1 WW 2 History Club 23 – Jan Patton

2 Agenda  Admin Stuff  Patton  Q&A  Raffle, Closing

3 Three Year Anniversary  Club is 3 years old  300 members  77 Events:  34 regular meetings  27 Movie Nights  9 WWII Book Club meetings  3 Open Houses  2 Evening of WWII Music  2 Trips

4 Three Year Anniversary  Communications  s  Web Site  4,000 pages/files  Updated daily  Trips  Sep’11: Washington, DC  Dec’11: Pearl Harbor & Hawaii  Spring’13: Fantasy of Flight  Fall’13: Seal Museum, Ft Pierce

5 Three Year Anniversary  Help/Support:  Villages Honor Flight  Mission Oaks Assisted Living Center  Central Florida WW2 Museum  Special Groups  WW2 Vets

6 Three Year Anniversary  Steering Committee  John Barthelmas  Mark Erdrich  Don Goldstein  Larry Kazner  Diana Kennedy  Norm Olson  Jim Renner

7 Three Year Anniversary  Need Volunteers  Coffee/regular meeting (help Diana)  Coffee/Movie Night  Raffle (help Diana and JohnB)  Books (help Larry)  Trips (take ownership for all arrangements)

8 WW2 Vets WW2 vets are meeting before each regular Wednesday meeting ( 2:30 to 3:00 ) See Lou Branch

9  WW2 Vets flown to Wash DC  No charge for any vet  Cost ~ $500 per vet  Villages Honor Flight Club  WW2HC to support 2+ vets

10 Future Meetings 4 th Wednesday of the month Colony Cottage  Feb 22 nd : Air War & Honor Flight Network  Mar 28 th : Last Days of Japan  Apr 25 th : Last Days of Hitler

11 Future Movies 3rd Wednesday of the month Seabreeze  Feb 15 th : Command Decision  Mar 21 st : Letters From Iwo Jima  Apr 18 th : Downfall

12 Sign Up Become an “official” member of the WW2 History Club Sign Up at the table in the front of the room

13 Weekly Updates  Revised policy for 2012  Continue with monthly reminders  New: weekly update on web site and club activities

14 Club Merchandise Shirts Hats Coffee Mugs Custom Apparel Southern Trace Shopping Center Special Ordered From Zazzle Order OnLine PrideTradingPost See web site for more details

15 Special Topics 5PM to 5:30PM Today’s Topic: interest in a WWII Course to be taught at Life Long Learning Center