MISSISSIPPI COUNCIL OF CHAPTERS (MCOC)
STATE CONVENTION
NOVEMBER 1-4, 2003
Isle of Capri Resort, 151 Beach Blvd, (Hwy 90E) at Point Cadet, Biloxi MS

AGENDA
Saturday - November 1
12:00-17:30 Early Bird Special: Tour Guide Services. Bus pick up at Isle of
Capri Resort. Visit Beauvoir, Shrimp Tour, Peter Anderson Art
Festival and St. Michael's Catholic Church.

Sunday - November 2
18:00-21:00 Seafood Feast. Keesler Air Force Base Marina Park Pavilion.

Monday - November 3
09:00-10-00 Registration: Pickup name tags and Convention Agenda Booklet

10:00-11:30 Call to order: Master of Ceremonies, Lt. Col. Dick Wilson, USAF
(Ret.), President, Mississippi Coast Military Officers
Association.

Invocation: Mississippi Coast Chapter Chaplain, Lt. Col. Thomas
Forsythe, USAF (Ret.)

Pledge of Allegiance: MOC

Opening remarks/ Introduction of Speakers: MOC

Welcome: Lt. Col. Johnny Thompson, USAF (Ret.) President,
Mississippi Council of Chapters

Welcome to the City of Biloxi: Mayor A.J. Holloway

Welcome: Brig. Gen. (P) Michael W. Peterson, Commander, 81st
Training Wing, Keesler AFB.

11:30-12:15 Business Lunch-Buffet

12:15-13:00 Guest Speaker: The Honorable Gene Taylor, U.S. Congress.

13:00-13:15 Break

13:15-14:30 MOAA Speaker: Col. Ed Carwise, USAF (Ret.), Director of
Information Technology MOAA, Alexandria, VA.

14:30-18:00 Free Time

18:00-18:30 No host social at Isle of Capri Resort, Saints Room (Also evening
banquet room)

BANQUET CEREMONIES
Saints Room

18:30 Call to Order: Master of Ceremonies, Lt. Col. Dick Wilson, USAF
(Ret.)

Posting of the Colors: Keesler AFB Color Guard

Pledge of Allegiance: MOC

National Anthem: CMSgt. Chris Moore, USAF (Ret.)

Invocation: Missississi Coast Chapter Chaplain Lt. Col. Thomas
Forsythe USAF (Ret.)

Opening remarks, introduction of head table and special guest: MOC

Dinner

19:45 Break

20:00 "A Salute to the Tuskegee Airmen" (With a special tribute
to members from Mississippi and the surrounding area)

Remarks: Colonel Lawrence Roberts, USAF (Ret.) (an original
Tuskegee Airman)

21:00 Closing Remarks

Tuesday, November 4

7:00-09:00 Free Breakfast Buffet (only for hotel guest), Calypso Room, 1st Floor

9:30-13:30 Golf Tournament (Gulf Hills Golf Course, Ocean Springs, MS)

Note: Dress for the Monday evening banquet will be coat and tie. All
other events will be casual.