ravegum called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. on 19 February 2013 in the meeting room of the Ft. Indiantown Gap Community Club.

The following personnel were in attendance:

CW5 Patty Ravegum President CW3 George Settle Member CW3 Dakin Evans Vice President CW3 Joseph Bortz Member CW3 (R) Paul Gutekunst Treasurer CW3 (R) John Cutler Member CW2 Gina Stewart Secretary CW2 Travis Fourman Member CW5 Angela Breit Member CW5 Tom Haist NonMember CW5 Lynn Deaven Member CW4 Mike Reardon NonMember CW5 (R) Jim White Member CW3 Neil Wolfe NonMember (Call-in) CW4 James Snook Member CW2 Theresa Watkins NonMember (Call-in) CW4 James McMahon Member

The Pledge of Allegiance: Led by President Patty Ravegum

Secretary’s Report: CW5 Breit made a motion to accept the meeting minutes from 17 January 2013. CW5 (R) Jim White seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report: Bank records were signed over to the new treasurer on 2 February, but there was a paperwork issue at the bank which resulted in not enough time to get an updated Treasurer’s report completed before the meeting. All updated reports will be available at the next meeting. There is a requirement for an official audit anytime there is a change of treasurers. Any referral of a CPA or bookkeeper would be great since this needs to get completed soon.

Committee Reports:

Shirts. CW3 Lentz was not available for a report. CW3 Evans reported selling four shirts and has $140.00 to turn over to the treasurer for deposit. CW3 Lentz is currently reviewing option to change vendor in order to save money and expand merchandise selection. She has the catalog and will present it to members for review.

Fundraising. Golf Tournament: CW3 Wolfe is going to check into the specifics of hosting a golf tournament and the chapter will decide if it is a feasible option for a fundraiser for next year. Chicken BBQ: CW4 Snook will look into the specifics of doing a fundraiser with Kaufmann’s or Hresko’s BBQ chicken in the June/July time frame and report back at the next meeting. 50/50 Raffle: Any 50-50 type of fund raiser will require a Small Games of Chance license from the state. CW3 (R) Gutekunst will check into the requirements. Wreaths Across America 2013: The Keystone Chapter is registered and can begin to sell wreaths for this year’s Wreaths Across America event. Info will be sent to members via email.

1 Unfinished Business:

AMM 2012 Account: Unclaimed checks will be cancelled and the account closed by end of month February. The final financial overview will be presented at the next meeting.

Rising Eagle Awards: The six Rising Eagle Awards that were submitted by CW5 (R) Arsenberger cost $150. Due to an error on the check, it was $50.00 short. We will need to send a check to National for the $50.00 we still owe. Also, we need a motion to approve spending the money for the awards, which was not done prior to the submission. CW3 Settle made a motion to approve the awards at the $150.00 cost. CW5 Deaven seconded the motion and the motion carried. Rising Eagle awards were submitted for CW3 Lentz, CW5 Ravegum, CW4 James McMahon, CW5 Joe Witmer, CW3(R) John Cutler and CW3 Allen Metheny for their contributions to the 2012 AMM.

Budget: Once a draft budget can be completed, it will be brought before the members for approval. Until then, this is tabled for a later meeting.

Warrant Officer Support Efforts: Initial plan is to have elementary school children make cards or write letters and send them to the deployed warrant officers for Memorial Day. CW5 Breit will check on an Army Reserve POC so that they can be sent cards/care packages as well. CW2 Stewart will check on whether or not names and addresses can be given to schools for direct mailings. If not, the Chapter will take responsibility for mailing the cards to the troops.

Keystone Chapter Bylaws: A committee was assigned to work on updating/revising the chapter bylaws. Committee consists of CW5 Lynn Deaven, CW4 Lynn Snook, and CW3(R) Paul Gutekunst.

New Business:

Next Ronald McDonald House Dinner: CW5 Ravegum brought up whether the chapter would want to support another dinner in Sept/Oct timeframe. CW3 (R) Gutekunst made a motion for the chapter to support another dinner. CW3 Settle seconded the motion and the motion carried. The Ronald McDonald house cannot give available dates for Sept/Oct until July, so a date will be picked when dates become known.

USAWOA JROTC Medal and Certificate: CW5 Ravegum was contacted by MAJ Skinner from the William Penn High School JROTC program and asked to sponsor the USAWOA JROTC Medal for one of their students. There are four medals: Gold for Seniors, Silver for Juniors, Bronze for Sophomores, and Copper for Freshman. The cost of each medal is $12.00 and the cost for all four is $44.00. There would be an additional cost of $5.00 for shipping and approximately $6.00 for engraving the back of the medal. CW5 Ravegum mentioned supporting the high school with all four medals, which would be an estimated cost of $44.00, plus $5.00 shipping, plus approximately $6.00 each to engrave. CW3 (R) Gutekunst made a motion to sponsor the four medals for William Penn High School JROTC this year in an amount NTE $100. Some members expressed concerns about funding all four medals considering there are 28 JROTC programs in Pennsylvania. To sponsor many programs every year could be costly. CW5 Ravegum will check into details of the concerns and send an email to each member present at this meeting to get email votes to expedite ordering the medal if we decide to support presentation of the medal at the 5 April JROTC Military Ball.

2 Community Affairs: Ronald McDonald House Dinner on 31 January 2013: Ten volunteers/family members from the Keystone Chapter went to the Ronald McDonald House in Hershey on 31 January to cook dinner for approximately sixty (60) residents currently staying at the House. Members met at the Ronald McDonald House at 3:30 and stayed until 6:30. Due to the monetary and food donations from chapter members, no money has come out of the Keystone Chapter account for this event. A Thank You card was received from the residents who were very appreciative of the lasagna, spaghetti, salad, breadsticks and dessert they received.

Charity: Defender’s Lodge Fund-Raising Participation: CW5 (R) White reported that there was a tie vote among the Region Directors. National will revisit this at a later date. This will be tabled until further information is received.

Professional Development Topic: WO1 to CW2 promotion policy. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the WOPD briefer (CW2 Emily Evans) was unable to attend this evening, so there was no WOPD presented at this time.

Adjournment: CW5 Breit made a motion to adjourn. CW3 (R) Cutler seconded the motion. Meeting was adjourned.

There will be an EXCOM meeting held on Tuesday, 19 March 2013 at 1830 at the Quentin Tavern.

The next Keystone Chapter meeting will be held Tuesday, 23 April 2013 at 1830 hours at the Ft. Indiantown Gap Community Club.

CW2 Gina Stewart CW5 Patty Ravegum Chapter Secretary Chapter President

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