Military Officer - June 2006 - (Page 44)

chapteractivities Greater St. Louis Chapter Vice PresiU.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) dent Robert Coolidge, USMC-Ret. spoke about a bill he’s sponsoring Like many other MOAA chapthat would authorize the secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility ters, Greater St. Louis is facing some signiﬁcant challenges, including an of designating the Soldiers’ Memoaging membership, a lack of interest rial Military Museum in St. Louis in holding an ofﬁce in the chapter, as a federal monument. Next, Col. Jerry Bowen, USA-Ret., and decreasing member participation. Despite these challenges, it rea member of the Northeast Arkansas ceived a ﬁve-star Level Chapter and national of Excellence award MOAA’s board of directors, gave members The Greater last year, indicating it is one of the association’s some recruiting tips St. Louis top-notch chapters. they could use during Chapter has In the past two the 2006 Give Me 10! years, the chapter has recruiting campaign, many active improved its newsletter which challenges auxiliary and Web site (www each of MOAA’s 415 members. .stlouismoaa.com), chapters to recruit 10 stepped up its political new members. During activism, and expanded last year’s Give Me its personal affairs committee. Mem10! campaign, the Northeast Arkanbers also support 12 Junior ROTC sas Chapter recruited 63 members units and ﬁve ROTC units and con— more than any other chapter that tribute to national MOAA’s scholarparticipated. ship fund and local United Service While in St. Louis, Bowen also Organizations. participated in a meeting of the MisThe 319-member Greater St. Louis souri Council of Chapters, which Chapter has auxiliary members who was led by President CWO4 Harare active as well. Currently, ﬁve auxold Fales, USN-Ret. The meeting iliary members either hold an elected brought together council members, ofﬁce or have been appointed to head including several ofﬁcers from the one of the chapter’s 12 committees. Greater St. Louis Chapter, and the leaders of several other military and veterans’ organizations and gave Rattlesnake (Idaho) them an opportunity to meet Maj. Chapter Reaches Out Gen. King Sidwell, USA, adjutant general for Missouri. OAA’s Chief Financial “Most of our discussions revolved Ofﬁcer Col. Glenn Zauber, around the Guard and Reserve and USAF-Ret., and his wife, what we could do to get them more June, were guests of honor at the involved in our organization,” says Rattlesnake (Idaho) Chapter’s quarterly banquet, held March 9. ON THE WEB During his speech, Zauber outlined pending legislative issues that ■ The Give Me 10! membership campaign keeps bringing in new faces. Go to could affect military members and www.moaa.org/giveme10 for more details their families. He also encouraged and to enroll your chapter in the contest. members to contact their congressional representatives and voice their opposition to a proposed TRICARE fee hike that would raise health care costs. The Rattlesnake Chapter, near Mountain Home AFB and formerly called the Mountain Home ChapCapt. Andrea Vinyard, USAF, is the Rattlesnake Chapter’s Officer of the Year. ter, has 40 members. According to chapter President Lt. Col. Roger Fogleman, USAF-Ret., the chapter is working hard to recruit new members and is participating in the 2006 Give Me 10! recruiting campaign. “We’re trying as much as possible to get active duty members from Mountain Home AFB to join the chapter, but it’s difﬁcult right now due to the high ops tempo,” notes Fogelman. Two years ago, chapter members began reaching out to active duty members at the base by presenting one company grade ofﬁcer with the MOAA Rattlesnake Chapter Ofﬁcer of the Year award. Capt. Andrea Vinyard, USAF, received last year’s award, beating out seven other nominees from the 366th Fighter Wing. Earlier this year, chapter members hosted a banquet that brought together the leaders of every military organization in the area. The event marked the ﬁrst time these organizations had met as a group, and chapter members are planning to host another banquet next year. MO — Contributors are Col. Chris Giaimo, USAF-Ret., director; Col. Jim Pauls, USAF-Ret., deputy director, Council and Chapter Affairs; and Kris Ann Hegle. For submission information, see page 16. M 44 MILITARY OFFICER JUNE 2006 http://www.stlouismoaa.com http://www.stlouismoaa.com http://www.moaa.org/giveme10

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Military Officer - June 2006

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