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MEETING PREVIEW

gram include representatives from the
food services of each service branch: Bill
Spencer, chief appropriated funds opera-
tions branch, Air Force Food Service;
Chuck Girrard, deputy director/program
analyst of the Marine Corps food ser-
vice program; and Jim O’Connor, fleet
readiness, menu and equipment, Naval
Supply Systems Command.
McNulty also has plans to have R&DA features table-top presentation for up 10
Army Morale, Welfare and Recreation new vendor members to display items. Only the
spring meeting has a trade show component,
represented at the meeting and give which comprises about 40 exhibit booths rep-
an update on the Joint Services Prime resenting approximately 50 companies.
Vendor Program. “They’re also located
down here in San Antonio as part of the complete set of speakers and pre- members without a military background
the Army’s Installation Management sentations. “It’s going to be pretty much a big picture for a better understanding
Command; they’re located at Fort Sam a traditional R&DA meeting with our of government.
Houston.” usual workshops on rations and we’re “The big theme here is we’re in-
Unlike the spring meeting, there is going to try to cover some prime ven- troducing some new people and new
no trade show component to the fall dor topics with DLA Troop Support,” arenas that we haven’t done before,
meeting, but space is being devoted to he said. and it’s a good opportunity, and we’re
accommodate table-top presentations Boot Camp is being expanded to playing that up with our members to
for up to about 10 new members to 90 minutes with a half hour added to try to get them to the meeting,” he
display items. get into how the Defense Department said. “We have a lot of new people. So,
At press time in August, many pro- operates, looking beyond the food side this meeting is a good opportunity to
gram details of the fall meeting program at logistics, organizations and how con- bring a lot of those new folks on board
were still being worked out regarding gressional appropriations work to give into R&DA.” —GFS