Lone Star MVPA - Meeting Minutes 14 November-07 club meeting

Lone Star Military Vehicle Preservation Association Meeting Minutes

Taken by Rory C in Secretary’s absence

14 November 2007

Call to Order - 1920 hrs.

Members present included: Danny K, Claude V, Fred H, Madison H, John SS, Herb T, Toby C, Rick H, Scott S, Ward B, Jeff M, Robert W, and Rory C

Introductions - Guests, New Members: n/a

Quartermaster Report: All is good. Supplies of some shirts are abundant, more popular sizes need reorder.

Treasurer's Report: John A not present, sent electronic report. All is well.

Web Site: Issues with the website are being worked out. Updates will start to appear imminently, website should be fully up to date in a few weeks (it is time consuming work).

Newsletter: Rick H showed a preliminary copy of the new paper newsletter (The Transfer Case) he is working on for December publication.

Recent Events:

· Club Convoy (October 20^th) - A good event attended by 2 Jeeps, 2 M-37s, and 2 5-tons. A Humber Pig APC was onscene already. Excellent barbeque served. There was discussion on establishing a more defined convoy policy for the future to avoid holding up normal traffic. See the event here

· Elgin Hawkeye Festival (October 22^nd) No club participation.

· Texas A&M Football Game (October 27^th) A&M had communications issues, so this event fell through.

· Randolph AFB Airshow (November 2-3^rd ) - Two day event. LS and Alamo made a good showing on Saturday, but on Sunday a single LS vehicle was the only MVPA representative. This happened last year as well.

· Veterans Day Display, Hutto ISD (November 8^th-12^th) Setup was on the 8th, display on the 9th, encampment struck Nov 10th. Attended by a FAV, a Unimog, a Deuce with M105, and a 5-ton with M832 trailer. All was set up under a large camo net. A vehicle display for two more schools was conducted on the 12th. In total, approximately 1900 kids viewed the displays. Air participation was provided by flyovers of CAF P-39, B-25,and three T-6, while the Guard provided a Blackhawk helicopter for ground and aerial display. San Marcos skydivers did parachute display. It would be nice to have more club participation for this event, particularly other periods than just Cold War being represented. See the event here

· UT ROTC 60th Anniversary (November 10^th) Attended by two members with their Jeeps.

· Zilker Park Tree Planting (November 10^th) Attended by Rick H with his M38A1, and by a Guard Blackhawk helicopter.

· Veterans Day Parade, Austin (November 11^th) Good club participation with 12 vehicles. Jeff M and his Jeep did a “missing man” for Tex Hill, Danny led the 60th anniversary USAF vets with his M-37, the other 10 vehicles formed one group. Some Vets were carried in the vehicles. Parade was well attended by the public for an early Sunday morning. See the event here

· 1944 Close Assault, Camp Mabry (November 10^th-11^th) WWII re-enactment. Several members participated, along with providing Jeeps and a radio display. Approximately 1200 spectators attended.

Upcoming Events: Danny K. outlined upcoming events. Danny will send out additional information as it becomes available and information will be posted on the club web site. Events included:

· Military History and Gun Show (November 24-25^th) Mayborn Convention Center, Temple. The club will have a table to set up recruiting material. Volunteers are needed to man the table - contact Danny. More details at www.alleramilitaria.com

· Christmas Parade, Boerne (Early December) Details forthcoming

· Club Christmas Party (December 19^th) Held after regular business meeting

Old Business:

· Elections- No additional candidates came forward for the elected club positions. Fred H made a motion to vote the slate as nominated, 2nd by Toby C, vote was unanimous.
Club officers for 2008 will be:
President – Rory C
Vice President – Ward B
Secretary – Rick H
Treasurer – John A
Webmaster – John SS was appointed as the new webmaster, to take effect immediately.
Quartermaster – Herb T will continue in this post.

· American Legion Field Guns – AL apparently lost interest when they found it would cost money to get the guns towable, no word heard back. We will consider this matter closed.

New Business:

· None

Announcements:

· Toby C gave an interesting report on a junkyard in New Mexico in which numerous old military vehicles, most of WWII vintage, were discovered. All have been recovered, most in very good restorable condition (nice dry climate) including an historic staff car used in the nuclear weapons programme.

Adjourn - 21:11 hours.