Minutes of the USS Lafayette (SSBN616) Association Board of Directors Meeting Tuesday 01-10-06 at 7PM CST

The conference call meeting was called to order by Lafayette Association President Herb Wise at 7:03 PM CST. Attending were President Herb Wise (Herb), Vice-President Jamie Deuel (Jamie), Secretary Ernie Lester (Ernie), Treasurer Herb Murphy (Murf) and Immediate Past President Bill Fraser (Bill). Herb presented the agenda.

Motion by Herb, seconded by Ernie that the minutes of the 12-10-05 board meeting be approved. Motion passed with Jamie abstaining.

Motion by Bill, seconded by Ernie that the minutes of the Inaugural Business Meeting of the Association held 06-03-05 be approved. Motion passed.

Herb opened the floor for discussion of the next reunion site. Albuquerque, NM was considered a possibility because Jamie would be willing to be the host. Charleston, SC was favored given the sentiments expressed at the inaugural business meeting. But no one was certain about the ability of Bill Knight to host the event or whether he had specifically volunteered to be the host. Discussion continued that shipmate John Dixon, who also lives in SC, would qualify as a host but his willingness to be the host was unknown.

A motion was framed during the discussion and motioned by Jamie, seconded with amendment by Ernie (accepted) that the President and Vice-President investigate the viability of selecting Charleston as the next reunion site, if John Dixon would accept hosting the event…If so, Charleston would be the Board’s selection…If not,

Albuquerque would be the Board’s selection and Jamie would be the host. Motion passed.

Herb introduced the topic of ways and means of auditing the financial records of the Association per the requirements of the by-laws. There was some discussion and concern for the wording of Section 4 of by-laws. Herb will direct the By-Laws Committee to review Section 4.

Herb nominated, Bill seconded, John Sherman to be Chairman of the By-Laws Committee. Motion passed.

Herb stated that discussion of the status of wives of shipmates in the Association is hereby deleted from the agenda.

Bill asked and received a consensus from the Board that the minutes of the Inaugural Business Meeting of the Association should be accessible from the main page of the Association web site.

Herb opened the floor to new business. None

Herb adjourned the meeting at approximately 7:56 PM CST.

Submitted for approval.

Ernie Lester

Secretary