USS TOPEKA (CLG 8) Reunion Association, Inc.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
New York, New York
August 12, 2005

U.S.S. Topeka (CLG-8) Reunion Association Inc.
2661 Poinsettia Dr.
San Diego, CA 92106-1121

August 12, 2005

1. The Meeting was called to order at 8:00 PM in the hotel suite of Jack Timmons.

2. Attendees were Jerry Judge, Chair; John Reynolds, President; Don Anderson, and Jack Timmons, Secretary Treasurer. Absent were Dudley Cass (Ruth’s Health), Jack Connery (had an England trip for Jill’s Reunion), Ken Noble, and Tom Victory (has trouble traveling).

3. Reviewed meeting minutes from last Board of Directors meeting in Charleston, SC on August 13, 2004. Those Minutes were approved as read.

4. Membership Report was presented by Jack Timmons, Secretary/Treasurer

     a. As of August 12, 2005

Number in the database:
Number Active- on the mail list
Number dues paid
Less no pays
Net dues paid		 1190.00
962.00
382.00
40.00
342.00		  


     b. Detailed

Paid thru 2005
Paid thru 2006
Paid thru 2007
Paid thru 2008
Paid thru 2009
Paid thru 2010
Total 		191
51
29
25
45
1
342		  

5. Treasurers Report as of August 12, 2005

We remain financially solvent. The account balances are not made public.

We have prepaid most of the expenses of this reunion. We are very close to breaking even on this reunion.

Ships store report: Linda Roberts says due to Ike Robert’s severe cancer, Linda will ask to be replaced as the Ship’s Store Operator after his death.
Ships Store finances are not made public, but we are solvent.

6. Old business:

Baka Hachi: $200 collected for the New Baka Hachi book has been refunded.

7. Correspondence:

A. The Navy Home Gulfport has acknowledged receipt of the $310 we sent them last year. We will send them a check for $365 this year.

8. New Business:

A. Election of Officers: John Reynolds was reelected President and Jack Timmons was reelected Secretary/Treasurer. It is the intention of the Secretary/Treasurer to retire after the 2006 Reunion in San Diego. There was some discussion as to who might be willing to take this job.

Jack Timmons discussed another reunion group that he had helped to get started. They elected a new President and new Treasurer at their first Reunion. The new Treasurer ran off with the funds collected for and failed to pay the bills for their first ever reunion where well over 100 attended in Reno, Nevada. The caution is to be very sure of whom you turn the money over to.

John Reynolds stated perhaps we need to be looking at the wives to do this, someone with financial experience. Noting that we were so concerned when Jack Connery retired from doing the News Letter and that Kathy Spatz has been doing an outstanding job as his replacement.

B. Discuss the 2008 Reunion location... We intend to have the 2007 Reunion in the Midwest, Jack Timmons at the general meeting will present (on behalf of Cal and Joan Ladd) Minneapolis and Dan Moore will present Indianapolis for 2007. Are we going back to the east coast again in 2008? The response is that we will be on the East Coast in 2008.

9. The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 PM.

Sincerely,


Jack E. Timmons
Secretary/Treasurer