Colorado Society - Sons of the American Revolution

January 21, 2016 

Dear Compatriots,

                 I am honored to serve as President and look forward to working with you in managing Chapter affairs this year.  My goals and this year’s schedule were previously submitted with my term plan (attached).  I do plan on some initiatives that I wish to advise you of today.

                Our Chapter business meetings on the schedule will be working lunches, promptly starting and ending at the announced times.  This is in consideration of members with busy schedules who need a hard schedule to plan around.  We have also added speaker topics for the majority of our meetings as annotated on our meeting schedule in my term plan.  The speaker sessions will be limited to 15 to 20 minutes and will involve guest speakers at times.  The speaker topic and/or guest speaker will be announced with the agenda and meeting notice.

                We have secured anchor items for the Ben Franklin Table (BFT) for the entire year.  Items planned to be available on the BFT will also be listed on the agenda presented with the meeting notice.

                Working with our Chapter officers and membership, I specifically want to focus our activities and meeting agendas on programs that are consistent with our resources.  We need more members to help with the things our Chapter adopts as worthwhile pursuits.  In other words, if there is support for a program, we will pursue it.  I desire to see new faces involved in Chapter programs because they feel it is important and worth doing.  Otherwise there is no sense in pursuing the program.

                I encourage our members to bring a guest or guest(s) to our meetings.  Our meetings are not secret and should be used to help publicize what we do in the community and perhaps generate interest in others to consider joining our organization to honor their ancestor(s) as we do.  For those of you trying to read in between my lines here, yes, I will be looking to energize our Chapter Publicity Program.

                We will continue to pursue our two main events during the year, our Constitution Day Banquet and Bill of Rights Luncheon.  Speakers for the functions will be announced in the invitations.  Sheriff Bill Elder is tentatively scheduled as our speaker for the Constitution Day Banquet.

                Your Chapter officers ask for your support this year, and our goal is to offer interesting programs and opportunities for you to honor your ancestor(s).  I ask for your constructive feedback as we pursue those efforts. 

Patriotically, 

Gary L. Manning

President

About the Chapter

The chapter was chartered in 1985. The chapters first President was Carl T. Chilcott. The chapter covers southern Front Range Colorado to Pueblo. The Pikes Peak Chapter has a very active Color Guard dressed in Revolutionary period dress and firearms and marches in several parades a year.  The chapter annually presents to the Fire Dept and Police Dept. Medals of Commendation for public service, Flag Display Certificates and Certificates of Appreciation for Patriotic Service to the community.

            Awards:......Gary Manning 

                Color Guard: ........David T. Mann, Liaison with Sate Color Guard

                DAR Liaison: ........Gene Cheney, Matthew Bowdish

                CAR Liaison: ........Gene Cheney. Matthew Bowdish

                Eagle Scout:.......... Gregg Graham

                Education:  ............Dick Marsh

                Membership:  ........Matthew Bowdish

                Nominating: ...........John Luedecke

                Newsletter/Publicity: 

                                Colorado Springs Army:

                                Colorado Springs Navy: Dick Marsh

                                Colorado Springs Air Force:

                                Pueblo City: Larry Cox and Richard Riepe

                                Pueblo County(less Pueblo West) Larry Cox and Richard Riepe

                                Pueblo West: David T. Mann

                                Canon City: Matt VonHobe

                Website: David T Mann               

                                                                                       COMMITTEES: SPECIAL

                Constitution day Banquet:  Chairman Dick Marsh, Vice-Chairman, Matthew Von Hobe, Richard Riepe, 

 Nola Marsh

                George Washington Picture Project:  Chairman (To be annouinced) Please contact David Mann at 719-547-8780 if you wish to be a School

                District Representative)

                                District 11-Colorado Springs:           

                                District 20-Colorado Springs:            Dick Marsh

                                District 12 -Colorado Springs           

                                District   - Pueblo                                 

                                District   - Pueblo West                       David T Mann

                                District  - Canon City                         

                Program: Dick Marsh, Matthew Von Hobe

                Ben Franklin Table: