Sept 13, 2011

The Alamo 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
Sept 13, 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 Randolph AFB NCO Club.

ATTENDANCE
The following individuals signed in as attending: Randy Coggins, Al Swaim, Douglas Nelson, John Shroyer, Joan Lopez, Paul Weseloh, Chip Caprez, Jerome Fletcher, Michael Anderson, Gary Copsey, Manuel Ramirez, Joshua Rockwell, Barbara Watkins, Dan Defendorf, Kasie Roberts, Ray Cornish, and Tom Peterson.

GUESTS
Elon Brumfield, Elizabeth Stahl, Liai Vassar and Mike Nishimuta.

TREASURER'S REPORT
The treasurer’s report was reviewed. The report was approved as presented.

CHAPTER AEF REPORT
Chip Caprez gave a brief overview of the current allocations of chapter AEF funds. Randy Coggins reviewed the origins of and broad purposes of the chapter AEF fund.

MINUTES FOR LAST MEETING
Minutes from last meeting were reviewed. A motion was made, seconded, and passed to approve the minutes as written.
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 .

COMBAT BREAKFAST AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVE
The date for this year’s Combat Breakfast will be November 8th. The Air Force Recruiting Service will be running the event for us again this year. Gary Copsey has volunteered to be the chapter POC to Recruiting Service for any issues that may arise.

AETC SYMPOSIUM and ALAMO AFA EXPO BRIEFING
Al Swaim gave an update on the chapter exposition planning for the AETC Symposium coming up for January 12 and 13 of 2012. Our expo services contactor MC2 is actively working with vendors. It was moved, seconded, and approved that the chapter support the Lackland Heritage Museum by a donation in kind to participate in the expo.

2012 ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET
Manuel Ramirez reported that a contact with the Lackland Gateway club has been signed for the evening of March 8, 2012.

CHAPTER STRATEGIC PLANNING
The long term strategic planning meetings to help establish the long term goals for chapter activity will be held October 15 at Randy Coggins’ office in Boerne, Texas

IN MEMORIAM
On Sept. 10, 2011, Alamo Chapter AFA lost one of its beloved life members -- Phyllis Croom, wife of Bill Croom, National Director Emeritus and past National Secretary. Phyllis was a staunch AFA supporter and an outstanding role model for all. Her lasting contributions to Alamo Chapter and AFA will long be remembered. It was moved, seconded and approved that a $200 chapter donation be made, in accordance with the family’s request, to the University of Texas-Health Science Center Transplant Unit, San Antonio, Texas.

TEXAS STATE FALL CONVENTION
The upcoming state meeting will be held in Del Rio October 28 to 30, 2011.

AFROTC
Darin Defendorf from the UTSA ROTC reported on recent activities of the detachment. Gary Copsey followed up with an update on the area Arnold Air Society Conclave to be held in November.

CYBER PATRIOT
Douglas Nelson reported on the planning for chapter involvement in next year’s Cyber Patriot activities. It was moved, seconded, and approved to support the upcoming mentor training day by funding the box lunch meals for 100 anticipated participants, not to exceed $500.

NCO PME GRADUCATION VOLUNTEERS
Paul Weseloh and Randy Coggins spoke on the current NOC PME graduation briefings the chapter has been conducting. We have a pre-formatted power point program which is kept current with all local and national AFA activities. The chapter requests any volunteers who would like to help support this activity contact Paul or Randy for more information.

AWARD ANNOUNCEMENTS
Randy Coggins announced, and presented to those present, the following state AFA awards: Texas Medal of Freedom Award to Paul Weseloh, Al Swaim, and Brent Boller. The Alamo Chapter itself was also recognized with an award from the State AFA as chapter of the year.

John Shroyer was then presented with the AFA Texas Benjamin Foulois First Flight Award recognizing his exceptional contributions to the chapter and state organizations as well as the community.

RANDOLPH AFB RETIREE APPRECIATION DAY
This event will be held this year on October 22 at the Randolph Kendrick club. The chapter will have an information table at the activity. We will discuss manning at the next Executive Committee meeting.

The meeting was adjourned by Alamo AFA Chapter President Randy Coggins.

Next meeting is planned for 5:00 PM, October 11, at the Lackland AFB Gateway Club.





Tom Peterson
Alamo AFA Chapter 234 Secretary
October 10, 2011