ÓÔCopyright 2000-2008 and Trademark of the Navy Nuclear Weapons Association. All rights reserved worldwide. BOARD OF DIRECTORS President: Jim Hambley (757)340-6909 Webmaster: Ray Margeson (607) 732-0579 jghambley@cox.net rmargeson@aol.com Vice President: Larry J. Sneide Treasurer: Frank Kelly (843)378-4026 Ldo616@aol.com fmkelly0001@aol.com Secretary : David L. Cobb (352)753-3285 Chaplain: Lonnie O. Cucinitti (972)417-7216 davecobb2@comcast.net lcucinitti@netscape.net Master at Arms: Sid Hart (803)755-6622 Historian: Michael D. Snyder (415)456-2876 skidmus@aol.com waterdog9@comcast.net Service Officer: Chuck Weber (570) 722-0212 Board Member: Lou Rivera NNWASO@ptd.net rivera73@comcast.net The Navy Nuclear Weapons Bulletin is produced by the Association’s Board of Directors and is distributed free to NNWA members. Edited by: Dave Cobb
The Presidents Message
Shipmates and Ladies,
We are fast approaching our next Reunion in Bremerton, WA. The membership has been asking for a reunion in the Seattle area for sometime and now it looks like we will be getting there. John and Beth Gray have been working hard putting together a Reunion for us. You will find all the information about the reunion in this Bulletin. Look it over and make your selections and send in your reservation form. Don't forget to make your hotel reservation.
As required by our By-Laws there will be five positions open on the Board this year. I encourage any member in good standing who would like to run for one of the Board openings to let their desires known to Larry Sneide our Vice-President who is the Chairman of the Nominations and Elections Committee or any other Board member.
I want to announce at this time that I will not be running for reelection this year. It has been very rewarding for me to be your President for the past seven years and I want to thank all the members for letting me serve for so many years. I especially want to thank all the Board members present and pass that worked with me to accomplish all that we have during my Presidency. They all deserve a big Bravo Zulu.
I hope to see everyone in Bremerton.
Jim Hambley
From the Desk of the NNWA Vice President
2008 Board of Directors Nominations Notice
The NNWA Bylaws require that half of our Board of Directors positions must stand for Election each year. This year there are five positions up for election.
If you wish to nominate someone for The Board, please submit the nomination to me by email at LDO616@aol.com or mail and I will contact the individual to confirm their acceptance of the nomination. Additionally you may self nominate(volunteer) and become part of the decision making process of you organization.
Nominations will again be opened at the annual business meeting and additional Nominations may be made from the floor then. All nominees will need to be present at the meeting OR they may submit a letter in advance to the Board stating that they are willing to accept the nomination for a position on the Board if they are unable to attend the meeting. Voting will occur under new business at the business meeting. Following the business meeting, the Board then meets to elect its open officer positions.
I have contacted our current Board members regarding their interest in remaining on the Board. The Board may make nominations for continuance at the annual business meeting.
There are conditions precedents to being elected to the Board of Directors:
Again, the strength of our association lies in the strength of our members who are willing to volunteer their time to further our association’s goals. If you are personally willing (or know another member who may be willing) to serve our association, please do not hesitate to contact me.
For planning purposes, I will need to receive this contact by the end of August.
Larry J. Sneide Chairman, Nominations & Elections
Spalling and Exudate The NNWA Historians Report of July 2008
I've received a number of photos, documents, orders, lists and a few pieces of hardware since January. All of it very welcome. Primary among the receipts are copies of cruise book pages with pictures and names of W Division crewmembers along with Navy group photos taken on the lawns in front of barracks and shops. I peruse each of them looking for names and faces I recognize and have been rewarded almost every time. Unfortunately, some photos arrive with no identifying marks and scars. Several of the photo submissions received had no lists of personnel, no dates and no identification of the place where they were taken, simply the picture. While these are interesting, they provide little in the way of documentable history. I ask that you continue to send these artifacts of time-and-places-gone-by, but please make an attempt to provide locations, names and a date with each photo. This will go a long way in enriching the history of the Navy Nuclear Weapons Program.
This period we received contributions from the following Keepers of the Dragon. Richard Lowe, Pat Doherty, David McCLure, Herb Harfst, Mike Seitz, Jim Zielsdorf, Harold Wingate and Paul Hinkle.
The picture below is a decolorized copy of one from Paul Hinkle I thought you might find interesting.
The photo is captioned, "The last B101 goes into retirement; SWD, NWS,Yorktown, VA Jan. 1972". Identified, left to right, the men are Lt. Nealley, GMTC Taylor, GMT1 Hinkle, GMT2 Dziedzicki, GMT2 Jones, GMT2 Burdell, GMTSN Thrasher, GMT2 Holcomb, GMT3 Rose, GMTSN Sickmeier, Gunner Beigel, Lt(jg) Crawley. What's remarkable to me is the date of this photo. Paul Hinkle, Si Beigel, myself, and others disassembled and demilitarized a whole grunch of B101's at NAD Waikele as early as 1965. Obviously it took a long time to run through that program.
To the best of my knowledge, this is the first photo to appear in an NNWA bulletin. If it works, we'll selectively include more in future bulletins, space allowing.
That's all the new stuff. Now to my three traditional appeals.
I intend to set up the NNWA memorabilia display in Bremerton this September and wish all of you would look through the material. Have a safe and enjoyable trip. Jean and I hope to see all of you there.
And here's the commercial.
Mike Snyder, NNWA Historian / Memorabilia Custodian 58 West Crescent Drive San Rafael, CA 94901 415-456-2876
Navy Nuclear Weapons Association Service Officer’s Report June 2008
That’s all folks – there is not much more to share with you this time. I regret to inform you that this will be my last report to you as NNWA Service Officer. After ten years as your SO and eight years as a director, I will be stepping down. I’ve always believed in term limits, so its time to go and get in some new blood. Best to you all.
Yours in service,
Chuck Weber Registered Veterans Service Officer
Navy Nuclear Weapons Association Webmaster Report
I have been away from home for almost the last month and need to do some catch up on the website – so if you had a change to your profile or are a new member (Welcome if you are), I will be getting your information on the web site.
The biggest news about the website is the new Guest Book. The old one started to be hit by spam entries again and I just couldn’t keep up. On May 4th, with about 120 valid entries in the old guest book, I set up the new Guest Book. I copied the old entries and made them available as the Archived Guest book.
Since May 4th, the number of entries has gone from 120 to almost 6,000 with all of the increase consisting of the spam entries.
Good news is that the new guest book is the same cost as the old one – FREE.
Just a reminder, we e-mail notice of newsletter publication and other information to our members who have an e-mail address. If your e-mail isn’t valid, we try to get the correct e-mail address but don’t always succeed. So, if your e-mail has changed or if you have stopped receiving e-mail let us know. For those members without e-mail addresses, our erstwhile Secretary sends snail mail.
Look forward to seeing you in Bremerton.
Ray C. Margeson NNWA Webmaster Newsletter Message
Navy Nuclear Weapons Association Storekeeper Report There will be a full selection of NNWA items for sale at the reunion. Cash or check only.
Navy Nuclear Weapons Association Secretary Report
Hello Shipmates. This year has been a busy year for your organization. We have added many new members, updated or by-laws and are increasing our visibility in several medias looking for additional members from shipmates who are not aware of our existence. The people who attended the Niagara Falls reunion and ordered a reunion book should have it in hand. It provides a lot of good memories of our last reunion. I will bring my copy to Bremerton so everyone can enjoy the pictures. I am looking forward to seeing old shipmates and as many new ones that can make it to Bremerton.
Dave Cobb Secretary
Navy Nuclear Weapons Association The Treasurer Message Frank Kelly
Greetings: First, Let me as Treasure and Keeper of the membership roster welcome the new members who have joined our organization since the last news letter.
We know have 594 Members on the NNWA membership roster, 415 regular members, 46 life members, (spouses of deceased members) 133 listed as past members (members that dues were in arrears for more that three years) The following members names will be listed as past members if their dues are not paid by our next reunion in September.
However with the military close down of our program and no new prospective membership on the horizon, we as an organization need to make an collective effort to ensure that these members are afforded ever opportunity to upgrade their membership status. Please assist us in doing so. Ever one Review the membership rosters to insure that we have your correct name, mailing and e-mail address, telephone #, etc--- If you are moving make sure that we have your new address. If you wish to know if your dues are up to date and receive your news letters by mail, the date on the right corner of the mailing label list the month and year to which your dues are paid. If you receive your news letter electronically and wish to know your dues date, Log onto our web-site ( navynucweps.com ) click on members roster, go to your name, the last column on the right give you your dues date. Some members find it convenient to pay their dues several years in advance. This can save you postage and the treasurer lots of time. Past policy has been to list members as past members on the membership roster who dues are in the arrears for three or more years. This is an effective policy mostly due to the expense of mailing news letters and reunion information. Submit correction and dues payment to Frank M. Kelly, 1087 Frank Kelly Road, Society Hill SC 29593, Phone # 843-378-4026, or e-mail fmkelly0001@aol.com
NNWA FINANCIAL REPORT
WE now have $16,224.05 on deposit with Wachovia Bank and no outstanding Debt.
Frank M. Kelly Treasurer and keeper of the roster
NNWA 2008 Reunion Schedule of Activities and Events
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