Marine Corps League Department of Indiana

From: Commandant Dave Englert, Department of Indiana

Subject: Officer’s Report; 2012 National Convention

1. Membership: The Department of Indiana has total membership of 2,558 members in 26 detachments

organized into 10 Districts. This is an increase of 39 members since last quarter and an increase of four

detachments since last Convention. Unpaid Regular membership stands at 170 which is an improvement of 21

since last quarter. This continues a trend of improvement which has stood over the course of 3 years.

a. Contributing factors to improvement. 1) The Department continues to reap the dividends from

reorganizing and redefining the mission of our District Vice Commandants. Changing their focus from

gathering reports from their respective detachments to being responsible for recruitment of new detachments

and membership as well as providing supportive tools to their detachments has been extremely beneficial. 2)

Communication between detachments and Department as well as between detachments has continued to

improve.

b. Factors hindering improvement. 1) Dues notices from National would be more helpful if sent 45-30

days prior to due date as a reminder rather than as a delinquency notice. 2) Not having the ability to pay online

is a hindrance, especially with younger Marines. The Marine Corps League is the only veteran’s organization

that I belong to that does not have an online payment system. 3) Membership rosters provided are “after the

fact” devices. Transition to the new database is past due.

c. Delinquent list. The Department has assisted detachments in need of or requesting help. This has

included Department Staff visits, mail outs to individual detachment members from the department, and

advice/training on developing an internal database system.

2. Marine For Life: The Department does have a Marine For Life Chairman whom is in constant contact with

the USMC M4L Coordinator for Indiana. The USMC M4L Coordinator, Major Christy has enjoyed a speaking

role at the last several conventions and conferences.

3. Professional Development Program: The Department of Indiana has been not only a user of the PDP, but

has provided input and material for it. The PDP is still in a highly dynamic state as new information has been

included. Portions of the PDP are scheduled into our conference agendas.

4. Marine Foundation: The Department of Indiana has a fully funded Foundation that is used to assist

members in need.

5. How we track? The Department of Indiana uses a “stop-light” chart similar in concept to a Commander’s

Decision Chart in use by Joint Forces Commands. This has aided in keeping the Department Commandant

abreast of status and serves as an informational tool for Detachment Commandants. Copy attached.

Respectfully submitted

Dave Englert

Commandant

Department of Indiana