Meeting Minutes 29JUL09

Meeting Minutes 28JUL09

Bowling night will be held this Sat at AMF Marti Gras Lanes at 5:30pm.

We had five people in attendance at this meeting and decided that we will continue to meet through the summer.

Veterans Day: Christian (Vice-pres) bought up the idea of using a JROTC platoon that he knows to do the Color Guard for that day. He also said that they can throw rifles too! Christian is going to take the lead in setting that up. We also talked about the possibility of having someone sing the National Anthem and doing a flag raising ceremony at 8am. Those two things still need to be worked on.

Joe (Treasurer) visited the local recruiting offices to see what they had to offer to spice up our fund raisers. The big rock wall was one of the main attractions mentioned. We needed to find out what type of access they would need to bring it in, insurance issues, and whether or not having recruiters at our functions would be appropriate. We decided that we were ok with having recruiters around due to the fact that there are always people asking us about or actually joining the military during our fundraisers. In addition, since our club is open to active duty also, recruiters seemed to be ok. Finally, we talked about trying to get the Marines Hummer.

We also did a lot of talking about events for the Fall. Joe has set up a fantasy football league through yahoo and Jess is looking into getting us free tickets to the Rivercats – hopefully coordinating with the CSUS vet club so we can go together. There was also discussion about setting up a softball team to play at Fair Oaks Park and doing an opening day football party on Sept 13 at a local sports viewing pub. The exact dates and times are TBA.

Finally, we discussed T-shirts. Joe will follow up with the veteran here on campus that does printing and such about prices, colors, and options. Barb Westre (co-advisor) will also be doing a quote for us using the people she has used for the TABIS group.