military veteran meetup

[gewk]

Re: military veteran meetup

wow@the level of donations. impressive.

and +1 for nikita "Just want to make sure everyone knows any funds received in excess of the goal are going to be donated to a veterans or mia/pow org."

[Nch&ted]

Re: military veteran meetup

My son is a Marine and I'm part of an organization supporting our troops, Vets and their families. I'd love to stop by and meet the military side of DefCon. Would it be ok for a Marine mom to drop by?

[phreck]

Re: military veteran meetup

My son is a Marine and I'm part of an organization supporting our troops, Vets and their families. I'd love to stop by and meet the military side of DefCon. Would it be ok for a Marine mom to drop by?

i would say yes.

Anyone object?

[inert]

Re: military veteran meetup

My son is a Marine and I'm part of an organization supporting our troops, Vets and their families. I'd love to stop by and meet the military side of DefCon. Would it be ok for a Marine mom to drop by?

I have no objections. :) Would be excited to have you!

[Nikita]

Re: military veteran meetup

A couple of us talked at con this year, I was blown away when I stopped by to check on you guys and saw how many people were there! Next year it is decided that there will be a bigger space. Also, my friends and I got to talking, and we are going to throw the #dd214 party. I was thinking you guys can have your meetup and then we will throw the party for ya. Tickets for free drinks for served/serving, invited and we can do a donation at the door/cash bar as well. We are just talking about this now, so I'm sure it will evolve. :-)

Also, I'm in the process of getting the funds transferred, and all the donations ( minus the $550) will be donated to the Valour IT Project.
http://soldiersangels.org/project-valour-it.html

Project Valour-IT, in memory of SFC William V. Ziegenfuss, helps provide voice-controlled/adaptive laptop computers and other technology to support Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines recovering from hand wounds and other severe injuries.


And please, don't thank ME for anything, I just asked for donations and it's the community that really stepped up. I didn't do shit really. :-)