RFPB Fellows Society
2014 Annual Meeting Minutes
10 September 2014
Members Present:
Paul Bergson Robert Feidler William Navas George Rubesha
Kenneth Bouldin Robert Green Harvey McCarter Julie Small
John Paul Cook
Thomas Jones Terry O’Connell Duncan Smith
Mike Coyne Thomas Lamont Thomas Plewes Larry Taylor
Russell Davis
Jerry E. White Paul Rehkamp Albert Zapanta
Official Opening of the Annual Meeting:
MG (Ret) Kenneth Bouldin, RFPB Fellows Society Interim President, opened the Annual Meeting with a brief on the meeting agenda. MG Bouldin provided all members present with a short informative presentation on the Fellows past success, the Citizen Patriot Award, the Award recipients, and what the meeting was to accomplish.
Meeting Comments/Discussion:
The members present discussed the future direction of the RFPB Fellows Society with respect to its relationship with the Reserve Forces Policy Board (RFPB). The results of the discussion were to devise a format for the RFPB Fellows Society to submit its “recommendations” to the RFPB.
Election of the Board of Directors:
In accordance with the approved bylaws, MG Bouldin opened the floor for the election of a new Board of Directors. Each member present was provided with a ballot listing the seven RFPB Fellows Society Bylaws qualified candidates.
CWO4 (Ret) George Rubesha collected the ballots and combined those ballot votes with the votes received via email, also in accordance with the RFPB Fellows Society Bylaws. Voting results concluded the follow five members were elected to the new Board of Directors (in alphabetical order):
MG (Ret) Paul Bergson
LTC (Ret) Robert Feidler
Mr. Robert Green
The Honorable Terry O’Connell
Maj Gen Larry Taylor
Meeting Adjourned:
MG Bouldin declared the meeting adjourned.