NATIONAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Updated:  September 24, 1999)

National Commandant - Diana Dils - 700 Beech Ave = Centerville, IN 47330-1511 - (H) (765) 855-3121

National Sr Vice Comdt - John P Tuohy - 5427 Fairview Dr = Grand Blanc, MI 48439-5151 - (H) (810) 694-2923

National Jr Vice Comdt - Helen F Hicks - 600 Freeman - Garland, TX 75040-7759

National Judge Advocate - Frank Kish - PO Box 1625 - Lombard, IL 60148-8625 - (W) 630) 894-4173

Jr Past National Comdt - Robert E Becker, Jr. - 1627 Schuyler St., - Schenectady, NY 12303-1028 - (518) 374-5852

National Vice Commandant Central Division - John M. Bigwood - 3753 N Kildare Ave - Chicago, IL 60641-3045 - (H) (773) 685-1081 - (W) (773) 686-2255

National Vice Commandant - Mideast Division - Ernest J Lutz417 Bartell Dr - Chesapeake, VA 23320-5770 - (H) (757) 547-5462 - (W) (757) 498-0303

National Vice Commandant - Midwest Division - Thomas J Oglesby - 1005 Church St - Belle Plaine, MN 46011 - (H) (612) 873-6254

National Vice Commandant - New England Division - John V Ryan1 - 5 Bel Air Rd - Hingham, MA 02043-1210 - (H) (781) 749-1002 - (W) (781) 749-4300

National Vice Commandant Northeast Division - Penny H Weston - PO Box 1395 - Elmira, NY 14902-1395 - (H) (607) 733-6101

National Vice Commandant Northwest Division - Gerald S Washabaugh - 1624 109th Ave., - SE Bellevue, WA 98004-6909 - (H) (425) 455-3482

National Vice Commandant Rocky Mountain Division - John J Fitzgerald, Jr. - E-Mail - fzmarine@ecentral.com - 13265 W 63d Cir. - Arvada, CO 80004-3824 - (H) (303) 431-7553 - (W) (303) 273-4959

National Vice Commandant Southeast Division - Thomas B Perrone - 156 Wildflower Trail - Pawleys Island, SC 29585-7670 - (H) (843) 235-2040

National Vice Commandant Southern Division - Thomas G Miller - 811 Texas St - Graham, TX 76450-3620 - (H) (940) 549-3366

National Vice Commandant Southwest Division - John J Serpa - 85 E Louise Ave - Lathrop, CA 95330-9606 - (H) (209) 983-0352 - (W) (209) 983-9140

YOUNG MARINES OF THE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE

May 12, 1999
James B. Parker
National Director

Young Marines
P. O. Box 70735
Southwest Station
Washington, D.C. 20024-9735

Dear Mr. Parker:

I want to personally thank you and the members of your Board of Directors for hosting our meeting on Sunday, April 11 at your Headquarters and for the follow-on meeting between you and Brianne Pindel and Brooks Corley and PNC Paul Hastings on April 26. From our perspective, I thought both meetings were frank, informative, and instructional for both sides.

After the April 26 meeting and completion of the Draft Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), I sent the MOA to the members of the League's Board of Trustees for review and decision. In my letter, I provided them with three potential courses of action as follows:

1. Approve the MOA as written and accept the fact that the Young Marines are no longer a subsidiary organization under the supervision and/or control of the MCL.

2. Modify the MOA, but also accept the fact that the Young Marines are no longer a subsidiary organization under the supervision and/or control of the MCL.

3. Restructure and reorganize the program under the general supervision, direction, and control of the MCL.

The reason for the last potential course of action was that the members of the MCL believe that the Young Marines' Board of Directors violated the Young Marines of the Marine Corps League bylaws and the original Articles of Incorporation with the District of Columbia when you amended your name without consulting the Marine Corps League.

The Board of Trustees of the MCL has overwhelmingly voted for Number 3 to restructure and reorganize the Young Marines of the Marine Corps League program under the general supervision, direction, and control of the MCL.

On behalf of the membership of the Marine Corps League, we wish you the very best.

Semper Fidelis, ROBERT E. BECKER, JR.
National Commandant

Copy to:
Board of Trustees, MCL
CMC LtGen Christmas