The Sentinel Newsletter of the Nevada Civil War Volunteers

December 6, 2007

CALL TO ORDER: Commander Fred Grune called the meeting to order at 6:58 PM. There were 11 members present.

MINUTES OF PAST MEETING: A motion, made by Kathy Lynch to accept the minutes of the past meeting, was seconded, and approved.

STAFF OFFICER’S REPORTS:

COMMANDER:  Fred Grune had no report.

INSPECTOR GENERAL:  Robert Burr had no report. Robert did mention what he found out about Fort Churchill’s availability for the upcoming year)

ADJUTANT GENERAL:  Joanne Miller reported the balance for the club at the start of the month, its debits and credits, and the closing balance for November 2007

CIVILIAN CHIEF OF STAFF:  Paulette Grune was absent with illness, but Fred Grune presented her findings for the availability of various locations for events in 2008.

CONFEDERATE CHIEF OF STAFF:  Bud Miller had no report

UNION CHIEF OF STAFF:  Tom Lynch had no report, except to bring Carson City’s Sesquicentennial to the NCWV’s attention.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

Kathy Lynch wanted to confirm the status of the Holiday Party.  Fred Grune confirmed that the party is still scheduled for January 5, 2008 at 2:00 PM.  It is a finger food potluck and please let Paulette know what you are bringing.  Event is modern, casual clothing.

NEW BUSINESS:

Wally Earhart informed the NCWV that he had been to the hospital to see Skip Hammargren.  Wally brought back word that Skip wanted everyone to know he was getting along.

POINTS FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER:

Tom Lynch made the motion to adjourn, Bud Miller seconded. It passed and the meeting adjourned at 7:38 PM.

EDITOR'S Assorted Thoughts: Well, another Sentinel has been produced by my hands.  When I first started this task I was a little intimidated. The technical aspects of putting together this thing frightened me.  I think that to some degree I have lost this fear. The biggest challenge for me was taking complete notes at the meetings.  My usual instinct when I am at any sort of meeting, or forum, or conversation with another human being is to sort of zone out unless my name is mentioned.

Kathy Lynch has supplied information concerning The Citizen’s Companion for all of those people who are interested.

The Citizen’s Companion is $26 a year.

1-800-624-0281 extension: 326

or send payment to:

Citizen’s Companion Subscription

P.O. Box 625

Morristown, TN 37814

At the last General Membership meeting there were several requests for various members' contact information.  It was suggested to me that printing the roster for this last Sentinel for the year might be a good idea.  As such, I have pieced together the contact information for the members of the club from 2007 as best as I was able. Knowing my attention to detail, it is quite possible that there are some errors on this; not that it makes a huge difference as the New Year will require everyone to submit new membership forms and a whole new roster will be created.