Greetings PSU Army ROTC AIG! 

   

     Our meeting on 21 April was attended by some new folks – thank you!  The meeting and all future meetings will be available via the internet (PSU Adobe Connect).  We will provide the connection information approximately one month prior to each meeting.  We were also well pleased that both LTC Kilgallon as well as the cadet BN CDR c/LTC Dan Seibel (now 2LT Seibel) were again present.  The notes from the meeting are below. 

 

     At the meeting we discussed several key issues, they were:

 

I)                           We now have ‘ACTIVE STATUS’ as a PSU AIG!!  What does this mean to you?   It means that now we have to execute a few tasks in order to continue as an Active AIG (see the meeting notes), it means we get a banner (more below), it also allows us to receive a small amount of money from the institution ($500 annum) to be used for our meetings etc.  And as a very important point it means that any contributions, whether monetary or gift in kind, are tax deductible.  This will come into play in the topic below.

 

II)                         Dues and/or donations.  Currently paying dues is not under discussion, we will only concern ourselves with donations.  We’ve asked c/LTC Seibel for a list of items that are deemed as important to the Nittany Lion battalion (NLB).  He has provided us the following information: (see the updates)

 

a.       Administrative for cadet lounge ($458.97)

                                                                           i.      Printer – Donated by an AIG member

                                                                         ii.      Router – no longer necessary

                                                                        iii.      Print Server – no longer necessary

 

b.      Book Scholarship ($900)

                                                                           i.      Book Award for Cadets who are not on AROTC Scholarship

                                                                         ii.      Covers one semester of books

                                                                        iii.      $450 each

                                                                       iv.      Start with at least 2 Semesters/2 separate Cadets

 

c.       Color Guard ($718.80)

                                                                           i.      Replica 1903 Springfield Rifles (4)

                                                                         ii.      US Flag

                                                                        iii.      PA Flag

                                                                       iv.      Flag Stands

                                                                         v.      Flag Harness

                                                                       vi.      Flag Covers

                                                                      vii.      Flag Poles

III)                       Bank information.  If you wish to contribute to the PSU AROTC AIG this is the information you need.  Send your contribution to:

 

                                    Nittany Bank

                                    116 East College Avenue

                                    State College, PA 16801

                                    c/o the Penn State AROTC AIG

 

                        Please also send an email to bjb30@psu.edu with your name                             and address so that we can match the contribution with a                                donor and we can send a letter to you as quickly as possible                               thanking your for the donation.

 

IV)                     Elections.  We will hold elections for President, Vice President, Secretary/Treasurer at Homecoming.  If you are interesting in running for one of these please let us know by email.

 

V)                       Upcoming events – Next meeting to be held Homecoming Weekend – April  21, 2007.

 

OLD NEWS:

 

A)                      Banner.   (No Change from last newsletter) As we are NOW an AIG with an active status we get a banner.  It will be used at our meetings, functions we have, carried to our front if we march in the Homecoming parade, etc.  It will display our logo, the current one or one selected from any ideas we receive (see ‘logo’ below), the words Penn State Alumni Association AROTC AIG on it.

 

B)                      Website. (No Change from last newsletter) The new website is still under construction.  The intent is that it will be published by the end of the calendar year.  The current glitch is that we have not yet added the functionality to add new members/update members’ information ‘on the fly.’ 

 

C)                      Logo.  We are continuing on with the current logo.

 

Did you know: 

 

The cadre members for the Army, Navy and Air Force are trying to get GEN (Ret.) Colin Powell to be the guest speaker at the Tri-Service Commissioning next spring.  Each branch is attempting to gather a list of ‘famous’ ROTC graduates.  Here are some examples from Army ROTC:  LT GEN William ‘Gus’ Pagonis, LTC (Ret.)David Pergrin-Author, and GEN David Petraeus. 

IF you know of any other ‘famous’ (GO/political. Authors, etc.) Penn State Army ROTC graduates please let us know.

 

    

 

 

ROTC Students parade along College Ave in the 1940s. (Not Navy and certainly not Air Force)

 

Anyone with suggestions on topics for ‘Did you know’ please send us an e-mail. 

 

Please know that Cory is on deployment.  I will be acting as the interim President until he returns.  Please contact Ken or myself with your ideas, comments, requests and suggestions.  Thank each of you for your participation in the PSU AROTC AIG and WE hope to see you all at the Homecoming Game! 

 

Brendan Bagley

 

CONTACT INFO:

Brendan Bagley bjb30@psu.edu

Ken Herko HerkoK@Medimmune.com

(Cory Kline david.kline@us.army.mil   - On deployment)