Board Meetings
The Board normally meets on the last Tuesday of each month at a local restaurant. Each The Board normally meets the last Tuesday of each month at a local restaurant. Each Houston Area MOAA member is invited and encouraged to attend. An invitation notifying the Board and chapter members with the exact time, location, agenda and financial report is emailed prior to the meeting. The Board reviews it previous month’s minutes and financial report and approves expenditures for the upcoming month. It also considers issues important, and if necessary, approves appropriate actions. The decisions made at the board meetings are reported to the membership at the monthly member luncheons.
If you would like to learn more about the Board, please contact one of the board officers. Their contact information is located in the About Us tab.
Monthly Luncheon Meetings
The Chapter conducts a monthly member luncheon meeting to present issues and topics of general interest to our members. The Chapter provides updated continuing education concerning the military’s changes to policy, priorities, service member benefits, local military affairs, organizational restructuring, surviving spouse policy initiatives and MOAA National activities, among others. The Chapter also hosts a guest speaker that provides information pertinent to our members, active, former and retired, and their spouses. Normally the meetings are conducted the last Saturday of the month and have taken place at local restaurants, museums or other facilities that have interest to our military community. For example, we have met at the Buffalo Soldiers Museum and the Lone Star Flight Museum and have hosted guest speakers, including the Ukrainian Counsel, a military attaché, a NASA Flight Operations Director, our Surviving Spouse MOAA National Liaison, the Commander of the Coast Guard’s Houston Area Maritime and Security team, among other notable speakers.
UPCOMING 2024 Monthly Member Meetings (Normally conducted on the last Saturday of each month.)
April 2024:
May 2024:
December 2024: Normally this is the Annual membership meeting and the Board officers for the following calendar year will be voted upon.
Everyone is invited to attend the Monthly Luncheon Meetings. If you are interested and would liek to make a reservation or learn more, please contact Rob Ritchie, MOAA-HA President at XXXXX.
OTHER EVENTS
To enhance its outreach and education efforts, MOAA-Houston Area emmbers participated in:
Vietnam Combat Veterans Memorial commemoration at the Houston Veterans Memorial Park
Vietnam Memorial Wall Display
The Impact A Hero’s fund raising events, including its Over-The-Edge event, its annual golf tournament and its Legacy of Freedom Gala
Annual tributes during Memorial Day services at the Houston National Cemetery
The Houston Military Affairs Committee (HMAC) Annual Military Ball and Houston’s Veterans Breakfast and parade