January 11, 2011

Chapter 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
January 11, 2011
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 Henry B Gonzalez Convention Center.

ATTENDANCE
The following individuals signed in as attending: Randy Coggins, Mike Nishimuta, Alan Beaty, Dave Pope, Joan Lopez, Douglas Nelson, John Shroyer, Meghan McCormick, John Blumentritt, Ray Cornish, Al Swaim, Bill Croom, and Tom Peterson.

GUESTS
Joe Diana.

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

TREASURER'S REPORT
The December 2010 report was accepted as presented.

CHAPTER CALENDAR REVIEW
The on-line calendar is available on the chapter web-site at alamoafa.org. If anyone has activities to be posted to the calendar, please forward the information to Douglas Nelson by email at dnelson004@satx.rr.com . It was noted that there will be NCO Academy graduations on February 11 and March 25.

CYBER PATRIOT III
CP III is the High School Cyber Defense competition. Bill Croom, Mike Nishimuta, Randy Coggins and Dave Pope attended the ceremony for presenting the Mayor’s Cup at the Omni hotel on December 18, 2010. We presented the Alamo AFA Aerospace Education Foundation $1,000 scholastic monetary award vouchers to each member of the winning team which was the San Antonio Information Technology and Security Academy.

JR ROTC BANQUET PRESENTERS
Megan McCormick will be working to find presenters for the AFA Award at the high school Jr ROTC banquets this spring. Anyone wishing to participate should contact her directly.



Alamo AFA EXPOSITION REPORT
Mike Nishimuta updated the status of preparations for the upcoming AETC/AFA Symposium Exposition (January 20-21, 2011). Our chapter will be sharing a booth area with the Valero Texas Open “Birdies For Charity” group. Douglas Nelson suggested we recognize best booth displays for the non-commercial exposition booths.

ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET 2011
The Randolph Company Grade Officers Council has accepted the chapter offer to coordinate plans for the banquet. Letters to organizations requesting nomination of award winners were sent out in late December. A discussion was held to consider ideas to help streamline the awards presentation process due to the number of awards involved.

UPCOMING EVENTS

AFA TEXAS SPRING MEETING
AFA Texas Spring Meeting February 18-20 Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake Rate $89 Reservation/Registration Deadline Feb 4. See AFA Texas website (www.texasafa.org) for more information.

2011 AWARDS BANQUET
Next year’s Blue Suit and Loos Banquet with are held on March 10, 2011 at the Lackland Gateway Club.

TEXAS STATE AFA SUMMER CONVENTION
In Fredericksburg Texas 22 – 23 July 2011


The meeting was adjourned by Alamo AFA Chapter President Randy Coggins. A walk-thru for the convention center exposition area was conducted by those interested.

Next meeting is planned for 5:00 PM, February 8, at the Sushihana Restaurant at 1810 NW Military Highway.




Tom Peterson
Alamo AFA Chapter 234 Secretary
February 6, 2011