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VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION
MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2008, 6:00 P.M.
401 VAN NESS AVENUE, ROOM 104
WAR MEMORIAL VETERANS BUILDING
MEETING AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PRIOR MEETING
6. PUBLIC COMMENTS
7. REPORTS
A. PRESIDENT - Comm. Levin
B. VICE PRESIDENT - Comm. Varni
C. COMMISSION GOALS & PLANS - Commission review, evaluation & action on Comm. Caldera's February letter to Mayor Newsom informing him that 5 commissioners had poor attendance during 2007, his February letter to the Controller's Office requesting copies of records pertaining to the Veterans Affairs Commission involving the 139th Memorial Day Ceremony and the 88th Veterans Day Parade, his written request to the commission for a financial report of both the 139th Memorial Day Ceremony and the 88th Veterans Day Parade & commission attendance policy per our By-laws.
Recommend or reject proposed ordinance to change the Veterans Affairs Commission from a 15-member commission to an 11-member commission.
D. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS - Comm. Gibbs
E. EMPLOYMENT, HEALTH, & WELFARE - Comm. Thompson
Commission letters of support to the Mayor & Board of Supervisors, for the Veterans focused Project Homeless Connect Stand Down, on July 23, 2008, at the War Memorial Veterans Building - Comm. Cauley
F. JROTC STUDENT SUPPORT - Comm. Varni
G. LEGISLATION EVALUATION - Comm. Wong
Commission letters to the Mayor & Board of Supervisors against the Governor's Budget Proposal for a reduction of $260,000 to the Department of Veterans Affairs for subvention to counties for veteran's claims and outreach services.
H. MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY - Comm. Levin
I. NATIONAL VETERANS GROUPS - Comm. Wong & Guglielmoni
Washington D.C. Reports.
J. VETERANS MEMORIALS - Comm. Varni
8. OLD BUSINESS
9. NEW BUSINESS
10. ANNOUNCEMENTS
11. HONORS REPORT & ADJOURNMENT in memory of the 4,400+ Americans killed in Iraq/Afghanistan, homeless veterans that died in S.F. during March.
