July 13, 2010

AlamoChapter AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION
P.O. Box 34261 San Antonio TX 78265-4261
www.alamoafa.org
AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT AEROSPACE ORGANIZATION

ALAMO AFA
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING
July 13, 2010
MINUTES

CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Alamo AFA Chapter President Randy Coggins. This month’s meeting was held at the downtown USO.

ATTENDANCE
The following individuals signed in as attending: Randy Coggins, Douglas Nelson, John Shroyer, Angelo Haygood, Ron Colunga, Dan O’Neal, Brent Boller, Dave Pope, Carlos Massiatte, Jerome Fletcher, Gary Copsey, Meghan McCormick, John Blumentritt and Tom Peterson.

GUESTS
Orlando Martinez, Alex Perez, and SMSgt Tina Williams

SECRETARY REPORT
The minutes from last meeting were presented. A motion to approve as written was seconded and approved.

CHAPTER CALENDAR REVIEW
The on-line calendar is available on the chapter web-site at alamoafa.org. To be able to display the upcoming web-site calendar pages on the USO video screen some additional hardware is required. Douglas Nelson will work with USO to determine the cost and report back at a future meeting. At that time the executive council can decide if we wish to sponsor part of this cost.

TEXAS AFA STATE CONVENTION REPORT
Randy Coggins reported on the recent meeting. Attending for Alamo Chapter were Randy Coggins, Bill Croom, Dave Pope, and Ed Garland. Several of the candidates for National AFA office were present at the state meeting to introduce themselves and their agendas to members. Candidates not attending did participate in the presentation by conference call. A general discussion of the state voting delegate selection process for the upcoming national convention was held. The Alamo Chapter has been selected to host the 2011 Texas state convention. Tentatively this convention will be held in Fredericksburg, Texas.

19th AIR FORCE
John Blumentritt announced that a change of command ceremony would be held on July 30.




NCO BRIEFING
Several members present will work on the NCO briefing program to update the photographs and text to reflect recent audience response fed-back.

TREASURER'S REPORT
The April 2010 report was accepted as presented. Alan Beaty was not present due to out of state travel commitments.
VP POSITIONS
Several VP position assignments were announced by Randy Coggins.
AFRC – Jerome Fletcher
Veterans’ Affairs/Historian – Sean Habina
Membership – Steven Hall
SA Chamber of Commerce – Ron Colunga
Strategic Engagement (new position) Tim Strawther

COMBAT BREAKFAST
Ron Colunga briefed that the date of the combat breakfast this year has been moved to the end of the Celebrate America’s Military Week’s events and is tentatively set for November 9th. This was done to avoid conflict with National Election Day.

LEGAL REPRESENTATVE
The chapter and the chapter aerospace education foundation are researching methods to get more legal review of planned chapter and chapter AEF activities. This is being done due to the much larger scope of activities that we now participate in.

AWARD PRESENTATIONS
Randy Coggins announced the National AFA Medal of Merit Awards and AFA Texas Medal of Freedom awards from the Texas State AFA convention. The national awards will be presented at the National Convention this fall. National Medal of Merit winners are Gary Copsey, Gina McKeen, and John Shroyer.

The names of the Alamo chapter AFA Texas Medal of Freedom winners were: Ralph Chalafant, Jerome Fletcher, Meghan McCormick, Douglas Nelson, and Tom Peterson. Medals were presented by Randy Coggins to those present.

Gary Copsey was presented with the AFA Texas State Member of the Year Award.

SENIOR NCO PROFESSIONAL ENHANCEMENT SEMINAR
The chapter provided funds and supplies to support a luncheon meal for over 200 MSgt selectees attending this seminar at Lackland AFB. We were able to present our AFA message and clarify our organization’s mission verses other military professional societies.

NEW CHAPTER PRESENTATION ASSETS
Mike Nishimuta is researching and will present at a future meeting some options to enhance our presence at various public venues. These include events where the chapter booth is too large or labor intensive to set up. He is researching chapter AFA business cards with digital contacts, roll-up banners and customized table covers.



UPCOMING EVENTS

AFA TEXAS FALL EXECUTIVE MEETING 29-31 OCT 2010
The AFA Texas Fall Executive Committee will be held in Fort Worth at the Radisson @ Fossil Creek for $89 a night and hosted by the Fort Worth Chapter.

AFA NATIONAL CONVENTION 11 – 12 Sept 2010

AIR AND SPACE CONFERENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EXPOSITION
13 – 15 Sept 2010 at the Gaylord National Hotel, Washington, DC

ARCON MEETING
Angelo State ROTC will be holding an ARCON meeting in San Antonio this fall.



The meeting was adjourned by Alamo AFA President Randy Coggins.

Next meeting is planned for August 10, at the downtown USO.





Tom Peterson
Alamo AFA Chapter 234 Secretary
August 9, 2010