12 <strong>Jul</strong>y - <strong>Aug</strong>ust <strong>2008</strong> The Graybeards
CALL FOR ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING The Annual Membership Meeting of the <strong>Korean</strong> <strong>War</strong> <strong>Veterans</strong> <strong>Association</strong> of the USA is called for Saturday, October 25, <strong>2008</strong>. The meeting will take place at the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel, 777 Waterside Drive, Norfolk VA 23510 beginning at 0900 and continue, with recesses, through the completion of all business properly brought before it. Members with items proposed for the meeting must insure that they reach Secretary Frank Cohee, KWVA, not later than September 15, <strong>2008</strong>. Order of Business: • Call to Order • To The Colors/Pledge of Allegiance • Invocation • Administrative Announcements • Roll Call and Introductions/Recognition of New Officers/Directors • Introduction of Distinguished Visitors, Major Staff and Others • Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting, Reno, NV, Oct. 23- 25, 2007 • Minutes of the Annual General Membership Meeting, Reno, NV, Oct. 25, 2007 • Annual Treasurer’s Report • Old Business • Reports from Committees • For the Good of the Order • Motion to Adjourn • Benediction • Salute to the Colors Submitted by Frank Cohee, National Secretary Approved by William F Mac Swain, National President, KWVA/US, Chairman and Presiding Officer, Board of Directors BUSINESS KWVA Annual Membership Meeting Rules Of Decorum & Debate (Based on Robert’s Rule of Order Newly Revised 10th Edition) 1. A voting member must obtain the floor and be recognized by the presiding officer using his position and name before addressing the assembly. 2. The voting member is to stand when addressing the assembly, and if the member makes a motion, that member has the first right to speak to the motion. 3. Voting members must be courteous and never attack or question the motives of other members. 4. Discussion shall be focused on the matter or idea in question and not on personalities. 5. Voting members are limited to 10 minutes on each subject during discussion and may speak the second time only if all other voting members who wish to speak have spoken on the pending motion. 6. A voting member may speak more than twice if the assembly grants additional time, by a majority vote of the voting members present. 7. The Chair may recognize non-voting members attending the meeting only after voting members have completed their discussion on the pending motion. 8. The Chair may call for voting by a show of hands, or a voice yea or nay or standing vote. A secret ballot vote may be called for by a request of one-fifth (1/5) of the voting members present. 9. The above rules may be amended, suspended, or rescinded by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of at least a quorum of the voting members present. Manuals & Rituals One issue that is prevalent among KWVA Chapters is that the <strong>Association</strong> has no manual or rituals. That is certainly true from the National Level. Another request to National is for Chapter- or Department-level Bylaws. There may be no examples of them at the National Level, either. Departments are advised to consult with the new Department of California for an example of Department Bylaws. The California Department is new, and they developed their Bylaws correctly according to today’s situations. The Department can be contacted at: Department of California 3361 Williams Rd San Jose, CA 95117-2579 Mike Glazzy 408-296-8282 MGlazzy@sbcglobal.net Website: http://www.dcakwva.org Chapter 180, CENLA [LA] developed a Ritual, Drill and Ceremonies Manual for its own use. It is printed in booklet form, and copies are available on request. Chapters can modify its contents to fit their individual situations. CID 180 also has its Bylaws in booklet form; they, too, are available on request. Other Chapters would probably have to modify the Bylaws considerably depending on their State’s requirements and their own preferences. But, CID 180’s Bylaws may provide a starting point. Contact Chapter: CENLA [Central Louisiana] C/O Lee Stewart, Adjutant [Ph: 337-239-7341] 916 Marvin Av Leesville, LA 71446 And, if any other Chapter or Department has viable examples of Bylaws, ritual manuals, or other documents that they are willing to share, they can contact Frank Cohee at 4037 Chelsea Lane, Lakeland, FL 33809, (863) 859-1384, FCohee@kwva.org. 13 The Graybeards <strong>Jul</strong>y - <strong>Aug</strong>ust <strong>2008</strong>