NCVA Lone Star Annual Gathering

September 25th-27th, 2020

Good Afternoon Everyone!!!

This is your friendly “Save the Date” email for this year’s gathering in San Antonio.  I want to thank everyone who replied to my email earlier this month regarding who will be attending this year – it was a deal maker or breaker for our Saturday evening meal.  Before I get too long winded, here are the particular’s you’ll need if you’re staying at the hotel:

              Hilton San Antonio Airport
              611 N.W. Loop 410
              San Antonio, TX 78216
              210.340.6060

When making your reservations use the Group Code LSTAR.  The room rate is $109 plus taxes per night and includes breakfast buffet for two (2) people per day.  If you have special requirements, such as a handicap room or must have a king size bed, make your reservations now…don’t wait or procrastinate…you snooze…you lose.  The cutoff date for this rate is Wednesday, August 26th.  The group check-in time is 4pm and every effort will be made to accommodate guests arriving prior to the 4pm check-in time.  Online reservations can be made using the Group Code LSTAR.  A link to the hotel website is:

 https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/sataphf-hilton-san-antonio-airport/?SEO_id=GMB-HI-SATAPHF
	
Hilton San Antonio Airport - Hotels in San Antonio, TX
Stay at the Hilton San Antonio Airport hotel located in north San Antonio, TX near SAT Airport. Close to the Riverwalk San Antonio, shopping, and more.
www.hilton.com
                
The evening meal on Saturday will be a plated dinner with two meat choices of either BBQ Chicken or Pork Carnitas.  We’ll have our usual hospitality room where we can bring in dry snacks (nothing that needs to be heated) and ALL alcohol will be purchased at the bar in the hotel.  The hotel will provide shuttle service within “3” miles of the Hilton to the North Star Mall, which is right across 410 from the hotel, and the Quarry Mall.  We’re investigating a wine bar in the Quarry that might be able to host an afternoon event and once we get confirmation on the particulars, I’ll certainly report in my next Save the Date email.

This year is election time for “new officers”…yeah, amazing how it just sneaks up on a person.  There was an executive meeting of the board during the Lone Star cruise this past February and Bob Metzger stated he would not be seeking another term in office; therefore, I’ll need someone to “pony up” and fill the Secretary position.  Glen “Snake” Smith also said he would not be seeking another term as the Historian and if anyone would care to take his place, by all means don’t be shy…go for it.  I’ve communicated with Buck Owens, Vice President, and John Adams, Treasure, and they’ve both agreed to stay on another term if no one decides they want to be elected in their place.  And last, but certainly not the least, is the position of President.  I’m in the same boat as Buck and John; I don’t mind doing one more term if nobody raises their hand for it.  However, let it be known, that should I remain your President for another 3-year term, it will be my last.

I was elected Vice President in San Angelo in 2006 while I was in the restroom “takin’ care of bidness” and elected President in Corpus Christi in 2007 replacing the outgoing President Hilch Lindsay (2003-2006).  And just for the record, the year I was elected President, Bill Ayers was elected Vice President and he too had stepped out to “take care of bidness”.  Rule of thumb – don’t go to the toilet when elections are held or you will be voted in…bank on it!  Over the past 14 years of my Presidency, I’ve tried to make these jobs as simple as possible, because by the time people get our age drama, confusion, gossip and irritation is not solicited or needed.  I look upon these yearly gatherings more as a “family reunion” than I do as a military group grope.
See ya' in September!!

Cheers - Jim