MINUTES
Board of Directors Meeting
Military Writers Society of America
12 September 2019

1. With proper notice given, the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors was held at the annual conference on 12 September 2019 in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Hotel Albuquerque.

Attending were Bob Doerr, President; George Jackson, Vice President; Hugh Simpson, Treasurer; Joe Epley, Secretary, and board members John Cathcart, Phil Keith, Jim Tritten, Larry Greenly and Bill MacDonald.

Doerr called the meeting to order at 4:OO pm MDT.

2. MINUTES of the August meeting, on motion duly made and seconded, were approved as presented. APPENDIX A

3. TREASURERS REPORT. Simson presented the treasurer’s report which was, on motion duly made and seconded, approved. APPENDIX B

4..2019 ANNUAL MEETING REPORT. Conference Committee chair Jim Tritten presented a report on the annual meeting stating attendance was above projection. APPENDIX C

5. 2020 ANNUAL MEETING. President Doerr said the meet in 2020 would be held in New London, Conn. And that Jim Greenwald had agreed to be coordinate the meeting. Phil Keith will assist.

6. AWARDS COMMITTEE REPORT John Cathcart said the following medals were awarded: 15 Gold, 14 Silver, 13 Bronze (42 total).

7. MEMBERSHIP REPORT. Cathcart reported for the membership chair that the current membership was 296 paid members.

8. OLD BUSINESS

9. NEW BUSINESS

i. Elections. 2020 will require an election of officers and directors. The President designated Joe Epley as chair and members to include Dwight Zimmerman. Epley is to have procedures for the election process at the next meeting of the Board.

10. NEXT MEETING will be a conference call at 4 PM EST on 4 December 2019.,

11. There being no further business, the meeting on motion duly made and seconded, adjourned.