West
Point Society of Denver
1130-1400,
May 7, 2013
1400 Wewetta St, Suite 600
Denver, CO 80202
Call to Order
Meeting called to order at 1138 by Lindy Blackburn.
Roll Call
Chuck Jones ’68, Lindy Blackburn ’69, Sam Thiessen
’73, Dave Jackson ’73, Bob Walcott ’78, Brian MacDonald ‘83, Ed Hlopak ‘89, Amy
Efaw ’89, Dan Young ’94, Tim Griesmer ’02, and Joel Martin ‘02. A quorum was present.
Secretary’s Report
Minutes of the previous meeting were not available for review.
Treasurer’s Report
Board approved Dave Jackson’s treasurer report. We made $57.00 profit at Founder’s Day.
VP2H
The Veterans Passport to Hope conducted a seminar
recently. In addition, they are
producing a pamphlet on Colorado charities for assisting veterans. They will conduct a golf tourney on July 22
to raise money.
Membership Committee
Ed Hlopak and Joel Martin reported on their results.
They distributed a three page summary of their results. They plan to conduct a
Leadership seminar for businesses in the near future. Also they will conduct a survey of members to
see how we can assist the greater membership.
Tri-Service
Golf Tourney
Joel Martin reported that the Tourney is scheduled
for June 21 in the morning. Al Blumberg
is the POC for Air Force. We need to get
information out on registration. There
will be a AUSA tourney the week before the Tri-Service as well.
Summer
Picnic
Mark Frank was not present but reported through
Lindy that it will be held in August with a similar format to last years.
By
Laws
The By Laws Committee has been reviewing the by Laws
and will report back at the next meeting with a set of recommended
revisions. Dave Jackson reported that
the By Laws state that we need minutes of the Founder’s Day formal
meeting. This will be helpful to
memorialize the election of Directors.
Election
of Officers
Sam Thiessen proposed a
slate of new officers for consideration for this year. They include
President Lindy Blackburn
Vice President Bob Walcott
Vice President for Admissions Tom
Carroll
Treasurer Dave Jackson
Secretary/Scribe Mary St. Onge
The slate was
unanimously elected.
Admissions
Amy Efaw reported that
24 candidates had been accepted with 3 more offers still out. There were 4 candidates for the one Summer Leadership
Seminar session.
Academy
Day
Joel Martin was the
Master of Ceremonies for the session, held in Aurora. Over 450 candidates and parents attended.
Parent’s Club
The Colorado WP Parent’s Club elected new leadership
for next year. They are Deb and Mick
Venrick. Send Off will take place June 9, 2013.
Quarterly
Luncheon
There was no report.
Next event will be in the fall.
Leadership
Conference
Bob Walcott will be attending this year.
Distinguished
Society Update
Robby Robinson ’68 is currently collecting
information for the Distinguished Society application. He reported to Lindy that the criteria are
changing and would provide more details when they were available.
Army
Air Force Football
Air Force tickets will be obtained individually
again this year.
Army
Navy
The Board discussed the format and concluded by
majority opinion that we prefer to have the event at one or more sports bars
and to order off the menu, instead of having a buffet at half time. We need a volunteer to set this event
up.
Founder’s Day Speaker
Lindy reported that MG Paul LaCamara ’85 is the new
CG of Fort Carson. Unfortunately the division will be deployed in March of
2014. We are looking for another local
general officer to present at Founder’s Day, because of budget cuts and the
uncertainty of getting a West Point speaker.
New Business
There was no new business.
Next
Meeting
The next WPSD meeting will be held July 9, 2013.
Meeting Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 1300.
Chuck Jones ‘68
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