Check the Calendar for events on Memorial Day and others happening in May.
Election Reports
As soon as your elections are concluded, please prepare and submit your election reports online to National with copies to District. Election reports online are forwarded directly to Department by National. If you are old school and prepare the reports manually, then copies must be submitted both to Department and District.
Installation of Officers
There is a requirement that the installing officer review the DD-214’s of the incoming officers. Over the years there have been several instances where individuals were installed and later found to be ineligible. Had procedures been followed, that would have never happened. Bottom line, please have a folder available for the installing officer to review prior to the meeting.
Gold Bar Auxiliary Changing May’s Meeting Date
Here is a note I received from Arden
“we are postponing our meeting from the first Thursday to the third Thursday, May 21st.I’m going to be on vacation and the ladies don’t want to have our installation without me.How nice!!!!Hope to see you at the breakfast on the 21st of March.”
Hope your vacation is a good one.
Please note that that is the May meeting—Not April.
Post 8870 Moves Date & Time of Meeting
Post 8870 voted to move its monthly meeting from noon on the second Friday of the month to a 6PM meeting on the third Tuesday of the month. The meetings will continue to be held at the American Legion Hall. A light meal will be served at 5:15PM and the business meeting will commence at 6PM. The reason for the move is to allow the younger veterans (and a lot of older veterans, too) who are still working to attend the meetings. Arrangements will be made to assist those comrades who cannot drive in the dark.
Delegate Fees
There are a couple of fees each Post has to pay in the next month. First, Department will be sending you a State Delegate Fee based on your Post membership on April 15th. The fee is $6 per delegate and delegates are computed on one per thirty member plus one for the Commander.
The second fee is for the National Convention. A minimum of one delegate fee of $25 must be paid plus an additional $10 for each delegate attending the Convention. Please make sure your QM is on top of these payments.
2016 Essay Themes
Department announced that next year’s youth essay theme will be
“Why is America My Favorite Country?”
National has also announced their themes. They are:
Themes for Voice of Democracy are “My Vision for America” while the Patriots Pen theme will be “What Freedom Means to Me”.
It’s not too early to let your teachers and schools know the themes so they can build them into their curriculum for next year.
Tally Reports
Post | 921 | 1040 | 1561 | 2100 | 2554 | 7511 | 8870 | 9417 | |
Bylaws | 8/2/13 | See individual post page | |||||||
Articles | X | 11/4/13 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Insp. | 1/10 | 10/14 | 10/2 | 10/7 | 10/21 | 10/9 | 11/13 | 11/14 | 11/29 |
990’s | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | EXT | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Audit |
Jun | 7/30 | 7/7 | 7/8 | 10/14 | 8/18 | 9/17 | 7/15 | 7/22 |
Sep | 10/30 | 10/6 | 10/8 | 10/22 | 11/14 | 12/15 | 10/14 | 11/3 | |
Dec | 1/20 | 1/14 | 1/9 | 2/10 | 2/13 | 1/20 | 2/16 | 3/23 | |
C.S.R. | Post | 921 | 1040 | 1561 | 2100 | 2554 | 7511 | 8870 | 9417 |
May | 5/30 | 6/2 | 11/5 | 6/13 | 7/9 | 9/15 | 6/3 | 7/28 | |
Jun | 6/30 | 7/7 | 7/14 | 7/7 | 8/10 | 9/15 | 6/24 | 7/28 | |
Jul | 7/30 | 8/5 | 8/10 | 8/10 | 8/10 | 9/15 | 7/30 | 8/8 | |
Aug | 8/28 | 9/5 | 9/11 | 9/5 | 10/20 | 9/15 | 9/3 | 9/12 | |
Sep | 10/6 | 10/3 | 10/14 | 10/6 | 10/20 | 10/9 | 9/26 | 10/14 | |
Oct | 10/30 | 11/7 | 11/12 | 11/6 | 11/17 | 11/13 | 10/27 | 11/5 | |
Nov | 12/11 | 12/5 | 1/13 | 12/15 | 1/8 | 1/6 | 12/30 | 12/12 | |
Dec | 1/2 | 12/31 | 1/13 | 1/13 | 1/13 | 1/6 | 12/30 | 1/22 | |
Jan | 1/29 | 2/6 | 2/10 | 2/16 | 2/20 | 2/9 | 1/27 | 2/16 | |
Feb | 3/4 | 3/5 | 3/4 | 3/18 | 3/12 | 2/17 | 3/9 | ||
Hospital Report | Post | 921 | 1040 | 1561 | 2100 | 2554 | 7511 | 8870 | 9417 |
May | 5/30 | 6/2 | MIA | 6/13 | 7/9 | 9/15 | 6/3 | 7/31 | |
Jun | 6/30 | 7/7 | 7/14 | 7/7 | 8/10 | 9/15 | 6/3 | 7/31 | |
Jul | 7/30 | 8/5 | 8/10 | 8/10 | 8/10 | 9/15 | 7/30 | 8/8 | |
Aug | 8/28 | 9/5 | 9/11 | 9/5 | MIA | 9/15 | 9/3 | 9/12 | |
Sep | 10/30 | 10/3 | 10/14 | 10/6 | 11/3 | 10/6 | 9/29 | 10/14 | |
Oct | 10/30 | 11/7 | 11/12 | 11/6 | 11/17 | 11/13 | 10/27 | 11/5 | |
Nov | 12/11 | 12/5 | 1/13 | 12/15 | 2/13 | 1/6 | 12/3 | 12/12 | |
Dec | 1/2 | 12/31 | 1/13 | 1/13 | 1/13 | 1/6 | 12/30 | 1/22 | |
Jan | 1/29 | 2/6 | 2/10 | 2/16 | 2/20 | 2/9 | 1/27 | 2/16 | |
Feb | 3/4 | 3/5 | 3/4 | 3/18 | 3/12 | 3/9 | |||
Chaplain’s Report | Post | 921 | 1040 | 1561 | 2100 | 2554 | 7511 | 8870 | 9417 |
May | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
Jun | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Jul | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Aug | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Sep | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
Oct | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
Nov | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
Dec | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
Jan | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
Feb | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Post | 921 | 1040 | 1561 | 2100 | 2554 | 7511 | 8870 | 9417 | |
Bonds | 5K/ 3K |
100K/ 3K |
60K/ 3K |
90K/ 3K |
30K/ 3K |
90K/ 5K |
15K/ 3K |
30K/ 30K |
10K/ 8K |
Club Bonds | 3K | ||||||||
Poppies | 2K | 1.5K | 10K | 2K | 1K | 500 | 5K | 500 |
Auxiliary Membership Statistics
Post |
Life |
New |
Re-inst. |
Cont. |
Total |
Prior |
% |
921 |
26 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
35 |
38 |
92.11 |
1040 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
40 |
52 |
76.92 |
1561 |
29 |
1 |
0 |
35 |
65 |
71 |
91.55 |
2100 |
111 |
7 |
6 |
50 |
174 |
169 |
102.96 |
2554 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
23 |
24 |
95.83 |
7511 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
20 |
65.00 |
8870 |
21 |
5 |
0 |
7 |
33 |
32 |
103.13 |
9417 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
35 |
43 |
81.40 |
Totals |
257 |
16 |
6 |
139 |
418 |
449 |
93.10 |
Post Membership Statistics
Post |
Life |
New |
Re- |
Cont. |
Total |
Adj. |
% |
N/R |
Prior |
Reten- |
921 |
58 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
66 |
63 |
104.76 |
0 |
6 |
66.67 |
1040 |
196 |
8 |
2 |
63 |
269 |
291 |
92.43 |
1 |
90 |
68.89 |
1561 |
108 |
2 |
0 |
33 |
143 |
155 |
92.25 |
0 |
53 |
75.47 |
2100 |
697 |
11 |
4 |
56 |
768 |
792 |
96.96 |
6 |
81 |
75.31 |
2554 |
31 |
5 |
0 |
6 |
42 |
34 |
123.52 |
0 |
9 |
55.56 |
7511 |
33 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
38 |
38 |
100.00 |
0 |
6 |
66.67 |
8870 |
145 |
6 |
1 |
38 |
190 |
211 |
90.04 |
1 |
58 |
70.69 |
9417 |
51 |
2 |
1 |
14 |
68 |
67 |
101.49 |
0 |
14 |
100.00 |
Totals |
1319 |
36 |
9 |
220 |
1584 |
1651 |
95.94 |
8 |
Post & Auxiliary Meetings
Same time and place unless indicated below. See the listing from the links on left sidebar.
If you change the date or time of your meeting, please let both District and Department know of the change.
Edmonds Post #8870
Meeting Date: 3rd Tuesday– 6:00 PM (Dinner at 5:15PM);
Auxiliary will continue to meet the 2nd Friday at the Edmonds Senior Center-Lunch 11:45AM-Meeting at 12:30
Veteran of the Year
Recommendations for Veteran of the Year must be to Department no later than April 1st. The written recommendation must be no longer than 300 words long. For further information, you may contact John Beam at fuzzyface@frontier.com or call him at 425-486-3637.
White Hats
It is getting to that time of year to evaluate the various requirements to earn a White Hat and where you stand in the process. Of course, if your membership won’t be 100%, you can skip to the next article regardless of your Post’s achievements. However, if you have achieved 100%, make sure your “i’s” and “t’s” are dotted and crossed. Last year we had a Post who should have received a White Hat but the various Community Service Reports omitted some important information such as participation in various VFW programs. Make sure that you go through the requirements for a White Hat and that your paperwork is in order.