1-15-2012
Meeting was called to order at 12:55
Members Present: A. Kellogg, G. Lunn, N. Nurisio, R. Parshall, E. Parshall, J. Nurisio, E. Nurisio
The Secretary read the minutes from the meeting of December 4, 2011. The minutes were accepted as read.
The Secretary stated that since the last meeting the PayPal account has generated $222.93.
The Secretary submitted receipts in the amount of $23.12 for re-imbursement.
The Treasure reported that currently there is $9287.15 in the Society’s bank account.
The President gave a report on the letter sent to the Ft. Sill ADA Museum and the response letter received in return. In general, the museum looks forward with working with the Society mainly in technical issues as well as small display items. The museum also informed the Society that it had a complete missile battery and was in the process of resorting display missiles. Another letter will be sent to the museum in order to continue the dialog and improve and/or build a working relationship.
It was agreed upon to pursue a yearly reunion with a different format. Reservations have been made at the American Legion Hall in San Leandro for the Labor Day weekend. In addition an inquiry will be made at the Hilton Hotel in San Leandro for discount room rates. Tentative days will be Friday and Saturday. A full report on the reunion progress will be given at the next meeting.
Elections were held and the new board of governors are; A. Kellogg, G. Lunn, R. Parshall, E. Parshall, J. Nurisio, and E. Nurisio.
Email contact will be made with 2011 members who have not renewed their membership for 2012.
Web improvements was an agenda item but unfortunately, the webmaster could not attend the meeting. An update was desired on the current status of the web and a timeframe given for new items to be added.
It was decided that a tentative period of the last two weeks in April will be the time when members of the Society will travel to San Luis Obispo to assess what assets are available for a planned missile restoration.
Further attempts will be made to contact Revell Germany on the feasibility of a special production run of the Nike Hercules model.
The meeting was adjourned at 13:55
Next scheduled meeting will be on March 18th at 1:00 p.m. at the Veteran’s Hall in Alameda.