MINUTES OF LONE STAR CHAPTER
NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION
Board Meeting February 13, 2007
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The Board of Directors of the Lone Star Chapter of the National Defense Industrial Association was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Perry Cockerell, President of the Lone Star Chapter.
ATTENDANCE: Perry Cockerell, Wayne Trimmer, Ted Stout, Jim Lair, Arthur Hawkins, Bryan Wallace, Fred Fleury
Old Business Minutes have been posted to the website and there were no objections.
Financial Report. The financial report prepared by Pat King was distributed. It showed funds of $ 5,613.17 as of 2/09/2007. Mention was made to change the wording of the telephone card contribution made in Sept 2006 to Azalea Foundation. Fred Fleury moved that the financial report be approved. Seconded by Art Hawkins. Passed unanimously.
Planning for Council Annual Meeting
Approved contract with Fort Worth Club - cost is $40; corporate table is $500. Corporate tables will be reserved up front and will be served the house wine. Art Hawkins motioned that the contract be approved and was seconded by Fred Fleury. Passed unanimously.
Perry Cockrell spoke with Carter Burdette, City Councilman to see about a Key to the City of Fort Worth being presented to RADM Williams on his visit.
Perry Cockrell will request NDIA National to make a mass email to the membership. A mass postal mail out will go out this week for the meeting Estimated of $600 for cost but will try to have mailed out handled through supporters. Motion to approve $600 for mailing was made by Art Hawkins and was seconded by Fred Fleury. Passed unanimously.
Board authorized Jim Lair to purchase gift presentation for RADM Williams on the Mar 22 event.
It was decided to split the agenda duties of the annual meeting.
The initial duties discussed are:
Call to Order Adm Retz ( ret.)
Invocation Art Hawkins
Pledge of Allegiance Fred Fleury
Call for Membership - Reginald Grant
Report on ROTC awards Art Hawkins
Introduction of Rear Admiral Peter Williams Adm Lair ( ret.)
Special Presentation Becky Withrow
More duties to be assigned as needed. People will be needed to assist in taking money, signing people in, setting up, greeting.
New Board Member Nomination
A nomination was made to add William Rhoades to the board. Motion to approve was made by Wayne Trimmer and was seconded by Ted Stout. Passed unanimously.
Board Member Resignation
Mark Sadel has resigned from the board this year as he is set to take over the Navy League Fort Worth Council and that will take up his time. Motion to approve as made by Art Hawkins and Jim Lair seconded the motion. Passed Unanimously.
Discussion on Annual budget
Board proposed an annual budget for Lonestar NDIA of $7,000 of which $5,000 will be for donations; $1,000 for communications; $500 for the website; and $500 for "other matters."
As a part of the planned donations, the board proposed an increase in the ROTC awards to $1,500 - to include 2 more awards - 1 for the Navy, and 1 for the Marine Corp ROTC along with current 2 for Air Force and 2 for Army.. The awards are $250 x 6 = $1500
Motion to approve the budget was made by Jim Lair with Jim Hawkins seconding the motion. Passed unanimously.
Membership Discussion
There has been a drop in the rolls for some unexplained reason. It isnt clear how national submits their reports to us. Perry Cockrell will appoint a membership committee person to look into this and have a call to Molly Flanagan to send reports that show who has joined up and dropped. There is a large shift that occurred from August 2006 through January 2007. The only way to tell is to compare by excel spreadsheet and this is time consuming. There is another way and national should have reports on this.
Discussion on World Affairs Meeting
The World Affairs Council of NDIA is hosting a night with Gen Schoomaker on February 22, 2007. Wayne Trimmer was nominated as the chapter representative and will present a Texas book as a gift to the General. Wayne Trimmer made a motion to approve the gift of no more than $20 per federal regulations. The motion was seconded by Ted Stout and was passed unanimously.
Advisory Board. Proposed amending by-laws to create an Advisory Board that consists of major CEOs of companies in the metroplex who are sponsors. Wayne Trimmer named Chairman, which is a position that the past president will hold. Motion was made to approve the amending of the by-laws to create the advisory board and for the former president to be named chairman for that year. Motion was made by Art Hawkins and was seconded by Jim Lair. The motion passed unanimously.
Meeting adjourned. There being no further meeting to discuss, Wayne Trimmer moved that the meeting be adjourned. Seconded by Fred Fleury. Passed unanimously.
Meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
Prepared by:
Fred Fleury
Acting Secretary for the Meeting