GRANTS: (Mr. Langnese) Nothing to report at this time.
NEW BUSINESS:
PROBATIONARY MEMBERS: Mr. Stetler (Navy) and Mr. Hayes (Army) introduced themselves to the group members and will be voting members once they have successfully completed their 90 day probationary period. WELCOME!
1K Mile Club: Mr. Miller gave a synopsis of this new project at San Quentin and their fund raising endeavors. Mr. Miller asked the general membership if the V.V.G.S.Q. Account # can be used ONLY to stored funds raised during this project and the funds raised will be sent to the Children’s Hospital. The floor was opened for further discussions and objections. Once the discussions were over, a motion was made to let the 1K Mile Club use our Account # ONLY for storing the funds raised and the exact amount raised would be sent to the Children’s Hospital. The motion was accepted by receiving a majority vote. Mr. Miller thanked the group members.
NEW MEMBERS: Mr. Navaerette and Mr. Ricci completed their 90 day probationary period and received a majority vote by group members to be Full Voting members. CONGRATULATIONS.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ELECTIONS: Mr. Stipe explained the voting procedures to group members and ballots were passed out. A majority vote was received by the following new executive committee: Mr. Renteria, Chairman; Mr. Portune, Vice Chairman; Mr. Lott, Secretary/Treasurer; Mr. Langnese, Outside Coordinator.
Mr. Mortensen, North Block Member at Large and Mr. Atkins, H-Unit Member at Large received a majority vote to represent the V.V.G.S.Q. at their respective units.
Mr. Stipe thanked V.V.G.S.Q. members for all their support given to him during his tenure as the Chairman of the V.V.G.S.Q and passed the “Torch” to Mr. Renteria. Mr. Renteria addressed the group members and assured the V.V.G.S.Q. that all charitable efforts will continue. The V.V.G.S.Q. membership looks forward to assisting our new Executive Committee in their endeavors to makes us be known by our works in our local community. We tried to pause at this time to give a celebratory toast to our new Executive Committee, but as usual, we started to associate with other members and forgot to toast. However, we did enjoy the soda pops.
HAPPY B-DAY WISHES: The V.V.G.S.Q. extended Happy Birthday wishes to Mr. Ewing McClakin.
CLOSURE: A motion to close the meeting at 0924 hours was made, motion carried and meeting closed at 0924 hours.
NEXT MEETING: SUNDAY, August 28, 2005. NOTE: We may have a brief meeting on August 27, 2005, before the start of the delivery phase of our Food Sale if a quorum of voting members are present to decide on this matter.
F. A. Lemus
Secretary/Treasurer
W. Jeppeson, CCII Specialist
V.V.G.S.Q. Sponsor
| Comittee Activity | Chairman | Housing |
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| By-laws | Mr. Haskin | 1-N-16
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| Camaraderie Night | Mr. Faison | 1-N-65
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| Color Guard | Mr. Caffale | 3-N-63
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| Food Sale/Fundraising | Mr. Lemus | 2-N-92
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| Grants | Mr. Langnese | 3-N-92
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| Happy Hats | Mr. Barton | 1-N-35
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| Joint Venture | Mr. Haskin | 1-N-16
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| Non-profit | Mr. Singler | 3-N-39
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| Public Information | Mr. Northrop | 3-N-71
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| R.E.A.L. Choices | Mr. Stipe | 3-N-25
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| Scholarship Committee | Mr. Leavitt | 3-N-89
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| Social | Mr. Northrop | 3-N-71
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| Stamps for Soldiers | Mr. Leavitt | 3-N-89
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| VOC Video Captioning | Mr. Singler | 3-N-39
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OUTSIDE CORRESPONDENTS:
If you would like further information on any of the projects, activities, or goals of the V.V.G.S.Q., or would like to participate, please contact the following:
Veterans Information Project- VVGSQ
Carol Jackson, Coodinator
San Quentin State Prison
San Quentin, CA 94964
Phone: 415-455-5090
Fax: 415-455-5180
For further information about the Vietnam Veterans Group of San Quentin (VVGSQ), please see our web site at: http://vvgsq.tripod.com