President, Lauren Savage; Secretary of Privatization, Ed:Brannum; Auditor,CoolidgeGerdes; Consul General, Ken Townsend;Counsel General, Lenard Fisher; Treasurer, Earl Forester; Secretary of Science and Technology, Lionel Lemelle; Secretary of Commerce and Trade, John Roberts was absent and had proxy by Loyd Zant. Absent was Secretary of Judicial Affairs, Rice McLeod and no proxy was present.

The Secretary for the Council announced a quorum and the meeting proceeded.

Minutes were read and amended as follows: Page 2, paragraph 7; Case number was changed from 95 to 95-002. Paragraph 8 strike "Daniel Miller says it is a masterpiece." (Speaking about the document for Cessation of Hostilities. Mr. Miller was not present to say anything)

Page 3, paragraph 2. Mr. Fisher objected as he felt this undertaking would fall under the office of Consul General not under his office.

A motion was made by Lionel Lemelle to accept the minutes with the amendments. This motion was seconded by D A West . The motion carried unanimously

Old Business Resolution for re-notifying sheriffs originated from Rice McLeod which was objected to by Mr. Fisher as he thought this should come from the office of the Counsel General. Mr. Fisher requested that each councilman show courtesy to appropriate offices by

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letting paperwork pertaining to each office to be originated in that office. Ed:Brannum asked if Texians could not issue paperwork under the flag of the Republic. Ken Townsend brought up the issue in paperwork if "I" should be used instead of "we". Further discussion statements were made that all had gotten into each other’s offices and care should be taken to consult with the proper offices for matters pertaining to those respective offices. Mr. Fisher stated he desired for the council to get to the place that they respected one another’s offices. He further expressed appreciation for help in shouldering the responsibilities of his office. Mr. Miller stated that if this matter was brought as a citizen there was no further concern to the council. He expressed need for clairfication as to whether this was a resolution from the council or paperwork from a citizen. Secretary Sonya Young read some emails between herself, Rice McLeod and Ed:Brannum. The paper had been given to the Secretary for the Council as a resolution, but previous discussion with Mr. McLeod and Lauren Savage revealed that Mr. McLeod had no preference that it be a resolution so the matter was removed from resolution status.

Discussion on the document on Cessation of Hostilities and Occupation:

Ken Townsend wanted to know if documents approved by the council could still be amended. Coolidge Gerdes stated that signing the documents approved them. R.C. Taylor thought the document was not yet approved. Lauren Savage stated the document had been voted on and approved as is. Lenard Fisher asked Mr. Townsend if there was something wrong with the document. Mr . Townsend stated that yes, the paragraphs were too long; there were fragmented sentences. He had skimmed through but the final draft showed too many grammatical errors. He had made changes and expressed these in emails, but had received no responses. Mr. Fisher stated that he had not voted on the document, by his own choice, but if he had voted on it, that he would expect a 2^nd vote to be taken if changes were made. Ken Townsend suggested the council could have a workshop while the Delegate’ s Convention was going on and make changes as needed.

New Business: President Miller stated that the President had been given authority to appoint the head of the Rangers. He moved to install Captain Anthony Mitchell as the head of the Rangers. The motion was seconded by Coolidge Gerdes.

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Discussion from the council with questions: Ken Townsend asked what qualifications Mr. Mitchell had in this position. Mr. Mitchell replied that he had been in the U.S. Army and had had 18 years of military training. He said his father had been in the military and that he had been part of the Rangers since he had been a Texan.

D.A. West asked what Mr. Mitchell sees as his job. The answer was : Assisting in peacekeeping, rescue, assisting sheriffs, natural disasters and security issues of the governnment.

Coolidge Gerdes asked how Mr. Mitchell plans to recruit rangers and would there be background checks. The answer was that efforts were being made to contact prior members of the rangers. R.C. Taylor wanted to know what Mr. Mitchell’s fundamental knowledge was of the original Republic of Texas. Lenard Fisher wanted to know how many people Mr. Mitchell had been in command of . The answer was 15 as a Med-evac in semi-combat situations.. Mr. Fisher wanted to know how Mr. Mitchell planned to work with current defacto law enforcement to which Mr. Mitchell replied that he has already had experience working with the sheriffs as a Republic of Texas Ranger. Further discussion was how the rangers would handle the jailing of an officer of the council. Mr. Miller stated that contingency planning would be put in place by the council for the rangers to follow.

R.C. Taylor addressed Mr. Miller wondering why it was necessary to re-instate the Rangers at this point. Mr. Miller explained that this was a resource that could be easily be put into place. Also the Rangers would be an integral part of putting foot soldiers in the information war and that they are organized and trained to help implement the plan.

A roll call vote was taken on re-instating the Rangers and was as follows:

For Ken Townsend, D A West, Coolidge Gerdes, Daniel Miller, Lionel Lemelle, Ed:Brannum, Loyd Zant (proxy for John Roberts)

Opposed R.C. Taylor

Abstained Lenard Fisher because there are no written duties for these Rangers.

Motion to end the meeting by D. A West and seconded by Ed: Brannum. Vote to adjourn was unanimous and the meeting adjourned at 8:26 P.M.