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| RECIPIENT LIST SUPPRESSED This is a BLIND CC sent to the entire POC LIST ================================================================= USSVI POC BROADCAST No. 04-050 Date: Sunday 15 August 2004 From: Sid Harrison webmaster@ussvi.org TO: POC LIST For distribution All BROADCASTS http://www.ussvi.org/webmastr/brdcasts.htm This BROADCAST http://www.ussvi.org/webmastr/2004/04-050.htm ITEM-01 .... LAST TRANSMISSION --- I STAND RELIEVED ITEM-02 .... LATEST FROM USSVI VETERANS AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN ITEM-03 .... SOUTHERN COLORADO BASE HAS A NEW CDR/POC ITEM-04 .... COWTOWN BASE CDR/POC IS CHANGING E-MAIL ADDRESS ITEM-05 .... IOWA BASE CHANGE OF COMMAND ITEM-06 .... BUFFALO BASE: DENNIS STALEY BACK ON THE CASE ITEM-07 .... BOWFIN BASE HAS NEW OFFICERS ITEM-08 .... INLAND EMPIRE BASE ELECTION RESULTS ITEM-09 .... DORADO BASE COMMANDER ADDRESS ADDED ITEM-10 .... BALLOT INSTRUCTIONS FOR BASE COMMANDERS ITEM-11 .... AFTER SARATOGA - PAPER MEMBERSHIP CARDS ARE HISTORY ITEM-12 .... 2005 CONVENTION EVENT SCHEDULE IS ONLINE ITEM-13 .... CONVENTION FILM FESTIVAL FOR USSV-CF ITEM-14 .... LETTER FROM THE NATIONAL AWARDS CHAIRMAN ITEM-15 .... NATIONAL CHAPLAIN AUGUST TRAVEL ITINERARY ITEM-16 .... MOTEL ROOMS --- 2004 CONVENTION ITEM-17 .... REMINDER: BASE CDRS/USSVI LEADERSHIP MTG SARATOGA ITEM-18 .... LATEST '04 CONVENTION INFO FROM GEORGE GASSER. =================================================================== ITEM-01 .... LAST TRANSMISSION --- I STAND RELIEVED =================================================================== SUBMITTED BY: SID HARRISON cny@sid-ss.net =================================================================== Today I snail-mailed a CD to your new webmaster, Greg Stitz. The CD has all the website folders and files for USSVI and USSVCF. He is in the process of setting up his FTP (File Transfer Protocol) in order to gain access to the on-line sites. (stuff like new user name and password). So from here on - I will NOT (repeat NOT) be making any further tweaks to the two websites. I AM DONE. DO NOT send me anymore USSVI stuff to post. All USSVI material I receive from now on will be forwarded to Greg for action. NOTE: Y'all may want to cut him a little slack at first until he gets some time on station. Just a thought... Greg's contact info is: Greg Stitz 5000 11th Street South Arlington, VA 22204 Home - 703-931-3238 Work - 202-685-5511 e-mail: gstitz@mindspring.com For the time being, I have changed the WEBMASTER POC LIST entry to reflect Greg's e-mail as shown above. So until Greg gives you the word, DO NOT use the webmaster@ussvi.org address... use his e-mail address. ----- It has been an interesting challenge and privilege to be your webmaster and relay station --- but it is now time for me to step-down and hand it off to some guys who possess technical skills which extend way beyond my limited knuckle-draggin' abilities. Those skills in the hands of such qualified operators as Greg, Don Gentry et al will allow the USSVI web services to "kick it up a notch" thus providing you, the USSVI membership, with some much needed (and overdue) state-of-the art improved internet services. ----- So without further ado - I STAND RELIEVED!!!!!!! Somebody hit the lights and smoke the flick. Down in front! ----- See ya on the net. Sid http://www.sid-ss.net ----------------------- USSVI pages updated are: http://www.ussvi.org/poccmbo2.htm http://www.ussvi.org/poc-txt.txt http://www.ussvi.org/webmastr.htm http://www.ussvi.org/webmastr/mail-me.htm =================================================================== ITEM-02 .... LATEST FROM USSVI VETERANS AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN =================================================================== SUBMITTED BY: JOHN DUDAS johnpd@vipweb.net =================================================================== ....VA Awards Funds to Renovate Veterans Home "WASHINGTON -- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a grant of more than $1.3 million to the state of Nebraska for improvements at the state veterans' home in Grand Island." Access full article here http://www.ussvi.org/veterans/top.htm John Dudas Chairman of the USSVI Veterans Affairs Committee johnpd@vipweb.net =================================================================== ITEM-03 .... SOUTHERN COLORADO BASE HAS A NEW CDR/POC =================================================================== SUBMITTED BY: JIM MACDONALD macdonald.jc@att.net =================================================================== New COMMANDER/POC Joe Maurelli 858 Allegheny Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80919-1138 Phone: (719) 548-0836 E-Mail comaurellis@msn.com ------------------------ USSVI pages updated: http://www.ussvi.org/b068.htm http://www.ussvi.org/poccmbo2.htm http://www.ussvi.org/poc-txt.txt =================================================================== ITEM-04 .... COWTOWN BASE CDR/POC IS CHANGING E-MAIL ADDRESS =================================================================== SUBMITTED BY: WALT ELLER seadevilss400@earthlink.net =================================================================== Change my e-mail address - effective immediately. New address is: seadevilss400@earthlink.net. Walt Eller Cowtown Base CDR/POC ------------------ USSVI pages updated are: http://www.ussvi.org/b020.htm http://www.ussvi.org/poccmbo2.htm http://www.ussvi.org/poc-txt.txt =================================================================== ITEM-05 .... IOWA BASE CHANGE OF COMMAND =================================================================== SUBMITTED BY: B. A. REYNOLDS bareynol@airolink.com =================================================================== Brian Reynolds ( bareynol@aiolink.com ) has been relieved by Mike Ster as Base Commander. New COMMANDER/POC Mike Ster michael1ster@msn.com Brian has assumed the position of Vice Base Commander. --------------------- USSVI pages updated are: http://www.ussvi.org/b036.htm http://www.ussvi.org/poccmbo2.htm http://www.ussvi.org/poc-txt.txt =================================================================== ITEM-06 .... BUFFALO BASE: DENNIS STALEY BACK ON THE CASE =================================================================== SUBMITTED BY: DENNIS STALEY dennis_staley@hotmail.com =================================================================== I am back up and on line and healthy again. As of 1 August 2004 I have re-assumed Command and POC of USSVI Buffalo Base. Change to: COMMANDER/POC Dennis C. Staley 4461 Reservoir Road Geneseo,NY 14454 Ph: (585) 243-3456 E-Mail: dennis_staley@hotmail.com Its good to be back. Dennis C. Staley USSVI Buffalo Base Commander ----------------------- USSVI pages updated are: http://www.ussvi.org/b011.htm http://www.ussvi.org/poccmbo2.htm http://www.ussvi.org/poc-txt.txt =================================================================== ITEM-07 .... BOWFIN BASE HAS NEW OFFICERS =================================================================== SUBMITTED BY: CHRIS CUNHA ics.hi@usa.net =================================================================== Bowfin Base New officers are: COMMANDER Dave Follo dbfollo@hawaii.rr.com VICE COMMANDER Kenneth R. Joyner joynerk001@hawaii.rr.com SEC/TREASURER Paul Ferguson paul_ferguson@hotmail.com Aloha Chris Cunha BOWFIN BASE POC ------------------ USSVI page updated is: http://www.ussvi.org/b009.htm (No change to POC LIST) =================================================================== ITEM-08 .... INLAND EMPIRE BASE ELECTION RESULTS =================================================================== SUBMITTED BY: GREG PERKINS gcmb@charter.net =================================================================== At our meeting July 20, 2004, the following officers were nominated and elected to office: COMMANDER/POC Gregory D. Perkins Phone: 509-627-6701 1716 Del Cambre Loop Richland, WA 99352 E-Mail: gcmb@charter.net XO/HISTORIAN/SECRETARY Clifford E. Hampton Phone: 509-967-5458 2611 Royl Palm Ave. West Richland, WA 99353 E-Mail: subsailor@usamedia.tv TREASURER Thomas J. (Doc) Sternburgh Phone: 541-276-0594 2600 S.W. Goodwin #11 Pendleton, OR 97801 E-Mail: None COB D.R. (Jake) Jacobsen Phone: 509-967-6642 5503 Mulberry Dr. West Richland, WA 99353 E-Mail: drjake@3-cities.com STOREKEEPER Peter M. Smith Phone: 509-522-9425 913 Olympia Dr. Walla Walla, WA 99362 E-Mail: petesmith@rmci.net MEMBERSHIP/NEWSLETTER Dave Howard Phone: 509-528-4100 3590 Roundbottom Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45244 E-Mail: busgus10@aol.com Thank you, Greg Perkins, Base Commander/POC --------------------- USSVI page updated is: http://www.ussvi.org/b035.htm (No change to POC LIST) =================================================================== ITEM-09 .... DORADO BASE COMMANDER ADDRESS ADDED =================================================================== SUBMITTED BY: CONNIE VAUGHN dvaughn2@cox.net =================================================================== Here is Dorado Base Commander's snail mail address: COMMANDER David Vaughn 1215 Sunset Dr., Mulvane, KS. 67110-1340 Connie Vaughn Dorado Base Secretary --------------------- USSVI page updated is: http://www.ussvi.org/b013.htm =================================================================== ITEM-10 .... BALLOT INSTRUCTIONS FOR BASE COMMANDERS =================================================================== SUBMITTED BY: PATRICK HOUSEHOLDER NATSEC@comcast.net =================================================================== You can download the complete document from here http://www.ussvi.org/notices.htm NOTE: It is in MS/Word formatted document - Download & open. =================================================================== ITEM-11 .... AFTER SARATOGA - PAPER MEMBERSHIP CARDS ARE HISTORY =================================================================== SUBMITTED BY: PATRICK HOUSEHOLDER NATSEC@comcast.net =================================================================== Effective with the end of the Saratoga Convention in September, the old paper membership cards are history! See that your BASE COMMANDER receives this message. This important notice with images and Q&A here http://www.ussvi.org/notices/040807.htm =================================================================== ITEM-12 .... 2005 CONVENTION EVENT SCHEDULE IS ONLINE =================================================================== SUBMITTED BY: ART RANDALL ArtRandall@aol.com =================================================================== SubVets 2005 Kansas City Convention 29 August to 04 September Schedule of Events Complete notice is here: http://www.ussvi.org/2005-001.htm =================================================================== ITEM-13 .... CONVENTION FILM FESTIVAL FOR USSV-CF =================================================================== SUBMITTED BY: JOHN A ANDERSEN jqa1@earthlink.net =================================================================== Below is the announcement regarding the Convention Film Festival benefiting the Charitable Foundation John A Andersen USSVI Charitable Foundation Treasurer and Director 2003 jqa1@earthlink.net ===================================== START ANNOUNCEMENT ===================================== Dear Shipmates: The Board of Directors is pleased to announce the 2nd annual Clear Submarine Film Festival at the Albany-Saratoga Convention on September 16th at 1330 hours. This fundraiser is designed to raise money for our library and general fund while providing a venue for the Convention attendees to view two and a half hours of action packed submarine movies not available elsewhere on this planet Films will include a pre-1960 feature length film, some 1950 television episodes, some Navy produced, and submarine training shorts-the kind we all cut our teeth on. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the convention. Your $10 ticket entitles you to stay for the entire two and a half hours session or just drop in and view a flick for 15 minutes between tours. Please send a check (along with your convention registration form) payable to: 2004 SubVetsConvention c/o Diane Singleman 425. E Campbell Rd. Ext., Schenectady, NY 12303-4307 >>>>> Note from Diane Singleman - Registration Chairperson: Checks MUST NOT be made out to the USSVI Charitable Foundation. Checks should be made out to the 2004 SUBVET CONVENTION. We will be reimbursing the Foundation for all those who have signed up for the film festival with us. If you have any questions..... Diane Singleman phone number is: (518) 355-2119 Diane Singleman E-Mail is: awards4@capital.net ==================================== This notice is also here: http://www.ussvi.org/news/040802.htm =================================================================== ITEM-14 .... LETTER FROM THE NATIONAL AWARDS CHAIRMAN =================================================================== SUBMITTED BY: ART RANDALL ArtRandall@aol.com =================================================================== Shipmates: The National Awards Chairmanship should not be just a once a year deliberation to find among us our unsung heroes, give them awards at the Annual Convention Business Meeting or Banquet waiting for the next year's Banquet to present more. Our unsung heroes are performing for us each and every day in a variety of ways ... and they should remain unsung no longer as they are indeed the foundation and mainstay of our Bases' success! I welcome your ideas as to what we can do to recognize our members for going above and beyond the call, on a daily, monthly and yearly basis, who are rarely recognized for what others call, "Just doing their job." As we all know members doing more than the job description requires, is doing more than their job! Yet, we often accept that excess given, as the "norm". As of this date, I am announcing, with the unqualified endorsement of the New Base Development Chairman George Boyle, and the USSVI National Commander John Peters a new, everyday recognition of members and Bases that take a proactive position in new Base development that transcends their "territorial boundaries," and goes to the core of our Creed, that is, " ... to provide "... a way for all Submariners to gather for the mutual benefit and enjoyment. Our common heritage as Submariners shall be Strengthened by camaraderie." Base membership is at the heart of the fulfillment of the Creed's statement of purpose. Go here for the complete letter from the National Awards Chairman http://www.ussvi.org/awards/040812.htm =================================================================== ITEM-15 .... NATIONAL CHAPLAIN AUGUST TRAVEL ITINERARY =================================================================== SUBMITTED BY: ARTHUR D. GLOVER arthurglover@comcast.net =================================================================== I will be on vacation and business travel from 13 Aug 2004 to 27 Aug 2004. I will be in Kings Bay, GA from 25 Aug to 27 Aug 2004. Arthur D. Glover National Chaplain =================================================================== ITEM-16 .... MOTEL ROOMS --- 2004 CONVENTION =================================================================== SUBMITTED BY: DIANE SINGLEMAN awards4@capital.net =================================================================== When you call one of the motels listed on our website or in the American Submariner, be sure to state that you are with the USSVI Convention. Otherwise, the motels will tell you they are filled. There are still rooms blocked off at these motels for the rates listed, but they are for those attending the convention. Therefore, if you don't identify yourself as being associated with the USSVI Convention, you won't get a room. Diane Singleman Convention Registration Chairperson =================================================================== ITEM-17 .... REMINDER: BASE CDRS/USSVI LEADERSHIP MTG SARATOGA =================================================================== SUBMITTED BY: PATRICK HOUSEHOLDER householderp@comcast.net =================================================================== WHAT: Base Commanders/ USSVI Leadership Meeting Saratoga WHO SHOULD ATTEND: All Base, District, Region and National Officers and others interested in SubVet leadership. WHERE: Convention Headquarters Hotel WHEN: Friday - Sept. 17, 2004 - 07:30 AM TO 11:00 AM AGENDA: To discuss leadership, organization and base issues pertaining to USSVI and especially as pertains to base operations. Preliminary Agenda: 1) Opening-Gordon D. Clark chairman BC Group 2) Remarks- John Peters Outgoing NC 3) Remarks- Tom Conlon Incoming NC (Outgoing NSVC) 4) SubVettes Presentation- Ella Blado 5) National Computerization progress report from Don Gentry (Chief Technology Officer). 6) National Election voting system recap- Pat Householder 7) Member Retention issues 8) MAL's and how encourage base membership Submit your requests for agenda topics by posting on Base Officer BBS. Use this link to go directly to the discussion: http://www.submarinevets.com/~ussvibaseco/cgi-bin/discus/show.cgi?8/135 HOW TO SIGN UP: $15.00 ea for BASE CDR Breakfast meeting and make checks payable to '2004 SubVets Convention' ** MAIL BY SEPT 7TH ** 2004 SubVets Convention c/o Diane Singleman 425 E. Campbell Rd. Ext. Schenectady, NY 12303-4307 Attendees must pre register and we again have a limit of 150 attendees. A Listing of signed up attendees will be posted on Base Officers BBS when received from Diane Singleman. MENU: US Submarine Veterans Base Cmdrs Breakfast Fresh Orange Juice Bakery Basket on Each Table with Petite Danish, Mini Muffins and Sweet Breads Served with Butter and Preserves. Grade A Farm Fresh Scrambled Eggs served with Ham, Bacon, Turkey Sausage Or Maple Link Sausage and Home Fried Potatoes. Garnished with Fresh Fruit. Fresh Brewed Coffee, Decaffeinated Coffee, Hot Tea and Herbal Teas. The price includes: Tax, Gratuity, meeting room, PA System with addditional floor microphone, overhead projector and recorder to tape the discussions for transcription. Gordy Clark =================================================================== ITEM-18 .... LATEST '04 CONVENTION INFO FROM GEORGE GASSER =================================================================== SUBMITTED BY: GEORGE GASSER SubVets2004@prodigy.net =================================================================== US Submarine Convention and Boat Reunions Saratoga Springs, New York September 14-19, 2004 For any questions concerning the upcoming convention at Saratoga Springs, please response to Subvets2004@prodigy.net. Check our website at http://www.AlbanySaratogaSubVets.com for information and maps. So far more than 1200 people have registered for the convention, with 800-900 hotel/motel rooms reserved! Thanks to the generosity of New York State, Saratoga County and the City of Saratoga Springs, we have the funds to: hold the very first Parade, honoring Submarine Force Veterans, operate; our SubVets Trolleys; and hold a US Navy Band Concert. With the help of Groton Base, we will have Submarine School Students carry the Lost Boat Flags and a Submarine Base Drill Team. Two local boys raised $1600 to purchase stands for the lost boat flags, so that the flags can be displayed at our banquet. The stands will be donated to Groton Base. The trip to Naval Nuclear Power Training Site is cancelled due to the August heightened alert. Those who have signed up for this trip will be offered a refund of credit towards another trip - your choice. Seating at the Banquet is almost gone. Each Banquet table will carry the name of a Lost Boat. During "Tolling of the Bells" candles will be blown out as the Lost Boat's names are called. Each Lost Boat's name will be on two tables. People that wish to sit at a particular Lost Boat Table should submit the request to Banquet@NYcap.rr.com ADVANCE SEATING FOR THE BANQUET: If you have eight or more friends (limit 10) who wish to sit at the same banquet table, you may reserve a table in advance. Tables seat 10. If you reserve a table with 8 names, the remaining 2 spaces will be filled during at the convention. The names you submit must be already registered and shown on the list of attendees. You must have 8 names to hold a table. Send a list of the names at your table, the name you want to use to reserve the table, and state if you want to be near (or away from) the band, stage or the bar to: Banquet@NYcap.rr.com. If you don't request advanced seating, you can do it at the convention starting on Tuesday. Our Welcoming Aboard Party in the park starts at 1600 on Wednesday and will be a spectacular patriotic event, with plenty of entertainment, food and drink. Seats will be setup and reserved for our Subvets for the outdoor concert. After the concert, British and American Revolutionary reenactors will fire cannons and line the walkway to the Canfield Casino.(the only building in the park). Submarine Sailors will also render honors. Inside the oldest Casino in America, music will play, the local representatives will address you. Tables will be setup to serve cheese and crackers, a roast beef carving station, a desert table etc. The Submarine Film Festival on Thursday will start at 1330 and run for at least 4 hours, in the 120 year old Music Hall on the third floor of City Hall, one block from the Prime. There is a handicap ramp in front leading to the elevator. Friday afternoon's US Navy Concert starts at 1500 at the City Center (just off our Hospitality room at the Prime Hotel). Please be in your seats by 1645. The front 1200 seats are reserved for Subvets and guests. The public is invited to also attend. Registered convention members will receive: a US Submarine Veterans gym bag; an umbrella (just incase); A refrigerator magnet replicating the convention patch; a special aluminum bank designed by our base depicting the submarine force and the convention; Saratoga Water; free pass to Welcoming Party, Shuttle Trolleys, and US Navy Band Concert; restaurant and shop discounts; a Convention Book( see attached photo). Thursday nights dinner cruise on Lake George will be attended by almost 300 of our members and guests. Al and Terry Hahn won the Prime Hotel Suite raffle. We expect to have $2500 in gifts for the prize raffle drawing at the Banquet. It looks like we will have more than 30 submarine Vendors at the Prime Hotel. Religious service information will be posted in the Prime Lobby area. We are providing transportation on Thursday afternoon for Rosh Hashanah. Toward the end of the two luncheons on Friday, the dividing wall will be opened for the pinning of the new Chiefs from the Navy Nuclear Training site. Immediately after the USSVI and Subvettets Annual Meetings, you should assembly for the parade or pick your viewing spot. Parade assembly instructions will be posted near the registration desk. ROOMS: There are still rooms at and near the Holiday Inn (Holiday Inn, The Carriage House Inn, Grand Union Motel and the Hilton Garden Inn) and near the Prime Hotel (Marriott Courtyard and Saratoga Arms Bed & Breakfast). Grand Union motel at $97 per night are the last of the "under $100" rooms on our SubVet Shuttle Line. The Courtyard at Marriott, a short walk from the Prime Hotel parking lot will honor $119 per night. Also consider the Gideon Putnam Hotel, a 4 diamond resort that is giving the low rate of $139 per night. For a list of all hotels and the prices check our webpage at: http://r.vresp.com/? SaratogaConventionan/876887a9cf/217798/15bb6044a5/a289106 Respectfully, George Gasser 2004 USSVI National Convention Chairman Albany/Saratoga Base E-Mail: SubVets2004@prodigy.net ........END POC BROADCAST No. 04-050.......... |