NARFE Chapter 1678 met August 7, 2007 @ 6:00 pm at the Holiday Inn in Pigeon Forge, TN. Welcome by President Ben King Invocation by Murrell King Pledge led by President Ben King A good meal was anjoyed by all. Larry Cunningham spoke for a few minutes. He spoke mostly about Premium Conversion. August is the time to lobby and contact Congressmen. Five of nine congress persons for premium converson. Five out of nine GPO. President Ben talked about IRS on filing a report. Minutes and Treasury report was not available. Only committee members present were Murrell King and Ray Sellers. Ray had nothing to report. Murrell had talked to some NPS employees about NARFE. New member, Robert Smith, retired from Veteran Administration. Soon to be member, Woody Reagan, worked for office of Federal Housing. One other new member present whose name was not caught. No meeting in September. Motion made and second to adjourn at 6:50 pm. President Ben King Acting Secretary Murrell King