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Lunch/Meeting held on TuesdayAugust 24, 2010
The Rhode Island Squadron of the Sampson Air Force Base Veterans Association met at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 at Denny's in Warwick. Don Crout called the meeting to order, took attendance, and distributed agendas plus application forms to several new members. New members are: Giulio Ciafrei, Al Epaminonde, and Antero ("Ted") Martins.
Don briefly reviewed the parent SAFBVA and benefits of membership, including the magazine "Roll Call" and the Sampson Website.
We had a brief discussion of our proposed project, an Air Force Memorial for the Rhode Island Veterans' Memorial Cemetery. It was reemphasized that we need a "big name" or "heavy hitter" to serve as a public figure to help us raise the necessary funds. Former Governor Sundlun was again suggested, and Senator Jack Reed was also mentioned. We must identify a member to contact him in our behalf to recruit him for our project.
Ray Vernon reviewed the details for our scheduled visit to Quonset Point on Wednesday, September 29th. Our visit is scheduled for 1:00 pm on that day. Ray suggested that we gather and park our cars at Daves' Supermarket parking lot no later than 12:30, so that we can "car pool" and reduce the number of cars going to the base. Ray suggested that anyone desiring lunch could meet at D'Angelo's, at 6857 Post Road, North Kingstown, around 11:00am. There will be a maximum of thirty (30) persons for the base tour.
Two draft "vision statements" for the Squadron, proposed by John Eastman and Don Crout, were distributed. It was agreed that we would wait for a future meeting to adopt such a statement. All were urged to read over the two proposed statments and be prepared to discuss them at our next regular meeting.
Squadron Leadership: Don asked to be relieved of the leadership role after a full year in that position. John Eastman stepped forward and offered to take over as Squadron Commander, effective as soon as all materials can be turned over to him. He and Don will meet to make the transition in the near future.
Phil Pender sold more Squadron patches.
Our next regular meeting will be on Tuesday, October 26th at Denny's at 1:00 pm.
Members Present: Don Crout, Bob Dalton, Bob Diner, John Eastman, Tony Fonseca, Dan Hogberg, Leo Meunier, Carl Sherblum, Roger Simone, Walt Dickman, Carmine Delmonico, Jim O'Brien, Joe Lamoray, Bob D'Amario, Giulip Ciafrei, Al Epaminonde, and Ted Martins, plus Phil Pender.
Respectfully Submitted, Don Crout
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