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Dear USS FLOYD B PARKS ASSOCIATION members, During this past week I had the great pleasure to attend 4 days of the Tin Can Sailors Reunion in Houston, Texas. PARKS was well represented by our president, vice president, I as Secretary/Treasurer as well as ten others plus several wives. President Jim Smith called to order a meeting of the Association members at 6PM on Wednesday, September 27, 2022 at the Hilton Houston North hotel, 12400 Greenspoint Drive, Houston, TX 77060. Attendees: Several wives were present during the meeting as well. President Smith read aloud a list of members who have died since our last meeting in New Orleans in 2019. A moment of silence was observed in their memory. Treasurer Allion provided a brief update on the Association Finance. The club has $44,139 before current reunion expenses. As authorized by a vote of the members in attendance at the 2019 New Orleans reunion President Smith, VP Hall and Treas Allion authorized spending up to $1,000 on hospitality for the current reunion. $873.35 was expended on hospitality room expenses and meals for attending members and their spouses. There are minimal routine recurring expenses including newsletter (approximately $400 per newsletter), $720 for maintaining the PARKS website, and $30 per year for other online services. President Smith proposed, and the topic was discussed among the members present, that we explore the possibility of having a mini reunion in the Carmel, CA area in the spring (April/May) of 2023. Members present were supportive of the possibility and moved and approved the effort to explore such a reunion. President Smith generously offered the services of his wife, Pamela, to investigate possible hotels, tours and restaurants in the Monterey/Carmel California area. More information will follow. The next Tin Can Sailors reunion is planned to be held in September 2023 in Atlantic City, NJ. A motion was made and seconded that we adjourn the meeting at 6:36PM. Submitted PS, if any of the members present see any errors or omissions and want to correct my minutes please direct them to me. Thanks. More photos, click here |