Meeting called to order by 1st Vice Cmdr, Ayers Putnam(Snuffy) at 7:30 PM in the back room of "The Bank".

Opening Prayer read by Chaplin Rolly W.

Last months (September's) minutes read by Adj. John D.,

Approved.

Finance Committee Report by Ralph J.

Motion to approve the Finance Officers report, Nick D. 2nd by Don T.
Approved

2006 Membership Report by Erv. H.

We stand at 75% strength, 108 Paid members.

Sick Call: Wallace Lymburn pasted away on 17 Oct. 2005. He had been a Legion member for 33 years. A BIBLE will be presented.

Old Business

The annual Membership dinner was held on 16 October, 2005 at the Sauk Rapids VFW. Everyone at the meeting stated it was a good dinner.

Ralph J. will count the number of flags we currently display, along with checking to see how many brackets need repair. He will then figure out the cost of repairing the flags and poles. Ralph will report the amount at the next Legion meeting.

The Cmdr's report on the Sartell Centennial Committee meeting was delayed until the next meeting.

New Business:

Several ideas where brought up to aid in recruitment of new members. Ken S. mentioned that the local paper, The Newsleader, could be informed of our next event and take pictures. When Sartell residents see the article in the paper, they could become new members.

Another idea is to give a general financial report at the membership dinner. This is the only time many of the members would be able to hear what the Legion has been doing over the last year.

A suggestion to bring in funds was brought up. We, The Legion, could ask other organizations, that have Charitable Gambling, to donate funds to us to help defray costs of items like the flags and poles. A letter written and signed by the Cmdr could bring in enough funds to pay for new flags and poles. Another idea would be to set up an informational table at next years Fire Prevention event. This is held at the firehouse once a year.

Closing prayer read by the Chaplin Rolly W.

Attendees: Nick Dockindorf, Don Thompson, Ralph Janski, Erv Haehnel, Rolly Weis, Ayers Putnam, Ken Schulte, Paul Schaefer and John Denney.

Meeting Adjourned at 8:10 PM