Meeting Minutes

                                   149th Armor Regiment

                           Minutes of meeting, 15 May 2025

1.  Call to order. HCR Nichols called the meeting to order at 1309 hours, conducted the pledge and roll call. Members present: Art Nichols, Mike McIntosh, Richard Mayeda, Charles Newport, Paul Saguil and Felix Charfauros; on zoom: Dan Baptista and Justin Newport.

2. Reading of Minutes of March meeting. Approved as read.

3. Setting the agenda. Accepted.

4. Health and welfare.  Emilio Trinidad who had surgery is home now.

5. Membership report. Life members 85, Annual 16, Honorary 9; total 110.

6. Treasurer’s report. Savings: $26.28, Special Savings $5034.69, Checking $9051,47.

7. Adjutant’s report on response to proposed plan for Regimental Endx. There were no responses.  (Since the meeting a “message” came Steve Thompson.)

9. Comments on Retreat weekend 25-27 April 2025. All ate well, slept well. Not everyone shot well. Thank you to our host Bruce Mehringer.

10. Implementing Phase one of EndX.

a. Proposal that the BBQ and Reunion on 02August 2025 be the final BBQ. 

b. Proposal that the BBQ be free to members who rsvp to the invitation. Contact Mike McIntosh by mail, phone or email.

c. Proposal that dates be set for individuals to recover display items loaned to the Regiment for display. The September and November meetings are best. 

d.  Proposed that organizations with an interest in our collection and the capacity to display and maintain the items be contacted. Newport plans to make a video to send to potential organizations.

e. Proposed that the EndX actions be completed by our meeting of 17 January 2026.

11. For the good of the order. NA.

12. Adjournment 1351hrs. Next meeting 19July 2025, 1300hrs, Bataan Conference room.

                                                                                                 --Newport--