President Karl Sharples gaveled the meeting to order at 10:17a.

Invocation was given by Chaplain Peggie Miller.

Pledge of Allegiance was led by President Karl Sharples.

Roll call of Directors, Officers and Appointees was called by Secretary Margaret Sharples. A quorum was present to conduct the meeting.

Old Business:
Report of the 56th Annual Membership Reunion, Visalia, CA.: Report was given by Secretary Margaret Sharples and was approve as read.

Bylaws Committee Report: Given by Director Moreland. The committee was composed of himself, Directors John "Jack" Christensen (now deceased) and E.C. Whitey Reese. The committee rewrote the bylaws and submitted same to the Board of Directors (7 members) for approval/disapproval. Approval was granted 26 October 2006.

New Business:
Financial Report: A complete financial report was given by President Sharples.

Quartermaster Report: Given by Quartermaster Cable. Identification stickers to be used to identify equipment to be returned to CONUS from Iraq were sent to one of our supported units.

Troop Support Program (TSP) 2006, 2007, 2008 Report: Given by Vice-President Bill Krivda. The program provided for our troops in Iraq: 1,148 telephone calling cards (175,000 minutes of calling time), and 5 Christmas tree with lights. Donations for the program was $5,203.04

Membership Report: Given by Director Moreland. Current active membership is 177 Regular Memberships and 4 Associate Memberships. For years 2006 and 2007: 60 new Regular Memberships were recruited and 21 became deceased. Of interest, 37 members are age 80 plus years in age which amounts to 21% (1/5) of our membership.

Website Report: Given by Director (Webmaster) Reese. Action continues concerning the requirement, and timeliness, to transfer ownership of the website from private ownership to organizational ownership. Directors and Officers are encouraged to take advantage of using their corners to communicate with the membership. ...@8th Cavalry.org email addresses will be assigned to the Directors and Officers at the earliest. Also, the association is authorized approximately 500 ...@8th Cavalry.org email addresses. If any member wants to be assigned one for his personal use, please contact the webmaster.

Annual Dues:
Regular Membership: Given by Director Moreland. Article 5.Section 1. of the bylaws is quoted as follows: "Annual dues shall be recommended by the Board. Dues amounts will be approved, for the succeeding two calendar years, by the Regular Membership at each even numbered year meeting. The membership will be timely notified of the amount in the next newsletter or mailing notice." It was the decision of the Board that Regular Membership annual dues should remain at the current rate - $15.00. Approved by the General Membership.

Associate Membership: Given by Director Moreland. Motion was made and seconded that annual dues for Associate Membership be reduced from $15.00 to $7.00. Approved by the General Membership.

1st Cavalry Division Report: Given by Col. Jack McNiff who is also a member of the Board of Directors, 1st Cavalry Division Association. The report was a most informative update of the accomplishments of the 1st Cavalry Division in Iraq.

Break: President Sharples declared a 15 minute break at 11.10a.

Resume: President Sharples resumed the meeting at 11:25a.

Election of Board of Directors and Officers:
Procedure: Director Reese, Chairman, Election Committee, explained the procedure to be used which incorporated the use of the secret ballot method.

Tellers: President Sharples appointed Jack McNiff and Tony Duchinsky to receive, count, and report vote totals to the membership.

Election of Directors: The following six (6) members were on the ballot for election to the office of Director - (5 to be elected): John "Jack"Burrer; Robert "Bob" Cable; William "Bill" Krivda; Robert H. McMurtrie; E.C. "Whitey" Reese; and Karl Sharples.

Elected: Elected by majority vote were: John "Jack"Burrer; Robert "Bob" Cable; William "Bill" Krivda; E.C. "Whitey" Reese; and Karl Sharples.
Chairman of the Board: The elected directors chose Karl Sharples to be the Chairman of the Board.

Election of Officers:
President: William Krivda was nominated from the floor but declined the nomination. Bennett Guthrie was nominated from the floor and the motion was seconded. There were no further nominations and the nominations were closed. Bennett Guthrie was declared elected by acclamation.

Vice-President: William "Bill" Krivda was nominated from the floor and the motion was seconded. There were no further nominations and the nominations were closed. William "Bill" Krivda was declared elected by acclamation.

Secretary: Carl W. Moreland was on the ballot. There were no nominations received from the floor and the nominations were closed. Carl W. Moreland was declared elected by acclamation.

Treasurer: Carl W. Moreland was nominated from the floor and the motion was seconded. He accepted the nomination with a pro tempore caveat. There were no further nominations received from the floor and the nominations were closed. Carl W. Moreland was declared elected by acclamation.

Installation of Directors and Officers:
Oath of office of the elected officials was administered by Chaplain Peggie Miller.

Reunion Site for the 60th Annual Reunion:
President Sharples asked for a volunteer/s to host the 60th Annual reunion. There were no volunteers from the floor. Carl W. Moreland volunteered, with the assistance of Joe Sayer, to host the 60th Annual Reunion at Canton, OH. Date is to be determined.

Further New Business:

There being no further business to be brought before the general membership, President Sharples proceeded to close.

Chaplain Peggie Miller gave the closing prayer.

58th General Membership Meeting Closed:
President Karl Sharples gaveled the 58th General Membership Meeting closed at 12:15p.

Margaret J. Sharples
Association Secretary