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VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION
MONDAY, SEPT. 14, 2009, 6:00 P.M.
401 VAN NESS AVENUE, ROOM 104
WAR MEMORIAL VETERANS BUILDING
(415-554-6036)
(BECAUSE OF LABOR DAY THE COMMISSION WILL MEET ON SEPT. 14, 2009)
MEETING AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER – Meeting held in honor of Charles "Corky" Reed and Fred Gomez. Veterans Affairs Commissioners who passed away during the same week in Sept. 2006.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL
4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PRIOR MEETING
6. PUBLIC COMMENTS
7. REPORTS & OTHER ACTION ITEMS
Discussion of and possible action on the following items:
Marines Memorial Korean War Commemoration Dinner honoring Man J. Kim.
University of California Japanese war dead bone collection.
Swords to Plowshares to open a Veterans Employment office in Veterans Building.
A. PRESIDENT - Comm. Levin - Memorial Day elected officials Role of Honor.
B. VICE PRESIDENT - Comm. Varni - Aide to Secretary of Army report.
C. SECRETARY - Comm. Dara Wong - Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary National Convention Report.
D. COMMISSION GOALS & PLANS -
E. EMPLOYMENT - Comm. Thompson -
F. HEALTH & WELFARE - Comm. Cauley -
G. HOMELESS VETERANS - Comm. Gibbs -
H. LEGISLATION EVALUATION - Comm. R. Wong -
I. NATIONAL VETERANS GROUPS - Comm. R. Wong - Report on Veterans of
Foreign Wars National Convention. Comm. Guglielmoni - DAV report. Comm.
Caldera - American Legion District 8 post status report.
J. WAR MEMORIAL VETERANS BUILDING - Comm. Levin - American Legion War Memorial Commission and War Memorial Trustees report.
8. OLD BUSINESS – Comm. Varni- Latest report on the Missing in Action (MIA) Project, pertaining to MIA's recovery.
9. NEW BUSINESS -
10. ANNOUNCEMENTS -
11. HONORS REPORT & ADJOURNMENT in memory of the 5,125+ Americans killed in Iraq (4,324) /Afghanistan (801), the homeless veterans that died in San Francisco, the veterans that died because of suicide during the month of August.
