March 13, 2014

Meeting Minutes of February 15, 2014



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

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