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•Current Post Officers:•President: CPT Michael Monreal, USN

•VP (Yokosuka Field Chapter): CPT Michelle LaDuca, USN

•VP: Mr Art Arao, American Engineering Corp

•VP, Programs: Ainun Qazi, Secure Construction Consultant Group, LLC

•VP, Membership/Scholarship/Awards: Mr Charles Rimbach, USAF

•VP, Public Relations: Mr Jeff Clark, Gilbane

•Treasurer: 1Lt Emma Reuter, USAF

•Secretary: Mr Darrin Rogers, The Exchange

•Assistant Secretary: OPENING

•Secretary (Yokosuka Field Chapter): William Ward, McDonough Bolyard Peck

•Sergeant of Arms: Ms Verna James, USAF

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• Partnership:• Promote more joint ventures:

• American Chamber of Commerce in Okinawa (ACCO)

• National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA)

• Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Association (AFCEA) Okinawa Chapter

• Okinawa Industry Promotion Public Corporation (OIPPC)

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• Goals:• Field Trips:

• Local Historical Sites

• Local Construction Projects

• Local College or University Tours

• Local Factories

• Increased Information for Private Sector• Business Development Data

• Budgetary forecasts

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• EVENT CALENDAR

• 05 FEB (Ballroom) – GMM - New Year’s Gathering “Shinnenkai”

• 16 – 22 Feb – National Engineers Week – Science, Technology, Engineering and

Mathematics (STEM)

• 10 Mar, 1130 to 1250 – SAME/NDTA Joint Luncheon at Kadena Officers Club Ballroom –

Guest Speaker - Brig Gen Mark Johnson, DLA Aviation Commander• 21 to 25 April – Kadena Earth Week and DoDea Okinawa District STEM week (Donated $170.00, 28 Jan 2014)• 1 May (Awase) – Field Trip to Takunan Shoji Factory• 6-7 May – SAME Pacific Industry Forum, Honolulu, HI• 28 May (Weekender Lounge) – GMM – 1100 to 1300 . New Officers• 24 June – (Costa EM) – 1130-1300 – Preparatory meeting with EcoSystem staff and

others for “Remediation” presentation. Date and location: TBD• 22 July – Officers Meeting (The SPOT) – 1730-1930

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EVENT CALENDAR•30 Jul (Ballroom) – GMM – 1100 to 1300

• Topic: FireStop. Presenter: Mr. Francis Toma

•24 Sep (Ballroom) – GMM – 1100 to 1300

• Topic: Code of Ethics & Conflict of Interest.

• Presenter: MAJ Zenon Keske/PACO (Pacific Area Counsel Office)

•17 Oct – 4th Annual SAME/ACCO Golf Tournament @ Taiyo GC.

•29 Oct 2014 – Special GMM. Kadena O’Club.

• Topic: Transition of Okinawa Prefecture Public Transportation System.

• Presenter: Mr. Noboru Kakazu, Director, TPO/OPG •19 Nov (Ballroom) – GMM – 1100 to 1300 – Presentation: TBD

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• Categories• “Individual” Membership

• Government • Private Sector• Academic & Non-Profit• Student• Retired• Life

• For more information go to: http://www.same.org/index.php/membership

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• Categories• Sustaining Membership (private sector companies)

• Public Agency Membership

• Non-Profit Organizational Membership

• Academic Institution Membership

• For more information go to: http://www.same.org/index.php/membership

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• Demographics:• Membership Numbers

• Sustaining Membership (Companies)AEC Gushiken Architectural EngineeringAECOM Louis Berger GroupECC Rokko & AssociatesGilbane RVPBooz Allen Hamilton

• Individual Membership•127 Japan Post Members: 40 (Okinawa)•Currently 16 Expired Japan Post Memberships

Special Note: Select Japan (Tokyo) Post for Post Affiliation when becoming a new member or updating your current membership. Remember, please update Post as soon as you can if you have transferred here recently as SAME National gives us a stipend based on membership numbers, and if you don’t update while here in Japan, your membership will be counted towards your previous post.

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• Scholarships Award Target 2014 2015• Seek US and Japanese Donors for Scholarship funds

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Now the SAME Japan Post Website!• Same address, new name

• More than 8,303 hits

• Main source for calendar, news,photos, and presentations

• Add your company logo!Logos and links provided for sustaining members

• Links to national site and ACCO

• Like us on Facebook

• Looking at radio, TV, and print ads

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• 2nd Quarter Report Apr-Jun• Recent Transactions:

• Deposit: $15,069.23

• Expenses - $6,637.53

• Balances (education & Mentoring, Operating, etc):

• $9,366.63

• Liability Clause

• Always maintain adequate assets &insurance to avoid personal liability costs by membership if dissolved

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• Assistant Secretary• Current Interested Nominees • Nominations from the GMM floor

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