I have heard nothing but good reports on Korea Veterans being added to the front cover to show who The
Graybeards magazine is about. Many of those who wrote expressed the thought that they were in Korea in 1951
mid year and later and were not considered to have graybeards and thought this was a very proper addition.
I can report to you that an audit was made by the Internal Revenue Service on January 24, 2009 The main
reason we were audited was a third party reported that we conducted a lottery. Our CPA and I spent five hours
with the agent and supplied answers to all his questions on our 2006 990 Form. I had hoped we could report
something in this edition however, our latest inquiry to the agent finds that he has approximately a month of
further work to complete his report.
I do have the following report on some of the things that I had placed on my priority list as Items (1) & (2)
to do if elected as President, while (3) & (4) were added from hold over business. (1) The Board of Directors
has agreed to place a six month moratorium on any new complaints to the Ethics and Grievance Committee until
better guidelines in the Standard Procedure Manual can be approved by the Board. (2) They have also agreed that
a Quarterly Financial Report may be placed on the website for download or to be looked at by the membership. (3)
A decision was made to not supply the 60th Commemorative Committee with any seed money for their operation at
this time. (4) There will also be a Board Meeting in conjunction with the Gathering in July 2009. All of these
items were completed with a Business without a Meeting according to the Bylaws. The minutes of this meeting are
included in this edition with one other motion included and the vote counts for all business done.
Our Annual Association Membership Meeting is still in work however its dates are mentioned elsewhere in the
March/April Graybeards in a block form since we are still looking at many hotels. The dates of the
meeting will allow you to set aside a time and also to make flight reservation to the DFW Airport in time to get
cheaper rates. The hotel and registration information will be in the May/June edition of The Graybeards.
There are a great many things going on with the KWVA Chapters and again I want to compliment those Chapters
who are supplying information and reports on their community involvement to our Korea Veterans magazine. It is
always sad when we hear about the loss of a member and I want to remind you that if you know of a member who has
passed on to please be sure and let the Membership Administrator know. We need to place the names in our "Last
Call" section and to also include them in our Memorial Service at the Annual Association Membership Meeting. I
have received information on the death of Mollie H. Snyder a 99 Year old Gold Star Mother who was a KWVA member
since 1995. Her son was Walter H. Snyder, Jr. and he was killed in December 1950. She was President of the Gold
Star Mothers in 1999 and attended our meeting in Washington, D.C. in 2003. Her death was on February 8, 2009.
I hope everyone takes the opportunity to read each and every resume that also appears in this edition and
then votes in the Directors Election. I do expect all, who have decided to place their hat in the ring, did so
to make the entire membership their chief reason for running and to do what is necessary to make their decisions
the right one for the KWVA, Inc. and not for their personnel agenda. The leadership of the KWVA, Inc. is in your
hands. It only requires a little time to take your ballot to the post office and purchase a stamp and drop your
ballot in the mail.
William F. Mac Swain
National President, KWVA/US