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chapteractivities four councils and one independent chapter that recruited the most new members between July 1 and Sept. 30. A third and ﬁnal set of awards will be presented in January 2008 for the period spanning Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2007. Bringing in new members is critical to keeping MOAA’s One Powerful Voice® as effective as it always has been. National MOAA is challenging each of its more than 400 chapters to recruit at least 10 new members by Dec. 31. Now is the time to ramp up your recruiting efforts. To see how your council or chapter is doing, visit the Give Me 10! Web site at www.moaa.org/ givemeten and click on Give Me 10! Recruitment Tracking. USMC-Ret., and his wife, Janet. Ryan outlined MOAA’s legislative objectives for the coming year, thanked council members for their hard work, and presented awards to the state council and chapters that placed during MOAA’s annual Communications Awards Contest, which recognizes councils and chapters MOAA President Vice Adm. Norb that have outstanding newsletters, Ryan Jr., USN-Ret., at left, and his e-newsletters, and Web sites. wife, Judy, join Col. Edward M. BradThe Kingdom of the Sun Chapford, USA-Ret. ter was recognized for having the largest increase in its membership in the past year, and the Lee Coast The Florida Council of Chapters Chapter was recognized for having also held a memorial service to the largest percentage increase in honor chapter and council memits membership. The St. Petersburg bers who passed away during the Area Chapter received two awards previous year. — one for having the most members The Cape Canaveral Chapter at the convention and another for will host the next Florida Council having the greatest percentage of of Chapters Convention May 2-4, its members attend. 2008, at the Hilton “We passed several Cocoa Beach Oceanbylaw changes that will front Hotel in Cocoa The conhave far-reaching efBeach, Fla. (More infects on how our counformation about the vention is cil does business in the upcoming convention being [refuture,” says Florida available in scheduled] will beissues of Call to Council of Chapters future so more President Capt. Bill Action, MOAA’s new Monk, USN-Ret. active duty electronic newsletter One bylaw change and second for chapter and council members approved will members and leaders. -career allow each chapter to To subscribe to Call officers can to Action, visit www cast one absentee ballot attend. when voting on council .moaa.org/email.) Acissues. Each council ofﬁcording to Monk, the cer’s area of responsibilschedule has been ity also was formalized. shortened and the Members elected new ofﬁcers, convention is being held over the and Col. Troy Scott, ARNG-Ret., weekend so more active duty and was reelected to serve as the counsecond-career ofﬁcers can attend. MO cil’s vice president. Lt. Col. Allen — Contributors are Col. Lee Lange II, DeGraw, USA-Ret.; Col. Bob BachUSMC-Ret., director; Col. Barry Wright, man, USA-Ret.; and Cmdr. Victor USA-Ret., deputy director, Council and Wood Jr., USNR-Ret., also were Chapter Affairs; and Kris Ann Hegle. For submission information, see page 24. elected as area vice presidents. Florida Council Hosts a Convention at Sea C onventions don’t have to be boring. Just ask the 140 chapter members and spouses who attended the Florida Council of Chapters’ Convention at Sea May 10-14. Members of the Northeast Florida Chapter hosted the convention, which saw chapter members set sail from Jacksonville, Fla., aboard Carnival Cruise Lines’ Celebration and stop at Freeport and Nassau in the Bahamas before returning home. MOAA President Vice Adm. Norb Ryan Jr., USN-Ret., and his wife, Judy, attended the event, along with MOAA’s Council and Chapter Affairs Director Col. Lee Lange II, ON THE WEB ■ Want to join an MOAA chapter but don’t know where to find one? Go to www.moaa.org/chapters/locator to find the chapter nearest you. 54 MILITARY OFFICER SEPTEMBER 2007 http://www.moaa.org/givemeten http://www.moaa.org/givemeten http://www.moaa.org/email http://www.moaa.org/email http://www.moaa.org/chapters/locator

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Military Officer - September 2007 Contents From the Editor From the President Your Views MOAA Directory Rapid Fire Washington Scene Financial Forum Ask the Doctor Chapter Activities Plan for Your Future At Home in a High-Rise Lone Star Living Common Ground Insert: Community Source Cover Story: Waging War on Disease More Than Beaches MOAA Scholarship Donors Pages of History Faces of MOAA Information Exchange Advertising Index MOAA Calendar Sounding Taps MOAA Member Services Encore

Military Officer - September 2007

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