Meeting Minutes for August 16th, 2023

Status Draft

Drafted Wednesday, August 16th, 2023

Approved Unofficial until approved

Time 1800

Venue Ottawa Library / City Hall (Study Session Room)

Purpose General Meeting

Attendance Buck Bradley, President

Kimberly Barraclough, Vice President

Derrick Larcom, Secretary

Ray Shumate, Treasurer

Bill Kneller

Gary Nicholson

Liz Louderman

Jan Wallis

Ryland Miller

Michelle Ferguson

Call To Order

Roll call

recorded by Derrick Larcom

Minutes

Minutes were available on FranklinCountyHonors.org

Officer's Reports

President, Buck

Color guard and flyover still good
Discussions of Debt Card tabled until a later date
Facebook authorized users reduced to streamline process and decrease risk on off-brand posts
25 anniversary of war memorial, plan for event? Discuss at a later date

Vice President, Kim

Kim will be making additional shirts to sell
QR Code & website added to shirts

Secretary, Derrick

Thank you for heartfelt condolences concerning my grandfather's passing.
Website is almost ready for payments.
Public response forms will be added to the website
- required fields, contact

Treasurer, Ray

Ray applied for a credit card in the Organization's Name

Member At-Large, Sherry

Sherry's Topics

Old Business

501c3 Update

Waiting on new info
Consider filing for ourselves

Civic Meetings

Community Dinner After Action Discussion
Chamber Coffee Acter Action Discussion
- Meet with commissioners, mend bridges
- Reach back out to school districts

New Business

Banners

2nd Campaign to launch at car show
Website will be available for ordering
2024 campaign memorial day - car show, allows orders to be placed and received in the same year.
Contacting City for sponsoring additional brackets

Education Tour Opportunity:

Friday, November 10th
City form needs to be filled out for event approval
- Invite National Guard to displays vehicles on Park St.
- Each student will put sand in a paper bag with one battery operated luminary light to be placed along the City Park sidewalks (fairly inexpensive). This will light up the park the eve of Veterans Day.
- Students visit each war Memorial. A veteran will speak about that particular event.
- Do we want each class to have a guide to take classes from station to station?
- We can stake out an outline for a flag in the grass. Each student will plant a fake carnation and then we will have the American flag (fairly inexpensive).
- Flag folding and flag history station
- Tour Carnegie Hall if high school has up displays
- What is a veteran? And White Table set up with explanation.