Announcements

Virginia Peninsual Chapter, Military Officers of America Association
VIPMOAA

No More Decals!
New Officers for 2007
30 - Star Presentation - Six Virginia Chapters of he Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) Receive 5 Stars
VIPMOAA Chapter Receives 5 Star Awards
Important Announcement for Auxiliary Members
Why we pay what we pay for our meeting meals
VIPMOAA WEB Site wins merit award
VIPMOAA SUPPORTS FUTURE OFFICERS
VIPMOAA Relay for Life

It's true. As of March 15, 2007 the United States Air Force has stopped bases from issuing car decals. This was reported in the June 2007 MOAA Magazine. Well.....we do not know yet, what the other services are going to do when the Air Force Decals on your vehicles expire. Do you know what you will do? Do you know what they will do? Neither do I.

New Officers:
2007-8 Officers

Virginia Council of Chapters of MOAA President, COL Bill Flanagan, USA, Ret, installed VIPMOAA officers at the Dec 16 VIPMOAA meeting, with the office effective Jan 1, 2007. Elected officers generally serve a 2-year term (though VIPMOAA bylaws still indicate annual elections). Phone numbers for all board members are listed on page 2 of the printed newsletter.
Left to right are: Malvin, Mondul, Zaremba, Hinojosa, and Flanagan.

(Note: we do not publish email addresses or telephone numbers on our web site due to the possibility that this important information can be "harvested" by a "bot" resulting in voice and e-spam.

Below is a little information about each of VIPMOAA’s elected officers.
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PRESIDENT: ERNEST HINOJOSA, Jr., Colonel, USA, Retired. Ernie Hinojosa joined the VIPMOAA board as 2nd Vice President and Hospitality Chair in 2003, shortly after he and Pat moved to Williamsburg – and he has been involved in VIPMOAA ever since, including as Vice President in 2005 and 2006. Ernie Hinojosa is a past president of the Crescent City Chapter – New Orleans Louisiana. He also served as President of the Louisiana Council of Chapters of MOAA.

VICE PRESIDENT: WALT ZAREMBA, Colonel, USA, Retired..
Walter C. Zaremba began his legal career in 1993 after 33 years in the US Army. Walt’s legal practice is dedicated to Estate Planning and Elder Law. In 1995, Walt was elected to the York County Board of Supervisors where he currently serves as Chairman, in his third year of a four year term. His district includes the town of Yorktown where America’s freedom was won on October 19, 1781    Walt enlisted in the Army after high school and rose through the ranks from private to Colonel. He was a Special Forces (Green Beret) Officer during his first combat tour to Vietnam in 1966. During his second Vietnam combat tour he served as the Operations Officer of a Direct Support Artillery Battalion. Medals include National Distinguished Services Medal and Purple Heart. Overseas tours included Germany, Italy, Korea and Somalia. He was inducted into the Field Artillery OCS Hall of Fame, Fort Sill, Oklahoma in June 2004.
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SECRETARY: MARGARET MONDUL, Commander, USN, Retired.
Margaret Mondul spent 20 years in the Navy, retiring as a Commander, specializing in budgets, plans, systems analysis, joint transportation and logistics. She and her husband Steve (CAPT, USN Ret.) became residents of James City County in 1992 as he embarked on a second career as a State employee in Richmond. Margaret, after going through the several phases of retirement, decided to start her own business several years ago and now helps people with the not terribly exciting but important business of identifying, locating, reviewing, summarizing and securely filing a family’s critical documents. She has a B.A. in Math and M.S. in Management. She and Steve have two children and three grandchildren.

TREASURER: FRED MALVIN, Commander, USN, Retired.
Frederick B. Malvin, CPA, of Malvin Riggins and Company, has many years of experience in the preparation of comprehensive financial statements and forecasts, business plans, estate and tax planning. Fred has a bachelors degree from The College of William & Mary, Masters Degrees from George Washington University and the Naval War College. He attended the graduate school at American University and completed Masters of Taxation courses at Marshall-Wythe School of Law. In November 2005, Fred was selected as a winner of the “Super CPA” contest in the Virginia Business magazine. He has served as president of many charitable institutions, including Friends of the Homeless and Boys & Girls Club.   In January 2004, he was added to the Boys & Girls Club “Wall of Fame” – an honor bestowed on only 9 volunteers in over 55 years of the club’s existence.   Fred and Donna are newlyweds.

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30 - Star Presentation - Six Virginia Chapters of he Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) Receive 5 Star Level of Excellence Awards Thirty Stars

The chapter flags are sporting 5-star streamers are
Pictured L - R
COL Pat Webb, George C. Marshall Chapter Representative;
Hampton Roads Chapter - LTC Jim Dellaripa, USAF, Ret, Hampton Roads Chapter President;
CDR Doug Borden, USN, Ret, - Mount Vernon Chapter Representative;
VADM Norb Ryan, MOAA President;
COL Bill Flanagan, USA, Ret, VCOC President 2006/7;
COL Don Kaiserman, USA, Ret, Richmond Area Chapter President;
COL Victoria Revilla, USA, Ret, Southside Chapter President &
COL Ernest Hinojosa, USA, Ret Virginia Peninsula Chapter - VIPMOAA -President.

The chapter flags and representatives are pictured here in front of the Williamsburg Inn, Oct 13, 2007. Along with fifteen chapters of MOAA, they were attending a MOAA appreciation dinner for being the best state in the nation - successfully recruiting new members under the Give Me Ten program. Military officers may see the Virginia Council of Chapters (VCOC) of MOAA website at http://www.VirginiaMOAA.com the Give Me Ten Section for more information about joining the officers association (free for new active duty, guard and reserve memberships or for other officers and widows or widowers of officers buy-one-year-get-one free). Peninsula officers may email vipmoaa@cox.net to join via the Virginia Peninsula chapter. Be sure to include "Give Me Ten" in the subject line.

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VIPMOAA RECEIVES FIVE STARS--ONCE AND AGAIN! AND AGAIN AND AGAIN!
We got the award again for 2006. This is our fourth five star award.

Pictured is our Chapter President Col Ernie Hinojosa with
Bill Flanagan, presenting the streamer.

VIPMOAA RECEIVES FIVE STARS--ONCE AND AGAIN! AND AGAIN
We got the award again for 2005. This is our third five star award.

VIPMOAA RECEIVES ANOTHER FIVE STAR LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE AWARD, which was presented to VIPMOAA by Col Bill Flanagan, president of the Virginia Council of Chapters of MOAA (VCOC). All pictured VIPMOAA board members from 2005 and 6 are still serving on the 2007 board, though some have changed positions. See contact list for titles to go along with the names and faces.

PICTURED SEATED, LEFT TO RIGHT:
COL ERNIE HINOJOSA, VIPMOAA President
MAJOR MELVA MALLISON, Immediate Past President
KAREN HORNSTEIN, Auxiliary Liaison - VCOC & VIPMOAA

PICTURED STANDING, LEFT TO RIGHT:
GLORIA DIGGS (barely visible), DIANE BERARD (in red sweater), DAVE HOWELL, DON BROWNING, JIM EAGLE
ALEX KURAS, TONY SIEVERS, BILL FLANAGAN--VCOC President, BLAIR SMITH, JAY HARPER, LARRY SHOBERG
CHARLEY BURCH

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VIPMOAA RECEIVES FIVE STARS--AGAIN!
The newly-sworn-in President of the Virginia Council of Chapters of MOAA (VCOC) presented the 5-star level of excellence award to VIPMOAA President. The streamer is dated 2005 and is for chapter accomplishments in 2004. This is the 2nd year in a row VIPMOAA earned the five star award. We held a 4-star rating prior to the two 5-star awards.
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2004 Award with
VCOC President (Right) BillFlanagan, Colonel, USA, Retired.
VIPMOAA Immediate Past President (Left) is Melva Mallison, Major, USAF, Retired

2003 award, with past President Mike Lazorchak and Immediate Past President Melva Mallison

First Runner Up!

MOAA has announced that VIPMOAA'S World Wide Web Site has been selected as First Runner Up for the 2004 Communications Awards Cycle. Notice of the award and the full size certificate, which is displayed miniturized at right, was received by VIPMOAA's webmaster, Jim Eagle, on April 19, 2005.

HOO HAH!
Also got an "Outstanding Web Site" award for the year 2006

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VIRGINIA COUNCIL OF CHAPTERS OFFICERS
2006/2007
Virginia Council of Chapters, website

PRESIDENT: Colonel William Flanagan, USA, Ret, Southside Chapter
1st VICE PRESIDENT: LTC James P. Green, USA, Ret, Roanoke Chapter
2ND VICE PRESIDENT: COL Samuel D. Wilder, Jr., USA, Ret, Richmond Chapter
3rd VICE PRESIDENT: LTC Paul P. Mehler, USA, Ret, Mount Vernon Chapter
SECRETARY: COL Jim Brown, USA, Ret, Richmond Chapter
TREASURER: CPT Donald A. Harris, (AUS), Richmond Chapter

APPOINTED:
EDITOR OF THE CRIER: COL Jim Brown, USA, Ret, Richmond Chapter
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Maj Melva Mallison, USAF, Ret, Virginia Peninsula Chapter.
CHAPLAIN: Lt Col Blair Smith, USA Ret, Virginia Peninsula Chapter

VIPMOAA supports
FUTURE OFFICERS
In ROTC and Junior ROTC Units

The Virginia Peninsula Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America (VIPMOAA) has a long-standing, active ROTC Affairs Committee chaired by David Howell, LtCol, USAF, Retired (757) 850-1452. Dave coordinates the presentation of awards to outstanding ROTC and Junior ROTC students at universities and high schools throughout the Peninsula. He also encourages units to present colors at chapter meetings and contribute articles and photos for our chapter newsletter and speakers for chapter programs.

VIPMOAA members/volunteers present MOAA medals and certificates at Hampton University and the combined ROTC units of The College of William and Mary and Christopher Newport Universities.

Chapter members also present MOAA medals and certificates to Junior ROTC cadets at eleven high schools: Bethel, Denbigh, Gloucester, Hampton, Heritage, Kecoughtan, Menchville, Phoebus, Tabb, Warwick, and York.
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Awards are presented during the annual award ceremony at each school. Cadets and their instructors attend in uniform. Family members are in the audience to recognize achievements. Representatives from many other organizations also present awards at the formal ceremony.

Tell Dave by April 10th if you would like to present an award at a school near you. VIPMOAA likes to use a variety of presenters.

Names of award recipients and presenters are printed in a summer VIPMOAA newsletter along with a photo or two.

Melva Mallison, President

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RELAY FOR LIFE

Our Relay for Life Team is an ongoing project, and we are looking to maintain 6-10 members.

If we have more volunteers, we'll consider forming additional teams. Maybe we could have a team in Yorktown or Williamsburg. Membership is not physically taxing, although the IRS does allow deductions on your tax returns for participation.

If you are interested in joining, call me at 757 247-5769 and I will fill you in on all great things that happened this year.
SO PLEASE SIGN UP NOW AND LET THE GOOD
TIMES BEGIN! WE NEED YOU!

Tony Sievers