CPOA June 2000 Newsletter
Navy & Marine Corps Reserve Readiness Center    18650 NW 62nd Avenue Hialeah, Florida
 

CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION PURPOSE:

To establish within the Naval community of Miami, Fla., a fraternal organization of senior enlisted personnel for the purpose of:

A. Improving the welfare,morale and working relationships of all personal assigned to the Naval community of Miami, Florida, and to improve the functioning of the various divisions by providing all possible assistance and cooperation which can be rendered to the command in carrying out its assigned mission.
B. Passing of useful information to all members.
C. Solving any inter-service, inter-departmental problems on the E-7 through E-9 levels.
D. Providing for the various social activities of the association.

                  Next Meeting:

                      July 8th, 2000
 Where: Naval Reserve Center Miami
                       Time:   1630

Please attend, the Association cannot run without your support.

Officers:
President  BMC  Bowden
Vice President  QMC Jerry Lippincott
Secretary OSC Roy
Treasurer QMC Saunders

Honorable Members Present:
MMCM (SS) Peschke, BTCM LaCoursier, CTOCS Starr, RMCS White, QMCS Larson, BMC (SS) Short, HMC Camagong, HMC Powell, CTOC Neary, OSC Roy,
and New Member TMC Ray Reve.
                

Minutes from the June 1, 2000 meeting.

The meeting was held at the VFW Hall and was called to order by the acting President, Senior Chief Starr at 1940.

The pledge of Allegiance was performed and a moment of silence was observed for our fallen shipmates.

We did not have May's minutes so they were not read.

No Treasury Report given:


                         OLD Business:
Committees:

Scholarship Committee: Mike Bagley , LaCoursier
Guidelines for the scholarship were handed out at the meeting and is now posted on the Web Site. Nomination was made for Chief LaCoursier to be Chairman of the fund, Second and Passed.

Finance Committee: BMC Short
None available.

Charity Committee: Norm Powell
None Available

 Ship Liaison Committee : Al Starr
Click the button on the main page called
                   Ships in Port

Race Committee:

We collected $ 1000.00 for the Association for working the May 6,7,8 Mike Short believes the Association collected $1000.00 .   Thanks to all who were able to participate.

Budget Committee : BMC Short, QMC Saunders, Larson, Bagley.
None Available

For the link to the CPOA Roster email me at
ronroy@mediaone.net 

       New Business:

Committees:

Scholarship Committee: Mike Bagley , LaCoursier
For the rules and requirements click the button on the main page called  scholarship_fund
Master Chief LaCoursier brought up the possibility of creating a second $1,000.00 Scholarship for E6 and below at the Reserve Center. This will be discussed in future meeting.

Finance Committee: BMC Short
Motion made by MMCM (SS) Peschke to use the Budget proposal as a working copy. Second and Passed.  Many thanks to the Budget committee for preparing the proposal.

Charity Committee: Norm Powell
HMC Camagong requested the association donate $400.00 to sponsor the Health Fair on September 10, 2000 at the Reserve Center.  Motion was made for $200.00 by HMC Powell, Second by MMCM(SS) Peschke and Passed.

Al Starr requested the CPOA donate two flags for the Sea Cadet. One Navy and one US with stands and flag poles.  Ken Larson received a quote for $165.00 and $185.00 respectively.  Ken Larson made a motion to set a budget of $350.00 for the flags. Second and Passed.

We received letters of thanks from the Armed Forces Service Center Miami.

Ship Liaison Committee : Al Starr
Passed out list of ships schedule. It is Posted on the Web Site.

Race Committee: Mike Bagley
As a result of May's efforts the Concessionaires are going to move the pioneers out of the Hamburg booth and put us in it for the November Race. This is our major fundraiser for the year and we will need at least 20 people per day. So Please Help Out

Budget Committee : BMC Short, QMC Saunders:
The budget proposal is listed as follows:
Revenue:
                                              Dues        $    800.00
                                              Races       $ 7,700.00
               Total Annual Proj. Income     $ 8,500.00

Expenses:
               Total Annual Proj. Expenses  $ 5,900.00

                                         Net Income  $ 2,600.00

            For a detailed list send an e-mail to                           ronroy@mediaone.net

             Miss Wheelchair Event
Al Starr is in need of 20 CPO's to volunteer as escorts for the National Miss Wheelchair Pageant being held at the Bahia Mar from Thursday August 10,to Saturday August 12, 2000.  Uniform is Summer Whites.

The Florida Miss Wheelchair event will be in October on the 8th to the 12th at the Embassy Suites in Fort Lauderdale Florida. Uniform is Summer Whites.
Call Al Star for Times on these events.

Greetings,
I am a volunteer aboard the USS Salem CA-139 at the Quincy Mass.) shipyard. I am helping a former Boatswain's mate and his two sons in restoring one of the 5"/38 twin mounts. We are looking for any
information we can get on the interior of the mount. We would like to label the major pieces of the mount and show a layout of the crew positions during
full operation.

If you can help, please contact me via e-mail Schiefet@cs.com by phone: 603-635-7470.
Thank you for your help.
Regards,
Steve Singlar ETCS USNR-ret.

The VFW Hall is hosting  a Korean War event on Sunday June 25th.  Please show up in Summer Whites

Chief Roy won the 50/50.

Motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 2040. Second and Passed.