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PRELIMINARY AGENDA:
1. Greetings, Introductions, and Roll Call – Chairman, Rick Weidman
2. Secretary’s Rpt – Dick Richards; Treasurer’s Rpt – Joe Wynn
3. VET-Force Nomination Results & Election Procedures for Officers and Executive Committee; Nominating Cmte: John Lopez, Richard Daly, Bill Picard
4. VET-FORCE CMTE REPORTS – Membership Cmte: Lupe Saldana/Bob Hesser; Strategic Planning Cmte: Charles Jones & Jim Hudson; Website Cmte: Jim Wilfong; Bonding Cmte: Dennis Demolet; New Markets Tax Credits Cmte:Jim Mingey
5. Discussion: SDVOB Legislative Recommendations for 111th Congress; Barriers to Overcome; Recent Court Decisions & GAO Ruling
6. AGENCY REPORTS – GSA, DOD, USDA, VA, DOI, TREASURY, SMITHSONIAN, SBA, HUD, DHS, HHS, EDU
7. PRESENTATIONS: VET-JOBS – Ted Dewalt; Heroes to Work - Brian Isbrandt
8. Old Business/New Business: VET-Force Legislative Forum – Spring 2009
9. Announcements - Federal Gov’t Contracting Training Series; National Veterans Entrepreneurship Series – Jan 16, 2009 – San Francisco, Veterans War Memorial(John Lopez, Chairman ASDV)
10. Next Mtg: Tuesday, Jan 13th – location TBD, 10 – 12 pm
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VET-Force is made up of Veteran Business Owners, Veteran Service Organizations, Veterans and others who want to ensure that our veterans are afforded fair and equal access to Procurement Opportunities and Employment in both the Federal Marketplace and the Private Business Sector such that they, their families, and our communities can participate in the American Dream.
The VET-Force meetings are open to the public. ALL PERSONS ARE WELCOMED TO ATTEND. Persons out of the area may participate via conference call line.
The conference call line will open up at 10 am. The CALL-IN NUMBER will be (712) 432-1680. The PASSCODE = 617412#.
If you plan to attend in person or by phone – notify Joe Wynn at JoeWynn@VetsGroup.org.
NOTE: For more information about the VET-Force and its mission since 1999 go to www.VET-Force.org. And don’t forget to submit your membership application with a copy of your DD 214 to Bob Hesser before the next mtg. All nominees for officers or Executive Committee positions must be certified members of the VET-Force. Applications and Nomination forms can be obtained from the VET-Force website or the www.VETSGroup.org website.
I look forward to your participation in the discussion to increase contracting opportunities for service-disabled veteran and veteran owned businesses.
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