6:00pm at Holiday Inn in Pigeon Forge, TN. President Ben King welcomed everyone. Murrell King gave the invocation. The pledge was recited in unison. A good meal was had by all. The speaker was introduced by Dave Poehler. The speaker was Kathleen Steel who gave a great presentation on cancer. She was well versed on the topic, and has traveled to other countries to speak. She gave out handouts. She works for the American Cancer Society. They have a website available to the public. The minutes of the previous meeting and treasurer's report were read by Ben King and were approved as read. There were 13 members in attendance. Dave Poehler gave out a survey of possible topics for NARFE meetings. Dave asked for the survey to be turned in by the May 6th meeting. President King appointed a committee to select the topics. The committee consists of Dave Poehler, Brenda Phillips, and Winnie Atterback. Mr. Poehler made a motion which was seconded by Don Atterback to take up a donation for each speaker's organization. If at least ten dollars is not received, the money is to be taken from the Gold Box to make up the difference. The proposal was adopted. Several items of new business tabled until the May meeting such as a place to meet in June and August as well proposal number two of Dave's second handout. Motion to adjourn at 7:25pm. Service Officer Blog at www.narfe.org/sobb Lots of comments have been posted.