March 18, 2012
Meeting Minutes
The meeting was called to order at 13:03
Members present: E. Nurisio, A. Kellogg, R. Jacobs, R. Parshall, E. Parshall, J. Nurisio
The Secretary read the minutes from the January 15, 2012 meeting. The minutes were accepted, as read.
The Secretary submitted receipts in the amount of $81.84 for re-imbursement.
The Secretary reported that since last meeting the PayPal account generated $730.76.
The Treasure gave the financial report. The checking account has $10,074.79.
Dave Bridgman, an invited guest, spoke of the San Mateo History Museum's project of researching and developing historical information on Nike Site SF-51 in Pacifica. The site was located in San Mateo County so the focus will solely be on this site. The person heading the project is a Mitch Postel. Mr. Postel will be contacted by the President in order to ascertain specific information and to determine what assistance the Society can render.
The Webmaster gave a report that he has completed the upload of all the training videos on our website. The Secretary reported of a future project of formulating a specific page pertaining to veterans coming down with cancer and whether or not it is related to work performed on a Nike site. A guestbook type format is desired so visitors can research posting to gain information and to assist in filing claims. It was reported that the Veteran's Administration has accepted certain claims where the conditions were determined to be from assignment to a Nike site. Hopefully this page will serve as a beneficial research to impacted veterans.
The reunion is scheduled for August 31 - Sept 1, 2012. So far, there has been very little interest.
Society members will be traveling to San Luis Obispo at the end of April in order to assess available resources for the restoration of the Nike Hercules they have on display.
A report will be given at the next meeting.
The Society made contact with Revell Germany with regards to their Nike Hercules model. Revell informed the Society that they would produce 3000 copies of the model for $28,000.
Next meeting will be on May 20, 2012 at Veteran's Hall in Alameda.
The meeting was adjourned at 14:10