SPECIAL
FORCES ASSOCIATION NATIONAL CONVENTION
BOSTON,
MA 01 JULY thru 05 JULY 2000
6,690
active paid up members, 5-10 new members per week, 2-3 are registering from the
SFA National web site. 17,080 total number of records since 1964.
990 members deceased that SFA National currently knows of.
National
is using a new service to ship “The Drop” which shows marked improvement.
National
Headquarters now has a new paved road leading to the building along with paved
parking areas on both sides.
Chapter 10
in Sierra Vista, AZ (fort Huachuca) has been reactivated.
National
will mail a proposal to all Chapters to add their individual web sites to
Nationals for a modest fee of $10.00 per month.
JFK Museum
Building Fund:
$21,000 profit has been raised from the sale of the Son Tay
Raid “Blue Boy Element” prints.
SFA National is accepting suggestion for the subject of a 3rd
SF painting in the series.
The building fund is over half way ($200K plus) to finishing
the inside.
New
National Officers for the next two years (2,140 votes returned)
President,
Wayne Lawley, Vice President, Gary Betterton, Secretary, Jimmy
Dean, Treasure , Jack Bonner, Asst Secretary , George Nelson,
Asst Treasure ,Paul Paine
OLD
BUSINESS (from
various meetings)
George
Allen SFC, DFC (killed by cab driver in San Jose, Costa Rica), No Progress in
resolving this matter.
Request
for the CIB to be awarded to UN Forces Korea sent to Special Warfare Command
Headquarters.
Health
care up date for vets over 65. “Keep our promise to vets”. Senate version
attached to bill #2087 (Senator Warner). The House did not include this
provision in their bill.
SFC Nick
Nowatney stationed in Key West Florida who had his children taken away from he
and his wife by the Florida government has the children back, and the case was
thrown out of court. The family is
in debt in excess of $100K.
Request to
rename the VA Regional Office in ST. Petersburg, Florida after CSM Doug Miller
was sent forward. No response at this time.
Chapter 15
has produced a staff study to recruit new members, which will include a cross
section of Chapters to participate in the study. Those Chapters will be drawn from, the big city, ones with
the most members, small chapters and ones in rural areas.
A formal
request for the MOH to COL Floyd Thompson, the longest held POW in Vietnam was
submitted to the Chairman JCS, which passed the action to the Chief of Staff of
the Army and was turned down. The Army has never recognized one of its own for
being a POW in this manner. National
is still pursuing this effort.
Operation
Tailwind Documentary: Interviews of participants were completed on 09 May 2000.
Major Television networks are currently being contacted. Creditable moderators
are currently being contacted.
Airing is
hoping to be this fall but may be pushed out to the January 2001 time frame
Department
of the Army denied a formal request for CIB’s for Canadians of the 1st SSF.
Honorary
Membership, what determines the status is an issue? Any individual “must” meet the requirements as stated in
the National Constitution. Currently
National has 74 honorary members.
“Walk
Across America” has been submitted to the Guinness Book of Records.
In an
effort to defray expenses for SFA National board members to attend conventions a
motion was made that national will pay for its board members airfare and the
hosting Chapter will pickup the tab for housing of the board members.
This motion passed.
Request
for information as if pertains to the SF Medic survey that is being posted on
the weekly SITREP and in the latest issue of The Drop.
Chapter
Newsletters: Each newsletter should have a disclaimer and identify the
newsletter as a monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly, etc.
2001
National Convention will be held in Houston, Texas, 19 – 23 June 2001.
In the
future, National Raffle tickets can be requested by the Chapter to be sent in
bulk to the Chapter vice individual members.
Jake
Received an SFA plaque for outstanding service.
Swearing
in of newly elected officers.
SFA
National Awards: Special Projects, Paul Campbell for the weekly SITREP,
C-1/18, Bill Combs for recruiting, C-54, MOY, Earl McMillan, C-60,
AMOY, SFC Heidi Hubber, C-38, Golden Quill, C-46 & C- 1/18,Newsletter,
C-16 and C-15.
12
National scholarship awards were made of $750.00 each.
Cut off
date for 2003 National Convention bid is 60 days before the Houston convention.
MSG (ret)
Mike Hollingsworth (medic) has submitted a proposal to support naming the new
Joint Medical Center at Fort Bragg. More
will be published about this in the next issue of The Drop.
Snake
Hoskins dedication in New Jersey. (check the web site)
Park
dedication in Pueblo, Colorado, September 2000 (check the web site)
Korean
Service Medal for Korean War Veterans was approved. Apply now! Call 1-800-558-1404.
The Air Force is the executive agent for this.
Memorial
service to be held for CSM Doug Miller on 09 June 2000 at the SOF Memorial,
MacDill AFB, FL.
National
Raffle Winners:
SPECIAL
FORCES ASSOCIATION NATIONAL BOARD OF OFFICERS MEETING-
6 JANUARY 2000
In
accordance with Article XI, Section 1, of the Special Forces Association
Constitution, the meeting for January 2000, was called to order by the
President, "Jake Jacobson" at 1035 hours.
1.
GENERAL:
A.
The Secretary conducted roll call with the following officers being
present: President, "Jake" Jacobson, Vice President, Jesse Simmons,
Secretary, Jimmy Dean, Treasurer, Jack Bonner, Assistant Secretary, Hank Luthy,
and Assistant Treasurer, Paul Payne.
B.
The Secretary presented written minutes for the November 1999 Meeting.
After discussion, the Treasurer made a motion that the November 99 minutes be
accepted with one correction. Seconded by the Vice President and motion carried.
C.
The Treasurer reported that the final payment for the LM repay had been
made and the check written. He presented financial statements for the months of
August, September, October and November 1999. These statements were from the new
computerized database for the Association accounts. After discussion, the
President made a motion that the financial statements be accepted as written.
Seconded by the Vice President, motion carried. The Treasurer discussed
recommended salaries, per the SFA Constitution. The Administrator to $ 16,000,
hourly employees per hour salary ranged from $8.00 to 6.50. The Board approved
the recommended salaries on a motion by the President, second by the Vice
President and motion carried. The President discussed a per diem rate for
officers attending approved visits and official functions that involved travel.
After discussion, a motion was made by the Secretary that the Treasurer look at
the military per them rate and come up with an average figure for per day
allowances for meals, Seconded by the Vice President, motion carried
D.
The Secretary presented the board with the MBF financial statement for
the month of December 1999. The Treasurer stated that he is in the process of
auditing the MB Fund.
2.
OLD BUSINESS:
A.
The Secretary reported on the Maggie Junkins refund. Because of the death of
Maggie, the remaining funds collected for her would be refunded 50-50 to the SFA
and SOA, this represented $935.00 for each organization
B.
The President reported on the 1st Group Stone Laying. All programs left
over from the ceremony will be personally mailed to all contributors who could
not attend the ceremony. A reception will be held immediately following the
ceremony at the 82nd Division Association Building.
C.
The Assistant Treasurer reported on the status of the 2000 National
election. Letters were sent to all chapters with a cut-off date of 10 January
2000 for nominations to be received by National.
At this point, the nominating Committee is preparing to report all
persons nominated to the membership in the Spring Issue of the DROP. Ballots
will be mailed to all paid up members prior to 15 April 2000.
D.
Chapter visits: The President reported on his visit to Chapter 15, San
Antonio, TX. The installation and dinner went very well with over 80 persons
attending. The Treasurer reported on his visit with Chapter 21 in Florida. The
installation and dinner went very well with over 50 persons attending. The
President discussed upcoming visits to: Chicago (Assistant Treasurer) New
E.
The President reported for the records that Floyd Thompson was the
longest held P.O.W. during the Vietnam War. He is preparing a letter and packet
for General Hugh Shelton asking that the Army
recognize Colonel (Ret) Thompson's record as the longest held P.O.W.
during the Vietnam War. Included in this packet will be the original
recommendation for the MOH for Thompson. If the Army would reconsider the
recommendation for the MOH, it would be great, but the primary purpose of the
letter is to obtain long overdue recognition for Thompson.
F.
The Secretary reported on the paver purchase and wording that will be
placed at the new Abn-SO Museum. A letter was received from the Abn SO Museum
approving the paver and thanking the SFA for their contribution.
G.
The President reported on his letter to Senator Helms asking for
assistance in contacting the State Department and the Embassy in Costa Rica
pertaining to the murder of Distinguished Service Cross recipient, George C.D.
Allen. The Costa Rican authorities had been dragging their feet in this
investigation.
H.
The President reported on the Memo For Record he was sending to Bob Brown
of Soldier of Fortune Magazine. This memo was in response to a letter from Brown
to Gene McCarley in reference to an article in SOF concerning "Operation
Tailwind". The author of this article had placed McCarley in the category
of others that was incorrect.
I.
The President reported on the "Frenchy" Amundson estate.
Charley Berg had written a letter to the estate executor for both the SFA and
SOA wanting to know what was causing the delay in the estate being settled. He
also stated that the SFA-SOA would appear before the Judge if the executor
believed that would speed up the process The President had agreed to a 30 day
period for the executor to respond.
J.
The Secretary reported on the "Operation Tailwind" Documentary.
The initial interviews are scheduled for the first week in February 2000. If all
goes well the remaining interviews will be scheduled for March or April 2000.
3.
NEW BUSINESS:
A.
The Secretary opened discussion pertaining to membership status for any
individual who had received a Special Operations Identifier MOS. The Assistant
Secretary explained that this was in effect for support personnel and they were
awarded an "S" for Special Operations. The 18 series identifier is
what is awarded for Special Forces Qualification. The "S" identifier
only qualifies those persons for Associate membership in the Association.
B.
The President reported on a message sent to him from the WSO (World
Security Organization). For future reference to all questions pertaining to this
organization is that the SFA has no relationship to the WSO.
4.
ADJOURNMENT:
There
being no further business to conduct, a motion was made by the Assistant
Treasurer that the meeting be adjourned. The President announced that the next
meeting would be in conjunction with the 1st Group Stone Laying Ceremony. The
President adjourned the meeting at 12:10 hours.
James
C. Dean
Secretary
SPECIAL
FORCES ASSOCIATION
Post
Office Box 41436
Fayetteville,
North Carolina 28309-1436
Telephone;
910-485-5433 ¥ Fax: 910-485-1041
Email
sfahq@aol.com
SPECIAL
FORCES ASSOCIATION NATIONAL BOARD OF OFFICERS MEETING
8
September 1999
In
accordance with Article XI, Section 1, of the Special Forces Association
Constitution, the National Board of Officers meeting for the month of September
was called to order by the President 'Jake' Jacobson, at 1005 hours on the 8th
day of the month
1.
GENERAL:
A.
The Secretary conducted roll Call with the following officers present:
President, 'Jake' Jacobson, Vice-President, Jesse Simmons, Secretary, Jimmy
Dean, Treasurer, Jack Bonner, Assistant Secretary, 'Hank' Luthy, Assistant
Treasurer., Paul Payne and MBBOT Chairman, 'Robbie' Robbins.
B.
The Secretary presented written minutes for the General Membership
meeting, 19 June 1999. After discussion, a motion was made by the Treasurer,
seconded by the Vice-President, that the minutes for the General Membership
meeting be accepted as written. Motion carried,
C.
The Treasurer stated that the financial records are being computerized at
this time. Once the program is completed,
General
Fund
$ 25,938.46
Life
Membership Fund $ 124,465.55
Scholarship
Fund
$
57,229.35
A
motion was made by the President, seconded by the Vice-President,
D.
The Chairman of the Memorial Building Board of Trustees reported on the
activities of the Board (1) Thanks to our volunteer workers, the building and
grounds look very good (2) Major efforts are pointed now toward improvements
that will be completed prior to Convention 2002 at Fayetteville/Ft. Bragg.
2.
OLD BUSINESS:
A.
The Assistant Treasurer reported on Election 2000. A letter will be
mailed to all chapters containing instructions and acceptance forms for
nominations of the six (6) National Officer positions. Nominations must be
received prior to 10 January 20,00. A preliminary list of candidates will appear
in the Spring issue of the Drop.
B.
The Secretary reported on "Operation Tailwind". Negotiations for a one
hour production special on operation tailwind began in June 1999 and are now
concluded. An agreement has been signed and a lion-disclosure agreement is in
effect. Both agreements were approved by Attorney David Collins. The President
will prepare an announcement of the agreement that will be placed on the
Association Web Site and a copy to Ralph Miller, President, Special operations
Association. Further information to the SFA membership will be made as it
becomes available for release.
C.
The President briefed the board on the status of HR 371 (The Hmong) and
HR 1211 (The Montagnards). HR 371 now has 96 CoSponsors in the House and 2
Senators. HR 1211 has passed the House and is now in committee. The number has
been changed to HR 2415.
D.
The Treasurer reported on the email effort to transport
3.
NEW BUSINESS:
A.
The President discussed requests for National Officer Visits and made the
following assignments: C-37 (IL.) Paul Payne, C-21 (FL.) Jack Bonner, C-54 (MA.)
'Jake' Jacobson, C-31 (TX) Jimmy Dean, SOA (NV.) Jimmy Dean, C-6 (NC) Jimmy
Dean.
B.
The President briefed the board on a request to place a memorial Stone
for 1st Group. At the board meeting with the SF Cmd, an agreement was reached to
recommend placement of the stone at the.JFK Plaza. Additional SF Group stones
could also be placed at the JFK Plaza. Further detalls will be deceminated as it
is obtained.
C.
The President discussed a letter from John Peterson, C-54,
D.
The President discussed a letter from MG Bowra pertaining to a separate
branch tie to designate the SF Branch. After discussion, the president asked the
Secretary to send a letter to General Bowra stating we believe the Regimental
Tie to Include all SF, Past and Present, and see no need for a separate branch
tie.
E.
The Secretary discussed a request from C-5 (Germany) to conduct a special
life membership drive. After discussion, the board approved the special LM drive
for the year 2000.
Secretary
National Meeting
Special
Forces Association General Membership Meeting,
Carlisle,
PA
19 June 1999
In accordance with Article XI, Section I & IV, of the Special Forces Association Constitution, the General Membership Meeting for 1999 was called to order by the President, "Jake" Jacobson, at 0905 hours on 19 June 1999.
2. Old Business
3. New Business
4. Adjournment The President announced that there was no further business to conduct and accepted a motion from the floor to adjourn. The meeting was adjourned at 1132 hours on 19 June 1999. The next annual General Membership Meeting will be held in Boston, MA, July, 2000.
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