National Dusters, Quads, and Searchlights Association
Hello Brothers (and family),
Hello Brothers (and family),
We hope you had a great Veteran's Day. The new newsletter has a number of stories about service, sacrifice and honoring our fallen.
We are also announcing the dates for the 2017 Reunion. May 30th thru June 4th. This will be our 35th Annual Reunion! Think about that, your association has been serving our community for over 35 years. Very few Vietnam organizations have been around that long. Be proud.
The Reunion Committee of Bruce Geiger and Bob Lauver have found that Albuquerque is a very Veteran friendly location and the hotels have been the most accommodating we have seen in a long time. This means that this year’s reunion will be the most cost effective reunion in a long time. The hotel is the Crown Plaza and the room rate is $84 + tax which will put it at just under $100 a day. NOTE: we have not set up the online registration link and you should also wait until December 1st before you call to make your reservations.
Included in that rate is free parking, free in-room Wi-Fi, and a breakfast buffet is include! There are other perks that will help NDQSA keep our overall costs to a minimum. AND...there is a negotiated rate of $69 + tax per night for the period of three days before and after the reunion. So this would be the perfect year to make the reunion a family vacation destination. You will not find a better rate for such a great hotel anywhere.
We have not set up a schedule of events for field trips just yet so the January 2017 newsletter will have the registration form with the schedules. There is so much to see and do, there will be plenty of activities to do if you make it an extended vacation. Santa Fe is just a commuter train ride away so there are two cities to explore this year.
We have a great local for our Memorial Ceremony and the committee plans to make it a more special event.
For those that get their newsletter only via email, check the subject line to see which year you are paid up thur. If there is 2016 or less, this would be a good time to send in your 2017 dues payment.
Remember I am always looking for photos and paperwork to archive. When I talk to guys over the phone I often hear that they have 'hundreds' of photos from Nam. Again I ask you to contact me so I can work on electronically archiving what you have. I will return all originals. I will also help you to locate buddies. Time is flying by, do not let you history of service disappear with you. Gain immortality by sharing and saving your story.
I will be on travel for the rest of the month, so do not call me. Send me an email instead or wait until December if you need to contact me directly.
If you have any interest in becoming more involved with the management of NDQSA, the nominations are open for the seven Director positions. Contact any of the officers to place your name into consideration.
If anyone has skills in website development I would love to talk with you. I just have not been able to find a block of time to revise our 'antique' website.
So in closing, have a great Thanksgiving...we each have much to be thankful for.
Wish you all the best.
Paul Kopsick
NDQSA Historian et al
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