| 14 MARCH 2008 VCOC MEETING |
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| MG Evans receives MOAA glass from VCOC President 14 March 2008 |
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| VCOC secretary in St Pats suspenders |
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| 80th Training Command |
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Instead of meeting in April, the 2nd 2008 quarterly meeting of the VCOC/MOAA was Friday, March 14th, 2008, in advance of the April 2008 Virginia Congressional Luncheon.
The Richmond meeting location was arranged by VCOC Secretary, Jim Brown, COL, USA, Ret. Directions were provided on page 11 (Secretary Musings) of March 2008 Council Crier (printed and web editions). COL Brown mailed a sketch map to VCOC reps. COL Brown and his wife, June, arranged for the meals as well.
Scroll down for more photos and general information.
The meeting is, as usual, was from 10 AM to 2:30 PM.
Quarterly (written) reports, which are usually due prior to the meeting, were due after, since they close out the end of March. But chapters provided short verbal reports as usual.
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QUARTERLY VCOC MEETING
(Instead of usual April Meeting)
FRIDAY, MARCH 14TH
10 AM
At New Location:
Command Conference Room on 2nd Floor of
Headquarters Building
80th Training Command
The Army School System (TASS)
6700 Strathmore Road
Richmond, Virginia 23237
THE DEFENSE GENERAL SUPPLY CENTER - RICHMOND,
Usually called "Bellwood"
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Officers welcoming the VCOC included:
MG David L. Evans, Commanding General,
80th Training Command (TASS)
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MAJ Thomas F. Metz,
Secretary of Command Staff (SGS)
for the 80th Training Command (TASS)
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| VCOC Officers working lunch 14 March 2008 |
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| VCOC President, LTC J. Pat Green, USA, Ret, pictured in center of photo at left, briefed the preps for Virginia Congressional Luncheon April 16th, and acknowledged the excellent work and support for the initiative. He also said he could not attend the MOAA storming of Capitol April 3rd due to travel (Vice President will attend in his place).
National Legislative Objectives
were updated and can be found at this link (to national legislative section of this website) http://www.virginiamoaa.com/nationallegislative.html
VCOC Legislative chair is COL Sam Wilder, USA, Ret, VCOC 1st Vice President (VP), the 1st person pictured in photo at left.
Minute-man award to MOAA officer approved. The winner is a secret. Statue, with honoree's name added to the plaque, will be presented at the Virginia Congressional Luncheon 16 April 2008. COL Sam Wilder, VCOC VP, chaired the nominating committee.
Give Me 10 program was briefed by LTC Paul Mehler, VCOC 2nd VP, the 3rd person pictured in the photo at left. LTC Mehler also presented an idea for consideration that VCOC ask MOAA, instead of the Give Me Ten recognition luncheon, to contribute the dollars they would have spent on it (for Virginia) to the Virginia War Memorial. This suggestion will be voted on at the July VCOC quarterly meeting.
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The next VCOC quarterly meeting will be July 11th, hosted by the Central Virginia Chapter. COL Hank Shelton briefed the tentative plans, for the meeting to be held at the club of a gated community in the Charlottesville area. The VCOC voted yes to holding the meeting there, at a cost to each person attending of $20, plus room cost of $250.
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| COL Hank Shelton of CVC MOAA briefs VCOC about upcoming July 11th meeting |
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