CHAPTER MEETING HELD IN SAN ANTONIO IN FEBRUARY 2009

Our last meeting was held on February 21st at the Drop Zone Café in San Antonio. A great turnout enjoyed a Bar-B-Que lunch before the meeting which was called to order at 13:30 hrs. A total of 44 members, spouses, and guests were on hand for the meeting.

Much business was to be covered and topping the list was the need for fund raising to be able to continue our support of the many varied projects the chapter supports. We as a chapter committed ourselves to raffle off another motorcycle which was donated by Charlie Phillips. In addition we committed ourselves to staff a vendor table at the upcoming Daytona Beach reunion. If anyone has items or suggestions that can raise money for the chapter that we can sell at the vendor table please bring them to the next meeting in Kerrville.

Money spent at the San Antonio meeting was $500 to the Wounded Warriors Weekend and Frank Martinez matched that amount to bring the total up to $1000. Money well spent, and thanks Frank for your generous gift toward this event. Also since our brother SFC Saunders is leaving for an overseas deployment we decided to donate directly to the Fisher House instead of supporting the Ride for the Troops which raises money for the Fisher House.

An exploratory committee was put together to look into hosting a national reunion in San Antonio in the year 2011. They will report at the Kerrville meeting to see if it is plausible to proceed.

I want to acknowledge Barry Williams, a Gold Star Brother, who became a lifetime member at the meeting. Chris Torres and his wife Erin who are relocating to Fort Sam Houston. Others in attendance were a young Gold Star wife and her guest, whose names I apologize for failing to get. And a wounded warrior, LT. whose name I failed to write down. I wanted to acknowledge their attendance at the meeting and extend a thank you for coming and welcome you to join any events we may have in the future.