ACWSA Board Meeting Minutes

September 19, 2010

1. Commander Bob Chabalowski called a meeting of the Wisconsin-Illinois ACWSA group shortly after the close of the skirmishes awards ceremony on Sunday, September 19, 2010, at the Conservation Club of Kenosha County (CCKC) in <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Bristol, Wisconsin. Roll call was taken:

= Board and Staff members present: &nbs= p;

= = Cmdr Bob Chabalowski

= ; Paymaster Darlene Van Kauwenbergh

= = JAG Dan Graff

= = Quartermaster Mary Borsic

= Team representatives present: = ;

= = The Iron Brigade Guard (Lance Herdegen)

= ; 1 USSS (Pat Kaboskey)

= ; 2 WI (Gary Van Kauwenbergh)

= ; 2 USSS (Steve Renner)

= ; 6 WI (Bob Jaburek)

= ; 8 WI (Dick Tessmann)

= ; 15 WI (Stephen Sherry)

= ; 56 VA (John Martin-Merhl)=

= ; 66 NC (Bob Chabalowski)

2. Minutes: After Gary Van Kauwenbergh reported he reviewed the last meeting minutes, and no items needed follow-up, a motion was m= ade and carried to dispense with their reading.

3. 2010 Draft Schedule: Gary Van Kauwenbergh passed out copies of the combined draft schedules of the ACWSA groups from WI & ILL, MI & OH, and the N-SSA’s Western and Northwest Regions. Every hos= t from the ACWSA WI & IL area verified their date.

Please be aware that all these dates are drafts!= Other notes:

* The draft schedule is available for viewi= ng on the web at http://acwsa.org/Documents/2011%20Schedule%20Draft.= pdf

* We are still hoping for an ACWSA Champion= ship in 2011, but because of their range requirements for artillery, it will ne= ed to one of their locations in MI/OH.

= * The date of the February board meeting is fixed, but the location is not.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Bob Chabalowski will try to find a location more convenient for our MI/OH members. Suggestions included the Wheaton, IL VFW, a motel at the LaPort, Indiana exit, the Kenosha County Conser= vation Clubhouse in Bristol, WI.&= nbsp; Stephen Sherry offered his home again.

= * Two dates still need filling in for the ACWSA MI/OH group after they know = when their ranges are available.

= * The N-SSA 46^th ILL skirmish moved to the weekend after Easter f= or 2011=

= * The 56^th VA skirmish in July and the 15^th WI skirmis= h in September both remain friendship skirmishes with the N-SSA.

4. Awards: Commander Chabalowsk= i asked that we think about discontinuing annual award plaques. We will continue the discussion a= nd take a vote in February.

= * Do we want to continue spending money to maintain the plaques?

= * If we stop the annual plaques, do we still want to keep annual statistics?=

= * Should we have an annual WI/IL championship match instead, just let each skirmish stand on it’s own?

5. Proposed Skirmish Rule Changes: Commander Chabalowski asked everyone to review the proposed changes= to the skirmish rules between now and February.

All recommendations for improvement need to be in writing, and in the form of = a proposal for voting. It must quote th= e rule in question and include any replacement verbiage. Sent your suggestions to Commander Chabalowski at yknotknit@aol.com or JAG Dan Graff = at kdgraff@m= tc.net

The proposed set of rules on the web site has had a number of typographical er= rors corrected, but none of the suggestions receive to date have been incorporated into it. The commanders’ intent is t= o bring every proposed improvement up one by one at the February meeting and vote = them either in or out quickly. We= simply do not have enough time for lengthy debates, or flushing out new proposals= at that meeting. Members with s= uggestions need to prepare and submit their proposals in time for circulation before = the meeting in February. This in= cludes additions to the Approved Weapons List.

6. Pat Kaboskey led the group with three “huzzahs” for Mary and D= ean Borsic’s continued = work to support our skirmishes with targeting and frames. Mary and Dean work at ev= ery skirmish, regardless whether their unit is hosting or not.

Pat also commended the 8^th Wisconsin for their skirmish in Rhine= lander, and let everyone that didn’t make it know that they missed a great time.

7. Lance Herdegen recommended we list all out 2011 events with the Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission and the Wisconsin Department of tourism. Hopefully this will also add cred= ence to our upcoming 501(c)(3) application.

8. Pat Kaboskey also mentioned Boscobel Wisconsin’s Musket and Memories event coordinator Marie Leifheit<= /span> is interested having a nighttime artillery demonstration as part of their = event next August. Pat will = keep us posted.

9. A motion was made, and passed to adjourn the meeting. The next board meeting will begin= at 9 a.m. on Sunday, February 13, 2011at a yet to be determined location. &= nbsp;

Humbly Submitted by,

Your Obedient Servant,

Gary Van Kauwenbergh