Military Officer - July 2007 - (Page 46)

chapteractivities On Our Way T his month’s column marks seven months since I became director of the Council and Chapter Affairs Department. It’s been nonstop since day one, and I’d like to take a moment to reﬂect on what we’ve been able to accomplish. Back in February my deputy, Col. Barry Wright, USA-Ret., and I met with our Council and Chapter Affairs Committee to map out where we needed to go in the next several years by looking at the strategic plan and speciﬁc goals for MOAA’s chapter system. We’ve since had a great Council Presidents’ Seminar in Washington, D.C., capped off with the annual communications awards; completed a successful pilot of a new of MOAA’s Web Base; nearly completed work on a new online chapter ofﬁcers form; and made signiﬁcant progress on an automation upgrade to the chapter roster system. Our “Give Me 10!” recruiting program for 2007 continues well ahead of last year, and we are making improvements to it even in midyear. Our next signature event is the 2007 Chapter Presidents’ Symposium in Dallas, Oct. 5-7. We are working hard to make this the best symposium yet. MOAA’s leaders and selected board members will converge in Dallas with council and chapter leaders from 12 Midwestern states for three days of workshops, seminars, and discussion forums, gaining an understanding that we’re all working toward the same goal. You can see we’re on our way to something good — won’t you join us? — Col. Lee Lange II, USMC-Ret. Director, Council and Chapter Affairs 3 2 Field Reports Council and Chapter Leaders Storm Capitol Hill leadership workshop in California; and are deep into planning for the next Chapter Presidents’ Symposium. We also have a new chapter in Missouri, and we successfully “rescued” another in North Carolina. By the time you read this, we’ll have launched an electronic chapter newsletter, Call to Action; made major changes to the chapters’ area 46 MILITARY OFFICER J U LY 2 0 0 7 W hen it comes to passing legislation, nothing is more effective than talking face-to-face with your elected representatives or a key member of their staff. Council and chapter leaders from all 50 states and Puerto Rico were able to do just that during MOAA’s Council and Chapter Presidents’ Seminar, held April 16-19 in Alexandria, Va. Council and chapter 1 1. MOAA President Vice Adm. Norb Ryan Jr., USN-Ret., speaks with an attendee. 2. Lt. Col. Fred Edwards Jr., USMC-Ret., left, of MOAA’s board of directors (BoD), presents a communications award to Maj. Bob Posley, USA-Ret., KenPHOTOS: STEVE BARRETT

Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Military Officer - July 2007

Military Officer - July 2007 Contents From the Editor From the President Your Views MOAA Directory Rapid Fire Washington Scene Financial Forum Ask the Doctor Chapter Activities Cover Story: In Focus After the Kim Dynasty Animal House Paying Tribute MOAA Member Services Pages of History Faces of MOAA Information Exchange Advertising Index MOAA Scholarship Donors MOAA Calendar Sounding Taps Encore

Military Officer - July 2007

For optimal viewing of this digital publication, please enable JavaScript and then refresh the page. If you would like to try to load the digital publication without using Flash Player detection, please click here.