Business Meeting Vietnam Memorial Name Committee

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Public Notice – Business Meeting Vietnam Memorial Name Committee

EVENT: Vietnam Memorial Name Committee regularly scheduled meeting will be held:

DATE: Tuesday, August 26, 2014

TIME: 10:00 a. m.

PLACE: Executive Conference Room – Suite 300 California Department of Veterans Affairs 1227 O Street Sacramento, CA 95814

WHO: CalVet Secretary Peter J. Gravett chairman of the committee, Assemblymember Jim Frazier (Ex Officio Member) ; representing the California State Commanders Veterans Council, Jerry Guevara, Jim Anderson, Frederick Romero; representing Vietnam Veterans of America, Mike Kennedy, Al Sickle and (Alternate) Lou Nunez, Pete Conaty, consultant to the committee.

AGENDA: See attached

BACKGROUND: The legislature passed AB 287 in 2013 that required the department to compile a list of names of Vietnam veterans to be added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The list shall be compiled annually by November 1 beginning in 2014. The department was also required under the provisions of the bill to establish a committee by July 1, 2014, chaired by the Secretary or his or her designees consisting of three representatives from the California State Commanders Veterans Council and two representatives from the Vietnam Veterans of America, California State Council. The committee is tasked with reviewing and considering requests to include names on the memorial pursuant to requirements outlined in the bill. The names that are compiled may be added to the California Vietnam Veterans Memorial, if adequate private funding is available and there is sufficient space on the memorial to accommodate the names.

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