April ’18 President’s Update

  1. If you have not done so already, please vote as soon as possible in the Western Regional Trustee election for the Alumni Association Board of Trustees there is still a short time to do it in April.  As I said last month, I won’t tell you how to vote, but I believe that Steve Hall has done a good job in his first term and would be even more effective in a second term.
  2. Our April meeting is at 1130 on 11 April at the Old Spaghetti Factory.  We will conduct officer elections and transition at the same meeting.  I will be installed on the Board of Trustees in May and it will be useful if Mike Carmichael is already installed as president before we go to Annapolis.  John Adams is running for vice president, but WE STILL NEED SOMEONE TO RUN AS SECRETARY.
  3. The May meeting will be 9 May and will be run by John Adams, since Mike and I will both be in Annapolis that week.  The meeting may be a “sea story” gathering unless someone wants to volunteer to do a review on a military related book.
  4. The chapter picnic will be at the Port of Camas/Washougal this year on 4 August 2018.  There will be a special Council meeting at Doug Bomarito’s office on 5 May devoted to the picnic.  If you want more information or would like to help, please attend that meeting.
  5. This is important, so I am going to repeat it:  We really need someone willing to run as secretary.  Pete Crystal has graciously continued as secretary emeritus pending replacement, but that can’t last much longer.