Chapter Meetings
Our next bi-monthly General Membership meeting is Tuesday January 31, 2012 at Filippi's Pizza Grotto. The address of the restaurant is 5353 Kearny Villa Road.
We begin with social time from 6:30 - 7:00, dinner 7:00 - 8:00, and a guest speaker from 8:00 - 8:30. RSVP at 
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9th Annual AFA & AFROTC Aztec “Shoot-Out” Scholarship Golf Tournament
at the Carmel Highlands Golf Resort & Spa
Tournament Date: Friday April 20, 2012
Please join us for our 9th Annual Golf Tournament to benefit Scholarships supporting the young men and women cadets of Detachment 75 of the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Program (AFROTC) at San Diego State University.
These future officers of the United States Air Force need our support to help them succeed as future leaders serving our nation.
- 11:00am Registration Opens
- 11:30am Individual Skills Contests Begin
- 1:00pm Tournament Tee Time (shotgun)
- 6:30pm Dinner & Awards
AFA Chapter 118 General Membership Meeting on Tuesday, January 31, 2012
The next AFA Chapter 118 General Membership Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, January 31, 2012.
We will meet at 6:30pm at Filippi’s Pizza Grotto on Kearny Villa Road. Here is a map with diretions to Filippi's.
Dinner will be pasta and salad and refillable drinks are included in the price. Beer and wine is also available.
There will be two presentations on cyber warfare. Lt Colonel Doug Hire, 147th Combat Cyber Squadron Commander, will discuss tactical cyber warfare and the role of the 147th CBCS. Capt Kristin Russell of AFROTC Det 075 will discuss strategic cyber warfare.
Both presentations should be very interesting. Hope to see you there. Please sign-up for the meeting through our Meet-up page.
AFA’s CyberPatriot: The National High School Cyber Defense Competition.
Facebook users can now access Cyberpatrio by logging on to Facebook, and then navigating in a browser to http://apps.facebook.com/cyberville/ Alternatively, in the Facebook search box, simply enter “Cyberville,” and the game will appear under the “Apps” section, ready for you to click on it and join the fun.
It's Time for a Change! 
In the many years of Chapter 118 meetings, we have always met at 6:30 pm at CoCo's using the same format for the evening. Over this period, our membership has dropped from approximately 1,100 to 650, and the number of Chapter members attending the meetings has dropped by about 50 percent.
While the same thing is happening to almost every other organization with an elderly membership, we don't have to accept it. Therefore, in the hope of generating more interest among and for our members, we are changing how and where we meet.
Here's how our meetings will work in the future:
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS (GMM) will occur every other month beginning in November 2011. They will begin with a Social Time at 6:30 pm on the last Tuesday of the month. After dinner, there will be a speaker or a presentation. There may be a very short, for the good of the chapter, business meeting. As always, we welcome suggestions for topics and speakers.
We will be implementing an RSVP system through Meetup.com so we know how many members will be attending. You can visit Meetup.com to check for our next scheduled meetings or events and let us know if you plan to attend. Meetup.com requires you to register as a user, this helps us to identify you and let you know of any changes in meeting times or locations. Only yes responses are necessary. There will be a set price for dinner. We will be contracting and paying for dinners based upon the number of RSVPs. If you RSVP, we expect you to pay, even if you don't show up. Until we find a permanent meeting place, we will be visiting different restaurants.
EVENTS are activities of a special nature that we either plan or are invited to participate in and will most likely be held on a different day, at a different time, and at a different location than our normal GMMs. We welcome your suggestions.
EXECUTIVE BOARD (EB) MEETINGS will occur at least every other month on opposite months from the General Membership Meetings. They will begin at 6:30 pm on the last Tuesday of the month, and they started last month. These will be working meetings conducted during dinner. There will not be a speaker or presentation.
Our next GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING will be held on Tuesday, November 29th. We will meet at Filippi's Pizza Grotto on Kearny Villa Road. Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems will be providing the presentation.
There is a map on the left column of this page for the restaurant. If you have general questions, please contact our Chapter President, Dick Jeffreys at sandiegoafa@gmail.com or 858.829.3799.
If you have questions about or problems with the RSVP system, please contact our VP/Communications, Bill McCarroll at sandiegoafa@gmail.com
9th Annual AFA & AFROTC Aztec “Shoot-Out” Scholarship Golf Tournament coming April 2012!
Fore! Calling all Chapter 118 Golfers! It's time to clean your clubs, polish your shoes, buy some extra golf balls, and add our spring golf Tournament to your calendar. Our 9th Annual AFA & AFROTC Aztec Shoot-Out Golf Tournament is on the books for Friday, April 20th at the Carmel Highlands Golf Resort & Spa in Ranch Penasquitos, CA. This course was formerly known as the DoubleTree. Our Presenting Sponsor, for the second year, is Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems.
We expect this Tournament to be our best yet. The activities this year begin with Check-In starting at 11:00 am, Contests starting at 11:30, shotgun start at 1:00 pm, and dinner and prizes after golf (approximately 6:00 pm). We have some great prizes already! We need volunteers and everyone's help to get the word out. If you know businesses that might want to make donations, please let us know. Only those golfers that have registered and paid by Friday, April 13th will be included in the Tournament field.
Profits will be used to support our Scholarship and Awards programs for local Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), Civil Air Patrol, and Active/Reserve/Guard units. Come on out, putt a few balls, play some golf, have dinner, have fun, and help us support our local units. On-line Registration and Payment will begin in January 2012 on our Chapter website here. Our e-newsletters and website will have any updates. We hope to see you on April 20th.
Contact Dick Jeffreys, rjeffreys2@san.rr.com or 858.451.7871, if you have questions or want to help.
AFA CHAPTER 118 ESTABLISHES DET 075 SCHOLARSHIPS
Executive Board and the members of Air Force Association Chapter 118 have established a scholarship for AFROTC Detachment 075 AS 100 and 200 cadets. The scholarship will provide a total of $1,000.00 payable in two installments. Cadets enrolled and pursuing a degree program or course of study applicable to the U.S. Air Force /military/ aerospace endeavors, have a cumulative and most recent term GPA of 3.0, and are a full time resident of California are eligible to apply for this scholarship.
Information can be obtained by contacting Gene Alfaro, VP Aerospace Education, at AFASD118@gmail.com or Captain Robert C. Marquez, Education Officer, AFROTC Det 075 at robert.marquez@mail.sdsu.edu.
2011 CAFA EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR AEROSPACE
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM GUIDANCE
The California Air Fore Association (CAFA) Education Foundation for Aerospace (EFA) scholarship program for 2011 is underway. EFA expects to provide three CAFA State $1,000 scholarships. The scholarship program is open to high school seniors and college students. The local AFA Chapter submissions will be reviewed and qualified candidates submitted to the state level.
Information can be obtained by contacting Gene Alfaro, VP Aerospace Education, at AFASD118@gmail.com. Download application (pdf).
GUEST SPEAKER DISCUSSES HONOR FLIGHT
Mr. Dave Smith, CEO of the San Diego Honor Flight gave a presentation to the membership on November 30.
Honor Flight San Diego is a hub of Honor Flight Network, which consists of approximately 100 non-profit "hubs" across America, created solely to honor America's veterans for all their sacrifices. The flight transports our veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit and reflect at their memorials at no cost to them. Top priority is given to the senior veterans World War II survivors, along with those veterans of other conflicts who may be terminally ill.
The San Diego Group inaugurated its first trip to Washington last Memorial Day weekend. The inaugural flight was comprised of 10 Veterans and 5 Guardians. The Guardians are volunteers who accompany the veterans to assist them with their needs and ensure that their trip is memorable.Mr. Smith traveled with his father on the inaugural flight.
With over one thousand World War II veterans dying each day, our time to express our thanks to these brave men and women is running out. Smith said the San Diego group hopes to schedule six trips next year, with as many as 30 veterans each. The only shortcoming is cost, about $2,000 per veteran. Southwest Airlines is contributing plane tickets, and pleas are going out to defense contractors and others.
If you are a Veteran and would like to fly on an Honor Flight, please complete the application found at www.honorflightsandiego.org.
CHAPTER 118 ATTENDANCE SURVEY RESULTS
Thanks to all of you who participated in the survey we included with the mailed newsletter in August. Here is a summary of the results.
We received 58 responses either by mail, email, online, or telephone. This was significantly more than we expected. The most distant response was from South Africa, and the most interesting response was from a California state prison. 34 members said they were interested in attending meetings/events, 21 said they were not interested, and 3 were notifications of recently deceased members. Of those that said they were not interested in coming to meetings, 4 said they were either too old or ill and 3 said they had too many other commitments. 14 members said they would be interested in coming to meetings/events if they had a ride. One of the Chapter officers will be contacting you to see if they can provide a ride.
We have some interesting speakers coming up in the near future. Our November speaker will be Dave Smith, Co-founder of Honor Flight, San Diego.
Please check the Calendar in this newsletter, the Calendar on our website at www.sandiegoafa.org, or send an email by replying to this newsletter. Thanks again for responding to the survey.
Dick Jeffreys, President
Become involved in your local AFA Chapter
Your Chapter 118 Officers, invite you to come to one of our monthly Chapter meetings and get involved with your local San Diego Chapter. The meetings are a great way to meet your fellow AFA members and learn what's new, you may even discover a long lost friend, it happens all the time. We're involved in numerous activities in the community to promote Air Force issues and support educational initiatives. Your involvement can be as light or heavy as you want it to be, no pressure. From time to time, we schedule guest speakers to speak to the members on current issues or to provide a personal perspective of events in our military history. We also partner with local chapters of other military organizations to leverage our combined networks and talents. So, plan to attend one of our future meetings. E-mail or call one of the officers for more information.
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