{"id":56,"date":"2016-03-02T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T05:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huttick.net\/DeptTNSUVCW\/?p=56"},"modified":"2016-05-15T16:33:40","modified_gmt":"2016-05-15T21:33:40","slug":"21st-department-of-tennessee-encampment-draft-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.suvcwdepttn.org\/?p=56","title":{"rendered":"21st Department of Tennessee Encampment (DRAFT MINUTES)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>21<sup>st<\/sup> Department of Tennessee Encampment<br \/>\n20 February 2016<\/p>\n<p>Commander Michael Downs declared the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Encampment of the Department of Tennessee open.\u00a0 Secretary Geoffrey Hintze, PDC called the roll of the officers.\u00a0 Absent were Senior Vice Commander Roger Tenney and Patriotic Instructor Eddie Evans.\u00a0 Commander Downs introduced our guests \u2013 Mark Day, Junior Vice Commander-in-Chief from Virginia,\u00a0 U. S. Grant (Dr. Kurt Fields), the Encampment\u2019s host \u2013 Joe Burns and Cindy McReynolds.<\/p>\n<p>The National Junior Vice Commander-in-Chief, Mark Day, traveled from his home in Virginia to spend the day with us.\u00a0 He also discussed the health of our National Commander-in Chief Eugene Mortoff, who recently suffered a stroke.\u00a0 It would seem that a full recovery is expected.\u00a0 Brother Day also presented the latest status report concerning the Banner magazine and told us we should be expecting a copy to arrive soon. We also had a very special guest when General U. S.\u00a0 Grant (Dr. Curt Fields) made a presentation to the membership.<\/p>\n<p>The Camps gave their reports as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sultana #1 (See Attachment 1)<\/li>\n<li>Major General James H. Wilson Camp #1(See Attachment 2)<\/li>\n<li>Major William A. McTeer Camp #39(See Attachment #3)<\/li>\n<li>Richard Taylor Camp #53(See Attachment #4)<\/li>\n<li>Fort Donelson Camp #62 (no written report).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Officers gave their reports as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Commander (See Attachment 5)<\/li>\n<li>Junior Vice Commander (See Attachment 6)<\/li>\n<li>Secretary\/Treasurer (See Attachment 7)<\/li>\n<li>Signals Officer (See Attachment 8)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Several \u201cCertificate of Commendations\u201d were handed out to members for outstanding service over the past year.\u00a0 These included one to Brother Ben Jones for his overall organizational abilities in making the Encampment a success, Brother Sam Gant for his efforts in the preservation of the Franklin Battlefield and Brother Geoffrey Hintze for his work as our Secretary \u2013 Treasurer. Special recognition was given to the McTeer Camp and its Commander, David McReynolds, for their excellent work leading them to being awarded the Abraham Lincoln Commander-in Chief\u2019s Award at the 2015 National Encampment. Brother Doug Fidler, also of the McTeer Camp, was presented the Grant Cup for his excellence in recruiting.<\/p>\n<p>With the death of PDC Charles Henry Engle, Jr,, the Department of Tennessee, a number of Camps within the Department of Tennessee and a number of Brothers donated to the SUVCW Charitable Foundation in memory of Brother Engle.\u00a0 Certificates from the SUVCW Charitable Foundation were awarded to The Department of Tennessee, Fort Donelson Camp 62, Missionary Ridge Camp 63, Army of the Tennessee Camp 64, Brother Ted Sheldon and Brother Geoffrey Hintze.<\/p>\n<p>Old Business:<\/p>\n<p>The Central Regions Association meeting that will be held on September 30<sup>th<\/sup> and October 1<sup>st<\/sup>, 2016 in the Franklin \u2013 Fort Negley area.\u00a0 Commander Downs asked for the Department\u2019s support in making the meeting a success while suggesting that their web site be checked for updates.<\/p>\n<p>New Business:<\/p>\n<p>A discussion concerning a change in the name of the Department was made.\u00a0 A motion was made to form a committee to report back before the next Encampment.\u00a0 The motion passed.<\/p>\n<p>Before he died, Charles Engle, Jr. proposed that the Department look into hosting a National Encampment.\u00a0 However if it is decided to make an offer sometime in the future we will need, on hand, at least $2500.00 \u201cseed money\u201d to get the event going although, we were led to believe, this would be reimbursed to us after a final accounting of our expenses by the National organization. What is needed is some creative thinking about a good fundraiser if it is decided to pursue this idea. Brother George Huttick, our Signals Officers, explained to those in attendance why our presence on the World Wide Web is needed to be upgraded.\u00a0 A motion was made to form a committee to study the feasibility of hosting a National Encampment.\u00a0 The motion passed.\u00a0 The committee\u00a0 members will be Michael Downs, Geoffrey Hintze, David McReynolds and Ben Jones.\u00a0 Commander Downs will be chairman.\u00a0 Brother Huttick made a motion to \u201cProvide for a virtual special meeting in 2016 if required to address any needs of the committee exploring a National Encampment bid\u201d.\u00a0 The motion passed.<\/p>\n<p>As Department Signals Officer, Brother Huttick made two other motions.<\/p>\n<p>Motion 1<\/p>\n<p>Grant permission to the Signals Officer\u00a0 to overhaul the Department website. The changes to be made will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reducing the number of pages<\/li>\n<li>Removing old media content that is dead(not visited)<\/li>\n<li>Providing for others to be able to easily post to the site<\/li>\n<li>Developing \u2018job aids\u2019 to be used for training successors for maintaining the site.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Motion 2<\/p>\n<p>Create a Department of Tennessee instagram account to promote SUVCW in a newer social media format.\u00a0 Align the posts to match National SUVCW promotion plan.<\/p>\n<p>Both motions passed.<\/p>\n<p>Brother Fidler also suggested that we recognize a member of the year in the name of Charlie Engle, to honor his hard work and devotion to the Sons; his motion was accepted unanimously. \u00a0Brother Huttick volunteered to add the Charlie Engle award to the Department bylaws.<\/p>\n<p>A motion was made and passed to get a draft of the minutes within 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>Brother Hintze also had to announce that the David Farragut Camp #6 was turning in their charter due to a drop in the membership below the minimum level.\u00a0 On the other hand, late in 2015 , a new charter was presented to the Army of the Tennessee Camp #64, which is located in the Murfreesboro area, and is the first new camp in the Department since 2010.\u00a0 Overall there are \u00a0currently 183 members in the Department of Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p>Delegates to the National Encampment:<\/p>\n<p>The National Encampment will be held in Springfield, IL from August 10-14.\u00a0 The following Brothers were elected as Delegates:<\/p>\n<p>David McReynolds<br \/>\nCarl Addison<br \/>\nGeorge H Huttick<br \/>\nGeorge A Huttick<br \/>\nRoger Tenney<br \/>\nChip Huffman<br \/>\nMichael Moore<\/p>\n<p>Election of Officers:<\/p>\n<p>The following Brothers were nominated as officers:<\/p>\n<p>Commander:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Michael Downs<br \/>\nSenior Vice Commander:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Roger Tenney<br \/>\nJunior Vice Commander:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 David McReynolds<br \/>\nSecretary\/Treasurer:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Geoffrey Hintze<br \/>\nDepartment Council:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Carl Addison and Ben Jones<\/p>\n<p>PDC Sam Gant has one more year on the Department Council.<br \/>\nThe officers were unanimously elected.<br \/>\nJVCiC Mark Day installed the officers.<\/p>\n<p>Commander Downs announced that the Army of the Tennessee Camp 64 will host the 22nd Department Encampment and declared that the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Department Encampment was closed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>21st Department of Tennessee Encampment 20 February 2016 Commander Michael Downs declared the 21st Encampment of the Department of Tennessee [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":116,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-encampment","category-home-page","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.suvcwdepttn.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.suvcwdepttn.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.suvcwdepttn.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.suvcwdepttn.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.suvcwdepttn.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.suvcwdepttn.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60,"href":"http:\/\/www.suvcwdepttn.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions\/60"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.suvcwdepttn.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.suvcwdepttn.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.suvcwdepttn.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.suvcwdepttn.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}