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DSNurse - urgent update and action needed re Gulf War Vet advisory committee sept24-25 DC
 
August 14,2008


To All

I have settle on the hotel we will use it is the Harrington Hotel in DC at 11 and e street which is the closest and most affordable to the meeting site of the Hamilton Crown Plaza

The phone number is 1-888-424-8532 re speak with Judy and make your reservation NOW reference gulf war veterans ill DC event. You can also call 1-202-628-8140 and talk with Susan or Barbara.

I could not block rooms without a formal contract and paying total bill 2 weeks prior! They have double rooms re two beds so two people can share but they are in limited supply. I told you before SEPT is one of the busiest in DC!

The cost is 135. with tax is total 154.58. (That is about 72. a night each which is a good rate inside DC!!!!!). Parking car is extra of course. But this location will be the best for us and getting everyone to meeting and back in timely manner with all helping!

I am doing the best I can to be sure we all have rooms at an affordable and close in hotel to the meeting site for Sept 24-25.

I am trying to make further plans re getting a contract but I am worried about all of us being bedded down in same hotel. SO for now I need you to call and get a room re double that you will share with one of the others..........so team up in twos and make your room reservation. You will need a credit card to reserve the room.

I am still working to get donations to at least hopefully cover at least the hotel room cost to help you all. Will try to get that and more.

But again go to your local organization posts and ask them to help and commit to each of you to help you to do this!

EMail me at DSNurse1@yahoo.com comments or whatever.

Plus I still need more veterans to commit to making this meeting on Sept 24-25 VA Gulf WAR VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHICH IS THE PRIORITY !
http://gulfwarcouncil.com/gulf_war_rac_meetings_and_travel.htm

SIGN UP IF YOU ARE COMING or TRYING NOW and make your room reservation NOW

Sign up if you need assistance or not............and fill in comment section re if you are making your own plans or whatever but want to be counted in the group and do this together to help each other! WE need to know if you are coming even if you are going to make your own plans and stay with friends or whatever.......so that we can all be in touch with each other!

Checklist time:

1. Sign on form http://gulfwarcouncil.com/gulf_war_rac_meetings_and_travel.htm

2. Make room reservation

3. Make travel plan and reservation re car, bus, plane do it now

4. Work to inform others and get them to sign up (refer to http://gulfwarcouncil.com/saturday_july_26_update.htm)

Make the calls and get with your local veteran/civilian group to ask them to assist you GO TO THEIR MEETING..............

5. Print and post the flyers everywhere! http://gulfwarcouncil.com/flyers1.htm.

6. Start your two page written submission. I will help if you need someone to read and make suggestions etc....DSNurse1@yahoo.com
 
7.  Individuals wishing
to speak must register not later than September 17, 2008, by contacting Lelia
Jackson at (202) 461-5758 or by e-mail at
 
 
8.  If you are not going and want to teleconference in contact
Individuals wishing
to speak must register not later than September 17, 2008, by contacting Lelia
Jackson at (202) 461-5758 or by e-mail at  

 

 


I am proud of each of you that have made your commitment to represent not only yourself but your fellow veterans you served with and may not have even known!
Remember to make a list of suggestions for changes that are needed in VA Diagnosis, Care, Communication, benefits.....this is critical item we are hitting on!

Sincerely and With Respect

Denise
DSNurse1@yahoo.com
 
 
Federal Register: August 14, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 158)]
[Notices] [Page 47646-47647]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr14au08-68]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans; Notice of Meeting
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public Law 92-463
(Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Advisory Committee on Gulf War
Veterans will hold a meeting on September 24-25, 2008, at the Residence Inn by
Marriott, 1199 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.
The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice and recommendations to the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs on issues that are unique to veterans who
served in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the 1990-1991 period of
the Gulf War.
On September 24, the Committee will meet in open session from 8:30 a.m. to
12 noon. This session will focus on the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
with emphasis on the Gulf War Registry and outreach activities, a review of
the priority groups for health care enrollment, and a panel discussion on
clinical care research, guidelines and practices.
In the afternoon of September 24, the Committee will meet in closed session
at the Washington, DC VA Medical Center (VAMC). The Committee will be meeting
with clinicians and individual patients receiving services at the VAMC. The
session will be closed to protect the privacy of the patients and to minimize
possible interference with the delivery of medical services at the VAMC.
Closing the meeting is in compliance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6).
On September 25, the Committee will meet in open session from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. and will focus on activities by the Veterans Benefits Administration
(VBA), particularly those activities conducted by VBA's Compensation and
Pension Service. This will include discussions concerning the disability
compensation system, the chronology of VBA responses to Gulf War issues including
its actions responding to statutory changes, and VBA's outreach to Gulf War
veterans.
Public comments will be received on September 24, from 11:15 a.m. until
11:45 a.m. and on September 25, from 1 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. Individuals wishing
to speak must register not later than September 17, 2008, by contacting Lelia
Jackson at (202) 461-5758 or by e-mail at _lelia.jackson@..._
 
 

 , and by submitting 1-2 page
summaries of their comments for inclusion in the official record. Public comments
will be limited to five minutes each. A sign-in sheet will be available each
day. Members of the public may also submit written statements for the
Committee's review to the Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans, Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420.
Interested parties may also listen in by teleconferencing into the meeting.
The toll-free teleconference line will be open from 8:30 a.m. until 12 noon
on September 24 and from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. on September 25. To
register for the teleconference, contact Lelia Jackson at (202) 461-5758 or
 
 
.
Any member of the public seeking additional information should contact Laura
O'Shea, Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 461-5765.
Dated: August 6, 2008.
By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-18787 Filed 8-13-08; 8:45 am]
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