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The American Legion

Peter J Courcy Post 178

Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

October 11, 2018

1st Vice Commander Thor Anderson called the meeting, held at the Frisco Senior

Center, to order at 6:30 pm. The opening ceremony included a prayer and reciting the

pledge of allegiance.

Officers Roll Call –See the attached "PEC Attendance Roster":

Also in attendance was Eric Bonar.

Officer Activity Reports

Commander - Fred Rogers - see attached report.

Adjutant - Delbert Parsons- see attached report.

1st Vice - Thor Anderson- see attached report.

2nd Vice - Rob Altman - no written report.

Finance Officer - Terry Meyering - no written report.

Chaplain - Ed Mendlik - no written report.

Judge Advocate - Paul Jones - no written report.

Service Officer - Kevin Robinson - no written report.

Historian - Bob Sirois - no written report.

Sgt-At-Arms - Dave Fautheree - no written report.

Larry Marshall - no written report.

James Trombley - no written report.

Matt Ostergaard – no written report.

Committee Chairperson Reports

Membership -Thor Anderson - see attached membership report. Members

are encouraged to renew online at legion.org/renew as soon as possible.

Finance Report - Terry Meyering - see attached report. Kevin Robinson

motioned to approve the September, 2018 finance report subject to audit.

The motion was seconded by Larry Marshall and approved.

Chaplain - Ed Mendlik - see attached report.

Service - Kevin Robinson - see attached report.

Public Relations - Rob Altman - no written report.

- Website, Social Media - Eric Bonar - see attached report.

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-Press Releases - Rob Altman - no written report.

- Newsletter - Terry Meyering - no written report.

Color Guard - Larry Marshall - see attached report.

Fund Raising - Skip Middleton - no written report.

Cruise - Patrick Walker - no written report.

Annual Giving - position is open.

Grants - position is open.

Raffle - David Grandfield - no written report.

Shooting Competition - John Keating - no written report.

Training - Thor Anderson - no written report.

Program Chairperson Reports

American Legion Riders - Matthew Ostergaard - no written report.

Boys State - Larry Marshall - see attached report.

Law & Order - Stuart Sax - no written report.

Legislative - Charles Wright - no written report.

Get Out The Vote (GOTV) Larry Marshall - see attached report.

Oratorical - Fred Rogers - see attached report.

School Awards - Ted Ruybal - see attached report.

Scouting - David Grandfield - no written report.

Auxiliary Unit 178 Report - Unit President, Glena Rogers - see attached report.

Unfinished Business

Officer Mentoring - all officers are encouraged to select and mentor a

member for each officer position.

Open Committees are Fund Raising Sub-Committee Chairs for Grants and

Annual Giving.

New Business

Larry Marshall motioned that Post 178 provide funding, not to exceed

$750, for the upcoming Holiday Dinner. The motion was seconded by

Kevin Robinson and approved.

The agenda for our October 18, 2018 membership meeting is:

o At 1825 hours, prior to meeting start, we will give away door prizes.

o Presentation of books to the Frisco Librarian.

o The speaker for our October 18, 2018 membership meeting will be

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Greg Clark, Retired Chief Marketing Officer for Caliber Collision Centers.

o Install new Officers, Rob Altman, Bob Sirois and Thor Anderson.

o Training will be on The American Legion pillars #1 and #2.

o Thor Anderson will receive a Texas Lone Star Recruiting #1 pin and Larry

Marshall a #40 pin. Thor Anderson and Jerry Davis will receive

recognition for completion of The American Legion basic training class.

o A social gathering will be held at a location to be determined.

Announcements & Correspondence - Adjutant Parsons

October 18, 2018 is the next Post 178 membership meeting.

October 27 - 28 is the 4th District Convention in Bonham Post 283.

November 1, 2018 is the next Post 178 Executive Committee Meeting.

November 6, 2018 is Election Day.

November 8, 2018 is November Post 178 Membership meeting. The

meeting date is being moved because The Frisco Senior Center is not

available on our regular meeting date.

November 10, 2018 is the Frisco Community Parade in downtown Frisco.

November 11, 2018 is Veterans Day

November 12, 2018 The Frisco ISD will recognize Post 178.

Closing Ceremonies were conducted and the meeting adjourned at 7:45 PM.

Meeting Minutes respectfully submitted by:

Delbert Parsons Adjutant

Minutes approved by Fred Rogers Commander:

Fred Rogers

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Fred Rogers Commander X X X X X X X X X E

Thor Anderson 1st Vice Commander X - - X

Rob Altman 2nd Vice Commander E X X E

Delbert Parsons Adjutant X X X X X X X X X X

Terry Meyering Finance Officer X X X X E X X X X E

Ed Mendlik Chaplain X E X X X E X X E E

Paul Jones Judge Advocate X X E X X X X X X X

Kevin Robinson Service Officer X X X X X X X E X X

Bob Sirois Historian - - - X

Dave Fautheree Sgt-At-Arms X X X X

Larry Marshall Executive Member X X X X

Matt Ostergaard Executive Member X X E E

James Trombley Executive Member X X X E

American Legion Post 178 Officer Attendance Roster 2018-2019

Codes: X=Present, E=Excused, A=Absent

Commanders Activity Report Fred Rogers 6 September2018 to 16 October 2018 9/11 Participated with Color Guard at JP Morgan Patriot Day event

Attended Frisco Garden Club Patriot Day event 9/13 Participated with Color Guard at NRA banquet 9/14 Attended Frisco Coffee with Mayor event

Meeting with Frisco Deputy City Manager to request voter registration be allowed in City buildings

9/17 Participated with Color Guard in ribbon cutting ceremony of new

Frisco Senior Center 9/18 Attended Frisco City Council meeting for the Mayor to present

recognition to 2018 Post 178 Boys State Delegates 9/19 Assisted with Voter Registration at Frisco Lakes 9/20 Attended Frisco Community Parade meeting 9/21-23 Attended Department Executive Committee meetings in Austin 9/25 Meeting with Frisco ISD to discuss 2019 Boys State and Oratorical Meeting with Bob Sirois to discuss Historian duties Attended Color Guard practice 9/28 Meeting with Rob Altman to discuss 2nd Vice duties 10/2 Meeting with Rob Altman to discuss 2nd Vice duties

Participated with Color Guard at Founders Academy Grand Opening

10/5 Meeting with Thor Anderson to discuss 1st Vice duties Voter Registration with Indian community group 10/6 Attended 4th District Membership Tour in Denison and Sherman

Adjutant Report

October 2018

September 25, Attended Color Guard practice at the Frisco Senior Center.

September 3, 2018 Mailed transmittal 19-08 with 2 renewals.

October 2, 2018 Mailed transmittal 19-09 with 2 renewals.

October 5, 2018 Mailed transmittal 19-10 with 1 new member.

Report Submitted by:

Delbert Parsons

Adjutant Post 178

Frisco, Texas

1st Vice Activity Report

10/19/18

Thor Anderson

Reserved spot for Merry Main Street on Dec 1st

Met with Fred Rogers for training

Items Discussed

Duties of 1st Vice

Reports

Post Constitution & By Laws

Post Action Plan

Membership Action Plan

My legion login information and reports.

Arranged meeting

Arranged with Larry Marshal to discuss and Plan Membership Committee

Membership 8/18

Thor Anderson

2018-2019 Goal 477

Current Members 246 or 51.5% (Last Year 156.4%)

New members 17

Transfers 26

Renewals 218

Thank you to Larry Marshal, Fred Rogers and Delbert Parson for all their help

As newly elected 1st Vice I need to recruit members to the membership committees.

In need of members to help call members who have not renewed.

All members are asked to recruit one new member – It is not hard to do, when you are out and about at

work, church, or events and meet a veteran “Just Ask”

Thor Anderson

Membership Chairman

SEP FYTD INCOME:

Membership Dues (Gross) 800 7,520 Less paid to State/National -589 -5,828Net Membership Dues $211 (a) $1,692

Program Income 16,000 (b) 54,261General Contribution 0 195Misc. Income 46 (c) 1,304

Total Income $16,257 $57,452

EXPENSES:

Program Expense 84,002 (d) 94,359Business Expenses 2 (e) 635Operations 0 402Misc. Other 35 (f) 1,054

Total Expenses $84,038 $96,450

NET INCOME -$67,781 -$38,998

DETAIL OF THIS MONTH'S INCOME AND EXPENDITURES:

INCOME:(a) Net Membership Dues $211(b) NamPOW donations $16,000(c) Interest Income $46

Sub-Total $16,257

EXPENDITURES:(d) Emergency Support (632)(d) NamPOW distribution (83370)(e) Credit Card Fees (2)(f) Misc. Business costs (35)

Sub-Total ($84,038)

NET INCOME: ($67,781)

ASSET ALOCATION:EOP funds earmarked to Nam-POW $56,634EOP funds earmarked to specific programs $3,039EOP funds available for general purposes $13,043

NET ASSETS $72,715

American Legion - Peter J Courcy Post 178

FINANCIAL REPORTSeptember 30, 2018

PROGRAM FY INCOME EXPENSE BALANCE

SCOUTING 2017‐18 2,982.20 2,457.20 525.00

2018‐19

Sub‐Tot 2,982.20 2,457.20 525.00

BOY'S/GIRL'S  STATE 2013‐17 26,590.00 22,902.00 3,688.00

2017‐18 6,425.00 7,909.02 ‐1,484.02

2018‐19 0.00 144.85 ‐144.85

Sub‐Tot 33,015.00 30,955.87 2,059.13

COLOR GUARD 2013‐17 3,725.18 1,321.92 2,403.26

2017‐18 1,300.00 1,361.30 ‐61.30

2018‐19 75.00 219.43 ‐144.43

Sub‐Tot 5,100.18 2,902.65 2,197.53

Nam_POW 2013‐17 1,000.00 1,000.00

2017‐18 94,300.00 94,300.00

2018‐19 54,175.00 92,841.30 ‐38,666.30

Sub‐Tot 149,475.00 92,841.30 56,633.70

SCHOOL AWARDS 2013‐17 153.00 153.36 ‐0.36

2017‐18 0.00

2018‐19 0.00 0.00 0.00

Sub‐Tot 153.00 153.36 ‐0.36

EMERGENCY FUND 2013‐17 2,751.00 958.12 1,792.88

2017‐18 1,335.00 3,728.00 ‐2,393.00

2018‐19 11.00 1,153.13 ‐1,142.13

Sub‐Tot 4,097.00 5,839.25 ‐1,742.25

TOTALS 2013‐17 34,219.18 25,335.40 8,883.78

2017‐18 106,342.2 15,455.5 90,886.68

2018‐19 54,261.00 94,358.71 ‐40,097.71

TOTAL 194,822.38 135,149.63 59,672.75

PROGRAM INCOME AND EXPENSE

American Legion Department of Texas ‐ Peter J Courcy Post 178

Thru September 2018

Prog Inc and Exp 2018‐19

Activities for Post Chaplain

September 21, 2018 through October 11, 2018

1. Visited 17 Veterans today at 3 nursing homes. Prairie Estates, Park Manor and Brookhaven.

Respectfully Submitted,Ed MendlikPost Chaplain

American Legion Peter J Courcy Post 178

Service Officer Report (September 2018) 10/9/18

Assisted 5 veterans

9/6/18 attended Post Executive Committee meeting

9/22/18 posted colors 1st Cavalry Airmobile, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Regiment reunion

Kevin Robinson

Digital Marketing Report for September, 2018 October 11, 2018

Eric S. Bonar

Facebook Page Likes Avg Daily

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Website

Clicks

May 516 41 91 40 88 1

June 526 43 87 31 66 2

July 553 61 109 39 73 1

August 563 149 219 143 209 1

September 565 43 76 39 67 0 Average Daily Reach of the Page: The number of people who had any content from your Page or about your

Page enter their screen.

Average Daily Impressions (Imp) of the Page: The number of times any content from your Page or about

your Page entered a person's screen.

Average Daily Reach of a Post: The number of people who had any of your Page's posts enter their screen.

Average Daily Impressions (Imp) of your Posts: The number of times your Page's posts entered a person's

screen.

Twitter I do not have login access to the Twitter account.

Website 2018 Views Visitors Likes Comments

May 935 382 1 0

June 1,042 251 0 0

July 909 291 0 0

August 881 393 1 0

September 662 229 0 0 A view is counted when a visitor loads or reloads a page. A visitor is counted when we see a

user or browser for the first time in a given period (day, week, month).

A development website has been created and is currently being worked on. The goal is to

have it completed and live by the end of October, 2018.

COLOR GUARD UPDATE

OCTOBER 11, 2018

1 – Previous Color Guard Events: Commons Park (September 17th), Vietnam

Veterans Reunion (September 22, 2018), Founders Classical Academy (October

2, 2018), and Anderson’s Insurance Company (October 11, 2018.

2- Color Guard Events from October 12, 2018 through November 12, 2018:

November 1st - Garden Club for District Meeting

November 9th - Prairie Estates Assisted Living Veterans

November 10th - Community/Veterans Day Parade

November 10th - Veterans Tribute at Frisco High School

November 11th - Life Point Church (Veterans Day) 2 Events

November 12th - Founders Classical Academy

November 12th - Parson Home for Assisted Living Veterans

3 – Service Flags for the Community/Veterans Day Parade:

Army – David Break

Marines – Eric Bonar & James Trombley

Navy -

Air Force – Dave Terry

Coast Guard – Angelo Fleming

4 – Color Guard Practice on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at the Frisco Senior

Citizen Center at 6:30 P.M.

BOYS STATE UPDATE

OCTOBER 11, 2018

1 – Met with Jenna Benabe at Frisco Independent School District to explain the

Boys State Program.

2 – Emails will go out to all High School Counselors next week with the

requirements and deadlines.

3 – Spoke with Mike Strand about fund raising for Boys State.

Submitted by: Larry Marshall

VOTERS REGISTRATION UPDATE

OCTOBER 11, 2018

A – Conducted 5 Voters Registration Events: Frisco Lakes (2), Frisco High School

(2), and Chai with Mayor Cheney (1).

B – All County (Denton & Collin) Deputy Registrars will need to complete

training in January 2019.

C – Collin County Deputy Registrars for 2019 are: Delbert Parsons (Chair), Terry

Meyering, Cindy Burns, Thor Anderson, Ed Mendlik, and Virginia Mendlik.

D – Denton County Deputy Registrars for 2019 are: Larry Marshall (Chair), Fred

Rogers, Marty Martel, Ted Ruybal, and David Break.

E – Anyone interested in assisting with “Get Out The Vote” program; please

contact Delbert Parsons or Larry Marshall.

Submitted by: Larry Marshall

Post Oratorical Committee Report Fred Rogers & Thor Anderson October 16, 2018

A Process Document has been written and distributed.

September 7 is our deadline to contact High Schools. We will contact FISD, Legacy Christian.

We have developed a contact for local Home Schooled students

September 10 is our target for school to begin working on contestants

December 15 & 16th is tentative date for the Post Qualifier Contest. We select up to 5 of the contestants to represent Post 178 at the District Contest

January 5 is date of District Contest

Date for Division Contest has not been decided State Oratorical Committee Report

A joint ALA/Post steering committee has been formed. Members are: o Auxiliary – Glena Rogers & Tracy Gamble o Post – Fred Rogers & Thor Anderson

Conference call meetings have been held, key items being determined are: o Finalized: Contest will be held at Frisco ISD in the Board Room o Banquet on night prior to contest o Sponsor…we will need $2500

Contest is scheduled for Presidents Day Monday February 18, 2019

SCHOOL AWARDS PROGRAM

October 11, 2018

As of October 2, we have one school that is going to participate in the program. Corbell Elementary. I will be talking to the students the weeks of 15 October through 23 October, and in December. After that I will schedule one more meeting with the students in March. I still haven't heard from any other schools. Ted Ruybal School Awards Program.

Presidents Report October 4 ,2018 Glena Rogers This past month we are in the process of putting our committees together. I have been in meetings with several members and still have some chairs to fill. The auxiliary was very well represented at City Council meetings where both Girls State and Boys State were honored. We are so very proud of our fine representation in the city of Frisco. Congratulations to all. At our last regular meeting on September 20 we were honored to celebrate with Nikki & Christopher Daily at a baby shower for Larson. We always love to see a new life to come into this world. The baby will be here on Monday October 8. A Presidents workshop was held in Austin by department on September21-22. I attended and have learned a lot about our programs and will be sharing with membership. Our President, Shea, challenged us to film a lip sync video to help boost membership. On September 29, the girls took part in the production and shooting of our lip sync video. It is still in production but will be available to see very soon. Social Chairman, Virginia Mendlik and I met with the First United Methodist Church where we will hold our holiday dinner. The event is planned for December 6, 2018. Respectfully Glena Rogers, President