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2010 All meetings are the 3'rd Tuesday of each month, starting @ 18:30 July Meeting
________________________________________________________________________ June Meeting Our June meeting was held at our "Franklin" meeting spot, The Tin Roof. ________________________________________________________________________ May Meeting Our regularly scheduled meeting was held on May 18th at Mulligans in downtown Nashville. ________________________________________________________________________ April Meeting The April meeting was held on April 21st at the Brotherhood Bash _______________________________________________________________________ March Meeting With the scheduled Spring Training being held on March 13th (Truck Company Operations) it was decided to role the monthly meeting into the training day _______________________________________________________________________ February Meeting Our February meeting is scheduled for the 16th at 6:30 pm. We will be back at Mulligans on 2nd Ave. in Nashville. Brother Brasells will have FOOLS Jeopardy for our monthly training topic. _______________________________________________________________________ January Meeting FOOLS members, _______________________________________________________________________ 2009
No meeting in December. Please check back the first week in January for the next meeting and our executive board elections. If you are interested in learning more or applying for a position, see President Nelms. Merry Christmas! _______________________________________________________________________
This months meeting will be held on November 7 at the Brad Hucherson Memorial Fire School. We need our members to assist in setup and tear down. Any help that you are able to give will be appreciated! If you can help, please contact Trey Nelms or Dave Brasells asap and let them know. _______________________________________________________________________
As always, Brotherhood was experienced by all 15 players. Jamie "The Probie" Barnes walked away as the 2009 winner with a custom made challenge coin and two tickets to see the Titans play. Congrats to Jamie and thanks to the others for making this tournament a success. Check the photo gallery tab for the rest of the pictures. _______________________________________________________________________
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_______________________________________________________________________ April Meeting Our monthly meeting in April was held at the FOOLS Brotherhood Bash in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. We had a table reserved for merchandise sales and sold some shirts, hats, coins and helmet stickers. We now have shirts as far northeast as New Jersey (Thanks Art) and as far north as Alaska (Thanks Ben) and I think we also have some on the west coast. Thanks to the Pleasant View Team for bringing the generator and manning the table. Several of us tried to become part of this elite sales unit, but weren't able because in order to qualify, you needed a mustache to be accepted. (See picture below). We met with old friends, made new ones and had some adult beverages while enjoying a cigar, or a pipe-WTF??). The only thing missing, was other members from our chapter. Next year, we will be renting three tables and need three times as many members to sell our stuff. So, the only advice I can give you now is start growing the mustache!
See the "Photo Gallery" tab for more pictures from the Bash! _______________________________________________________________________ March Meeting
10 FOOLS found the time to celebrate St. Patty's Day on the deck of Joe's Crab Shack in downtown Nashville. We would like to welcome Bill Armistead from Arrington Fire Department as our newest FOOL. Jeff Huddlestons wife (2009 Mrs. TN) came by after finishing off several Martini's just up the street. Jeff was heard saying proudly "That's not only my wife, but my designated driver as well" See the photo album for additional pictures. After a toast to our fallen Brothers and several cigars we adjourned for the evening to let several members continue to celebrate!
_______________________________________________________________________ February Meeting
The Brothers from Putnam County
"Happy Birthday Doug"
"I would rather be here, than at work tonight"----Dave. _______________________________________________________________________ January Meeting
Our January Meeting started at Baileys in Nashville and then we went and watched the Predators get their ass kicked at the Sommet Center. Although our team lost, we had a great night of Brotherhood during and after the game. A special thanks for Fellow F.O.O.L. Sean Donovan for coordinating this event.
"So Sean, are those the players way down their"?
"Don't bother me while I'm drinkin'
Fellow Firefighters, Cold Beer and Hockey--Life doesen't get any better! _______________________________________________________________________ 2008 December Meeting
Doug--"Hey Greg, whatever you do, don't post this." / Greg--"ok"
Lids of the F.O.O.L.S.
November Meeting
Ok, who's driving Rob Home?
So, you want to be a F.O.O.L. huh?---Well, here's your application Brother!
RFB
WTF---Not sure what happened to this picture!
It takes a set of deez to ride a truck! _______________________________________________________________________ October Meeting
Our night was started with the "Ritual of the Can" and all members present toasted our Brothers who have fallen. We had a Presidents report and a Treasurers report about our financial status. We discussed our newly launched website and how important it was for everyone to contribute. After the pizza arrived and we easily finished two giant pizzas and 40 wings we had our first monthly training which was conducted by Greg as we played a round of "Obey the Boot, F.O.O.L.S. Edition". The night ended on a positive note and all in attendance are already looking forward to the next "gathering of F.O.O.L.S. in Nashville, in November
"So, according to IFSTA's, IV'th Edition, chapter 6, page 82, it says here that......."
"I think Joe's talks more than Greg" At least Greg's better to look at!
Have you ever seen the Captain Morgan commercials?
"So, when you go here, then do this, or consider this, blah, blah, blah"
"Does Greg ever just quit talking?"
Who says that the Brotherhood is missing in the Fire Service? We don't! _______________________________________________________________________
Luckily, no-one was injured during the match!
Please raise your hands if your sick of second hand smoke while golfing!
When ya gotta go, ya gotta go
What can we say, when ya got it, flaunt it!
"Frank the Tank" |
This month's meeting will be this Tuesday night for the Nashville Sounds game at Greer Stadium in Nashville. The game starts at 7:05. We'll meet out front around 6:30.Tuesday night is Kraft Singles 2-for-1 night, so bring the family `cause tickets are cheap! For more info about the game check their official website 
Back to Mulligans we go. We will start at 1830 and usually finish around 2100. We have several issues to talk about this month so try and attend. Why don't you try and call some other members and carpool to save on the gas and parking fees. Bring a friend and introduce him and allow him to see what the FOOLS are about! Check the calendar often as we have a major event coming this November!
Our December meeting was held at Stogie's in Brentwood. We started with a toast to our fallen Brothers (RFB). We welcomed 6 new members, one from White House, one from Franklin and 4 from Putnam County. We are glad to have these new Brothers join us in our ever growing chapter. Doug Bowman from the Franklin Fire Department was the door prize winner that will allow him to brew his own beer at home (his wife will be thrilled). After ordering some pizza, we split into two teams and played some "Fire Service Jeopardy" where team #1 won, with Rick Havrilla serving as the team Captain. We finished the night about 2100 and are already looking forward to the next time we can get together.
On a chilly Tuesday evening we once again had 18 firefighters together to not only finish up on some things relevant to the chapter, but shared stories and cigars. Not to mention increased their beer sales by about 500%. We also had 3 firefighters become members as we are actively striving to reach our goal of 100 members in 140 days. We hope to have a 100 active F.O.O.L.S. on our books before the 2009 Brotherhood Bash in Indy. 
September Meeting
