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WW 2 History Club

23 - March - 1945

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Meeting Agenda1. Administration

• Introductions• Club Rules• Movie Night• Change in Email Policy• Attendance Sheets• Trips• Book Sale, Articles, Raffle• Central Florida World War 2 Museum Event• Show and Tell Meeting(s)• Handouts

2. WW2 Vets Share Experiences3. Q&A4. Special Session: email, computers, web site …

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Steering Committee

John Barthelmes: meeting logistics

Mark Erdrich: content, vets, computer stuff

Don Goldstein: content

Larry Kazner: content, vets, books sale

Diana Kennedy: finances, meeting logistics

Gail Kennedy: communications, librarian

Norm Olson: special projects

Jim Renner: sabbatical

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Club Rules

No homework No quizzes No grades No reading assignments No dues Only requirement is to enjoy yourself

Emails and web site are informational

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Movie Night

3rd Wednesday of each month6PM to 9PM

Seabreeze Recreation Center

20 April 2011Mrs. Miniver

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Email Policy Change

Will no longer send out emails on “everything”

Just emails on time-sensitive items like meetings, trips, special events

New Feature on web site: “Daily Items”

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Attendance Sheets

Sign Up Sheets for new members only

Sign up is so you get emails(only time sensitive)

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Trips

• Pearl Harbor– 6 – 17 Dec, 2011

– ~$3495 (per person, double occupancy

– 12 spaces left

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Turtle Bay Resort

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Pride of America

~= 3 Essex-Class Carriers

15,000 tons > Battleship Yamato

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Trips

• Washington, DC– Date: TBD (most likely next fall)

– Cost: < $900

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Book Sale

Book Sale Table at the front of the room

All items have been donated

Proceeds will help offset cost of running the club

If you have anything to donate, contact Larry Kazner or one of the other steering committee members

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Articles Library

Have been maintaining a paper library of club articles

Web Site has made paper articles library obsolete

Remaining stocks are free

Any donation is gratefully accepted

See suggestions on web site re how to get copies of articles if you do not have a printer.

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Raffle

We will raffle off a copy of a Don Goldstein book at each meeting. Today’s book is “Miracle at Midway ”

Don will personally autograph the book for you.

Tickets are $1 each, 3 for $2 Proceeds will help offset cost of running the

club Stop meeting about 4:45 to have raffle

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Central Florida WW2 Museum

“World at War: Hanover to Okinawa”The year is 1945.  The war in Europe is ending and the fight for Okinawa has begun.  The Allies are on the move.  

Take a trip back in time when the "Greatest Generation" was still young; when the good guys triumphed over the Axis scourge;

when the lines between good and evil were clear.   April 9th – 10th

Lake Sumter Landing

Vehicles, reenactors, uniforms, weapons, equipment

WW2 vets

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Show & Tell Meeting(s)

Current meeting format provides little opportunity to: Show collections Browse donated items Talk with each other Talk with Don, Mark, …

Considering different type of meeting that would focus on member interactions: Tables around the room edge for collections, exhibits, short

videos, … Tables in the center to sit down and chat

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Today’s Handouts

Standard items for each Meeting on the back table: Meeting Schedule

Movie Night Schedule

New booklist

Tri-Fold Flyer

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WW2 Vets

Mickey Harrell US Navy, 1941 to 1946 USN Blimps and U-Boat hunting

Jim Bishop US Army, 1942 to 1945 3rd Army from DDay to war’s end

Q&A following each talk

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Web Site www.ww2hc.org All club information is on the web site:

If someone asks about the club, send them to the web site

Email archives Articles Photo sets Videos Book Lists

Presentations Links to WW2 sites, museums, … Schedules (meetings, movie night) Club News Glossaries & Chronologies

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Turtle Bay Resort