Present: Holly, Joe, Clarence, Phil, Kevin, Casey
VFW Hyde Park, VT – 7:15
Secretary’s report read by Holly – read minutes of January meeting. Kevin motion to accept, Phil seconded
Clarence gave Treasurer’s report, raffle made money, see treasurer’s report. VFW went up ~$200
We do not expect to get $100 deposit back from VFW, we do not sweep and mop the floor after the raffle. Casey made motion to accept, seconded by Phil, all approved.
Election – Kevin made motion for secretary to cast one vote for existing slate, seconded by Phil, all approved.
Officers are: President – Holly, Vice President – Jason, Secretary – Gabriel, Treasurer – Clarence, Sgt. at Arms – Joe. After consulting our rules we elected Jason and Gabriel in absentia.
Harley Raffle -Phil suggested spacing tables differently. Some people left early because VFW staff started clearing early. Band is good to listen to, not to dance to? Phil mentioned that the lead singer was sick and was probably why. Mike took the barrel home to fix the hinge.
We pay VFW bartenders 3:30 – 12:30, dance ends at midnight, last song was about 11:20.
We’ll need to discuss with VFW that they should not be clearing tables and dumping people’s drinks early. Starting to clean up gives the signal that it’s over and people start leaving because of it.
Scholoarships – need a quiet place not like Texas Roadhouse, due end of March.
Toy Run – Mike probably has everything under control. T-shirt info sent out to schools? Only order number of shirts we sold last year. Get Red Knights to do parking again. We will get bottles of water to sell.
Speakers at State House? – Phil Scott, Joe Benning…
Free memberships at Toy Run, Casey suggested we do it every couple years, not every year.
Holly wants Shriners at the BCBS parking lot. And she would rather not lead the group from Morrisville. We can get Wade, Keith or Troy to do it.
Kingdom Thunder – We have sponsor sheets, may not get big tent. Help clean up the fair grounds week before. If Gabriel and Jason do leave, we are not prepared to continue KT.
Some talk about un-organized get togethers for members – go camping somewhere and hang out for a night or weekend.
Phil made motion to adjourn, second by Kevin, all agreed. Adjourned at 8:10.
