EAST WINDSOR VETERANS COMMISSION
MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, September 7, 2006
OPENING:
Warren Wenz, Chairman, opened this meeting at 7:05 P.M. at the East Windsor Town Hall. There were eight commission members in attendance: Warren Wenz, Ron Hwalek, Mark Simmons, Dave Malo, Rick Webster, George Butenkoff, James Barton, and Ken Crouch.
Absent: William Abbe Sr., John Lichatz Don Brown, Ernie Teixeira, Fred McDermott, and Linda Roberts
Chairman Warren Wenz led the Commission in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
SECRETARY’S REPORT: The minutes of the June 21, 2006, meeting were reviewed by those present.
MOTION: George Butenkoff moved to accept the minutes as submitted. This was seconded by Ron Hwalek and carried unanimously.
TREASURER’S REPORT: No Report
STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Memorial Day Parade & Ceremony Committee-
No report
Memorial Day Poster/Essay Contest Committee-
No report.
Scholarship Committee-
Mark Simmons reported that he has received thank you notes from both 2006 scholarship award recipients.
Veterans Cemetery Project-
Ken Crouch reported that the cemetery roadway has been installed and some grading and reseeding still need to be done.
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Veterans Day Road Race Committee-
Ron Hwalek presented several color options for our race day T-shirt. Those present agreed on a “cornflower” color for this year to go with our new logo design.
A preplanning discussion was held for our annual Veterans Day 5K Road Race scheduled for Saturday, November 4th, 2006. Warren Wenz lead the discussion including assigning commission members to various tasks and duties such as: traffic control, sponsorship forms, ceremony, programs, food items, memorial wreaths, food bank donations, bulk mailing of entry forms, and advertising.
Rick Webster reported that this year the Manchester Thanksgiving Day road race will only accept official race times for seeding purposes in their race up until October 29, 2006. This deadline was initiated this year by the Manchester Race committee because of the overwhelming number of time submissions submitted just before their race last year. Because our race is held in November our race times cannot be used as a seeding placement for Manchester’s race. Rick said this will cause us to lose the free advertising we usually got in the Manchester race notices. The commission members discussed ways of rectifying this next year.
OTHER BUSINESS:
Warren Wenz asked that we keep our fellow commission members, Fred McDermott, Bill Abbe, Sr. and Don Brown in our thoughts and prayers and wish them a speedy recovery from their illness.
Warren added that we may need to schedule a special meeting to process Race Day entry forms for mailing.
Warren reminded those present that our next regular meeting will be
Thursday, October 5, 2006, at 7PM
East Windsor Town Hall
ADJOURNMENT
Hearing of no further business to come before the commission, Chairman Warren Wenz asked for a motion to adjourn. George Butenkoff moved to adjourn this meeting and this was seconded by Jim Barton. The motion carried unanimously. The Chairman closed the meeting at 7:56 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Mark Simmons, Secretary, E.W.V.C.
Minutes Approved:____/____/_______
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