July 2019 Post Meeting

Our July 18 meeting will focus on Resilience and specifically local area Disaster Preparedness, which is partically appropriate with the inclement weather Texas and the rest of the nation has been experiencing recently and a great follow up to our last meeting on rebuilding of Tyndall Air Force Base after Hurricane Michael.

Our main speaker will be James Mendoza, Assistant Emergency Manager for the City of San Antonio. A UTSA graduate, Mr. Mendoza began his City career with the San Antonio Police Department. After the 9/11 attacks, he was placed on special assignment with the Office of Emergency Management, later hired as the City's first Emergency Management Specialist and then became the Assistant Emergency Manager. James is in charge of the operations function of the Emergency Operations Center, planning, training and citizen preparedness.

His presentation will focus on San Antonio's emergency management, the planning for large scale disasters and whole community planning.

RESERVATIONS

The cost of the meeting is $20/person. There is a special reduced rate of just $15/person for Post Young Members (YMs) and Post Enlisted Members who make reservations in advance (not applicable to late reservations or walk-ins). You MUST be a Post YM or Enlisted Member as shown on the latest available Post membership rosters for this special rate.

You can pre-pay (which is the preferred method) or pay at the door by selecting one of the ticket options above.

If you select the pay-at-door option, payment will be collected when you check in. We ONLY accept cash or checks (made out to SAME, San Antonio Post) at the door. If using cash, correct change is appreciated.

You will receive an email confirmation through the Eventbrite system for your reservation(s).

Because of the requirements of the meeting location and the caterer, RESERVATONS ARE A MUST for our Post meetings.

The DEADLINE for reservations is Monday, July 15, by 11 am.

Because of the catering notification requirements, walk-in space availability will be minimal and the cost for any available walk-in spaces is $25/person.

CANCELLATIONS

After the July 15 deadline, all reservations are FINAL and you are financially responsible for all reservation(s) you made.

If you pre-paid and cancel by the July 15 deadline, you will be issued a full refund. After the deadline, there will be no refunds and only substitutions are allowed.

You can cancel your reservations by sending an email to the Event POC at samesatx@gmail.com.

Please be sure you receive a confirmation after your request a cancellation. If you do not receive a confirmation, contact the event POC at (210) 884-9731.

MEAL

The meal will be a buffet featuring a main entree and your choice of 2 potatoe/rice/pasta items, 2 vegetable items, rolls and butter, ice tea or water.

There is NO special vegetarian plate offered by the caterer so those interested in the vegetarian option will select from the potatoe/rice/pasta/vegetable items in the regular buffet.

We start food service about 11:15 am.

DIRECTIONS/PARKING

If you are unfamiliar with the location of the Ft Sam Houston Golf Course, please see the map on this page. The Golf Course is NOT on JBSA-Ft Sam Houston so there are no special access requirements. It is just before you get to the Harry Wurzbach Road gate of JBSA-Ft Sam Houston.

There is plenty of FREE outside parking in the lot around the Golf Course facilities.

OTHER INFO

There is also Professional Development Hour (PDH) credit available for those attending the meeting that are interested.

Check-in for the meeting starts about 11:15 am and be inside our meeting room. There is a separate check-in table for those that pre-paid.

Nametags will be available for you at check-in. Please return the nametag holders to the box at the check-in table when you leave the meeting. You may keep the inserts.

We normally have one or two reserved table(s) for the meeting. These table(s) are for our speaker(s) and the other pre-identified special Post guest(s). These table(s) are marked with reserved sign(s). The rest is OPEN seating.

We post the speaker's presentation (if the speaker gives us permission) at our website within a couple days following the event.

We look forward to seeing you at our San Antonio Post meeting!!!