WW 2 History Club

1. WW 2 History Club 23 - March - 1945

2. Meeting Agenda • 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 • WW2 Vets Share Experiences • Q&A • Special Session: email, computers, web site …

3. 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

4. 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

5. Movie Night 3rd Wednesday of each month 6PM to 9PM Seabreeze Recreation Center 20 April 2011 Mrs. Miniver

6. 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”

7. Attendance Sheets Sign Up Sheets for new members only Sign up is so you get emails (only time sensitive)

8. Trips • Pearl Harbor • 6 – 17 Dec, 2011 • ~$3495 (per person, double occupancy • 12 spaces left

10. Turtle Bay Resort

11. Pride of America ~= 3 Essex-Class Carriers 15,000 tons > Battleship Yamato

12. Trips • Washington, DC • Date: TBD (most likely next fall) • Cost: < $900

13. 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

14. 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.

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. Today’s Handouts • Standard items for each Meeting on the back table: • Meeting Schedule • Movie Night Schedule • New booklist • Tri-Fold Flyer

19. 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

20. 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

21. Turtle Bay Resort