May Chapter Meeting Brief


May 25, 2018

Chapter 5 Meeting After Action Keeping Our Members in the know!!!

At our meeting on Saturday May 19th, we accomplished a lot of chapter business. For those that attended and those unable to, this is a brief summary of the meeting. We want to keep our family in the know!!!!!

What we did/discussed this month:

  • We had approximately 70 members attending

  • The minutes from the April meeting were passed with a couple of amendments

  • The chapter voted in 8 transfer members and welcomed several new members and guests. Welcome to all our new members and it is always great to see new members. We look forward to you becoming active in the chapter’s activities

  • Volunteers (LVAP):

    • LVAP registration forms were passed out

    • Cannot stress the importance of accounting for our LVAP hours

      • These hours are reported to Congress and the IRS to help keep our 501c status

    • All monthly LVAP hours are to be sent to Kevin Crozier (davalamo5@att.net).

      • Volunteer hours by Auxiliary members can, also, be included into the chapter monthly report

    • DAV National Convention:

      • The chapter nominated and approved the Delegates to the DAV National Convention in Reno Nevada

      • The Delegates are:

        • Kevin Crozier Rafael Morales

        • Burt Meza (NSO) Amanda Almaraz (NSO)

        • Sue Beasey             John Brown

        • Armando Albarran

        • Bill Cvelbar (NSO) Bobby Barrera

      • Election of Officers:

        • We held our annual nomination and installation of officers

        • Past National Commander Bobby Barrera was the installing officer

        • 2018-2019 Officers are:

          • Commander: Kevin Crozier

          • Sr Vice Commander: Rafael Morales

          • 1St Jr Vice Commander: Jon Brown

          • 2nd Jr Vice Commander: Alexander Sullivan

          • Treasurer: Duke Hendershot

          • Chaplain: Ronald Graham

          • Judge Advocate: Armando Albarran

          • Executive At Large: Ernest Ybarra

          • Sgt At Arms: Luiz Baez

          • Officer Of The Day: Mitchell Lopez

          • Finance Officer: Albert Erazo

          • Appointed Positions:

            • Adjutant: Amanda Almaraz

            • Women’s Veteran Advocate: Sue Beasey

            • PAO: JR Garza

            • VG Clark Trustee: Jose Cardenas

            • Membership Chairman: Vince Emery

          • Miscellaneous:

            • Katie Jo Ector (DAVA junior member) will be receiving an Academic Achievement award

            • Vince Emery won the Department Blue Cap Award (enrolling the most DAV members)

          • Happy birthday to all May birthdays

  • Jose Sanchez Patricia had medical issues
     Johnny Harris’s son passed away
     Roberto Almaraz is still having medical issues
     Amanda Almaraz’ Grandma passed away
     John Hubble was involved in a traffic accident
     Joe Dugette’s son Edward is having medical issues
     Roman Beltran is having back surgery
     If you know of any chapter member under the weather, please let one of our chaplains/officers know so we may visit and check on them
    o Raymond Graham is our new Chaplain
     Please keep all our members and veterans in harm’s way in our prayers

WBU VA Claims Assistance Office
o June 7th
o Wayland Baptist University main campus (Room #107)
o 11550 Interstate 35 Frontage Rd, San Antonio, TX 78233
o 1300-1700 hours
Next meeting
o June 16th, 2018
o Rolling Oaks Baptist Church
o 6401 Wenzel Rd, SATX 78233
o 0930 hours for Coffee and donuts
o Short meeting at 1000 hours
o Election and installation of chapter officers
Good Samaritan Veterans Outreach & Transition Center VA Claims Assistance Office
o Thur. June 27th
o Good Samaritan Veterans Outreach & Transition Center
o 202 Connelly St, San Antonio, TX 78203
o 1000-1400 hours
Bingo Floresville:
o May 27th, 2018
o Frank Tejeda Texas Veterans Home
o 200 Veterans Dr
o Floresville, TX
o 1430-1630 hours

 

I would like to thank everyone who attended the Meeting on Saturday. I hope this provides more information to those who were there. For those who were not in attendance, it was another great meeting, fellowship and good food.

Kevin Crozier
DAV Chapter 5 Commander