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Calling All Shipmates!
We are still seeking
ways to locate other former submariners in our area who might like to join
us. If you know of someone in the Cincinnati area who used to serve in
submarines (or still does!) please tell them about this site, or leave us
a message (through the "Talk
To Us" link on this page to tell us who they are and how to get
hold of them.
Base Newsletter
- Dave Self has volunteered to do our base newsletter. He has experience
in publishing newsletters. Dave is looking for suggestions for a name and
also articles that our members would like to contribute. If you have any
suggestions or would like to help him please send him an email at
bubblehead@dr-self.com We hope to start
out our newsletters on a quarterly basis. We would also like to make our
newsletter available for ads, the price is yet to be determined but it
will be reasonable (we are just trying to recover the cost of printing and
mailing), if you would like to take an ad out please let Dave know.
Base Membership - We're
now up to 80. We had 2 new members at our last meeting and a secondary
member from the Rhode Island base. He is a Cincinnati native and the base
commander there. Welcome to all.
NSSDC - Narwhal
Project - I
received an email from Tom Schram of the National Submarine Science
Discovery Center (NSSDC) yesterday regarding donations required for the
first phase of the Discovery Center. They are working on the Educational
Center part of the project and they need the funds in place by April 1.
The need is for $500,000.00, they have already secured $300,000.00 but
need the additional $200,000.00 by the above date. They are not asking
the base for this amount but would like to know if anyone is connected
with a business that can make a contribution. If you work for or own a
company that deals with these types of contributions please let me know
and I will put you in contact with Tom. As you know we are fully behind
this project as discussed in our last meeting. The NSSDC is counting on
our organization on a local and national level to be a big part of this
project. I am going to attach the info NSSDC sent to me yesterday so
that you can be up to date on all of the current details of the project.
If you need any more information on this project please email me and I
will answer your questions or pass them along to NSSDC for a response.
Meetings -
Our future meetings are
now scheduled through June and are as follows:
July Meeting - Date not given but location is VFW Post 3809
(Canteen) 4541 Dixie Highway (Cincinnati-Dayton Rd) .
From Cincinnati - North on I-75 to Exit No. 32 (Middletown - Route 122)
Go West approximately 1.5 miles to Cintinnati/Dayton Rd, turn right,
Canteen is on the left.
From Dayton - South on I-75 to Exit 32 and follow above directions.
We have not scheduled a meeting place
for August or September. If you have a spot available please
contact Dick Young. We are looking at a future meeting in
Milford in the second half of the year and are also in the planning
stages of another combined meeting with the Indy and possibly the
Louisville base in October as we did last year. The Columbus, Toledo and
Cleveland bases are also looking into a state meeting in the future. We
also hope to have another Christmas party at Jim and Jack's in December.
October Meeting - We
are in the planning stages of another joint meeting with the INDY base,
more details to follow. Maybe they will challenge us to horseshoes again.
(I had to put the horseshoes in there since I copied the INDY Commander on
this email).
Base Elections -
Since we are
approaching our 2 year base anniversary at the end of the year we are
due to have elections by then according to our by laws. The date for the
elections has not been set yet but we are looking for people to step
forward and run for our executive positions. Please think about running
for an elected office. We should start the nomination process by
September at the latest. This will be a discussion at a future meeting.
Additional Information:
We are now processing 2004 dues. For yearly members the fee is $20.00, for
national life members the fee is for base dues only $10.00. The dues are
payable at our next meeting or they can be mailed to our Treasurer at:
Dick Hauck - 8945
Long Lane - Cincinnati, Ohio 45231
Checks
payable to Cincinnati Base USSVI. One additional note on dues, if the dues
are not paid by the end of March you will be required to pay an additional
$10.00 fee as if you are a new USSVI member, all members not paying their
dues by the end of March are put in inactive status at the National
Headquarters. The big benefit of National dues are the mailings of the
publication American Submariner, this magazine is published quarterly, if
you are not receiving this magazine please contact the Base Commander.
For those of you on our
email list who are not members, feel free to stop at our meetings, if you
are a submariner or a friend of a submariner you are a welcomed guest.
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