Good afternoon everyone,
We had a good meeting today. Sixteen members and four
guests attended our meeting. I want to welcome WO1 Lia
Mort and WO1 Romano Salcedo. It was nice having
you. You are always welcome and we hope to see you back. We had two Staff Sergeants just selected to go to school and
become a member of our Corps. Unfortunately I don't remember their
names. Dan Singh recruited them. It was my last as your Chapter President
and Dan Singhs first as your new President.
After I swore Dan in as the Chapter President, he nominated Angel Acevedo for
the Vice-Presidents’ position. A vote of confidence was taken for
Angel. Nomination unanimously passed. They will complete my
unfinished term, which runs to March 09. Since I was elected to the position
of Northeast Region Director and can not hold two elected positions at the same
time. I want to thank everyone for their support and I know you will
continue to support Dan and the Chapter.
The National Past-President Roy
Valiant handed out certificates of appreciation
to the following members for their work in support of the AMM:
Dan Singh, Chris Farmer, Amy Jones, Pete Hill, and myself . I presented a plaque to Amy Jones because
without her support I would have gone crazy. Seriously, Amy was a big
help. Thanks again Amy! I have a plaque for Angel Acevedo, because
he too, provided a lot of support which made it easier on me. Thanks
Angel.
The chapter is doing very well monetarily. We voted to
donate $500.00 to the Heritage Foundation,
$500.00 to the Chaplains Tithes and Offering Fund here at APG, $350.00
to the Scholarship Foundation, $350.00 to the AMSAA Holiday Family
Committee who collects monetary and food donations to support a number of
special need families in our community (both military and civilian), and
$350.00 to the Wounded Warrior Foundation.
The total is $2,050.00. CONGRATULATIONS to our Chapter! This
is what it's all about. Supporting others.
I don't care who you are, that's going to make you feel good!!! Real
Good! So, as the Northeast Region Director, I told the membership that
the Northeast Region will match the donation of $500.00 for the Heritage
Foundation and will donate $250.00 to the Scholarship Foundation.
Like I said, "I don't care who you are, that's going to make you feel
good." Together we just donated $2,800.00 to organizations
that need help!
I briefly talked about the 4 Focus Group Topics that were
presented at the AMM. I printed the presentations and had them available
at the meeting. I also told everyone they could go on the USAWOA web site
to read the outcome of the Focus Group Topics.
Dan is still collecting money for the going away plaques. Arland Jackson presented two more examples of plaques from
Mike Carpentier, who couldn't be at the meeting
today. We have about 5 different styles of plaques to choose from ranging
in price from $40.00 to $85.00.
I told the membership that the chapter has 67 members and 15
associate members, the region has about 1,348 members, and the association has
about 6,155 members.
As the Northeast Region Director I spoke briefly about the
goals for the Region and I'd like your support to pursue them.
1. Support the Warrant Officer
Association. What I mean by this is SELL it in everything you do, your
actions and behavior, how you communicate to others and how you present
yourselves as Warrant Officers in your daily activities. This alone will
pay dividends, because Chief is always being watched. Market the
association to increase membership. I'm not asking you to pressure
anyone, but I'm sure you have your own method for getting new members. If they
don't come to your meetings or sit on any committees, that's okay.
2. Support the Heritage Foundation. This Foundation is
about keeping the history of the Warrant Officer Corps
alive. If you haven't already, check out the details on
USAWOA web site. It is organized, administered, and operated
exclusively to receive, administer and expend funds as a public charity for
among such other objectives and illustrative purposes only, and not by way of
limitation, the following purposes within the meaning of Section 501 (c) (3) of
the Internal Revenue Code as it may be amended
from time to time: http://www.usawoa.org/woheritage/
* Educate our fellow
military and the general public about the rich history of the U. S. Army Warrant Officer Corps;
* Assume responsibility and
accountability for the Warrant Officer Museum Fund from the U. S. Army Warrant Officers Association (USAWOA) (See
the Origin and Status of Warrant Officer Museum Fund <http://www.usawoa.org/woheritage/MuseumFund.htm>
);
* Assist in the development,
creation and maintenance of items and material presenting the history and
heritage of the Warrant Officer Corps. We will endeavor to arrange
placement of selected items and materials in the
* We will endeavor to
design, fund, and maintain a Memorial to Our Fallen Warrant Officer Comrades at
the planned the
* Develop fund raising
methodology to support the programs of the foundation;
* Distribute funds raised in
a manner that supports the goals of education of the general public on the
history of the Warrant Officer Corps; and
* Produce and publish a Warrant Officer History Book covering the period July
1918 to September 2006, the royalties of which will support our other projects
3. Support the Scholarship Foundation. The United States Army Warrant Officers Association Scholarship
Foundation focuses on providing scholarships to qualified members and family
members of warrant officers serving in or retired from the United States Army,
the U. S. Army Reserve and the Army National Guard of the various states and
territories. A donation can be made through the Combined
Federal Campaign (CFC) Sep 1st - Dec 15th, 2008 (CFC ID
11871) http://www.usawoa.org/woasf/
Kurt please add this to the web
site. Thanks.
Next meeting is scheduled for 18 December at the HUT.
Unfortunately, I will be TDY in
VR
Greg
Gregory A. Gouty
Director,
Northeast Region
USAWOA
DSN 298-0391
COM (410) 278-0391
Blackberry (410) 652-3173
FAX (410) 278-2353
Email: gregory.gouty@us.army.mil
Email: gregorygouty45@msn.com
Web Site: http://www.oocities.org/usawoa_apg_ea/