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The LOA National Newsletter:  September 2006
LOA Member Area

LOA Vision
“A Professional organization devoted to promoting quality logistics, professional development of logistics officers, and an open forum for leadership, management, and technical interchange.”

Senior Leader Quote: "As the host of the 2006 LOA National Conference, I am looking forward to seeing you in beautiful downtown San Antonio Texas. I am proud of all the hard work that has gone into this event by our Alamo Chapter, the LOA National Executive Board and numerous other volunteers throughout San Antonio. We will kick it off on Monday, 9 Oct 06, with a golf tournament at the world-class Quarry Golf Course followed by our traditional icebreaker at La Villita Historic Arts Village. We'll get down to business the following morning with great speakers, mentorship sessions, weapons system specific breakout sessions, developmental tours, and vendor exhibits. Finally, we'll top it off with the capstone banquet event. This year's theme, "Sustaining Today's Weapon Systems with Tomorrow's Airmen" promises to provide logicians with valuable insight into the challenges we face as we continue to support our great nation. By the way, we invite you to bring the family so they also have the opportunity to experience what San Antonio has to offer."
                     ~GREGORY A. FEEST, Brigadier General, USAF, Director of Logistics, AETC Installations and Mission Support

A Message from the LOA President: "Wow...LOA 2006 in San Antonio is less than 30 days away! Your LOA National Executive Board and the Alamo Chapter have been working hard to bring you the best conference to date. Registration is well on
its way and if you have not registered yet...we are fast running out of rooms, so you better register ASAP.   As you know, this is your current LOA National Board's final Newsletter. We hope it has been timely and useful.   As always, if you have suggestions on how to improve anything we do from the LOA National level--we welcome your feedback. On behalf of your LOA National Board, thank you all for your support and we look forward to seeing you all in San Antonio next month."
                                                                                                        ~PHILIP F. WARING, Colonel, LOA National President

Loggie Announcements:    HOT-off-the-Press: Scholarship Winners Announced! First, all nominees should be proud to have been recognized by their chapter for their outstanding efforts; additionally, the competition was extremely tough this year. LOA National is proud to announce the 2006 LOA National Scholarship winners, in alphabetical order:
SSgt Michael C. Braun, II, Hill AFB, Wasatch Chapter

TSgt Steven J. Hart, Pope AFB, Tarheel Chapter

MSgt Bryan J. Rocker, Wright-Patterson AFB, Wright Bros Chapter

TSgt Colin M. Smith, Aviano AB, Dolomite Chapter
SrA Michael J. Schumacher, Luke AFB, Sonoran Chapter

National Conference: This is the last newsletter prior to the LOA Conference which as you know, begins on Monday, 9 Oct with the golf tournament at The Quarry and ends Thursday evening, 12 Oct with the banquet in beautiful downtown San Antonio. For those of you who might not know, we have had a late addition to the conference that you will find extremely interesting. Mr. Herb Kelleher, Chairman of Southwest Airlines, will be the featured speaker during the luncheon on Tuesday, 10 Oct and it will be exciting to hear from one of this country's leading motivational business leaders. We’re sure you will find this to be one of the best LOA conferences yet and we look forward to seeing you here in October!

Future LOA National Conferences: Interested in hosting the 2009 LOA National Conference? If so, please contact Marta for additional information at PR@loanational.org. Here's what's on tap for the next couple of years:
2007 Conference
As many of you know the 2007 LOA National Conference will be hosted by the LOA Capital Chapter in Washington DC, November 12-15, 2007 at the Washington Hilton. Please mark your calendar and note the change in dates--the conference will be held in NOVEMBER!

2008 Conference

We are pleased to announce the site selection and dates for the 2008 LOA National Conference…Columbus, OH--hosted by the Wright Bros LOA Chapter, Oct 12-15, 2008.

LOA would like to congratulate the National and Wright Bros Chapters on their successful bids and we encourage other chapters to step up and bid on future conferences—its great prestige and great money for your chapter!

Franchise Results: All franchises submitted in June are now approved! What this means to the LOA general membership is that the Wasatch Chapter (Hill AFB) will continue to offer polo shirts, black tees and baseball caps, Langley LOA Chapter will be offering a new LOA National coin, Sonoran Chapter (Luke AFB) will continue offering golf items, Guardians of the North Chapter (Minot AFB) will continue to offer the tankard mug, and the Sandia Chapter (Kirtland AFB) will be introducing a water bottle and a bumper sticker. Franchise merchandise will be available for sale at the LOA National Conference or can be purchased now by contacting the respective POC at http://www.loanational.org/merchandise.asp.

ER: The Winter issue of the ER is well on its way to completion and we’re beginning the search for articles for the Spring edition. If you’ve got an interesting topic you think would be of interest to LOA members, please send your suggested topic or draft article to editor@loanational.org. See you in San Antonio!

LOA History: Your LOA National Historians are hard at work making upgrades to the LOA National History Wall for the upcoming conference in San Antonio…the MOA & LOA National President’s Series will continue with the next edition of the newsletter.

The Bottom Line: As always, remember our organization is all about the troops. Our focus will continue to be on training our replacements, and sharing ideas.  If you have any announcements you would like to be considered for inclusion in our monthly newsletter, please send in your completed inputs nlt the 5th day of the month to infoofficer@loanational.org.

Keep our deployed troops and families in your thoughts.

PHILIP F. WARING, Colonel, USAF
LOA National President
President@loanational.org

Questions? Suggestions?
Contact the following people:

President: president@loanational.org
Vice-President: vicepres@loanational.org
Information Officer: InfoOfficer@loanational.org
Treasurer: treasurer@loanational.org
Membership: membership@loanational.org
Webmaster: webmaster@loanational.org
Exceptional Release: editor@loanational.org
Conference: pr@loanational.org

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The LOA National Newsletter: September 2006	LOA Member Area

LOA Vision “A Professional organization devoted to promoting quality logistics, professional development of logistics officers, and an open forum for leadership, management, and technical interchange.”

Senior Leader Quote: "As the host of the 2006 LOA National Conference, I am looking forward to seeing you in beautiful downtown San Antonio Texas. I am proud of all the hard work that has gone into this event by our Alamo Chapter, the LOA National Executive Board and numerous other volunteers throughout San Antonio. We will kick it off on Monday, 9 Oct 06, with a golf tournament at the world-class Quarry Golf Course followed by our traditional icebreaker at La Villita Historic Arts Village. We'll get down to business the following morning with great speakers, mentorship sessions, weapons system specific breakout sessions, developmental tours, and vendor exhibits. Finally, we'll top it off with the capstone banquet event. This year's theme, "Sustaining Today's Weapon Systems with Tomorrow's Airmen" promises to provide logicians with valuable insight into the challenges we face as we continue to support our great nation. By the way, we invite you to bring the family so they also have the opportunity to experience what San Antonio has to offer." ~GREGORY A. FEEST, Brigadier General, USAF, Director of Logistics, AETC Installations and Mission Support

A Message from the LOA President: "Wow...LOA 2006 in San Antonio is less than 30 days away! Your LOA National Executive Board and the Alamo Chapter have been working hard to bring you the best conference to date. Registration is well on its way and if you have not registered yet...we are fast running out of rooms, so you better register ASAP. As you know, this is your current LOA National Board's final Newsletter. We hope it has been timely and useful. As always, if you have suggestions on how to improve anything we do from the LOA National level--we welcome your feedback. On behalf of your LOA National Board, thank you all for your support and we look forward to seeing you all in San Antonio next month." ~PHILIP F. WARING, Colonel, LOA National President

Loggie Announcements: HOT-off-the-Press: Scholarship Winners Announced! First, all nominees should be proud to have been recognized by their chapter for their outstanding efforts; additionally, the competition was extremely tough this year. LOA National is proud to announce the 2006 LOA National Scholarship winners, in alphabetical order: SSgt Michael C. Braun, II, Hill AFB, Wasatch Chapter TSgt Steven J. Hart, Pope AFB, Tarheel Chapter MSgt Bryan J. Rocker, Wright-Patterson AFB, Wright Bros Chapter TSgt Colin M. Smith, Aviano AB, Dolomite Chapter SrA Michael J. Schumacher, Luke AFB, Sonoran Chapter

National Conference: This is the last newsletter prior to the LOA Conference which as you know, begins on Monday, 9 Oct with the golf tournament at The Quarry and ends Thursday evening, 12 Oct with the banquet in beautiful downtown San Antonio. For those of you who might not know, we have had a late addition to the conference that you will find extremely interesting. Mr. Herb Kelleher, Chairman of Southwest Airlines, will be the featured speaker during the luncheon on Tuesday, 10 Oct and it will be exciting to hear from one of this country's leading motivational business leaders. We’re sure you will find this to be one of the best LOA conferences yet and we look forward to seeing you here in October!

Future LOA National Conferences: Interested in hosting the 2009 LOA National Conference? If so, please contact Marta for additional information at PR@loanational.org. Here's what's on tap for the next couple of years: 2007 Conference As many of you know the 2007 LOA National Conference will be hosted by the LOA Capital Chapter in Washington DC, November 12-15, 2007 at the Washington Hilton. Please mark your calendar and note the change in dates--the conference will be held in NOVEMBER! 2008 Conference We are pleased to announce the site selection and dates for the 2008 LOA National Conference…Columbus, OH--hosted by the Wright Bros LOA Chapter, Oct 12-15, 2008. LOA would like to congratulate the National and Wright Bros Chapters on their successful bids and we encourage other chapters to step up and bid on future conferences—its great prestige and great money for your chapter!

Franchise Results: All franchises submitted in June are now approved! What this means to the LOA general membership is that the Wasatch Chapter (Hill AFB) will continue to offer polo shirts, black tees and baseball caps, Langley LOA Chapter will be offering a new LOA National coin, Sonoran Chapter (Luke AFB) will continue offering golf items, Guardians of the North Chapter (Minot AFB) will continue to offer the tankard mug, and the Sandia Chapter (Kirtland AFB) will be introducing a water bottle and a bumper sticker. Franchise merchandise will be available for sale at the LOA National Conference or can be purchased now by contacting the respective POC at http://www.loanational.org/merchandise.asp.

ER: The Winter issue of the ER is well on its way to completion and we’re beginning the search for articles for the Spring edition. If you’ve got an interesting topic you think would be of interest to LOA members, please send your suggested topic or draft article to editor@loanational.org. See you in San Antonio!

LOA History: Your LOA National Historians are hard at work making upgrades to the LOA National History Wall for the upcoming conference in San Antonio…the MOA & LOA National President’s Series will continue with the next edition of the newsletter.

The Bottom Line: As always, remember our organization is all about the troops. Our focus will continue to be on training our replacements, and sharing ideas. If you have any announcements you would like to be considered for inclusion in our monthly newsletter, please send in your completed inputs nlt the 5th day of the month to infoofficer@loanational.org.
Keep our deployed troops and families in your thoughts.
PHILIP F. WARING, Colonel, USAF LOA National President President@loanational.org

Questions? Suggestions? Contact the following people: President: president@loanational.org Vice-President: vicepres@loanational.org Information Officer: InfoOfficer@loanational.org Treasurer: treasurer@loanational.org Membership: membership@loanational.org Webmaster: webmaster@loanational.org Exceptional Release: editor@loanational.org Conference: pr@loanational.org	LOA P.O. Box 2264 Arlington VA 22202 Comm: (703) 695-9213 / DSN 225-9213 Fax: (703) 740-8378 help@loanational.org © 1982-2005 LOA. All rights reserved. This e-mail was sent by www.loanational.org PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS E-MAIL.