**MINUTES OF EAA BOARD/GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING**

**MARCH 20, 2007**

The first EAA General Assembly meeting of 2007 convened at 2:30 and
ended at 4:00 p.m.

In attendance: Ginger Gibson, President

Ann Patterson, Vice President

Dianne Milner, Secretary/Treasurer

Rose Gardner, Vice President, Social

Elaine Stephens, Vice President, Youth

Mavis Ilkenhans, Vice President, Publicity

**President, Ginger Gibson** opened the meeting at 2:30 p.m. and asked
EAA reps to introduce themselves and tell which organization they
represented.

**Starport Stores' Manager, Lisa Rasco** reported the stores are selling
Theater Under the Stars tickets. Cingular Wireless will be in building 3
March 27-29. JSC Picnic tickets go on sale in building 11 March 28 and
on April 2 on sale in building 3 and the Gilruth store. The first
Tuesday of the month there is a 10% discount on merchandise in both
stores for Starport partners. Verizon Wireless will be in building 3
April 4. April 30-May 4 the book fair will return; May 10 (before
Mother's Day) will be the \$5 jewelry fair. Cingular and Verizon return
in May. Additional tickets sold are to SeaWorld; Six Flags; and plan to
carry Splashtown tickets and Schlitterbahn discounts. The stores are
planning to carry nation-wide discount tickets starting in the April-May
timeframe. Lisa requests that any ideas or suggestions be forwarded to
her.

**Jennifer Blok -- Wellness Assessment Manager** -- requested everyone
take the wellness assessment and encourage others to take it -- a \$10
gift card to the Starport stores is be giving for those who complete the
assessment. It takes about 10 minutes. Go to the website for more info:
http://starport.jsc.nasa.gov/exp-wellness.htm.

**Vice President of Socials (Rose Gardiner)** -- It was reported that
there would not be a Spring Dance. Rose was not able to book a band for
this event. The Holiday Dance is scheduled for December 8 and the New
Year's Eve Dance scheduled December 31.

**Vice President for Children's Socials (Elaine Stephens**) - reported
that the Children's Holiday Party was a smashing success with all
tickets sold. The Children's annual spring party is scheduled for March
24; and the schedule of many events includes: Easter hunts; petting zoo,
face painters, an array of choice giveaways (one give to each child);
mechanical bull; many other attractions. The cost of the tickets will
be: \$7 for children/\$4 for adults. Barbeque sandwiches, chips, veggies
and drinks will be served.

**Vice President for Publicity (Mavis Ilkenhans)** -- reported Sesame
Street "Elmo Makes Music" -- a total of 179 tickets sold. Rodeo tickets:
all of the \$21 (640) tickets sold; only two of the \$19 tickets did not
sell (404). We had a total of 1044 tickets. All of the rodeo carnival
tickets and coupon books sold. Disney on Ice "Princess Wishes" -- 152
prepaid tickets have sold as of 3/19. The performance is April 14; 11
a.m. Circus tickets are planned for July 2007.

**Vice President for Travel (Ginger Gibson,** -- reported that several
trips are planned through Premier World Discovery travel agent. A 9-day
trip to Branson, Memphis & Nashville is planned for June 6, 2007. Trip
highlights include St. Louis City tour, 3 nights in Branson, Showboat
Branson Belle, two shows in Branson, Silver Dollar City, Clinton
Presidential Library, Beale Street, Graceland, 2 nights -- Opryland
Resort, Grand Ole Opry, Country Music Hall of Fame, Nashville Nightlife
Dinner Theatre. The Swiss Highlights trip features Zermatt, Bern and
Montreux, departing October 9, 2007 for 9 days. Tour highlights include
Montreux, Zermatt & the Matterhorn, Chamonix & Mont Blanc, Lake Geneva,
Bern City Tour, Interlaken, Castle of Chillon, Castle of Aigle Wine
Museum, Geneva City Tour, France, Italy & Switzerland tour and Swiss
Wine Tasting & Dinner.

Additionally, ASI Travel Direct is offering special promotional
discounted vacation packages for a Bahamas package and Florida package
for NASA JSC family and friends. For additional information look for
these flyers posted throughout the center, contact Ginger Gibson
281-483-0596 or Premier World Discovery (877)-953-8687.

Athletics -- Terrance Davis/Gilruth was not available: Athletic/sports
signup and information is available on the web at
<http://starport.jsc.nasa.gov/Fitness/sports/default.htm>

Ginger presented the JSC picnic; Schlitterbahn and Splashtown were the
two options with **Splashtown winning** the random vote that Ginger sent
out. The **JSC Family Picnic is scheduled for Sunday, April 22** (rain
or shine), 11 a.m. -- 6 p.m. **JSC will have Splashtown exclusively**
that day with free parking. **Tickets go on sale March 28 in Building
11** Starport Gift shop 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, April 2 tickets will be
available in Building 3 Starport Gift Shop 7 a.m.-4 p.m. and at the
Gilruth Center 7 a.m.- 2 p.m. and 4-6 p.m. Please see flyers posted
throughout JSC or go to EAA website. <http://starport.jsc.nasa.gov/>
This is "green website" you can get to it from off site/home.
**Reminder: the Last Day to purchase tickets is THURSDAY, April 19^th^
(the flyer incorrectly states, Friday, April 19^th^).**

**[Splashtown, Spring. TX -- NASA JSC FAMILY PICNIC]{.underline}**

Sunday, April 22, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Use of all park rides

> Price: \$23.00 (for first 2500 tickets sold) after those are sold,
> ticket price is \$29.00 (six tickets per badged employee)

Tickets includes:

Private Day Admission

> All you can eat and drink (ll:30-3:30 p.m. (BBQ Beef Brisket, Sausage,
> Hotdogs macaroni salad, beans, fixins bar, tea,

Water, soft drinks, draft beer **(proof of age required**) and premium
ice cream

Lots of extras -

Bingo (the EAA will provide prizes)

DJ -- 4 hours

balloon artists

face painters

bungee run

moon bounces

inflatable obstacle course

horseshoes

volleyball

basketball

ranch games

Park parade: 3:45 p.m.

Free Parking

Return ticket for 2007.

> For a copy of the flyer:
> <http://starport.jsc.nasa.gov/Employeeact/documents/JSCPicnicFlyer2007.pdf>
>
> Drawing was held for a variety of door prizes with several winners.
> The next scheduled meeting of the EAA General Assembly is July 10^th^,
> at the Gilruth Center in the San Jacinto Room, at 2:30pm.

Meeting adjourned at 4 p.m.

Respectfully submitted:

Dianne Milner

EAA Secretary/Treasurer

281-483-1206, Email: dianne.milner-1@ nasa.gov