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USS Maine Base—USSVI

Meeting 20 Feb 2011

The meeting was called to order at 1300.

The USSVI Creed was read, Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was performed and then a moment of silence was dedicated to members of the US Armed Forces, past and present, all over the world.

Tolling of the Bell for Submarines and Submariners lost in the month of February was performed.

The Secretary deemed that a Quorum was present. A motion was made that the minutes of last meeting be accepted as posted on the USS Maine website. This motion was seconded and passed.

The Treasurer reported that there was $2162.74 in our account. A motion was made to accept the Treasurer’s report; the motion was seconded and passed. 

Standing Committees

Kaps for Kids:  New hats are in and the design is slightly different from the original hats. The membership prefers the new design and the subject of members purchasing these hats was brought up.

The discussion ended as follows:

It is important that we have enough hats for the Kaps for Kids presentation in Bangor on Memorial Day, so we can’t deplete our supply in this manner. However when we reorder, those members wanting hats for grandchildren and so forth, let our storekeeper know and they can be ordered at that time. The suggested price was six or seven dollars.

Old Business

Ed Cockburn has archived our biographies on his computer’s hard drive. It was recommended that he purchase a couple of high capacity thumb screws to store this info. The purchase will be paid for by the Base. Work is still proceeding on capturing everyone’s story. This is a project that many other outfits now seem to be doing. We just, as always, appear to be the leading edge.

Togus Hospital sent the Base a Thank You letter for the gifts we collected at our Christmas Party. The gifts were well received by the vets and a couple of our members that have used the hospital verified that report.

New Business

The subject of the USSVI Data Base and Member’s Profile was brought up. It is each member’s responsibility to check the accuracy of the information in the data base. Secretary Gorman stated that a member cannot make changes to certain information, and if corrections are needed, please contact him and he will make the changes. John McCutcheon stated that his Qual date was incorrect, he qualified in 1961, not 1962, (I knew he was older, the old fart just wouldn’t admit it before) as was in the data base. This is data that he could not change. (Note: Secretary Gorman has subsequently made this correction and John is now going to be inducted into the Holland Club this September.)

Longevity Pins were presented to the following Member:

Ed Cockburn—10 years

(Another Note: These pins are purchased by CDR Starbird, no Base funds are involved. A Bravo Zulu to John.)

The meeting was adjourned at 1400.

Respectfully submitted Secretary Roy Gorman