Meeting called to order 1937. Pledge and moment of silence.

OSCS Ron Roy, President BTCM (SW) Paul LaCoursiere

ENC Arnie Correia QMC Jerry Lippincott, Treasurer

BMC (SS) Mike Short QMCS Ken Larson

QMC Stan Lesser, Vice President CTOC Tim Neary

BMC Ira Paul CTI2 Gayle Malone-Neary, Secretary

CTOCS Al Starr HMC Norm Powell

Patricia Bowden Nigel Brown

Minutes from the Previous Meeting. Motion to accept as posted. Duly seconded and approved. Reminder - minutes of all meeting will be posted on our website (http://www.pes1.com/cpoa/).

Treasurer’s Report: Checking $1,857.18. Savings $2,149.06. Have not yet received race money (approximately $4,750). Chief Short noted that we were not paid for one of Miami races. Paid AFSC $1,000 for our 2006 donation. Trying to do report of last year’s budget for the 501(3)(c) requirements. Motion to accept the report. Duly seconded and approved. Substantial discussion about current fiscal health. Suggestion from Senior Chief Larson that all race income and expenses be reported together.

• Race – Chief O’Dell will take over. Chief Short will stay active until he takes over. Next race is March 24 – 26, 2006. There is a concert at Bayfront park, noon to midnight rock and roll concert, March 18^th at Bicentennial Park near American Airlines Arena. Chief Short had sign up sheets for both the races and the concert.
• Scholarship – NTR
• Philanthropy – Chief Powell had requests for Sea Cadet Leukemia fundraiser for sponsorship $100 (Chief selectee running marathon) and Cystic Fibrosa for $100. The former is not due until May 5^th and the latter does not fit our guidelines. Motion to table the first request (vote 5 to 4).
• Ship Liaison – We hosted a CPO reception at Café Bluefish for the USS Bataan February 15^th and it was a great success. There was a special reception on board the Bataan for invited guests only Thursday, February 16^th. SKC Joel Mauricio, the Navy Liaison will be leaving this month to report to the USS Enterprise. There will be a strikegroup (carrier, frigate, cruiser) arriving the last week of April. Fleet Week is the 1^st week in May. Expected ships are the USs Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71, USS Shreveport LPD-12, USS San Antonio, LPD-17, USs Bainbridge DDG-96, USS Boone FFG-28, 2 Canadian Navy ships ad USCGC Elm WLB-204.
• Navy League – The MDM group contacted us for information about our activities for Fleet Week. We will be invited to the official ship greeting and are being included on their website list of activities for the CPOA reception. The Navy League has a website at www.bcnavyleague.org. The speaker at the May 11^th dinner meeting will be LCDR Carlos Mercado, USCG MSST.
• 501(3)(c) –Chief Lippincott needs to send copy of most recent bank statement and balance sheet. Secretary will submit annual report.
• Initiation – Chief Viggiano chair, ill. Looking for a location. Have 4 groups wanting to participate: NRC Miami, NRC Palm Beach, SouthCom, NRD Miami.

• 501(3)(c) still outstanding.
• Motion to change scholarship rules and expand eligibility criteria to include grandchildren and spouses of immediate family. This motion has been tabled pending rewording. Tentative wording to include sons and daughters-in-law, step sons, step daughters, married children’s spouses, and grandchildren. Will rewrite to clarify purpose (Bachelor or Associate Degree).

• Motion to sponsor Hail and Farewell for SKC Joel Mauricio for $75. McSorley’s Irish Pub March 22^nd at 1900. Duly seconded and passed.
• Request by Chief Paul to present $50 gift certificates to students JROTC. Will wait until May to make motion.
• Chief Lesser made several remarks about the need for fiscal responsibility. Would like to see dues increased to at least $30 for members.
• Chief Correia spoke about the Waterway clean up March 4^th. Solicited participation as adult monitors for Sea Cadets.
• Fund raiser suggestion: The Kiwanis of Central Broward serves fish, grits, hush puppies, coffee or orange juice for $6 at its monthly fundraiser. Perhaps we could do something like this on a monthly basis. From breakfasts alone, Kiwanis raised $6,000 last year. Over the past 30 years, the club has held an annual pancake breakfast raising $800-$900. The club’s main fundraiser – a dinner and dance – raised $4,000 to $5,000 per year. As they took on more projects, they decided they needed more money and began the monthly breakfasts. They take place from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. the fourth Saturday of each month at West Ken Lark Park in Fort Lauderdale, 1321 NW 33^rd Avenue.

• USCG initiation at AirSta Friday 6:30 a.m.
• Senior Chief Starr will receive an award at the annual Freedom Awards March 26^th.

Motion to adjourn, 2055. Duly seconded and passed.