Frankly, I've been a little slow getting the Chapter ramped up for this academic year, although I expect a lot of new and exciting activities will have happened by the time this edition comes out. We are continuing to support most of the Goals, as we've reported in the past.
However, I don't think I've mentioned in prior reports that we have worked with the AOG to review the Gift Needs List for areas where the Chapter can provide support (Goal 7).
I'd also like to point out that we've now taken a few steps toward helping recruitment (Goal 8). For example, we were recently contacted by a parent of a prospective cadet, who wanted to make contact with grads having space experience who were willing to help his daughter learn more about her opportunities. Within a few days, several of our members had responded to the request, and are, in fact, planning to meet with the daughter in person. Needless to say, the dad was pleased with the response. Contact with this and other parents should also help us develop initiatives in support of Goal 9.
Our web site (usafaspace.tripod.com), managed by Tina Visco '92, continues to be a good mechanism for exchanging insights and information regarding Air Force and USAFA space-related topics (Goal 2) and networking (Goal 4).
Grads interested in joining the Chapter can now fill out a simple form on the web site. Consistent with Goal 5, we can open membership to grads from other service adademies. Can you help get our web site called to their attention?
Since we're somewhat of a virtual chapter, depending heavily on email and our web site, I'd like to point out that it's important for members to keep us posted when they change email addresses. Some of our communications are bouncing back from invalid addresses, so a note to this effect would help remind our members and others who want to join that we need current email addresses. Members should check the site to see if the listed address is current. Addresses we aren't confident about are asterisked.
Thanks,