WEST POINT SOCIETY OF DENVER
Board of Directors Annual Planning Meeting
MINUTES OF MEETING – Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Noonan’s Bar & Grill, 13521 E Iliff Ave, Aurora, CO 80014
1.
Call to order – Joel Martin at 6:40 PM
a.
Eleven voting board members in attendance, making
a quorum.
b.
Board members attending: Steve Best, Lou Schroeder,
Sam Thiessen, Cory Wroblewski, Joel Martin, Mike Euperio, Jace Johnson, Brian MacDonald,
Tim Griesmer, Chad Dalton, Bob Walcott
c.
Katie Wilson and Dave Jackson have resigned from
the board of directors.
2.
Tri-Service Golf Tournament-Chad Dalton
a.
August 12, 2022 at 8:00am at the AFA Silver
Course
b.
Air Force will be running the event
c.
Digital marketing materials will be available in
the next six weeks
d.
Chad is working with Navy to plan a charitable
golf tournament somewhere in the metro area in 2023. He is asking for
nominations for charities to support.
3.
Secretary’s Report/Approval of Minutes – Tim
Griesmer
a.
Minutes from the December 7, 2020 board of
directors meeting were approved 11-0.
b.
Distinguished Society Award-Tim is working on the
DSA application and asked board members to send any activities for points.
4.
Treasurer’s Report- Brian MacDonald
a.
Tim Griesmer will conduct financial review for
2019-2021.
b.
The board reviewed the update budget proposal.
i. If
the society resumes quarterly dinners, they will pay for themselves as they
have traditionally been ticketed events.
ii. The
board made an adjustment to the venue & catering lines items on the WPLEC
budget with no change to the overall amount for the event.
c.
The board approved the 2022 budget 11-0.
5.
Membership-MacDonald
a.
Slight increase in membership.
b.
Brian raised the issue of whether the society
can do more for career networking for area graduates. Steve Best thinks this is
a potential topic of discussion at the AOG leadership conference and is willing
to recommend this as a topic for the conference.
c.
The current rates for paid membership are
$50/year, $125/3 years, $350/lifetime.
6.
2020 Board Meeting Dates/Key Topics-Joel Martin
a.
The board discussed in-person versus zoom or
hybrid meetings.
b.
In terms of meeting locations, Brian MacDonald will
check with American Legion Post 1, Cory Wroblewski will check on the
possibility of a downtown location, Joel Martin will work on providing a zoom
option for each board meeting.
c.
The 2022 board of directors meetings will be as
follows:
i. February
23 (Founder’s Day/L&E Planning)
ii. March
12 (Founder’s Day/General Membership Meeting)
iii. May
4 (Officer Elections/SLE Scholarship)
iv. July
13
v. October
5 (Navy and Air Force Planning)
vi. November
30 (Navy planning)
vii. January
24, 2023 Annual Planning Meeting
7.
Board member roster & term update -Joel
Martin
a.
Joel reviewed the expiration dates of the
current board member terms.
b.
Jace Johnson knows a potential board member from
Ft. Collins who is very active in Field Force and plans to come to the
Founder’s Day candidate meeting.
c.
A solicitation for more board members will be
included in the Founder’s Day registration email.
d.
Brian MacDonald would like to separate the
Treasurer and membership director jobs and create another board officer
position dedicated to membership.
e.
There was a motion to separate the treasurer and
membership positions and create a new officer position of membership director.
The motion passed 10-0.
8.
2022 Programs and Events
a.
The board would like to schedule an event to
present GEN(R) Casey with his Friend of West Point award. One option is at
WPLEC.
b.
Admissions-Jace Johnson
i. The
list of CPRC cadets will be released in March. Jace is going to have CPRC
cadets who are in town attend Founder’s Day in dress gray uniform.
ii. Jace
will run the new cadet meeting from 5:00-6:00 prior to Founder’s Day.
iii. Jace
also wants to run an Academy Day for prospective candidates.
iv. Steve
Best would like to be involved in any events for the Class of 2026 as the 50th
year class representative.
c.
WPLEC-Joel Martin
i. The
event will take place on April 1, 2022. GEN Casey will be participating.
ii. To
date, $5,000 has been raised with an additional $2700 already in the bank from
two years ago.
iii. Food
and printing services will be donated.
iv. The
goal for attendance is 150 juniors & 50 middle schoolers. 20 cadets will be
attending with the mobile STEM project.
v. There
may be a need to recruit area grads as volunteers.
d.
All Academy Ball-Jace Johnson will reach out to
see if it will be held this year and if there is need for support from the
WPSD.
e.
Founder’s Day-Joel Martin
i. The
board discussed pricing for this year. Bob Walcott is doing an analysis of the
changes in cost from last year to this year. After discussion, the board
decided not to increase the rate and to try to solicit more donations.
ii. West
Point will not send any of the big three to this year’s Founder’s Day. After
discussion, the board decided not to have a guest speaker.
iii. The
registration email blast will include solicitations for more board members,
WPLEC info, and solicitation for donations.
f.
Summer Picnic-Cory Wroblewski- will be held
sometime around mid-July, venue TBD.
g.
Air Force Watch Party- Nov. 5, 2022.
h.
Navy Watch Party- Dec. 10, 2022.
i.
Young Grad Engagement-Cory Wroblewski and Mike
Euperio-looking at the feasibility of holding a happy hour in May and July and
something in the fall.
The next board meeting will be held February 23, 2021 via zoom.
The meeting adjourned at 8:28 PM.
Submitted by: Tim Griesmer ‘02