Meeting Agenda:

Luncheon Cost:

Social time and lunch (if you so desire) will be from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM in the dining room of the Officers Club.

The Club’s cafeteria-style lunches are typically $10.00 or less; people who partake in the cafeteria-style lunch will pay the Officers Club directly.  If you come only for the presentations, there is no charge.

Post Meeting and Presentation will be from 12:30 PM to about 1:15 PM in the ballroom of the Officers Club.

Please RSVP by Friday, June 20^th:

RSVP with your intent to either partake in the cafeteria-style lunch or to come for the presentation only; this will help the Officers Club staff to ensure that an adequate amount of food is prepared.

Either leave a voice mail message with Jim Mosner at 651-290-5512, or click the RSVP button in the left-hand column, or send an email message to james.b.mosner@usace.army.mil

LTC Matthew Snyder, Commander of the Minnesota National Guard 55th Civil Support Team, briefed the Post on the structure and roles of National Guard forces in Minnesota.  He talked about services that the Guard provides to our State and Nation, and how the Guard fits in with the "big picture" of the other military organizations such as the Reserves and the regular forces. 

Several of the immediate tasks that they are responsible for are include support for the upcoming Republican National Convention, assistance with natural disaster events such as last year's flooding in portions of the Root River valley, and well as 34th Combat Aviation Brigade will be deploying to Iraq in June.

Five years of diligent planning for the 2008 SAME National Conference paid off with a virtually flawless event.  The hard, dedicated work of many volunteers, the wonderful support from SAME National HQ, as well as terrific service from several contracted entities helped make this a fun and memorable conference for huge number of attendees that enjoyed a week in Minnesota.

Over 1600 people attended this year's conference (we assumed 1300 people would be great number, but we far exceeded that).  The weather turned out to be perfect for the week, which helped immensely in setting a cheery atmosphere.  Outdoor events such as the Golf Tourney, the Fun Run, the Technical Tours and the Fun Tours were great hits.  The thanks and praises that were bestowed by so many people for the well executed conference were nearly endless.

On behalf of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Post, our thanks go out to the Rock Island Post who helped plan and execute this year's event.  Without their assistance, the conference would not have been the same and been so successful.

The bills are still coming in, and the final registration tallies are still being made ... so it's to early to predict how the event will end financially.  A summary report will be provided in a future newsletter. 

If you are interested in copies of the PowerPoint presentations from the technical sessions, they are posted at the conference website at www.SAME-2008.org.

Also, all the photos that were taken by the professional photographer are also posted on the website.  A direct link is http://photos.same-2008.org.  High resolution photos can be downloaded from this location.

Golfers and Hole Sponsors WANTED!!!

The annual golf tournament, which is our major fundraising event for the Post's Scholarship and Mentoring Fund is quickly approaching ... it's time to round up your favorite foursome and make your reservation.  Please download the Golf Flyer [http://www.same-msp.org/PDF/2008_SAME_Golf_Flyer.pdf], fill-in the blanks, and send it to Ben Tustison at 763-205-2651 or by email tustison@mbkengineers.com.

Companies/Organizations willing to be Hole Sponsors and/or donate Door Prizes are also needed.  If you are willing to be a sponsor are to bring a door prize, please contact Brent Nelson at 612-379-8805 or by email bkn@cnaengineers.com.