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HEADQUARTERS

DEPARTMENT OF MISSOURIVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE U.S., INC

GENERAL ORDERS NO. 12

Series 2011-2012 June 2012(To be read or distributed at a regular Post meeting and filed)

1. The 2012 Department Convention will be held at the Holiday Inn Select, Columbia, Missouri,

June 7 June 10, 2012. Hospitality rooms information has been mailed to District Quartermasters.Individual room reservation form for the Holiday Inn Select is being sent out with theseGeneral Orders.

2. A meeting of the Council of Administration will be held in the Holiday Inn Select at 5:00 p.m. onThursday, June 7, in the Windsor IV room. All business of the current administration will beconcluded at that time.

3. All Department Officers, District Commanders, and Committee Chairmen are reminded that theyare to submit a written report to the State Adjutant covering their activities of the past year. Thisreport may be forwarded directly to Department Headquarters or given to the State Adjutant afterarrival at the Convention. These reports will be made an official part of the Convention minutes. This

report should be concise and cover the highlights of the 2011 - 2012 year.

4. Department VFW Officers and Ladies Auxiliary Officers are scheduled to be installed in a jointinstallation ceremony on Saturday, June 9 at 5:30 PM. All Department Officers and newly electedDistrict Commanders should plan to participate. Dress code will be Blues and Grays. Familymembers and guests are welcome.

5. All District Commanders are requested to be available to participate in the Memorial Serviceduring the Joint opening of the Convention on Friday, June 8. Please plan to attend or assign analternate.

6. Attention is called to Section 213, National By-laws, which covers arrearages for financial and

other obligations. This includes failure to register a delegate to the 2012 National Convention or anyother Department arrears. All Post Quartermasters were sent paperwork explaining the amount ofDepartment delegate fees due for their Post on May 7, 2012. Arrearages on the District level arecovered in Section 420 of the Manual. Posts in arrearages, failing to submit ALL (4) Post Auditreports for the 2011-2012 year or submit an election report for the ensuing year will not beallowed to vote at the Department Convention.

7. National Headquarters has not received the Report of Election of Post Officers from several Posts.Completion and submittal of the Report of Election is the responsibility of the current PostQuartermaster. If the Post has not held an election of Post Officers, as required by the National By-Laws, the Post Commander should immediately call a meeting of the Post for that purpose. It is veryimportant that each Post submit a Report of Election as it contains information vital to the operation of

the National and Department Headquarters. Unless the report is received, Post Officers will not beon the various mailing lists.

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8. Newly elected District and Post Officers do not assume their duties until June 10, 2012.

9. The 113th VFW National Convention will be held in Reno, Nevada, during the week of July 21 25, 2012. Missouri has been assigned to the Peppermill Hotel. Registration opened on February13. The Passkey housing system will be used again this year. Reservations may be made by mail,fax (do not mail if faxing) or via the internet through the convention web site located at www.vfw.org .(Housing form attached)

10. Delegates to the National Convention should be elected at the last meeting in June; one delegateand one alternate for each thirty members or fraction thereof in good standing in the Post at the timeof election.

11. Pursuant to Article II, Section 222, paragraph (d), subparagraph 4 of the National By-Laws andManual of Procedures, all Posts are required to register and pay for at least one delegate to theNational Convention whether or not anyone from the Post will be attending. Forms were mailed out inearly March. Failure to register a delegate could subject your post to suspension or the possibility ofthe charter being cancelled.

12. Post Quartermasters are reminded that Article I, sec. 104 of the National By-Laws states, Atleast monthly, each Post shall transmit all dues collected as prescribed in the Department andNational By-Laws. Post holding dues for submittal after June 30 arein violation of the NationalBy-Laws.

13. By-Law amendments submitted for consideration at the Department Convention were mailed tothe Posts with their convention registration fee notice in early May and distributed to Officers and

Council Members depicting the changes being proposed.

14. The following District meetings for the month of June are announced.

DIST POST # LOCATION DATE TIME Representative

6 ConcordiaComm. Ct.

06-23-12 9:30 a.m. Lyle Seelinger

15. The following appointments are announced for the 2012 Department Convention:

STANDING RULES COMMITTEE BY LAWS / RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEELyle Seelinger, Chairman Phil Pippins, ChairmanPaul Frampton, Member Tom Mundell, MemberJessie Jones, Member Jerry Jones, Member

Official: By Order Of:Jessie Jones Olin ParksAdjutant State Commander