Happy New Year!
Newsletter Mailing Crew Transition
Last month, there was a new group of volunteers who answered the call to help us continue the monthly newsletter mailing. Those names for this first month transition are noted in the customary listing of Mailing Crew. (Apologies if I missed anyone.)
There were only a few hiccups for the first work party for the new group, largely because a delay in the newsletter printing caused a change of day for the Mail Crew. I hope some of the folks who couldn’t make it last month, will help in the future.
If you are on our email list, you probably saw the email notification for this mailing. We are now back doing the mailing at the Memorial Hall, and we will be publishing the schedule for the year either on our website or by email — perhaps before you see this hard copy newsletter.
Again, many thanks to Paul Murakami and his crew for all the years they made sure the hard copy newsletter got published and mailed.
Board and Officer Nominations and Election
As you’ll note on the calendar in this issue, we will have the Annual Membership Meeting for both the Nisei Veterans Committee and the NVC Foundation on the last Friday in February at 7:00 pm at NVC Memorial Hall. Please plan to be there for the meeting and to vote for this next year’s officers and board for both organizations and get an update on activities.
The current slate of nominations for the NVC Officers and Board include all the current officers and at-large members with two additional at-large nominations for the Board: John Ikeda and Josh Ishibashi. (See below for a list of all nominees.)
If you are an NVC member and have additional nominations, please notify us by sending the nomination to info@seattlenvc.org before our next Executive Committee Meeting on February 4th with information on the individual. Anyone nominated must be an NVC member in good standing.
Nominations for 2025-2026 NVC Officers and Board
Commander – Dale Watanabe
Vice Commander – Lt Col Michael J. Yaguchi, USAF (Ret)
Recording Secretary – COL Kay Wakatake, USA (Ret)
Corresponding Secretary – Shiz Kaku
Treasurer – PJ Sugamura
Past Commanders (Not Elected) – Dale Kaku (veteran)
Members At Large (Up to seven):
Scott Kushino (veteran)
Frank Kiuchi (veteran)
Lt Col Bill Wright, USAF (Ret)
Jay Deguchi, NVC Foundation President
John Ikeda
Josh Ishibashi