7:05 meeting called to order

There were 3 officers and 2 members in attendance: Holly, Clarence, Joe, Donnie and Lorelei, as well as 2 scholarship recipients and their families.

Pledge of allegiance

Guests: Caleb and Blair (scholarship recipients) and family

Presented checks –

Blare wants to be an elementary school teacher and is attending UVM

Caleb is going to school in Kentucky for broadcast journalism

Patrick – was not able to attend as he is working nights during the summer, he is majoring in Web development and attending VT Technical College

We have not heard back from several scholarship winners.

Caleb Sweeney – received check
Blair Bean – received check
Patrick Wilkins – received check
Megan Horsford – will be at July meeting
Anna Leeper?
Logan Harper?
Natalee Deaette?
Emily Lawson?

Treasurer’s report – there was a question about a Memphremagog Press check, will look into it. Clarence will start using new format for treasurer reports that will have more info so we can use them for tracking and future planning. Donnie made the motion to accept, seconded by Lorelei, all approved.

Toy Run Update

Bottomless Pit is going to be there for food. Clarence has volunteered to drive his truck and pull the trailer the day of the Toy Run. Holly will have a flag on her bike for the toy run.

We will be selling bottled water; it will be delivered to BCBS the day before. Donnie will put his big cooler in the truck and we will fill it with ice on the way. Lorelei will look into printing a poster of the bike instead of having the actual bike at the Toy Run

Texas Roadhouse is getting a new owner (that would make a nice UMV clubhouse). Hopefully the new owners will still be catering.

ETA is the band, bike is from from Green Mtn. HD , put that info on ticket.

Joe Benning will not be there, Phil Scott has not responded, neither has Luis Guzmann. We need a speaker.

We will have to take care of empty water bottles.

Posters, flyers and magnets – we made sure to have them ready for this meeting so members could start distributing them.

we have 100 flyers, cost $55 from Staples
we have 200 magnets for $52 from VistaPrint

We will update the info on our site, Facebook and the flyers as we get more info and confirmations.

T-shirts, waiting to hear if queensboro can adapt the Santa image to print on shirt, it has too many colors to silkscreen as is and Joe has not had enough time to work on it. Queensboro did our embroidered shirts.

HD Raffle

Once we’ve bought the bike, Holly will contact Derby Press for tickets, we plan on having them for the Toy Run.

Harley has not been bought yet, Clarence, Holly and Joe are going to Green Mtn. HD on Saturday 6/6/2015 to buy one – let us know if you want to go too. The street bob is not in stock now according to their site. We discussed getting insurance so we could bring the bike to the Toy Run, but decided against trying, as we are so short handed.

No new Kingdom Thunder info

Camp Takumta – we will present a check, and check to see if we ride there ourselves or join in the group ride

Donnie’s Pig Roast july 11

Crossroads 1 day event

Meeting ended approx.. 8:05.

Note from Joe: today is my first day off in years. This is not an exaggeration, I am expected to work 24/7/365 and those of you who know who I work for can surely appreciate this. The last day off I had would have been the day I spent in the intensive care unit at Fletcher Allen in October of 2010, as best as I can remember. I used to enjoy working and developing on the computer, it has become something that I just have to do now. I started working on a UMV newsletter back in December, after thinking about it for months, and am planning on actually sending the newsletter later today. I am trying to cut back on my hours and days at work so that I can again enjoy working on the computer and getting things done for UMV.

January meeting started at 7:15pm and was held at the Orleans Legion . There were 9 Members, 5 officers present

The Treasurer & Secretary reports was read and excepted.

Harley Raffle
Donnie will call Ronnie at the VFW to open the hall at 1pm. Holly confirmed that the Gift Certificates for 3rd to 5th place winners are all set. Confirmed $10 at the door for the dance and $25 for dinner and dance.

Toy Run
Will be 8/8 this year. Jeff Cota suggested offering free memberships to everyone at the toy run this year as a way to gather info. Only as a one time thing. It was discussed, Jeff Cota moved, Jeff Harper 2nd. It was passed. Would like to see Shriners at Blue Cross Blue Shield again this year. We will only order the number of shirts that we sold last year.

Kingdom Thunder:
Vendors will be able to set up for free this year. Any sponsor can set up as well. Jeff Cota will get us construction routes so we can better plan this years route. Jason might have a lead on a free tent, will try to get confirmation for next meeting. Sponsorship/ad sheets were handed out.

Miscellaneous

Scholarships

Meeting adjourned at 825pm.

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.