Warffemius-Seidler
Post 381
Official Minutes
Organizational Meeting
Monday,
September 17, 2012
The meeting was brought to order at 7:30 by Ron Fisher at
Denny’s Place, 15800 Brandywine Road,
Brandywine, Maryland. Ron presided over the meeting.
Those present were: Jeremy
Foster, Bryan Hoover, Felix Colaciello, Ronald Fisher, William Bush, Chris
Marshall, Erle Ross, Dennis Lavallee, Henry Turner.
Being the first organizational meeting, no opening or
closing ceremonies were conducted.
Everyone was given the opportunity to introduce themselves.
Items that were discussed included:
Regular meetings
will be the 3rd Monday of each month at Denny’s Place at 7:30pm.
The Post will
look into adopting Highway 381.
Officer
requirements were discussed. Volunteers nominated themselves and those present
elected
them
unanimous consent. These positions will be held until regular elections can be
held. See the
list at the
end of these minutes.
Naming of the
Post
Being adopted by
the local volunteer fire department
Getting American
Legion officer books to the acting officers
Get the American
Legion by-laws to everyone on a .pdf via email to review
Get a copy of
everyone’s DD214
Be certified by
the Boys Scouts of America
Complete the
Charter paperwork processed through headquarters
Elected officer
requirements
Have to
attend 10 meetings in the past year
Can be
Commander only 2 years in a row.
Have to be
a member of the post at least one year before running for Commander
Adjutant
will overlap at least 60 days when a new Adjutant is appointed
Post name
cannot be changed without at least 8 charter members agreeing to it.
A committee
of 5 to consider transfers from other posts before being brought before the
general
Assembly.
Ideas on
fund raising from Bryan Hoover
Mr. Bush
emphasized the need to complete the charter application before the New Year
Mr. Lavallee
gave a tour of his facilities and what would be made available to the new Post
Acting officers* list:
Commander –
Ron Fisher
1st Vice
Commander – Henry Turner
2nd Vice
Commander – Bryan Hoover
3rd Vice
Commander – Dennis Lavallee
Judge
Advocate – Jeremy Foster
Sergeant-at-arms – Ian Young
Chaplain –
Chris Marshall
Treasurer –
William Gash
Service
Officer – Daniel Dorrance
Historian –
Felix Colaciello
Adjutant -
Erle Ross
*The Adjutant is an appointed position, and not considered
an officer.
Meeting closed at 8:30.
Respectfully submitted;
/signed/ /signed/
Erle Ross Ronald Fisher
Acting Adjutant Acting Commander
