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VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION
MONDAY, MAY 4, 2009, 6:00 P.M.
401 VAN NESS AVENUE, ROOM 104
WAR MEMORIAL VETERANS BUILDING
(415-554-6036)
MEETING AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER
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:
Higher education's plans for the new GI Bill.
Request to private higher education institutions to join the new GI Bill.
Department of Homeland Security's negative report on returning veterans.
Commission support of Commissioner Regalado Baldonado.
A. PRESIDENT - Comm. Levin – Presidio Memorial Day Ceremony.
B. VICE PRESIDENT - Comm. Varni - Combat Stress Project.
C. COMMISSION GOALS & PLANS
D. EMPLOYMENT - Comm. Thompson - Fort Mason Job Fair.
E. HEALTH & WELFARE - Comm. Cauley
F. HOMELESS VETERANS - Comm. Gibbs
G. LEGISLATION EVALUATION - Comm. Wong
H. NATIONAL VETERANS GROUPS -
I. WAR MEMORIAL VETERANS BUILDING - Comm. Levin
8. OLD BUSINESS
San Francisco Sea Scout's problems with the National Park Service.
Missing in Action (MIA) Project to increase rate in which MIA's are recovered.
9. NEW BUSINESS
10. ANNOUNCEMENTS
11. HONORS REPORT & ADJOURNMENT in memory of the 4,900+ Americans killed in Iraq/Afghanistan, the homeless veterans that died in San Francisco and the veterans that died because of suicide during the month of April.
