THE OREGON COUNCIL OF CHAPTERS

THE MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

Minutes of the March 4, 2005 Meeting
Veterans Memorial Bldg., Eugene, OR

1. The meeting was called to order by the President, COL Chuck Kuhlman, at 13:30 p.m. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

2. The 13 members present introduced themselves, South West Chapter, Southern Oregon and Lower Columbia did not have any representatives in attendance.

NAME                                 OFFICE                     CHAPTER

COL Chuck Kuhlman                   Council President            Willamette
LTC Gary Zwicker                    President/Council 1st  VP    Willamette
CAPT Woody Tiernan                  President/Elect              Willamette
BGEN Norm Hoffman                   President                    Emerald Empire
MAJ Snell Prince                    Personal Affairs             Emerald Empire
CDR Ron Youngman                    President                    Portland
COL John H. Hill                    1st VP                       Portland
CAPT John Detweiler                 President                    Corvallis
CDR Dick Kimbell                    Secretary                    Emerald Empire
LtCol Steve Watkins                 Newsletter                   Emerald Empire
COL Bert Toepel                     1st VP                       Emerald Empire
COL David Fairclo                   Past President               Central Oregon
COL Don Bolduc                      Past President               Central Oregon

3. The minutes of the September 10, 2004 meeting were read and approved with the Change of rank of John H. Hill from CAPT to COL, change in Paragraph 4, line 11 the word “winner” to “recipient”, and change Paragraph 8, Central Oregon, line 2 “get a commercial license” to “take a commercial drivers licence physical”.

4. Secretary/Treasurer. Treasurers report, the Council had a $662.06 balance in the Check book as of January 31, 2005 and as of December 31, 2004 $4,109.71 in our money market account with AG Edwards. The total assets on March 4, 2005 are $4,771.77.

Dues for all chapters for 2004/2005 have been received. Total membership in all chapters is approximately 1140.

Treasurer’s report was approved as presented.

5. Committee Reports

a. Web Site, Bill is asking for information from the Chapters so the web site can be updated. The web site address is OREGON-MOAA.ORG. The Kay Wynn award info needs to be on the Web site.

b. Legislative, Mac McDonald was absent. Gary Zwicker, gave a run down on some of the bills in the legislature that could effect veterans. Woody Ternan gave a synopsis of the Veterans Muster held at the capital last month (Feb 9th). He said that Representative Donna Nelson, was the Chair of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee and she was from McMinnville and she seemed real gung ho concerning veterans’ issues.

c. Personal Affairs, Gary Zwicker was nominated to be the Council’s Personal Affairs representative. Approved by the board.

d. Membership Recruiting, Requested that national send someone to our State Convention in Bend to address membership recruiting. The other area that was requested to be covered was how to get volunteers to assume leadership rolls in the chapters. How do we get the Guard and Reserve members to join our chapters? Chuck will talk to GEN Rees to see what he could do within the Oregon National Guard to encourage Guard Officers to join MOAA and a local chapter.

e. State Conference, time and place, Host Chapter is Central Oregon, Ron Fox is the Point of Contact (POC) for the Conference in Bend. The Conference will be 7-9 October 2005 at the Riverhouse in Bend. They are planning to have a golf tournament on Friday afternoon. There will be trips for the spouses on Saturday. Ron Fox’s e-mail address is rhfox10@earthlink.net this e-mail address has a spam blocker and the first time you send something it needs to have MOAA in the subject line. Ron would like each chapter to appoint a point of contact for the Conference. He would also like a schedule of each chapters meetings so Central Oregon can send a representative to one of your chapter meetings to discuss the conference/convention activities with your chapter members. Chuck suggested that invitations to the Conference be sent out to each chapter.

6. Old Business

a. Name Tags – Bert Trussell gave a show and tell presentation on name tag availability for a company in Eugene. Chuck said that the Council would order name tags for all Chapter Presidents and Council Officers. The cost per badge is $2.50? The name of the Business is Delp’s Awards, 1010 Tyinn #4, Eugene, OR . Ph: (541) 686-5515.

b. Storming the Hill -- Will be in Washington DC on April 5-9, 2005, the 7th is the actual date of the Storming the Hill. Chuck has requested appointments will the Oregon Representatives and Senators. Nancy Visser will accompany Chuck on the visitations.

7. New Business

a. Kay Wynn award nominees are due in to the Secretary by the end of May so the selection can be made at the June meeting.

8. Chapter Reports

Willamette Chapter, The chapter has 140 members counting Auxiliary members. We normally have about 30 members with the exception of our Steak Fry in September and our Christmas dinner. All other meetings are luncheons. At our last luncheon BG Pritt the Commanding General of the 41st Brigade was the speaker and before that we had Reserve MG Dennis Klein who talked about Korea..

Corvallis Chapter, The membership is staying about constant. The officers are the same for this year with the exception of the VP who is new.

Portland, Our last meeting was March 3rd with the Vancouver Chapter and the President of the Washington State Council of Chapters with 112 in attendance. The chapter is working on how they will participate in local Memorial Day activities. 100 letters were sent out and then a follow up phone call three weeks later, generated 14 new members in the last two months.

Central Oregon, There meetings are normally on Sunday December thru March due to weather and the fact that the older members do not like to drive after dark. Most meetings have between 55 to 80 in attendance. The Central Oregon Chapter supports the DAV van that goes from Bend to the VA hospital in Portland by furnishing drivers. Two drivers are needed each day. Eugene and Salem have needs for drivers. The Bend van leaves a 6:00 am and stops in Redmond, Terrebonne, Madras, and the reservation. The leave the VA Hospital at 2:00 pm for the return trip to Bend.

Our Chapter Board meetings are held at the National Guard Armory. We are involved in Caring for Troops, where we send care packages to the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Check out the web site www.caringfortroops.com.

Emerald Empire, The Veterans Memorial Building, had glass cases in the front of the building with nothing in them. So our chapter ask if they could put items in the cases and now they have a MOAA display, and now they have added glass shelves that the chapter will fill. The chapter has used free advertising in the local papers and we have had 5 requests for membership applications. Steve Watkins is our new Newsletter Editor and is doing an outstanding job. The chapter is involved in troop support initiatives. Gathered donations of school supplies for Iraqi school children, worked with family support coordinators, and existing support organizations.

This month we are going to honor a junior and senior enlisted outstanding members of the 4 local reserve units.

The recruiting is going well and the health of the membership is in good shape in terms of what we do and how we do it.

9. Next Meeting:

The next meeting will be June 17, 2005 at the Oregon Veterans Home in the Dalles.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,

John C. (Jack) Herring
Major USAF (Ret.)
Secretary/Treasurer


Welcome Council Page Local Chapters Convention News Documents and Reference Material Photo's Contact Us Links Council Meetings: Agendas and Minutes THE OREGON COUNCIL OF CHAPTERS THE MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA Minutes of the March 4, 2005 Meeting Veterans Memorial Bldg., Eugene, OR 1. The meeting was called to order by the President, COL Chuck Kuhlman, at 13:30 p.m. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. 2. The 13 members present introduced themselves, South West Chapter, Southern Oregon and Lower Columbia did not have any representatives in attendance. NAME OFFICE CHAPTER COL Chuck Kuhlman Council President Willamette LTC Gary Zwicker President/Council 1st VP Willamette CAPT Woody Tiernan President/Elect Willamette BGEN Norm Hoffman President Emerald Empire MAJ Snell Prince Personal Affairs Emerald Empire CDR Ron Youngman President Portland COL John H. Hill 1st VP Portland CAPT John Detweiler President Corvallis CDR Dick Kimbell Secretary Emerald Empire LtCol Steve Watkins Newsletter Emerald Empire COL Bert Toepel 1st VP Emerald Empire COL David Fairclo Past President Central Oregon COL Don Bolduc Past President Central Oregon 3. The minutes of the September 10, 2004 meeting were read and approved with the Change of rank of John H. Hill from CAPT to COL, change in Paragraph 4, line 11 the word “winner” to “recipient”, and change Paragraph 8, Central Oregon, line 2 “get a commercial license” to “take a commercial drivers licence physical”. 4. Secretary/Treasurer. Treasurers report, the Council had a $662.06 balance in the Check book as of January 31, 2005 and as of December 31, 2004 $4,109.71 in our money market account with AG Edwards. The total assets on March 4, 2005 are $4,771.77. Dues for all chapters for 2004/2005 have been received. Total membership in all chapters is approximately 1140. Treasurer’s report was approved as presented. 5. Committee Reports a. Web Site, Bill is asking for information from the Chapters so the web site can be updated. The web site address is OREGON-MOAA.ORG. The Kay Wynn award info needs to be on the Web site. b. Legislative, Mac McDonald was absent. Gary Zwicker, gave a run down on some of the bills in the legislature that could effect veterans. Woody Ternan gave a synopsis of the Veterans Muster held at the capital last month (Feb 9th). He said that Representative Donna Nelson, was the Chair of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee and she was from McMinnville and she seemed real gung ho concerning veterans’ issues. c. Personal Affairs, Gary Zwicker was nominated to be the Council’s Personal Affairs representative. Approved by the board. d. Membership Recruiting, Requested that national send someone to our State Convention in Bend to address membership recruiting. The other area that was requested to be covered was how to get volunteers to assume leadership rolls in the chapters. How do we get the Guard and Reserve members to join our chapters? Chuck will talk to GEN Rees to see what he could do within the Oregon National Guard to encourage Guard Officers to join MOAA and a local chapter. e. State Conference, time and place, Host Chapter is Central Oregon, Ron Fox is the Point of Contact (POC) for the Conference in Bend. The Conference will be 7-9 October 2005 at the Riverhouse in Bend. They are planning to have a golf tournament on Friday afternoon. There will be trips for the spouses on Saturday. Ron Fox’s e-mail address is rhfox10@earthlink.net this e-mail address has a spam blocker and the first time you send something it needs to have MOAA in the subject line. Ron would like each chapter to appoint a point of contact for the Conference. He would also like a schedule of each chapters meetings so Central Oregon can send a representative to one of your chapter meetings to discuss the conference/convention activities with your chapter members. Chuck suggested that invitations to the Conference be sent out to each chapter. 6. Old Business a. Name Tags – Bert Trussell gave a show and tell presentation on name tag availability for a company in Eugene. Chuck said that the Council would order name tags for all Chapter Presidents and Council Officers. The cost per badge is $2.50? The name of the Business is Delp’s Awards, 1010 Tyinn #4, Eugene, OR . Ph: (541) 686-5515. b. Storming the Hill -- Will be in Washington DC on April 5-9, 2005, the 7th is the actual date of the Storming the Hill. Chuck has requested appointments will the Oregon Representatives and Senators. Nancy Visser will accompany Chuck on the visitations. 7. New Business a. Kay Wynn award nominees are due in to the Secretary by the end of May so the selection can be made at the June meeting. 8. Chapter Reports Willamette Chapter, The chapter has 140 members counting Auxiliary members. We normally have about 30 members with the exception of our Steak Fry in September and our Christmas dinner. All other meetings are luncheons. At our last luncheon BG Pritt the Commanding General of the 41st Brigade was the speaker and before that we had Reserve MG Dennis Klein who talked about Korea.. Corvallis Chapter, The membership is staying about constant. The officers are the same for this year with the exception of the VP who is new. Portland, Our last meeting was March 3rd with the Vancouver Chapter and the President of the Washington State Council of Chapters with 112 in attendance. The chapter is working on how they will participate in local Memorial Day activities. 100 letters were sent out and then a follow up phone call three weeks later, generated 14 new members in the last two months. Central Oregon, There meetings are normally on Sunday December thru March due to weather and the fact that the older members do not like to drive after dark. Most meetings have between 55 to 80 in attendance. The Central Oregon Chapter supports the DAV van that goes from Bend to the VA hospital in Portland by furnishing drivers. Two drivers are needed each day. Eugene and Salem have needs for drivers. The Bend van leaves a 6:00 am and stops in Redmond, Terrebonne, Madras, and the reservation. The leave the VA Hospital at 2:00 pm for the return trip to Bend. Our Chapter Board meetings are held at the National Guard Armory. We are involved in Caring for Troops, where we send care packages to the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Check out the web site www.caringfortroops.com. Emerald Empire, The Veterans Memorial Building, had glass cases in the front of the building with nothing in them. So our chapter ask if they could put items in the cases and now they have a MOAA display, and now they have added glass shelves that the chapter will fill. The chapter has used free advertising in the local papers and we have had 5 requests for membership applications. Steve Watkins is our new Newsletter Editor and is doing an outstanding job. The chapter is involved in troop support initiatives. Gathered donations of school supplies for Iraqi school children, worked with family support coordinators, and existing support organizations. This month we are going to honor a junior and senior enlisted outstanding members of the 4 local reserve units. The recruiting is going well and the health of the membership is in good shape in terms of what we do and how we do it. 9. Next Meeting: The next meeting will be June 17, 2005 at the Oregon Veterans Home in the Dalles. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, John C. (Jack) Herring Major USAF (Ret.) Secretary/Treasurer