ERIE COUNTY Chapter

   2026 Meeting Schedule

January 28th July 22nd
February 25th August 26th
March 25th September 23rd
April 22nd October 28th
May 27th November 25th
June 24th December 2026: NO Meeting

From the Chairman's Desk

I hope this email finds you in good health and staying warm. As mentioned in the email last week, all members are invited to attend our SCOPE Board meetings.  

Our February monthly Board meeting is this Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 2:00 pm at the Matthew Glab Post.  We meet in the dining room and have a brief meeting to discuss the agenda for the upcoming Members Meeting.  We share ideas, bust each other's chops, and have lunch together.  This will be a good opportunity for us to get to know each other better, since our time runs short during the Members Meetings.  This daytime meeting is a nice alternate opportunity for those who are not comfortable driving at night to the 7 pm Members meetings.  Come instead in the afternoon to a Board meeting and be satisfied that you can still participate with other SCOPE members and provide your input.  Did I mention that this is also a wonderful way to support our Matthew Glab American Legion Post?!  

Here is a link to the menu - Wednesday's special are wings for .75 cents but they also have other great choices. 

A few items of discussion will be:

-Voting for the NY State SCOPE At-Large position 
-Sponsoring a late spring/early summer trap shoot between 2 local high schools
-Ideas to get gun owners and people in general to vote in upcoming elections  
-Ideas to increase our membership numbers

Please join us, relax and enjoy each other's company.  Your presence is welcomed.

     In an effort to allow more member participation in our planning processes, we are opening up our Monthly Board Meetings to include any Erie County SCOPE member. 
     We meet in the restaurant area at the Matthew Glab Post at 2 pm and work through the agenda together. 
     We always look forward to the Daily Special which on Wednesdays is Chicken Wings.  It's a lot of fun and we have a nice time gathering and planning for the meeting together. 
     Our Board would be so pleased to have members participate in this with us.
     Please come out and join us on these afternoons.

2026 Erie Co Chapter Board Meetings 2:00PM
    Feb. 25
    Mar. 25
    Apr. 2
    May 27
    June 24
    July 22
    Aug. 26
    Sep. 23
    Oct. 28 

Erie County Meeting Minutes:

January 2026

November 2025
October 2025
September 2025
August 2025
July 2025

  Erie County Chapter Officers
at the WNY Assn. of Retired Law Enforcement Personnel (WARP) meeting.
L. to R. Mike Knowles, Mark Drews, Patrick O'Donoghue, Joe Beres, Norman Hirsch

Chairman Mark Drews (right) with Paul Beakman, Jr., President of WARP.

Thank you to State Senator George Borrello for presenting to Erie County SCOPE on Tues. Oct. 28.
The crowd had great questions about the NYS recently signed domestic violence gun law. Also, we had a much passionate discussion about Hochul's electric mandate for new builds as of Jan. 1, 2026.
He spoke also about Elise Stefanik's probable run in '26 and our upcoming strategies as Patriots to take back NYS.