West Point Society of the Tennessee Valley

At the monthly Society luncheon on Tuesday, we discussed several topics.

The first topic was a change in next months meeting.  Due to the scheduled Tactical Missile Conference being on our regular meeting date of the third Tuesday of the Month, we will change the meeting to May 13.  It will be held at the Veterans Museum in John Hunt Park.  The lunch will be provided by the Society, BBQ!.  There will be two speakers that day.  The first speaker will be COL Mark Smith.  He is the commander of Fox and he will briefly run down what Fox is now doing for both the Active and Retired community.  He was also a TAC at West Point at one time, has a son who is a grad, and he will share some of those experiences with us.  The second speaker will be from the Museum staff on the latest with City.  See the website to note that you are coming so we have a good count for the BBQ.

At the last meeting of the North Alabama Veterans and Fraternal Organizations Coalition Meeting, the following information was presented. 

The Veterans Memorial is in the process of developing a plan to raise the approximately $4M required.  (They have collected or have pledged about $250K to date.)  The AUSA and ADA have both pledged $10K over the next three years.

We had a small gathering this month, but that could be expected with Spring Break on-going.  However, we did discuss several things which I want to pass on.

First the May meeting will again be held at the Veteran’s Museum in John Hunt Park.  The lunch will be provided, BBQ!  It always has been good in the past and I expect the same.  The Museum staff will give us an update with the running battle with the City over the building and grounds for a new Museum.  Remember, the luncheons are also open to spouses, so those of you who are retired, this is a chance to treat your wife or husband.

Minutes of the 2007 meeting were approved.

Art Meier reported that all of the funds spent on the bricks for the courtyard of the Davidson Center at the Space and Rocket Center (~$4000) have been recouped through donations.

Dick Jackson reported that eight (8) offers of admission for the Class of 2012 have been made in our area.  He also reported that a Cadet Public Relations Council representative would be in our area over spring break which is in late March.