EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR UPDATE... Summer 2009
Bob Anderson
This is a unique time for NCVA and those of us that are on line. We had until the 22 of June to clear off of the "Reflector" that we had occupied, free of charge, ever since we first got onto the web. During these tough financial times every organization is doing what they can to save a buck. This includes the University of Colorado at Boulder that has hosted NCVA for years. If you are looking for traffic from ncva@lists.colorado.edu it no longer is a valid address. NCVA has shifted to a group on YAHOO.COM. The collective address will be usncva@yahoogroups.com. You must apply to get into the group. Bill Hickey our List Master and Rob Rude our Web Master have been working overtime assisting in making the shift to YAHOO. Please pay attention to the E‑mails that they have sent that will assist you in getting into the NCVA group. Last time I looked we had over 400 signed into the YAHOO NCVA group. They were hard pressed to get everyone that applied shifted. If you have not yet applied, please do; however, be patient.
The Portland reunion is fast approaching. September is the best time of the year in the Pacific Northwest. If you are traveling by air this year prices are great with many superb deals. Check out the travel sites on the Internet. I went to Portland in March and toured the facilities. They have a great venue for the reunion. Jake Otten, Grady Lewis and their team have many activities planned. The hotel "Red Lion on the River" will be providing transportation from the airport to the hotel and also to a mass transit terminal for easy travel around the city of Portland. Tours are plentiful for this reunion. Check the last couple of CRYPTOLOGs for details or check out the WEB site at www.usncva.org. Click on "Reunions" and then "Portland 2009." Portland International Airport is located on the Washington/Oregon state line (in Oregon) just off Interstate 205. The Red Line on the River is a on the Washington/Oregon state line (in Oregon) just off Interstate 5 (approximately five miles distance). A shuttle will be available at the airport. Not well advertised is the fact that there are many restaurants close to the hotel for those folks that like to get out and about. A reminder to the Board of Directors; we will be meeting at 1900 on the 8th of September at the hotel. This is the day before the reunion. Please review the Executive Director letter to the board plus the meeting agenda. All were sent via E‑mail.
We have a new chapter in NCVA. They are called the Four Corners Chapter. We will hear more from this group in Portland. With assistance of Dave Fiehtner, our Site Selection guru, they will be briefing both Phoenix and Tucson as proposed sites for the next West Coast reunion in 2012.
NCVA activities in and around Pensacola continue at a fast pace on a daily basis. NCVA is the major player in the CRYPTOLOGIC Command Display located at Corry Station. In addition to maintaining a display/museum, we manage to conduct NCVA business in the form of Membership Secretary, Ships Store, and Treasurer activities plus all of the production and mailing activities for NCVA including CRYPTOLOG. It is manned daily by John Gustafson, Steve Roberts, Jarred Simmons and myself. Also busy on a daily basis is Jay Browne our CRYPTOLOG production manager and special publications editor. We also have Dave Welty, our NCVA archivist participating. In addition to the Command Display, we have the Charlie Walters Naval Heritage library that has taken on a life of its own. We started with one cabinet of naval heritage books (about 100 volumes) and it has grown to near 1000 books. We also hold all of the past newspapers that were put out by our Naval Security Group duty stations over the years. The library also holds most of the unclassified official history of the Naval Security group dating back to the 1920s and 1930s. If you're in the Pensacola area or are passing through it is well worth the visit. Let us know you're coming and we'll set you up with a tour.
Be safe and hope to see you in Portland!
Archived Executive Director Updates:
Spring 2009
Winter 2009
Fall 2008
Summer 2008
Winter 2008
Fall 2007
Summer 2007
Summer 2004
Spring 2004
Last Modified: Monday, 17-Aug-2009 22:28:22 EDT