MINUTES OF THE

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF

THE NOT YET NAMED EMERALD SOCIETY

Monday 5 April 2010

Station 7 Restaurant – 7456 Gumboro Road - Pittsville, Maryland 21850

Meeting called to order by Brother Jester @ 19:20 hours with seven of the 11 invitees (Jester, Colegrove, Donovan, Korb, Trimper, Paige and O'Barsky) present

Agenda begun

We began w/ a Toasting of the Jameson in a showing of solidarity and brotherhood - it went down a bit harsh for some and we may change the shot of choice, but we hope to start each meeting with a similar toast

All attendees and the four (Cramer, Dickerson, Wells and Parker) MIA's unanimously agreed to move forward with the formation of an Emerald Society

The proposed bylaws were unanimously adopted (motion O'Barsky)

The founding Board of Directors was chosen - names and offices follow:

President - Jester - 2 year term

Past President Pro Tempore - Korb - term ends upon election of new President

Vice President - Cramer - 1 year term

Secretary - Colegrove - 2 year term

Treasurer - Trimper - 1 year term

Director #1 - O'Barsky - 3 year term

Director #2 - Donovan - 3 year term

Director #3 - Paige - 2 year term

Director #4 - Parker - 2 year term

Director #5 - Dickerson - 1 year term

Director #6 - Wells - 1 year term

The members present were unable to come to an agreement on a name for the society - this will be decided at a meeting in May

It was decided that the rolls will be initially expanded in the following way: each of the 11 founding fathers will recruit 2 new members to be brought to the May meeting - at least one of these individuals MUST be from outside your home fire department – it was stressed that the society is looking for QUALITY and not QUANTITY – it was also stressed each member should be very selective in their choice of who gets invited into the society – the members were told that they were chosen because of their dedication and love for all aspects of the job and to please use this same criteria when thinking of their invitees

All members present showed a healthy interest in starting a Pipes & Drums Corps - initially sponsors will be looked into for funding - if that should fail, fund raisers will need to be executed - we decided to table the choosing of tartan colors until we figure out the sponsor situation - Seacrets will be approached first - Hooters and MES Allsafe were also discussed

Two ideas for MSFA week fund raisers were discussed - Sunday kickoff at Hooters including shopping cart races and a Tuesday after Ducks party at the Cork Bar will be researched - more information to follow at May meeting

The next meeting will be Friday 7 May 2010 - 19:00 hours at Smitty McGee's in West Fenwick Ireland DE - significant others are welcome to attend this meeting - the main topics of discussion at that meeting will be:

Society name

Bringing in of new members (2 from each board member)

Meeting was adjourned by motion (Paige) at 20:13 hours

Respectfully submitted,

James L. Jester - President

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