American Legion
Jeremy E. Ray Post 324
February 9th, 2025
Regular Meeting – Minutes
Commander Stefanie Otto called the meeting to order at 1600hours. There were 8 officers present:
Commander Stefanie Otto
1st Vice Commander David Pyke
2nd Vice Commander– N/A
Service Officer Bill Brown
Adjutant Terry Coon
Finance Officer Michael LaRose
Sgt-at-Arms Wayne Huebner
Chaplin Richard Ater
Judge Advocate Trey Pryor - Absent
Historian Irene Infante
And 12 other members and 0 visitors for a total of 20 were present. A quorum was met, and the meeting continued.
Minutes:
Adjutant Terry Coon requested a motion to forgo reading the minutes from the last meeting by distribution of minutes via email to all members. Bill Brown moved to accept the minutes, and it was seconded by Bob Riley. Motion was then passed by membership.
Finance Report:
Finance Officer: The balance as of 02/01/2025 is $5,731.93 with $357.00 total set aside for; $300.00 for member assistance and $57.00 set aside for Auxiliary. A motion was made by David Pyke and seconded by Ted Lukeman to accept report pending audit. Discussion occurred to also set aside $300.00 to be paid to Oratorical winner Hunter Payne once he starts university. Motion was then passed by membership.
As is tradition, Chaplain Richard Ater read the story of the four Chaplain’s, which is available through this link: Four Chaplains
Committees
1st Vice: Nothing to report
2nd Vice: NA
Sgt of Arms: Nothing to report
Service Officer: Nothing to report
Judge Adjutant: Absent
Historian: Nothing to report
New Members/ Visiting Members:
None
Sick Call: Carlos Rivera had surgery and is recovering.
Old Business:
New Business:
Good of the Legion:
Adjourn:
There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned at approximately 1629 hours. Our next scheduled meeting, be on Sunday, March 9th at 1600 hours (4pm) at VFW 8905, HWY 290 next to Carl’s BBQ.