April 2012 BOD Minutes
Attendees
Ed Brownlee, Scott Evans, Ples Bruce and Angus McLean
Treasurer’s Report (Pete Knoetgen ‘77)
N/A
Membership Drive Update (Angus McLean ‘84/Jon Barton ‘66)
No change in membership. Current chapter membership is 227 dues paying members. There are 296 local members in the Alumni data base. All new members joining within the last 90 days can be found on www.usna.com
Chapter Trustee Update (Ples Bruce ‘77)
Spring BOT Meeting will take place the first week in May. Trustees plan to introduce the 2020 plan during the Spring Meeting in Annapolis.
USNA’s Class of 2016 continues to set admissions records with the amount of applicants received. Georgia’s USNA Parent’s Club to host Class of 2016 Picnic on 6-9-12.
Monthly Luncheon Update (Ed Brownlee ’81)
April’s speaker will be Leon “Lee” Ellis, President of Freedom Leadership, LLC. Mr. Ellis’ latest released book is “Leading with Honor-Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton”.
May’s luncheon is slated for 5-18-12. Topic will focus on the 9/11 GI Bill and educational opportunities with Georgia Tech’s grad program.
The chapter is looking for potential future speakers for the balance of 2012. Potential speakers discussed include the local USO leadership and Brian Stann, USMC and Class of 1999.
Old/New Business (Ed Brownlee ’81)
Social Media
New Atlanta Chapter Facebook continues to gain traction. Our new link can be found at http://www.facebook.com/pages/U-S-Naval-Academy-Alumni-Association-Atlanta-Chapter-USNAAAA/111534325567216
Our strategy is to promote membership, connect alumni and advocate for the Naval Academy and our Navy-Marine Corps team.
Please pass the word and the link on to our local Shipmates.
Lobsterfest 2012
Red Top Mountain Shelter #2 has been reserved for Saturday, June 2nd for Lobsterfest 2012. Scott Evans ’88 has agreed to take a lead role in coordinating this event.
- Project Manager for Lobsterfest – done
- Flyer & Cost – Ed
- Inland Seafood for cost of lobster and mussels – Pete
- Establish sub teams –Scott
Army-Navy Golf Challenge
Golf game takes place on Monday, 5-21-12, at Hamilton Mill Golf Club. Brad Jones ‘83 is the Navy coordinator for this year’s event. Course opens a 9:00 with a shotgun start to follow at 10:00. A fine dinner and awards program will follow. The chapter’s charity work is aimed at sending less fortunate Atlanta area youngsters to the two-week Summerscape math, science, and computer camp at Georgia Tech. Our hope continues to be that attendance at this camp will give the youngsters a leg up on life and new ambitions for completing high school and going on to college. Our goal is to help these kids become good and productive citizens (and possibly attend one of the service academies).
New Business
- Partner with the Atlanta Dream to increase military attendance at games.
- Potential date is set for 6-17-12
- Set up O-6 network to help drive engagement
- Question to the board
- Why do we have a chapter?
- What do we want to accomplish?
- What do we want to be known for?