HomeMy Public PortalAbout20100714minutesUSS JEFFERSON CITY SUBMARINE COMMITTEE
JULY 14, 2010
Call to Order; In attendance are George Bruss, Chairman, Ed Irwin, former Vice Chairman,
John O'Connell, Secretary, Melody Green, Marti Thruston, Mark Aulbur, new member, and
Steve Schlueter, City Finance Director.
Motion; Members were given copies of the June 16, 2010 meeting for review and approval.
After review Marti Thruston made a motion to accept the minutes and it was seconded by
Melody Green. The motion was passed by the Committee.
Crew Visit; George Bruss asked Melody Green if she would take on the task of Crew Visit
Coordinator and Marti Thruston as assistant. They both accepted the challenge. Melody stated
that she had been in contact with the Captain and he has tentatively set the dates for the crew
visit as October 14th through October 19th. Melody said that the Captain would like to bring
six or seven crew members with him. She has done a quick check of air fares for that time
period and it looks like about $300.00 round trip per person.
Melody has firmed up arrangements for Thursday evening dinner at the Elks Lodge. She is
working on tours and lunch for Friday and has commitment for dinner at the American Legion
sponsored by Navy Club Ship #5. Also, she has made tentative arrangements for the crew to
do community service activity by working at, Habitat for Humanity, Saturday morning.
George Bruss has invited the crew to attend the TJC Base Submarine Veterans meeting which
will be held at the American Legion Hall at 2:00PM Saturday afternoon.
Saturday evening is open for dinner, Melody was hopeful that a local business or bank would
sponsor a donation for the crews dinner at a local restaurant.
Also there was some discussion about a fund raiser BBQ as an option for Saturday evening
dinner. George Bruss indicated that he would check with Hal Dulle and discuss the possibility
of a BBQ fund raiser while the crew is here or if it would be more practical to try and schedule
one in the spring.
Sunday, Melody would like to take the Captain to a Rams football game in St. Louis. It just so
happens they are playing San Diego on October 17th. The rest of the crew may enjoy a visit to
Herman, MO during the Oktoberfest. Marti Thruston offered to be a sober chauffer.
Melody indicated she would like to schedule a visit to the Capital and a tour of the Capital Dome
on Monday also she would like to include a tour of the Unilever Plant for the crew. Also,
Monday evening is the City Council Meeting and they would like to have the crew stop by so
they can meet and greet. Monday evening is open for dinner but Melody thought she could talk
to Mike Bates of the Chamber to see if they or one of their members would like to sponsor the
crew for Monday evening dinner. George Bruss said he would talk to Danny Farmer who is the
manager of Bone's restaurant to see if he could do a dinner at his location.
The discussion moved to housing for the crew during the visit. George Bruss said he could
house two and that Dick Kauffman would take one person. Marti indicated she could house two
and Melody said that the Captain would stay at her home.
New Business; The committee agreed to meet in one month on August 11th at 5:15 PM, to
further plans for the crew visit.
Adjournment; At about 6:00PM Marti Thruston made a motion to adjourn and it was seconded
by John O'Connell the motion was passed by the committee.