MVA Annual business meeting 9/20/26

The meeting was opened at 2 pm by acting president Steve Decata with the following agenda.

Went over that Tim Munderloh stepped down from being the president of the MVA over a year ago and that is how he became the acting president.

Then Steve pointed out that the following board positions were open, VP of Reunions since he wanted to step down, VP of Admin that has been open since 2024 and the reelection of the Treasurer position.

A motion was made by the members to elect Steve DeCata as the president of the MVA. Shortly after that a motion was made again by the members to elect Charlene Morgan as the new VP of reunions to replace Steve since he moved to the president position. Another motion was made by the members to elect Gene Casterlin as the VP of Admin; All the motions were seconded by the members. Finally, Ray Tillery was reelected as the treasurer for another 4 years. Now we have full board again.

After the elections Steve touched on sponsorship of the MVA that thru his bother MSC has already donated $ 5,000 to the MVA. He also suggested that if any of the members know of any companies that would like to be a sponsor, that approach them.

Briefly touched on the subject once again about having the reunion on the East Coast. Most members feel and agree that we always have a low turnout on the East Coast. No further talk about it.

After that Tim gave his 24-25 year review, showing that the board is a bridge between us and the members. That is why he always kept the members abreast of what was going on during the conference calls leading up to the reunion.

Once Tim was finished, Jim, our newsletter editor was introduced. He shared that if you have any stories or things that you would like to share, then forward them to him.

The business meeting was finished with Ray, our treasurer, giving us an updated financial report for the MVA. He went over the expenses that went into having a reunion. Some members bought up, does the MVA have a check & balance for our checking account. Ray shared that we do.

The meeting was adjourned at 3 pm by Steve.

Respectfully submitted
Tim Miller MVA Secretary

MVA Annual business meeting 10/11/24

The meeting was opened at 5 pm by Tim Munderloh with the following agenda.

Tim Munderloh opened the meeting with a welcome and talked about how he took over the position of the president.

Next up was Marty who stated that he wants to step down as the VP. So a member of the MVA needs to take over Marty’s place. Presently no one has come forward and stated that they want to take Marty’s place. Next Ray shared about the financial state of our association. Noted also that our financial state is getting lower. We also are getting to the point where we have more lifetime members than those that are annual members. Which in turn makes our revue lower. We need to think about our future and how to make more money. Members can and did make suggestions about how we can do that. A comment was made by Tim Munderloh on serval suggests that we need to think about. Serval members made other comments on how we might make money. Next Steve made his comments. He stressed that Norfolk didn’t have that many people. Then he suggested that we need to maybe go to Norfolk, Charleston, Mayport, New Orleans. Steve made suggestions about having a reunion next year or not. It was suggested by the members to change our bylaws of when we have our reunions. Then a suggestion was made to defer our reunion to take a year off from having a reunion, that will give a chance for the MVA to look at our finical position. A motion made to change & amend the bylaws by Bob Bergevin, and seconded by Bob Roberge, to remove having the reunion on the east coast and have it in only in San Diego The motion was voted and by the members and passed by the members. With the bylaws being changed and amend the next reunion will be in San Diego in 2026. The meeting was adjourned at 6 pm by Tim Munderloh.

Respectfully submitted
Tim Miller MVA Secretary