Tango Tigersharks & Customs Personnel,
FYI: The following is a summary of events that occurred during our Tango
Tigershark Officers and Committee member meetings that occurred on September
3, October 1 & October 3, 2024. (Note: Reports are issued here and at other
locations after each meeting).
Attendees (Members who provided at least one comment during this online 24-
hour messenger group meeting):
Michael Taylor – President
David Casteel – Vice President
Leah Dove – Secretary
Joe Beck – Reunion Committee
Objectives for this meeting:
• Moment of silence for all those who gave the ultimate sacrifice
• Progress on the contact list with all Tigersharks.
• Current website status report especially online commerce
• Treasury Status/ Funding Issues
• A review of by-law changes will take place at this meeting.
• Poll for the next reunion
• We will begin accepting nominations for 2025 & 2026 officers after this
meeting.
• Discuss the possibility of sending an official letter of appreciation to Acapellest
and the drill team.
• LTC Rich Vargas gave an update on his book about the Tigersharks.
• Swag, what we have left, and the cost for each item
Treasurer's (Including membership status) Report:
(1) The current total in our account is $2184.68, which is up slightly due to
interest.
(2) We have 22 paid members for 2024 and 16 Life members.
(3) 2024 membership dues are down, and we need to get those numbers up.Reunion Review:
1. It was voted on and passed to provide coins to the singer of the National
Anthem and the drill team if we can get their contact information. This will
be discussed further at the next meeting. We are waiting for an update from
Ellie for this.
Open Issues and information:
1. There was a good discussion about our By-laws and what needs to be
revised.
2. The By-Laws revision is as follows: (1) Article III: Added sections 2, and 3
to clarify approved dues payment methods and to clarify what approved
additional amounts may be added to membership fees to cover expenses
incurred because of service or handling fees, etc. (2) Article III: Wording
change, changed ‘prior to’ to ‘before’ in section 7 (3) Article IV: Clarified
section 3, by adding a statement enabling a variety of notification methods
for scheduled meetings. This is no longer limited to only mail and email.
Notification required time is reduced from 30 days to 15 days. (4) Article
IV: Added section 4 to include Roberts Rules of Order as the determining
document should questions arise regarding meeting procedure. (5) Article
IV: Added section 5 to provide guidance for voting during meetings and to
provide voting rights to committee members for any motions that are
regarding their disciplines.
3. 4. These revisions were voted on and approved.
There was a mix-up on the posting of the nominations for officer voting this
month. Because of this, we will leave the nomination forum open until
September 20th and then have the election at that time. Allowing us to make
our October 1st deadline.
Website Update:
1. There has been very little traffic on the website since the last meeting.
2. David added a video of photos and a copy of the August minutes to the
website. Great additions.
3. We will submit a notice about this to the FB page and other communication
mediums to get the word out.
4. When Tammy and Joe return from their travels they will submit a video of
those who have passed to be put on the website.5. 6. 7. At this time David has not received the photos that were mailed to him.
Michael will check on the status of this.
There have been 23 responses to the poll for the next reunion with an
overwhelming vote for New Orleans as the location. Historic tours and the
formal dinner were the activities most liked.
We will leave the survey open for one more month. Michael will make
another post about it to try and generate more interest.
Future discussions:
1. David said we could add comments about our upcoming officers’ elections
to the website as an event. He has volunteered to handle this. Michael will
provide a write-up for this.
2. The contact lists are being worked on. So far about 50% of them have been
completed with the rest to be completed before the next meeting.
3. It was suggested that we add the phone numbers to the excel sheet to make it
easier for future contact. This will be a tedious job and will take some time.
Swag Sales:
1. All the Nashville coins have been sold.
2. We still have 15 tumblers from Nashville to sell. We may need to reduce
the price to sell these.
3. We still have 20 of the original 50 coins and are offering these at $15 each
with free shipping.
4. It was voted on and approved that we reduce the cost of the tumblers by $5
each to encourage sales, this brings them down to $15 each. There is a $6
shipping fee per order and a $2 fee per additional item.
Next Scheduled Meeting Date: Saturday, November 12, 2024, beginning at 6 PM
(2000) EST.
Thank you,
HT2 (EXW) Delamarter, Leah Dove, USN, Ret.
Tango Tigershark Association Secretary
Edited by ITC Michael L. Taylor, USN, Ret.