1930 meeting begins – We had Quorum. Meeting took place at the VFW
Roll Call of Officers:
Officers present: Bill Swain, Tim Paulin (phone), Mike Betts, Paymaster Ed Hall (phone), and Curtis Atkins
Due to Tim Moving out of the area, Tim Paulin stepped down and Mike Betts was sworn in as Jr. Vice Commandant.
Application for Membership: None
Minutes of previous meeting: Minutes of our November meeting were sent out by email and accepted.
Correspondence: NTR
Report of Paymaster:
We have a total $5,350.01 which includes: $250 for our Benevolent fund and $2,001.29 for scholarships.
Report of any Member/Family Sick or Distressed:
Col. Lou Schott called in and is doing well as can be. We wish him well.
Dennis is home and we wish him well as well. Thanks Jon for doing extra duty by picking him up many times and taking him to the VA.
Report of Officers:
Commandant: Bill – Not only our detachment, but we all all want to work at patronizing our VFW in 2023. The doors are open guys!
Sr. Vice – Not in attendance.
Jr. Vice – We hosted the Department of MD meeting in December.
JA – NTR
Report of Standing Committees:
Fund Raising – M1 Carbine raffle needs work on all our parts. We have only sold 27 out of 300 raffle ticket. $40 a ticket. Come on guys.
We will be selling raffle tickets at the Belair Gun Show at the Belair Armory February 3, 4 & 5th. We need volunteers. Please email Mike Betts to volunteer your time.
Bel Air Gun Show 2023 • Bel Air, MD (igunshows.com)
Upcoming Eagle Scout Awards Ceremonies: If you are interested in attending, please email the Commandant.
11 February at 1500 at the Owen Brown Community Center.
25 February 1900 – 2030 at Bethany United Methodist 2875 Bethany Lane.
Scholarships: We need more work done. We will reach out to Jesus for February & March.
Report of Special Committees: NTR
Unfinished Business: NTR
New Business: A motion was made and passed to donate $300 to the Iwo Jima Association.
Good of the League:
Mark Your Calendars! The 78th Reunion of The Battle For Iwo Jima will be held from 16 – 18 February, 2023 at the Crystal City Hilton Hotel (recently renamed to the Hilton Arlington National Landing) in Arlington, Virginia, just a couple of miles from Reagan National Airport.
See https://www.iwojimaassociation.org
See the “Dignified Transfer of the last Medal of Honor recipient from World War II Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams” at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OAKQUbQb-Y
Announcements: NTR
Closing Ceremony: Meeting closed at 2045 until the next meeting on 28 February at 1900 hours. See you next month.
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February 28, 2023
Minutes of the previous meeting – accepted
Applications for Membership – None noted
Correspondence – None noted
Report of Paymaster – Motion to accept affirmed
Balance as of 2/27/23:
$250 bereavement fund
$2,048 checking
$2,000 saving
Up to date with filing taxes
Sold 78 tickets
MCL Link to pay dues or buy a raffle ticket.
Consider exceeding the PayPal payment to offset PayPal’s fee/tax
Example: $40 for MCL dues. Pay $41.89 that way. MCL gets to keep $40.
Report of Sickness/Distress – Please reach out to Col. Lou Schott
Report of officers –
Bill Swain: Attended an Eagle Scout Award with Capt. Santos.
Mike Betts: Attended Iwo Jima weekend, Gen. Gray also attended.
Handed out Good Citizen Award to an Eagle Scout
Jesus: Mentor with Special Olympics.
Report of Standing Committees –
Scholarship Committee – Need to update the scholarship paperwork from Saki.
Jesus will be speaking to his son’s school counselor to put MCL on the scholarship list.
Need to find more ways to get the word out about the Scholarship Fund.
Discussed creating a criterion so MCL children can also apply.
Looking at high schools with ROTC programs and to attempting reach out to get the scholarship for military families
Accept Active Duty marines or Veterans who have sons and daughters in ROTC for scholarship.
Need to get all scholarship information completed by the March meeting.
Discussed how much to award the scholarship awardee ($1,000 or $2,000)
Discussed if there should be one or two scholarships available.
Ed wants to have 2 scholarship awards.
Jesus wants to have 2 scholarship awards at $1,000 each.
Fundraising Committee – There will be an antique firearms show at Timonium fairgrounds on March 18th and 19th. An email will be sent asking for volunteers, and asking that you include what day and time will work best for you to help.
Report Unfinished business – None noted
Report New business –
Receipt from a Marine who attended Marine Corps Ball.
Marine attended the ball with his girlfriend. Ed suggested that MCL can cover the cost of the Marine.
Plan ahead to get estimates for the cost of the Marine Corps Birthday cake.
Announcement about Membership – None noted
Good of the league –
Ed wants Senator Chris Van Hollen to award Col. Lou the Silver Star Medal.
Announcements –
MCL Det. 1084 is not in good standing with the state of Maryland.
Need to request a reinstatement.
The cost is $150.
Minutes by Michael Bechetti.
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Minutes of the March 28th, 2023 meeting, SSgt. Karl G Taylor, Sr. Detachment, Marine Corps League.
– Meeting called to order at 1912.
– Judge Advocate not present.
– Minutes from the previous meeting accepted via voice vote. Motion made by Kevin Oliver, seconded by Mike Betts.
– No Marine is sick or distressed.
Paymaster Report: $4780.03 in checking account
Report accepted via voice vote. Motion made by Kevin Oliver, seconded by Mike Betts.
Officer’s Reports:
– Commandant–Dept. of Maryland convention upcoming in May. Anyone that wants to attend is encouraged to do so.
– Sr. Vice Commandant–No report.
– Jr. Vice Commandant–No report.
Scholarship Committee:
– Committee Chairman Jesus Tapia has made contact with HoCo high schools.
– Jesus and assist chair Kevin Oliver will meet to finalize eligibility criteria.
– Ed Hall brought up the idea of including Boy’s State.
Fundraising Committee:
– M1 Carbine raffle is coming along. Several Marines manned a booth at a gun show, 3 tickets were sold.
– So far 102 tickets have been sold, for a total of $4080.
– More members are needed to help sell tickets.
– The idea to limit ticket sales to 200 total was debated.
Unfinished Business: None
New Business:
– The Department requests that Detachment purchase an ad for the convention book.
2023-24 Officer Nominations:
– Commandant–Mike Betts was nominated and he accepted.
– Sr. Vice Commandant–Kevin Oliver was nominated and he accepted.
– Jr. Vice Commandant–Larry Gourdine was nominated and he accepted.
– Judge Advocate–Jesus Tapia was nomimated and he accepted.
– Nominations were closed until next meeting.
Good of the League:
– HoCo will be holding a Vietnam Veteran’s Day ceremony. All are encouraged to attend.
– A penciled date of Sunday, 21 May is on the VFW calendar for a MCL Family picnic afternoon. (An Alternate date is 7th May). Please respond with preference, intention to attend & regrets for a head count.
– Meeting closed at 2012.
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Minutes of SSGT Karl G Taylor Monthly meeting – April 25th, 2023
Opening Ceremony: 1910 meeting begins. We had quorum. Meeting took place at the VFW.
Roll Call of Officers:
Officers present: Bill Swain, Jesus Tapia & Curtis Atkins
Application for Membership: none
Minutes of previous meeting: Minutes of our March meeting were sent out by email and accepted. Well done, Kevin.
Correspondence: Effective 1 July 2023, the Life Membership Fees will increase as per the following chart:
From $500 to $1000.00 – 35 years of age and lower
From $400 to $800.00 – 36-50 years of age
From $300 to $600.00 – 51-64 years of age
From $200 to $400.00 – 65-84 years of age
From $200 to $100.00 – 85 years of age and higher (a decrease)
Report of Paymaster: Due to Circumstances Paymasters report will be emailed at a later date.
Report of any Member/Family Sick or Distressed: None
Report of Officers:
Commandant: Bill – Flag Retirement went well looking for increased participation
Sr Vice – NTR
Jr. Vice – not in Attendance (chasing horses)
JA – NTR
Report of Standing Committees:
Fund Raising – M1 Carbine raffle as of last meeting we raised a total of $4080 and it was agreed to reduce the tickets to 300 from 200 so we have 98 tickets remaining. We all need to push this.
The Scholarships Committee met and revised our Scholarship criteria. Jesus will send out an email to all members of the changes.
Website. Bill brought up the idea of revamping our website.
Upcoming Eagle Scout Awards ceremonies: NTR
Report of Special Committees: NTR
Unfinished Business: NTR
New Business: Detachment Picnic. We voted on Saturday, June 3rd, 1300, hours for our annual picnic. Sunday, June 4th will be our backup date.
Tentative VFW is the place (any changes will be passed along). We voted and approved $400 for drinks & alcohol. $200 for meat & potluck for everything else (we all bring a little something and we all have fun).
Good of the League:
Nominations this month:
Commandant – Mike Betts (accepted)
Sr Commandant – Kevin Oliver, Curt Atkins ( both accepted)
Jr Commandant – Larry Gourdine (accepted)
Judge Advocate- Jesus Tapia (accepted)
We also tossed around some more ideas for just plain ole fun stuff. Some ideas that came up:
Offline gathering house, bar, park, anything.
Meeting/deck party at the VFW we will try to start again next month 1800 hrs.
Announcements: NTR
Closing Ceremony: Meeting closed at 2045 until the next meeting on 30 May 1900 hours (or 1800) on the deck. See you next month.
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May 23, 2023
1915 meeting begins. We had Quorum. Meeting took place at the VFW.
Officers present: Bill Swain, Jesus Tapia, Mike Betts & Curtis Atkins
Application for Membership: None
Minutes of previous meeting: Minutes of our April meeting were sent out by email and accepted.
Correspondence: Effective 1 July 2023, the Life Membership Fees will increase as per the following
From $500 to $1000.00 – 35 years of age and lower
From $400 to $800.00 – 36-50 years of age
From $300 to $600.00 – 51-64 years of age
From $200 to $400.00 – 65-84 years of age
From $200 to $100.00 – 85 years of age and higher (a decrease)
Report of Paymaster: $5,075.23 total in account. Included in that amount is $2001.49 for the Scholarship fund
Report of any Member/Family Sick or Distressed: Colonel Schott is out of the hospital and back in his room. Prayers for this 102-year-old devil dog! He is doing better just taking small steps at a time. Still unable to take calls.
Report of Officers:
Commandant: Bill – Thanks to all of the detachment who attended Colonel Schott’s Silver Star ceremony. We had a couple of frustrating technological hiccups, but it went fine. Department of MD Commandant Joe Fay and his Adjutant Gerald George attended. There was concern on the proper wear of the red blazer. Bill Swain took the lead to follow up on this topic.
Sr Vice – NTR
Jr. Vice
1. Mike Attended the Marine Corps League Convention and represented the detachment. We have a streamer to add to our flag. Sold a few raffle tickets.
2. Mike also sold a few more raffle tickets at the Carroll County Veterans Celebration.
JA – NTR
Report of Standing Committees:
Fund Raising – For the M1 Carbine raffle, we have about 85 tickets remaining; we all need to push this.
Scholarships Committee – No applications currently.
Website – Has been updated by Saki.
Upcoming Eagle Scout Awards ceremonies – NTR
Report of Special Committees: On the 4th Of July, the Howard County Joint Military Council will again host the Parade. We are participating. Col. Hall will keep us
posted on the details.
Following the 4th of July Parade, at 1700 hours Col. Hall and his wife will open their home to our detachment along with post 156. Spouses are welcome. Mrs. Hall is an outstanding Host.
Post 156 will conduct a Change of Command Ceremony. We are invited to do one as well.
Unfinished Business: NTR
New Business: Saturday June 3rd, 1300, is our annual picnic. It will be at the VFW on the back deck. We already approved $400 for alcohol and other drinks. $200 for meat and potluck for everything else. Please let Mr. Oliver know what you are bringing. We also could use a few popup canopies to set up on the deck.
Ceremony of Installation of Officers:
Final calls for nominations were conducted.
Votes were conducted and tallied. Congratulations to Our 2023 Officers for SSGT Karl Taylor Detachment 1084:
Commandant – Mike Betts
Sr. Commandant – Kevin Oliver
Jr. Commandant – Curtis Atkins
Judge Advocate – Jesus Tapia
Swearing in was accomplished by Past Commandant Bill Swain
Good of the League:
Memorial Day Weekend
For all events, the Uniform of the Day will be the MCL Undress uniform if you have it. If you don’t have it, wear your red cover.
Saturday May 27th – The VFW Post 7472 is hosting a ceremony at the Old Ellicott City Courthouse, 3725 Park Avenue. Start time 12:30pm. This is not a Marine Corps League event but attend if you can.
Sunday, 28 May, 12:00pm. Please arrive around 11:15 – 11:30 to assist as needed.
Site Lead: Bill Swain, MCL & Post 156
Location: St. John Episcopal Churn 9120 Frederick Rd., Ellicott City, MD 21042
Ceremony Protocol: Expectation – Repeat of Last year’s Plan, Site lead will MC event and adjust to fit circumstances.
Event Practice date/time: Coordination with CAP/Event participants by Bill Swain
Color Guard: Howard County Civil Air Patrol, Terri Taylor
National Anthem: Music by Ed
Invocation/benediction: Johnathan Branch
Speaker: Jerry Wykoff
Wreath laying: MCL, AL, Johnathan Branch
Music: By Ed
Audio system: St John
Wreath: MCL / AL
Monday May 29th – Marine Corps League hosting; ceremony at the Harriet Tubman Cultural Center, 8045 Harriet Tubman Lane, Columbia, MD 21044. Start time 8:00am. Please arrive by 0745
Mark The Date: 30 June 2023 the get your Life Membership before the Cost increase.
Announcements: Past Commandant Bill Swain Thanks the Detachment for all the support over the years
Closing Ceremony: Meeting closed at 2045 until the next meeting on 27 June 2023.
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