U.S.S. Topeka (CLG-8) Reunion Association, Inc.
General Business Meeting
Indianapolis, IN
September 15, 2007 Meeting Minutes

1. The meeting was called to order at 9:04 AM by John Reynolds, President.

2. Jack Timmons Secretary/Treasurer read the Minutes of the last General Meeting held in San Diego, August 19, 2006. The minutes were approved as read.


3. Membership Report as of September 14, 2007:

4. Treasurer’s Report as of September 14, 2007

B. Ship’s Store Report as of September 1, 2007

5. Old Business:

A. Election of Officers at the Board of Director’s Meeting September 14, 2007:

1. President John Reynolds was reelected by acclimation.

2. President John Reynolds was elected Chairman of the Board, becoming
the sixth Board Member.

3. Clare Smart was elected Secretary/Treasurer. Jack Timmons will continue through the final reconciliations of this Indianapolis reunion and
until the membership has been notified of the change by the November Newsletter.

B. Reunions Forward: John Reynolds stated we had received information from Wes King re the Baltimore for 2008 and the Kathy Spatz was prepared to present San Antonio for 2008 as well and it would be up to the members to determine where we wanted to go.

1. 2008 John Reynolds Presented on behalf of Wes King.
Baltimore 2008 Holiday Inn Express "Baltimore at the Stadiums" August 13-16, 2008 parking $10/day 125 rooms at $119 to $129 and 13% tax, they would block 70 of those rooms for us. Two meeting rooms each totaling 1150 Sq ft, one for Hospitality Room. Banquet Rooms blocked for 100 persons with adjacent Hotel Dining Room for overflow if needed. Airport to Hotel Taxi $23, Shuttle Service $38 Round Trip. Limo $40+.
Discussed the Hotel location re the Inner Harbor. Discussion re should have planned for late Sept date rather than August which is too hot.

2. Kathy Spatz - San Antonio 2008 Kathy is familiar with San Antonio, her mother lives there. Kathy had prior proposals from San Antonio Hotels. Omni Hotel downtown is a full service, four diamonds rated hotel and offered rooms at $99 a night. . Would propose reunion be held either week of Sept 17 or week of Sept 24, 2008 as it will be cooler. Access to base privileges for buying stocks for hospitality suite. Would not have Alamo tour, do that on your own. Attractions include 6 Flags over Texas, the famous Riverwalk, and Sea World of Texas. Would try to get Riverwalk dining set up, boats load us and feed us going down the river. Southwest flies into San Antonio, making airfares cheap.

John Reynolds called for a vote to determine where the membership wanted to go for 2008 and San Antonio won by a large majority.

2. 2009

a. Chicago - Pat Baker proposed Chicago for 2009. She and Gary have a daughter in Chicago and they were just there last week and going back for another week. Rooms at the airport can be had for $100 to $129 a night and could be cheaper in September. Pat talked about the many things we could see and do in Chicago.

b. Any others for 2009 - there were no further proposals for 2009.

3. 2010 John Reynolds stated this should be a West Coast Reunion, he would be interested in someone presenting Las Vegas or perhaps the Queen Mary again. There were no proposals forthcoming.

6. New Business:

A. Election of the Board of Directors. The current members of the Board of Directors, Dudley Cass, Jack Connery, Jerry Craig and Ray Spatz are willing to Continue. Dan Moore is nominated to be an additional board member. John Reynolds as President was an Ex-Offico Member of the Board , but if he’s to be the Chairman of the Board, he needs to be elected to the board.

Cal Ladd made a motion that the current members of the Board of Directors be reelected, that Dan Moore be elected and that John Reynolds also be elected to the Board of Directors. The motion was seconded. A vote was cast and all Board Members were elected by acclimation.

B. It was noted that Linda Roberts will continue to run the Ship’s Store through 2008.

7. Correspondence: The Secretary/Treasurer Reported and read the Armed Forces Retirement Home letter of August 30, 2006 re our donation of $245.

8. Other Business: There were no further business issues raised.

9. Close Meeting: There being no further business, the meeting was close by John Reynolds at 9:40 AM.

Sincerely,


Jack E. Timmons
Secretary/Treasurer