InfoAge Meeting, Wednesday June 3

Hello All,

We will have our regular meeting, on Wednesday, June 3rd at 6:45PM.
May I extend a warm welcome to you to join in the meeting tomorrow.
RSVP for your favorite style of pizza.

*Future events: *
Saturday the 6th - InfoAge "Wall of Honor" Dinner and Fund Raiser
Hosted by the InfoAge Board of Trustees - Mike and Barb have been
working on this.
We will help out tomorrow by setting up tables and chairs. Otherwise,
they feel they have everything covered.

Saturday the 13th - “The History & Development of Electronic Warfare” -
A Technical Tutorial by Mr. John Cervini, 1 PM in Bldg. 9059

Saturday the 20th - InfoAge 3rd Annual Antique & Classic Car Show
Presented by the Military Technology Museum of New Jersey
Saturday June 20st from 10:00am to 4:00pm (Rain date) Saturday June 27th.
Registration Donation $15.00. Questions ? (908) 489-6418 (Cell)
Trophies, Dash Plaques for first (50) entries, Food, Music.

***Nels is requesting help with the Car Show. It is an "INFOAGE EVENT"

THAT EVERYONE BENEFITS BY LIKE HALLOWEEN" He needs the following.

1. Help with parking the show cars.
2. Help with the public admission booth,
3. Help with InfoAge information, tours, guides, general information.
4. "JANITOR" duties with keeping the restrooms stocked and orderly.
5. Help with general "Policing" of the area, trash pick up etc.
6. Building and grounds Security throughout the complex especially the new area.
7. Help with the "Hayride" if he does it, basically a tour guide.
8. I'm sure there is more things he can't think of it right now, but they will we very plain the day of the event.

At tomorrows meeting we will be asking each group to assign members to help. Nels rarely asks for help.
Between Nels, Pete, Bob W. and Vlad the condition of the lawns and hedges makes us proud.
Nels helps everyone at every event. Need I say more....

June 23rd - our application to add to our historic district is heard in Trenton, NJ.

July 1st - 7 PM - The Wall Township Committee meets at InfoAge.

*Status:*

We are in Emergency Stabilization mode now. We are attacking worse first.
We face the challenges of keeping the momentum of our regular activities
increasing and meeting the challenges of the additional grounds and
buildings.
We are working to secure the remaining broken or missing doors. We need
more helpers on the 'H' building security. Steve G. can only get so
much done by himself.
We have to repair the three roof leaks that we suspect can be causing
structural damage in the 'H' buildings.
We need to begin repainting the metal DDUs to protect them from further
rust damage. Anyone, help?

Just some of the things I know of or can recall. Please email the items
I forget. Do not get angry...email me!!!
It is important to report our progress.

*During the week... and weekend...* * Note in no particular order*

-This past Wednesday's meeting was very productive. We are crafting our
fund raising strategy and public outreach. We are working on a new
member and new volunteer drive.
-- Mike G. has the assignment of getting us the list of NJ veteran
organizations. He has put together a paper titled - InfoAge Community
Development Strategy - Cultivating relationships into revenue generation.
--All ideas are well come - productive action is especially needed to
progress.

- We created a Press Release on our recognition as Preserve America
Stewards. We are only one of eleven in the nation and the only one in
NJ. Bob J. printed the labeled envelops for all the papers in NJ. Next
step is toe fill them and mail them.

-Nels W., Pete R. and Bob W. mowed everything. The entire site. They
suffered a broken belt on one of the mowers and a broken spring. Pete
diagnosed the problem, ordered the parts and replaced the belt. Go Pete!!!

-MARCH's club meeting went well. All attendees had a good time. Their
clean-up went well. It was like they were never there.
-All the cardboard was recycled and trash removed. Next the bottles
and cans go.

-At the Diana / TIROS site the TLM-18 satellite tracking antenna is
being power washed. The primer coat of paint was started today. It
looks great. This work is enabled by the grant the Harris Corporation
gave us. Look to this weeks Coast Star for a story.
-Architect Paul Moore delivered plans for a new wheelchair accessible
restroom in the TIROS building 9162. This is a key step to prepare for
the TIROS 50th Anniversary
-JCP&L Layout tech John Halsey has completed the plans for the rework of
the Diana / TIROS site power feeds. Once we get the plans we will look
into funding the work.

- The painting of the prime coat on the WW2 Firehouse (9031) is
complete. Next is wood siding repair. We need lots of Shiplap
Pattern-105 with a six inch face. This would not be necessary if BRAC
allowed us to paint the buildings six years ago.
- Dan J. has the Computer eduction center ready for business on
Sundays. We should make an announcement in the press.
- Dan J. is also running a morning Landscaping & exercise class four
mornings a week. Check with him for times.

-We met with the Non-Profit volunteer organization group
Blossom-International. They have presented us with a proposal to join
InfoAge as a partner organization.

-Bob G. has made even more progress with the Camp Evans history book.
He is working on the MET systems Chapter. He has documents on the use
on radar for storm detection at Evans as early as 1946.

-The Wall Lions called on Monday to ask if I would present InfoAge to
their group that night. The carrot was Lions member and architect Rich
Grasso has completed the renovation plans for the 9032B&C restrooms.
You know I was there.
---Thank you to Rich and the Wall Lions. They would like to hast a fund
raising event fo us in the future.

-Ray C. and Steve G. represented InfoAge at the Washington, DC ceremony
to recognize the first group of Preserve America Stewards. Both
gentlemen did a great job pushing our cause with the members of the
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
-On Friday evening members of the Garden State Central met in the hotel
-Larry T. is putting the final touches on the Community Block
Development Grant.

-We have made progress on the scratch coat repair on 9006 to satisfy the
MCHC grant. We only have about two hours of work left, then we photo
document the work and apply for the balance of the grant.

-We were contacted by a film maker whose grandfather, Dr. Eduard Gerber,
was a member of Operation PaperClip. The PaperClip scientists and
engineers were a productive group whose story should be told. One of
them even invented a multiplexing communication method, dubbed the
G-String by his American co-workers. Another successfully advocated for
the placing of solar cells on the Vanguard I satellite. See:
http://www.infoage.org/paperclip.html

-Steve M and I were guests of the New Jersey Coast Section of the IEEE
at a dinner on Friday night. We did out best to sell InfoAge and make
new friends. Thank you to Dru R. for inviting us.

-Dan L. Breeze radio ad is completed - it sounds great.

-This Sunday we had a small number of very interested visitors: On hand
were: Steve G., Frank O., Evan K., Cicely F., JoAnne B., Neil N., Dan
J., and many others.

*** Many persons are working to help save Camp Evans and give it a
future in education and as a place to honor those who served. Thank you
to all.

*Reasons to tell persons why to donate (via check or PayPal) to our
effort NOW: *
1) Saves an incredibly historic site
2) Honors WWII Signal Corps and Honor Front veterans
3) Helps education by inspiring kids to learn science
4) Furthers the development of a NJ Shore tourist destination.
5) Will create full and part-time employment
6) Improves property values in the North Wall and Shark River area.
7) We are the White House recognized stewards of the Camp Evans Historic
District and now it is under our protection for future generations

**No Passion = No Progress. We have passion and we are progressing.**
If we do not tell kids what great things others have done to improve our
nation how can we expect them to know what they are capable of.

Fred
732 299-0894