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General Boards => Submarine Related Chatter => Topic started by: Rick on March 27, 2008, 11:29:06 AM
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The USSVI meeting in FT Worth is becoming a big issue. Correct me if I am wrong in any area. The Museum boats will have a table at the trade show to help promote awareness of the museums. Reps from all the boats should attend to give the convention goers a chance to ask questions and find out how each museum is preserving their boat. This will also allow all of the boats another chance to get together and share ideas.
Right now the booth needs a way to play media and a video of each boat. Perhaps a walking tour of the boat and a video about what has been done and what needs to be done. I would also suggest everyone bring qinted literature.
Rick
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My thought would be that someone brings a computer with a large display or even a projector (they can be bought for $450 or less, now - I recommend the Favi 1030). Each boat saves their film footage as a .WMV file, which is saved onto the computer. Put all of the movies on the desktop and click on which one that you want to play. There might even be freeware out there that will automaticaly cycle through movie files.
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Another thought is to print out the Google map showing the markers where all of the museum boats are. It doesn't have to be huge and could be an 8 1/2 x 11 display on the table.
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That would be a good idea, so people know that they are in unusual places, like Oklahoma, and arkansas. :o
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See what happens when you have mixers like salors and torpedo juice. :2funny:
Notice us Airmen just dont get that crazy.
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Rick,
Don't worry, we will take care of you and teach you right, after all what could go wrong, you will be surrounded by submarieners.
Tom Bowser
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http://www.ussvi2008.com/
September 1st - 7th.
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So, it's a week-long event. What day do we plan on having the museum boats meeting? There's no way that I could be down there for a whole week.
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As far as I know it will not be a formal meeting but an area set up where we can all talk to anyone thats interested and with each other for as how many days you can be there. I plan on being there for thurs, friday and saturday.
Tom Bowser
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The full page ad for the Lockwood Internet Base's projects that will be in the USSVI Convention booklet should be available for viewing soon. I'll let you know more when I find out. Or else Bill Lee or Tom Bowser will. :)
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OK guys, here's the ad that Lockwood Internet Base will have in the 2008 USSVI Convention booklet.
http://www.submarinemuseums.org/pics/misc/conventionad2008.pdf
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Nice flier. Kind of busy, though. My A.D.D. level isn't high enough to absorb it all in one glance. ;)
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Guys, We will be setting up the table, probably around Tues or so. As we get closer to the convention time, we can pin down who can be there and what days and so forth. I think the idea of putting things on files then showing them through a laptop or computer makes sense. Plus if someone is there who actually works on a museum boat, they of course can go into much more detail. However anyone wants to present their boat is fine with us. We are just providing the space to get the word out. I would suggest that one of the things to have available for people is info on how to donate and where the money will be going. We willl of course have the POH patches for sale and any of the boats that have their own rockers and want to bring them, we'll help sell those also. Your ideas and wishes are what we want to hear. Just drop me a note and let me know what works for you. Also any movies, pictures, etc you want to send along will be great. Paul sent a nice disc full of pictures of the Cod and I also have saved several of the short videos that the Cod has. I'd like to do that with the rest of the boats. I of course have the trailer that Tom sent from the movie being made on the Drum.
Please let me know how we at LIB can help.
Viejo
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Sounds like we will have a limitied amount of time. I defiantely want to get some stuff together for you. I also want to be there. I am working with the Camber toward that end. Let me more about how long we have and what we do. I do have 2 videos that are good for viewing. Keep me posted
rick
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Show the one with the female reporter. The guy is kind of a dork in the other one.
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Show the one with the female reporter. The guy is kind of a dork in the other one.
Mark s
I need a little bit of clairification here. I think you are talking about the OklaTravelnet reports. If so, Which Dork are we talking about here. The one holding the Microphone or the strikingly handsom babe magnete with the Batfish T-shirt.. Be honest now, this will determine my next course of action......
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What time you are there and what time you can spend with the display is entirely up to you. We will appreciate any and all you can arrange and will answer what questions we can when others aren't around. It is being done as a service to the museum boats, not as another responsiibiility for them to take on. I'll be asking later on in the middle of the summer, so I can have an idea of who can come and when, but don't feel you have to do this or that. We just appreciate all that you do during the year and we want to help and this is one way an internet base can do so. And please send me any videos, etc that you have to add to my museum boats files. Dorks or girls, doesn't matter which. LOL
Thanks,
Bill
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The first Ok Travel Video has the reporter-ette doing most of the talking. I know that you get interviewed, but that's not what I'm referring to. The second video has this reporter guy trying to ham it up and it doesn't seem to be very professional. If you have a choice, show the info babe. :)
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Just checkin' ;D
I know how you old sea dogs get after 2 months of sea, so I did nto take it too seriously..... :angel:
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Guys,
the person to talk to about video and museum submarines is former LT Ken Johnson, he is apart of the K-17 which the Army and the Navy are trying to raise right now, ken also happens to be a member of the International Submariners Association. He has documented a lot of members who have served and his video's are in the Smithsonian and for me it is a kicker because not only is Ken a shipmate of mine from Torsk, but he also sailed with my uncle on the USS Sea Owl (SS-405). When I went to the Sea Owl bbs a while ago I mentioned my uncles name and Ken was the first to respond and two years ago he showed up for his first work weekend on Torsk and has been back for the last two years working his butt off and showing video's and holding movie marathon's just like we used to on the boats. While we some of us can say that our boats are in disrepair Ken can truly say that because his is on the bottom in Providence, RI and he was the last Duty Officer before she sank.. And to answer your question before you ask it.... Yes he did everything right and he begged to get back onboard before she sank so he could keep her from sinking but was denied by the Coast Guard because they felt that she was unsafe at that point (about 6 hours after she started taking on water and had a wicked port list) Could Ken have saved her??? probably but we will never know and he has questioned that for the last year and change and until she is raised will never feel justified or safe with the knowledge that he did everything that was required to secure her for the night.. Ken's website is www.oakhamgraphics.com and I am going to send him a link to here very shortly and see if he wants to come and play.
Darrin
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The meeting is less than a couple of months away! Anyone have any pictures of anything to share?
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The meeting is less than a couple of months away! Anyone have any pictures of anything to share?
I think this needs a revisit. The Batfish is still trying to gain funding I am trying to be very politica in picking my team to go. I have on that is chomping at th bit to go, but I do not want him down there. Darn the delemas.......
Anyho. Can we get an update on what we need. I have a great video that was produced for the subvets about the Batfish. I am still unclear on the forum. what kind of equipment. Do we have any additions or changes to the plan?
Help a zoomie out here..
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Guys, hadn't checked this in awhile. We will have a computer and some type of monitor. We also can use pictures on the tables. Lance is now gathering pictures, movies, and info and will be putting it on a DVD. that we can play there. I would imagine that when someone from a boat is there, we'll go to that boat and let them basically talk to people and give a tour. You guys are the experts in what works, so we are just there to help get the word out. Any forms, information, donation blanks, anything like that, please send to me or to Lance. I'd appreciate any ideas of what you guys figure will work the best. I willl have POH patches and if any of you have rockers and patches you want to sell while there, bring them along. I am also going to be trying to contact some of the boats that haven't checked in yet. There is always someone who knows someone on a boat; so I'll be looking for them.
Let me know what you think and we'll try and do it.
Viejo :D
Oh yeah, Darrin get your application in for LIB before the price goes up. LOL
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Yes Bill, Sorry Bill, Will Do Bill ;)
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Bill,
Good idea on the patches. This may be a good way to help pay for our trip down. I also may be able to provide som tour guides. We are redoing ours come this fall and I have a lot of older ones that I am trying to off load now. Check back with me and I will get you what I can.
Rick
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Rick
Are you getting rid of printed material or people? :2funny: Be nice to old people
Tom Bowser
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Just printed material. The old people, we just stuff them in a balast tank somewhere....... :2funny:
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This is the final call for your stuff that you want at the convention!
Bill Lee will need your handouts, photos, brochures, information, where to send donations, etc sent to him ASAP. Anything you want to be on that display table about museum boats will have to be sent to him very soon!
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Or if you are coming, bring them with you, but I would like to know where to tell people to send money and so forth.
Thanks,
Bill
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Anyone who is coming to the Convention and wants to bring their own stuff, that is fine. I will be bringing a computer with a DVD player and a monitor. If anyone has things on WMV or some other format, they could email it, zip it, or usendit to me and I will put it into the computer to be able to show.
If you need to snail maiil anything to me, the address is I'll be leaving on the 31st, so it needs to get there by the 30th. Usually takes about 4 days to get to my house from a lot of places in the country.
William Lee
315 W. Main St.
Clarinda,
IA 51632
I will have electricity, so if you have special equipment you would want to use, we'll be able to plug it in.
Thanks,
Bill
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I will be sending a box. It will have some of our old tour guides, and borchures as well as some sponsor letters.
At this point in time, it does not look like I will be able to make the conventiona >:(
i will keep you al posted.
Rick
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Rick, thanks. I hope this message ends up somewhere that I can find it and you can. Sorry you won't be there, but maybe sometime I'll be able to get down to the Batfish. Hopefully maybe one of the other guys who work on the Batfish will be able to be at the convention.
So thanks for the suppllies, I hope they all get used up by people wanting to see the Batfish.
Bill
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Rick
I am disappointed, I was really looking forward to meeting you in person but I understand. So I will have to shake your hand here and thank you for taking on the Batfish and for all your hard work. I will try to get up there some time next year if I can dig myshelf out of all the sand around the Drum. :knuppel2:
Tom
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Just wanted to make sure everyone knew that the convention is still on. I think there may have been rumors otherwise.
Thanks again to those who are going!
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If anyone is at or going to the convention that has a digital camera it might be nice to take and post some pictures for all of us to see. Especially LIB's table where Lance's video will be playing on an endless loop for all to see.
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Plus submariners like girls. :smitten:
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Oh yes - WestPac girls are good...
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I alsays dd have a tast for the pacific girls.
I wonder is they are any better then the American ones. ;D
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Japan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Indonesia - Oh My. Lets not forget Australia and New Zealand.
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News from Bill Lee:
Ok Guys, both Dave Farran and Pat Householder took pictures of me pretending to work, so we are covered. A lot of people have looked at Lance's DVD and are impressed. Brochures are going well and there are many that now know what we are doing. The convention is well run and we are busy. Hopefully tomorrow, Tom and Lesley will be there.
Bill
News from Rontini:
Things are going very well in Ft. Worth. Temp tonight was in the 70's. A little breezy..
Met Dave Stoops for the first time in life. We've been talking in email and on BBS's for 10 years. Also met Roy Ator. He's been around my BBS for ever also.
What's nice about these affairs is the closeness of the National Officers. Went to dinner last night and sat with Mike Bircumshaw, John and Joan Peters, Pat Householder, and Fred Borgmann from the National Office. Tomorrow Gil and I go to Breakfast with Mike Bircumshaw. Meetings start tomorrow with the District Commanders seminar. Holland Club breakfast was this AM.
I've seen the new calendars and they are terrific. The best yet.
National SK is not here again because of hurricane problems in Louisiana.
I think Bill has also signed up a couple of LIB members. I had another but found out he was from Salt Lake City and I yielded and will get him into the Utah Base. Forgive me. LOL
Bill was very busy today. Pat Householder watched the entire Lance Dean Museum video today. He was concerned it would detract from sales of his calendar. But there is no competition. They will complement each other. Pat is a huge memorial boat care fan and right now has this thing for the Clamagore. That boat is probably most in need of care.
I have spoken with the San Diego Convention planners. This one is going to the biggest ever. Start saving NOW! 600 rooms at the Host Hotel are blocked for us and 300 more to the International Submarine Association. If you want this hotel, get in early.
Bill went to the Welcome Aboard Party tonight at another location. Got to see a Dallas Cowgirl on stilts. How cool is that.
Tomorrow night the crew heads for Billy Bob's. This is the largest watering hole in the country I believe.
Ron Smith showed up today to begin selling his book. Not doing well. He begins chemo Monday. But he's still lucid and in good humor.
That's it...Have to watch the lady from Alaska about to speak.
Rontini
News from Pat Householder:
Well, Ron may have SEEN a Cowboy Cheerleader in stilts, but I got a couple of kisses from that tall gal!
We had a very spirited board meeting today and a number of things got taken care of.
The weather has been great and the shipmates have been terrific. It was great to meet Dave Stoops finally, and to chat with Gil Raynor and Ron Martini again. There really are a great bunch of folks here.
The all color museum boats calendars are going briskly. Contact Huey Hahn at subhuey@aol.com for ordering information.
Got to go to the Bureau of Printing and saw how they print our money. Very Impressive!
I only wish that all could be here to share in the good times.
News from Gil Raynor:
I have enjoyed this convention so far, I have seen more of my former shipmates here that I have not seen before and this helps build our reunion list for the next Madison reunion in July. Ron Smith made it, but he is taking a lot of medication and can only work his book table for short periods of time. Warshot will be starting radiation treatments for cancer on Tuesday. The Submarine Museum table is being well attended and folks are watching the DVD of the museum boats that Lance Dean put together. So awareness of the museum boats and their needs is being widened and interest in helping as volunteers, docents and other wise is being gained.
John McMichael came up and spoke at the Holland Club Breakfast, but had to return to Galveston as Billie had some back surgery on the 2nd. Well, I am so damn tired, gonna sign off for now.
Gil
And lastly, an article from a local Ft. Worth newspaper:
http://www.star-telegram.com/metro_news/story/885977.html
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National Commander: Pat Householder
National SR Vice Commander: Jon Jaques
National JR Vice Commander: Michael Bircumshaw
National Secretary: Al Singleman Jr.
National Treasurer: John Markiewicz
Eastern Region North Director: Paul W. Orstad
2008 Revised USSVI Constitution: Passed
2008 Revised USSVI Bylaws: Passed
USSVI Creed Change Proposal: Passed
Holland Club Proposals: Neither proposal got enough votes to be adopted into the Constitution.
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Way to go Pat!
I wonder what those Holland Club proposals were?
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They had to do with the 5 yr requirements :crazy2:
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Sounds like the convention, is going good. Wish I could have been there to help promote the Batfish.
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From what I've read, the convention ended this morning at 10 AM. I'm hoping we'll hear from those who attended soon!
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Lookie here!
You guys know who this is don't ya?
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Guys, sorry for the delay in reporting in. Don't know how someone can get two weeks behind when only being gone for one week.
I wanted to thank very much all who sent brochures and other items for the table. I was late taking off so waited around for the mail that Monday and finally realized it was a holiday. When I got back the next Monday, I had a nice big package from the Batfish. But don't worry it will go to good use.
We had lots and lots of people who stopped and talked about what they wanted to see, what they had already seen and brought others over to see the DVD Lance had done and pick up brochures. We passed out almost all our bumper stickers, but have a few left if some want a couple. I am making up packets of a few of each of the brochures and will send them to bases and individuals who will want some during the year. Paul and a couple of others had sent me some items that could be auctioned or raffled off, but it didn't work out to do that at the convention. However there will be an auction coming up soon, so will put them in that one and we'll try and get a little money for a good cause. There were several people who stopped, who have done work days on the various boats and each was really proud of the boat they worked on. I think we spread the word to many who hadn't heard about all the boats. Every day, more people stopped by and if I was busy with someone, others would stop by and click on the pages and then tell the ones who were with them all about the boat they were looking at. So it was well worth the effort. I'll save everything and next year, there will be a lot more people to see and learn about your boats.
We had some of the new USSVI Calendars for 2009 on the table also and the two tied together very well. The display also helped sell calendars for USSVI, so that was nice also. If any of you haven't seen one of the Calendars, they are really the nicest that have ever come out and the pictures of the 12 boats for the months are prints that could be framed. The ones that couldn't be put on a month are shown on pages at the back of the calendar. So all are represented.
So thanks to all for what you sent and more importantly for what you do on a daily basis for our museum boats. Thanks of course to Lance for all the work he put in on the DVD. It was really liked by all. Some would stand there and go back and forth from boat to boat and listen and talk.
I also explained to quite a few how to go about finding who to send money to for various boats, so hopefully some money will come in for some.
Thanks again,
Viejo
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Well done on the conference table!
An auction to benefit SubMuseum.com would be a really good idea! Puuuullleeeezzzz no more scholarship funds! !!!! :buck2:
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Paul, you know my feelings about more scholarships. Wouldn't it be nice to pick up a half million in donations in one month, then be planning on how to get more.
I'll keep all posted on the next appropriate auction that comes up where we can do some good.
It would be nice to just set up an auction here and raise money, but it takes a large audience that is used to participating and much planning to get it to be worthwhile. Siince the one of the aims of USSVI this years is to promote museum boats, then maybe I can talk someone into running an auction. What would help is if you guys had an agenda that would show where money coulld go where it could benefit all.
Bill
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give me some time. We are working on our master plan. by the time I have it done you will be able to see just where we are going and have specific projects to invest in. Like everything else, this takes time and money. Keep in touch. I will make sure that you get the info when we are done
Rick
Batfish.