COMARA News - 9 October 2009 * COMARA Social Pictures available * 2009 COMARA Officers * Ancient Mariners Luncheon (Dec 5) * First Wednesday in December (Dec 2) COMARA encourages groups of employees to plan events, and will support these events with publicity for the gathering. Two groups have events scheduled in December: Ancient Mariners and the Annual First Wednesday in December. _________________________________________________________________________ Pictures from COMARA Social now Available Dave Reiser and Young Lee took pictures at the COMARA Social on September 20 and have shared them. We have a total of 60 pictures, and these are posted in two groups. A link at the top of each page will take you to the other set. comara.org/social/pics09/picDisplay.htm comara.org/social/pics09/picDisplay2.htm Click on any of the pictures, and the slide viewer view for pictures on that page appears in a new window. Use the "Next" and "Prev" buttons to move through the set - or the left and right arrow keys. If you select the "View Original" button, use the browser back button or type Backspace to return to the slide viewer view. Thanks to Dave and Young for a great job in taking these photos. _________________________________________________________________________ 2009 COMARA Officers There are 9 Directors on the COMARA Board. The Board elected officers just before the annual meeting on September 20. President: Joe Pelton Vice President: Irv Dostis Secretary: Maury Mechanick Treasurer: Tom Kirkendall Brent Jacocks will handle newsletters. Jack Hannon will continue to be liason with Lockheed Martin for benefits information. Ron Garlow continues as webmaster. _________________________________________________________________________ Ancient Mariners Luncheon - December 5 A group of employees who were involved in the mobile satellite side of COMSAT's business has been holding a Holiday luncheon for the past eleven years, with spouses and guests, to eat, drink, reminisce, and get caught up on developments in each other's lives. The group, dubbed the Ancient Mariners, has always had a great time at these gatherings, and we would welcome any other former COMSAT employees who might like to join us. If you'd like more information, or would like to be included in this year's luncheon, which will take place on Saturday, December 5, you can contact Kim Baumgartner at kim.baumgartner@vizada.com Kim _________________________________________________________________________ First Wednesday in December at Roy's Place - December 2 Where has the time gone!!! It's that time of the year again: the Annual 1st Wednesday in December(2 December 2009) COMSAT Labs/COMSAT Old Timers Get-to-gather at Roy 's Place. Roys Place - 2 E. Diamond Ave - Gaithersburg, MD 20877 - 301-948-5548 It's a completely informal event starting around 6:30 pm. Please stake out a seat and order from that table to simplify the ordering and payment of meals. In the past, this event was for Labs employees, but now its evolved to include all COMSAT Alumni, spouses and anyone who can spell COMSAT. So, help put the word out to other alumni and send me a short email to ronaldj@erols.com so I can get a ballpark number of attendees. Looking forward to seeing you all there. Ron Johnson _________________________________________________________________________ COMARA - PO Box 34594 - Bethesda, MD 20827 Website: http://www.comara.org