He's the area sales rep for Youngco Enterprises, the company owned by Olin Young.
He was invited to be at the Two First Posts meeting tonight to discuss use of his games as fundraisers for the American Legion business.
He arrived at 6 PM with all his materials, as requested...
then was relegated to the small game room almost 90 minutes while we carried on our business meeting.
That's Trey at the end of the table, trying to stake his claim.
They two were inducted Monday night at the special meeting of Post 500 and lost no time trying to gain a foothold in Two First Posts of Georgia.
Their bid for that stake in the LLC was unsuccessful.
I'm glad we had a good turnout for tonight's meeting.
I'd had a call earlier from Doug, during my lunch with my first niece.
I had another call a little later, from Brenda, wanting to make sure I knew Trey was stirring up trouble, wanting to make sure I would be there.
So I was, as were both of them, plus Joe Cetti, Billy Cope, John Parker, Sabrina Scale, Eric Bolden, and Eddie Patterson (albeit briefly).
Kat was also there, mostly to talk about the grease trap inspection (earlier today), the 8 cubic yards dumpster cost ($328/month), pest control cost ($150/month for 5509 and 5511), and the need for the DRAM rider on both the WTF liability as well as the TFP liability.
Doug confirmed that he has filled out the 14-page application to have the DRAM rider added to the Hartford policy for TFP, as well as having spoken to the insurance rep about getting that done.
Kat reminded all that rider is needed as one of the stipulations for TFP's liquor license request to be on the City Council's docket for August 27th.
Billy spoke of the outstanding bill he has for reimbursement from TFP for the TV cart, wire, and other supplies used for setting up the internet and TVs.
Billy also talked about the 3-year contract cost for two phones to be installed by RING Central at TFP, one for scheduling events there and the other for WTF; his contact is Paul Lambert at Celestial Business Solutions.
Billy said he has two more security cameras to install (at grease trap area and in the bar at WTF), with all billing for RING monitoring and security camera footage stored in the 'cloud' to be set up with TFP.
Doug said all paperwork is to be submitted to Brenda to go into Two First Posts for official purposes, including an inventory of all materials and equipment currently at the 5509 and 5511 Montgomery Street addresses.
Brenda stated that facility use contracts must be filled out for any groups wanting space in 5511 for meetings or events.
Brenda reminded all that military and veteran groups will pay $250/quarter to regularly meet once monthly at TFP.
Brenda said that schedule will be posted on a TV facing outside so all will know who is to be in 5511 at any given time.
John told us that several groups - Catholic War Veterans, the Marine Corp League, the Navy League - have already signed their quarterly contracts and paid.
Kat reminded us that TFP is to bill WTF for their portions of utility bills, rent, and other items as agreed in their lease.
Eric requested that a 10-day notice be required for scheduling of an event, to allow time for him to get the space ready; all agreed.
Get the gist?
We wanted all parties present to realize that the Two First Posts building had bills and obligations, and was not by any means debt-free, still having a sizable mortgage as well as utility bills.
That emphasis was not lost on our two visitors from Post 500.
Trey requested that he receive a key to the Post 500 office, as well as a key to the exterior door of 5511; John agreed that he should have such.
What that means is another locking door will need to be erected between 5509 and 5511, as no one but the tenants of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot need access to 5509.
Sounds like yet another change order for Justin and Wells Construction.
Trey also wanted to discuss having a veteran organization paint a mural on the building's wall, though it was not clear to me if he meant the exterior wall or an interior wall of 5511.
In either case, the matter was tabled until next Wednesday's meeting.
The visitors left and we adjourned to the game room, to the oh-so-patient gaming rep who had been waiting.
Did I say gaming?
I did, as in not lottery.
Queen of Hearts consists of a board with pull tabs, with money-winning 'cards' beneath several of the tabs, and a cost to TFP of $110 per board. Players purchase raffle tickets (a roll of those costs $6) for the opportunity to pull a tab, with the raffle drawings occurring at some set frequency. The game continues until the Queen of Hearts is revealed.
Two First Posts is responsible for paying for all wins, but TFP keeps all proceeds from selling the raffle tickets, in hopes of raising money.
My only problem is that it's all cash, so security will be needed, as well as someone to deposit said funds into the TFP bank account.
The other game that was discussed was bingo, though that has a larger initial outlay of funds and would require hosting a game night that did not interfere with already scheduled meetings or events at 5511.
I think I will suggest either Queen of Hearts or Bingo be a once-monthly event, preferably during the week.
My question would be: will TFP need to pay the $250 security/cleanup fee?
Good question!
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