Missouri Advisory Council on Military Education
Coffee Chat Minutes
December 4, 2014
1. This was the first meeting of members held in this format and was facilitated through
WEBEx provided by the University of Missouri, Kansas City and Alexis Petri.
2. Missouri Military Preparedness and Enhancement Committee (MMPEC): Mr. Mike
Dunbar, MMPEC, was the guest for the Coffee Chat and provided a slide presentation on
what the MMPEC has been doing in the legislative arena. He stated that many of the
representatives and senators were fully behind the MMPEC to support the military units
and bases in Missouri under the fiscal restraints, sequestration, drawdowns, and the
possibility of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) processes. The slide presentation
includes What MMPEC is, Membership, Initial Assessment, Questions in Assessment,
Findings: DoD Economic Impact; Impact of bases on local communities and the state,
What needs to be done, and the conclusion. One of the key issues that was brought to the
forefront is that there is a great need for the MMPEC and that we (as the MoACME)
should have at least a liaison with the MMPEC for educational matters. Mr. Steve
Tupper is working on that process at this time. It was a great presentation and Mr.
Dunbar would like to have the liaison identified by the next meeting they have in
February. The slides are attached for your review.
3. Items provided by participants on the coffee chat:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
Use Military.Com as a resource for the organization.
Work on Marketing and Outreach needs to be strengthened.
Keep the committees – make them work; be persistent
Keep the website – make it the document repository rather than the operation chat site;
LinkedIn could still perform the ops/chat or some other shareware program.
Joe Bloomquist says find and tap the networks for VFW, AMVETS, Legion …
Do outreach to the legislature
Bill Elmore says hire some VA workstudy students to be the ACME staff. Even GI
Bill dependents with transferred benefits can be workstudies. Check to see if the VA
Regional Organizer will allow this.
Tie in our SVA chapters in Missouri
Roll call of those attending the CCME this month (Possibilities)
1. Joe Bloomquist, USCG ESO
2. Mike Bamber, (SLU)
3. Marie Fussell (UCMO)
4. Kristi Eckfeld (UCMO)
4.Shawn Moriatry (Park U)
5. Mike Lederle (CCIS)
6.Jennifer Boyt (CCIS)
7. Steve Tupper (Mo S&T)
8. Mike Seigel (CCIS)
9. Dale Buckingham (Park U)
10. Others that could not be captured during the call.
j. Explore the St Louis RAFFT
k. Joel Huerta wants to be part of a membership committee. He has spoken to Mike
Callan (Webster) who is the chair of the committee but it did not work due to
commitments. Now he would like to reengage in this process. He is tied into many
organizations and wants to assist in any way possible. Joel has an MHA, USCG
Veteran National Defense Liaison- Missouri, Oklahoma University of Phoenix. He is
quite busy.
l. Discussion on the Goals and the Calendar for the year were discussed to a degree and
are (attached):
1. Become a credible voice of academia to state officials
2. Conduct periodic meeting
3. Transition ACME to a sustainable structure and operating architecture
m. The meeting schedule for the year was also discussed and is attached.
4. Next meeting will be at the CCME meeting in Anaheim, California with a presentation to
be delivered by Dale Buckingham, Steve Tupper, and Mike Siegel who will be in
attendance.
5. Next Coffee Chat is scheduled for April 30, 2015 and we would like to have as many
members as possible on the discussion.
Respectfully Submitted,
Dale E. Buckingham
Mo ACME Secretary