West
Point Society of Denver
Board
of Directors Meeting
Tuesday
February 21st, 2017 1130 - 1300
American
Legion Post 1, 5400 East Yale Avenue, Denver, CO 80222
1.
Call to order—Chairman Bob Walcott
at 1135
a.
There were nine members present
which constituted a quorum.
b.
One guest, Andy Benson ‘00
2.
Secretary’s Report/ Approval of
Minutes—Walcott
a.
Minutes were approved with an
amendment on line two to read “Board of Directors Annual Meeting”.
3.
Treasurer’s Report—Jackson
a.
The society has 1011 members with 99
paid (an increase of 12) plus 61 Lifetime paid.
b.
Jackson noted that the Society had
received Donations (as part of the Founder’s Day ticket process) of $3,031 for
Outreach, Candidate meals, Distinguished Society, Wine glasses and unspecified
donations. He noted there will probably
be more as more people sign up for Founder’s Day.
c.
The Treasure’s report was accepted
as submitted.
4.
Admissions Update—Carroll
a.
There have been 14 offers proffered
for the Class of 2021. Four have
accepted and one has declined.
b.
West Point has raised the PT
standards for admission and has been requesting video tapes of candidates whose
scores seem suspect.
5.
Founder’s Day Final Planning—Walcott
and MacDonald
a.
There was a lengthy discussion of
the sequence of events and final coordination for Founder’s Day (Fri
3Mar). Final assignments and tweaks were
made to the Program and assignments/participation.
b.
The Board agreed to reimburse
Walcott for the embossed wine glasses ($859) and to pay the increased cost of
rooms at the Brown Palace for the Commandant and her temporary Aide de Camp.
c.
Eighteen Candidates have been
invited to the Admissible Candidate Meeting with the Commandant preceding the
Dinner. Ten have accepted, 4 have
declined and 4 are unknown. Six have
accepted the Founder’s Day invitation.
d.
The Board agreed that a copy of “Battle
Dress” by Amy Efaw would be a good speaker’s gift for BG Holland.
6.
USNA Alumni Association
Coordination—Schroeder
a.
Joe Procopio is in the
hospital. Nothing further to report.
7.
Summer—Long Range Planning
a.
Family Picnic 25 Jun in Wash Park—on
track (Frank not present)
b.
Rockies 17 Jun and 2 Aug—On track--
MacDonald
c.
Golf Tri Service Academy Tournament
– Dalton --on track for 7 July
8.
Old Business
a.
Walcott will submit George Brauchler
for Friend of West Point status. Suggestion
to have him as a quarterly luncheon/dinner general membership meeting speaker.
b.
Graduate “Be Thou at Peace” notices
will be sent out by Walcott.
9.
New Business—Vietnam War
Commemoration—Schroeder, Blackburn/Robinson (Moore absent)
a.
There have been many events in the
Denver area the last year—the largest at Ft. Logan hosted by the VA. The three Vietnam veterans present indicated
that late appreciation did little for them , or they had been appreciated at
these events too many times already.
b.
Recommendation was to do nothing.
10. Adjourn—a
quorum was no longer present, so the meeting was terminated by acclamation at
1258 .
Robinson ‘68
Volunteer
Scribe