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The Not so good news! – Up to this point 218 has expressed their desire to attend a 2009 Reunion originally scheduled for July 4th weekend. We also had about 190 that stated maybe they would attend it's posible. The
Bad news! – It's
not looking good. We are down to the wire and the window has closed
for pulling it off in July 09. At
this point with the lack of a gathering of a committee. Especially
of locals that can help out. The pleas on the website and the forum
group has only identified about 2-4 (1 local & 3 remote) that
sounded interested in helping in some way. As you know, it takes
alot more than that! We have to get with it or there won't be a
reunion. Bottom line read the correspondence below between the Public
Affair lieason and myself this last week. Lisa, "My apologies for not keeping you more updated. As of right now, we again have not been successful in finding a new chairman and committee to organize the reunion. The original committee, that did an awesome job of organizing our last 4 reunions, have understandably retired from it. As of yet a chairman and a younger committee has not come together. We have a lot of people that want to attend but no planning committee despite our multiple calls for a new chairman and volunteers since shortly after the last reunion in 2004. I will be contacting those that wanted to attend and notify them of these details in the next few days. At this late a date I feel confident that this reunion will not happen. In the past we had a committee that was meeting monthly and planning at least 12 months prior to the event. So I guess we won't have another one until a committee comes together to make it happen. You may hear from us when and if that happens. Regardless,
thank you so much for your help, consideration and patience with
us, We need a new local chairman to step up and hopefully a good number of local folks with the help of some remote WSMR Kids to hope to pull a future reunion off. As you might know the Committee that planned the last four reunions, starting in 1991, spent about a year getting the reunion planned and executed. We have to make the reunion originally planed for July 09.. Note: I am here, as your webmaster, to help as always, with list work, emails, mailing lists, communication of committee needs & committee announcements (via email, website, forum group), helping with base command to facilitate the visit, etc. However I can not successfully Chair a committee to do the rest from here in Farmington, NM. I
have already made contact with base command and have a preliminary
acceptance of a future base visit..
The
List:
There are currently 2,867 names on the list. Latest revision 4/10/09
THE LIST -
last revised 4/10/09 A
MESSAGE FROM YOUR WEBMASTER!
THE BASE  As we said in the beginning.
This group of people (WSPG and WSMR Kids) at the last reunion (2004)
The Base are very close to all of us. Well, the base Garrison Commander
- Col Don Gentry and his wife joined us for the Hembrillo Canyon
trip and joined us at the Luncheon at the Frontier Club (the old
Officers Club). After seeing this group of "brats", he informed
us that he himself is a military brat and had wished that there
was a group like ours for his past. He was in full support of this
group and has mentioned the possibility of having a spot in the
WSMR Museum dedicated to the WSMR Kids and that he did not want
us to STOP having reunions of this organization.So that is the Commanders orders! ;) One last thing - BRICKS The White Sands Missile Range Historical Foundation is accepting donations for personalized bricks to be installed in the Missile Park. Brick sizes range from 4' X 8' to 24" X 24" and the price ranges from $65.00 to $840.00. (If you want your own - individual brick - contact Bob Lipinski at bob.lipinski@us.army.mil or at (505) 678-1644. This is a tax-deductible donation.  The Land of Enchantment and GREAT GREEN CHILIES. Click here for a good recipe for Green Enchiladas! Keep in touch. If we can get enough Planning Committee volunteers, We will see you all at the next Reunion. |
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Hello
to all you WSMR & WSPG Brats,
WSMR
Kids Reunion Forum and Message Board!
As your webmaster, and current
list keeper, this has been a labor of love for me since 1991 (10+yr
resident of WSMR).
My experiences at WSMR was such that I am committed to support the
group of us WSMR Kids that appreciate the experience and the specialness
that we all share by being a part of life on the base. Believe it
or not, our presence at WSMR now has a prominent place in history!
The time, effort and resources I have contributed is as much
a selfish effort in addition to a way we can all stay in touch!
I do not require your assistance in continuing this effort, however
if you feel that you have been blessed by this website and would
like to contribute to the ongoing development and support of the
expenses required (hosting & server fees) to keep this site
alive and growing along with me, feel free to donate at the following
link. A special thanks goes out to those WSMR Kids that have donated
in the past. I assure you it is appreciated and also assure you
this is quite the "non-profit" type of program! 
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