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chapteractivities focusing on their challenges in these areas, participants developed a set of recommendations, which they shared at the closing session. This year MOAA’s Council and Chapter Affairs Department added The Give Me 10! recruiting drive ends Dec. 31. The names of the chapters that a leadership workshop for incoming have recruited the most new members will be tabulated in January, and the chapter presidents. Members of the results will be announced in February. MOAA is holding a sweepstakes drawboard and national staff covered key ing and giving prizes to the top recruiter and one lucky new member. issues ranging from how to launch Several new recruiting incentives went into effect Sept. 1: Chapters now can an effective grassroots legislative offer active duty or currently serving Guard or Reserve officers a free, onecampaign to how auxiliary members year membership in national MOAA and receive credit support local chapters. for that recruitment under the Give Me 10! program. Another new aspect of the sym(Please continue to use the Give Me 10! membership posium reﬂected a growing interest enrollment cards that were provided, and write “Free/ Active Duty” next to the Method of Payment line.) in council and chapter communicaFor more information about the campaign and new tions. Military Ofﬁcer Contributing recruiting incentives, visit MOAA’s Web site, www.moaa Editor Kris Ann Hegle led a dynamic session detailing professional tips .org/givemeten. Remember, time is running out to earn money for your chapter and help national MOAA! and strategies to improve newsletters and Web sites. Hegle used existing council and chapter publications wounded servicemembers who are In the general sessions, represento demonstrate effective approaches tatives from MOAA’s member servic- being treated at the James A. Haley to using these outlets to achieve a VA Medical Center in Tampa. Deles, marketing, and career transition wide variety of goals, from recruitegates also heard presentations from departments brought participants ing and retaining members to inseveral vendors, including Garrett up-to-date on their creasing participation Planning Network, MOAA Vacations, aims and resources. within chapters. and Genworth. Members of the AuxilThe symposium Chapter Targeted seminars for both periary Member Advisory offered many other leaders also Committee promoted sonal affairs ofﬁcers and members’ informative sessions reviewed spouses gave these groups insight the new handbook as well, giving council into the resources available to them MOAA has created and chapter leaders key legislathrough national MOAA. After idenfor surviving spouses; fresh perspectives on tive goals tifying and discussing best practices, chapter leaders also recruiting and retenfor 2006. personal affairs ofﬁcers shared their reviewed key legislation, leadership suctive goals for 2006 and ﬁndings and recommendations with cession matters, and delegates at the closing session. learned about more resources for estabNext year’s Chapter Presidents’ family readiness and support initialishing new chapters. A representaSymposium, which will be held Oct. tives MOAA has undertaken. tive for the National Committee for 5-7 in Dallas, will bring together Capt. Bob Silah, USN-Ret., presiEmployer Support of the Guard and chapter leaders from throughout dent of the Tampa (Fla.) Chapter, Reserve also spoke. the Midwest. MO briefed delegates about his chapter’s ON THE WEB award-winning community service — Contributors are Col. Chris Giaimo, project, Operation Helping Hand. ■ Want to join an MOAA chapter USAF-Ret., director; Col. Lee Lange II, but don’t know where to find one? Go to The project, which has received USMC-Ret., deputy director, Council and www.moaa.org/chapters/locator.asp to find two Newman’s Own awards, started Chapter Affairs; and Kris Ann Hegle. For the chapter nearest you. submission information, see page 18. in 2004 and assists the families of 2006 “Give Me 10!” Campaign Coming to a Conclusion 52 MILITARY OFFICER DECEMBER 2006 ILLUSTRATION: IMAGES.COM/CORBIS http://www.moaa.org/givemeten http://www.moaa.org/givemeten http://www.moaa.org/chapters/locator.asp http://IMAGES.COM/CORBIS

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