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Minutes of regular meeting October 11, 2012

Presiding: Pat Fosberry– President Alicia Medeiros – Vice President

Becky Lyons – Secretary Susan Matteo – Treasurer

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Guest Speaker – Jacqueline H. Adamson, LCB, CCS, Regional Vice President, Roanoke Trade Services, Inc. Topic: “I Just Received the Request for Proposal (RFP), What Now?”

The meeting was called to order at 12:22 PM with a quorum present

Meeting was opened with Pledge of Allegiance & Prayer Blessing.

September Minutes approved and distributed via email, and posted to website.

Treasurer’s report: Full report presented by Susan Matteo – report attached submitted by Susan Matteo

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Local Issues:

Full report presented by Pat Fosberry. – report attached and submitted by Pat Fosberry

National Issues:

n  Full report emailed to the membership prior to meeting

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Customs: No report presented this month.

Port: No report presented this month.

Forwarding/ Carriers: No report presented this month.

Education: Full report presented by Alicia Medeiros - report is attached – submitted by Nikki Judy. Please contact to her to join her committee today. If you have ideas for seminars please email Nikki at .

Automation: Discussed in the Presidents Report by Pat Fosberry. See Presidents Report.

Membership: No report this month.

Sunshine: No report presented this month.

Social: GALA report attached and submitted by Alicia Medeiros.

Scholarship: No report this month.

Maritime: • Each year MASC and the Charleston Port & Seafarers' Society honor friends, family and colleagues from the waterfront community who have passed away during the year. This year's Maritime Memorial Day is on Thursday, November 1 at 12:00 pm on board the USS Yorktown. Please plan on attending this year's ceremony - and please help us update the Maritime Honor Roll list by sending us the names of anybody from the maritime community who has passed away. We are asking for names by Wednesday, October 24..

NTW: No report presented this month.

SC Motor Carrier’s Association: See attached upcoming events.

Seafarer’s: See attached upcoming events

Old Business: No report this month.

New Business: Nominations announced by Barbara Locklear. Voting will take place at the November meeting! Report attached and submitted by Barbara Locklear.

Hand out attached for Sandler, Travis, & Rosenburg, PA Discounted Webinars. See attached.

Meeting adjourned at 1:22 PM.

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