Meeting
to Order: 1:11 PM
Invocation
(Cooper)
American
and SAR Pledges
Attendance:
6 Members, 1 Guest Speaker
Sunshine
Report: Status of Earl Adams is unknown and Gordon Willey is out of town.
Secretary’s
Report: February Minutes were read. Motion (Rader) to accept the Minutes as
read. Seconded (Pittman). Motion carried.
Treasurer’s
Report: $3,076.68 a/o end of January.
Old
Business: Acting Pres. Cooper will try to confirm that Roger Koeninger will
still be presenting the ROTC Medal to a deserving cadet @ Cal Poly ceremony.
Bill
Siler again raised the issue of poor attendance and asked for suggestions going
forward.
Guest
Speaker:
Deputy
District Attorney Dan Dow. Mr. Dow’s illustrious background has him with SLO
Co. District Attorney’s Office since 2007 and prior to that he was a Deputy DA
in Riverside Co.
Mr.
Dow is a Major in the California Army National Guard, Command Judge Advocate
and has served for 21 years. Mr. Dow originally attended the Defense Language
Institute in Monterey, CA, where he learned Korean and finished at the top of
his class.
Mr.
Dow worked in the computer industry in Silicon Valley and was married in 1992.
The tech bubble of the early 90’s convinced Mr. Dow to attend law school at the
University of Santa Clara. Midway through school his Intelligence/Linguistics
Guard unit was activated to Fort Stewart and then to Kosovo. While in Kosovo,
Mr. Dow learned Albanian and was tasked with conducting the search for war
criminals.
Upon
his return to civilian life, Dow completed law school, passed the BAR and
clerked in SLO Co. Then in Riverside Co.
Mr. Dow was twice misdemeanor prosecutor of the year and then with the felony
team. The Dows returned to SLO Co. where Dan works fraud, molestation and abuse
cases as well as with the Veterans Treatment Court.
In
2010, Mr. Dow’s unit was activated to Iraq for the Military Justice Trial
Brigade chiefly for court-martials however, Mr. Dow was awarded the bronze star
for actions during this period.
Dan
Dow is originally from Massachusetts and has an ancestor who served with the 4th
Maine Regiment during the Civil War. Mr. Dow expressed interest in SAR
membership and was told that our Registrar could assist with that.
Mr.
Dow is running for District Attorney now that Gerald Shea is retiring.
Closing
Pledge
Adjournment
@ 2:25
Respectfully
Submitted,
Chris
Scrimiger
Chapter
Secretary
