May General Orders -2012

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HEADQUARTERS

DEPARTMENT OF MISSOURI

VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE U.S., INCGENERAL ORDERS NO 11

Series 2011 - 2012 May 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 these

General Orders. A block of rooms have been reserved at the Laquinta Inn and Suites for those notwishing to book for (3) days. You may make reservations by calling 573-445-1899. Be sure to

identify yourself as being with the VFW State Convention. Reservations must be done byphone to get into the VFW block.

2. Ads for the Department Convention magazine are now being accepted. Deadline for receiptin Department Headquarters is May 7, 2012. Cost of ads and instructions for submittal are attachedto these General Orders.

3. Pursuant to Article II, Section 222 Delegates, District Convention & Meetings, Departmentand National Conventions of the National By-Laws and Manual of Procedure:

(a) Delegate strength shall be one for every thirty members or fraction thereof in good standing.Delegates and alternates shall be elected in accordance with the Manual of Procedure.

(b) Delegates elected under this section shall not be considered instructed and may exercise fullauthority in the duty to be performed.

(c) Each Post will pay, in accordance with the Department By-Laws, a delegate registration feefor each delegate to which the Post shall be entitled. Post Delegate fees will be six ($6) dollarsper every 30 members in good standing on May 1. A notice will be mailed to the PostQuartermaster in early May. Failure to pay delegate fees will result in your post not beingallowed to vote at the Department Convention. Please do not remit delegate fees until thisnotice has been received by the Post Quartermaster. Do not remit a delegate fee for

the Post Commander or the alternates. Every delegate must register themselves.

There will be no group registration. Each delegate must present their current

Membership Card to the Sergeant at Arms to attend all Department Convention

meetings.

(d) Each Post will pay, in advance, a national registration fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) whichshall entitle the Post to a packet of convention information and materials and one identifiedregistered delegate for the National Convention. Each additional delegate attending thenational convention will pay a ten dollar ($10) delegate fee. All posts are required to register inadvance and pay the initial twenty-five ($25) dollar fee for at least one delegate to the NationalConvention whether or not any member(s) from the Post attends the convention. Theregistration form was included with the mailing of the Post Election Report by NationalHeadquarters in early March. Failure to pay National Delegate fees will result in your charterbeing placed on suspension by National.


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4. Newly installed District and Post Officers do not assume their duties until the DepartmentCommander is installed on June 9, 2012.

5. Post Installing Officers are reminded that it is their duty to determine if a Report of Election of

Post Officers has been submitted to the various Headquarters by the current Post Quartermaster. Ifthe Report of Election has not been completed and forwarded as required, it then becomes theresponsibility of the Installing Officer to complete and mail the form in accordance with theinstructions.

6. Attention is called to Section 213, National By-Laws, which covers arrearages for financial andother obligations. This includes failure to register a delegate to the 2012 National Convention or anyother Department arrears. Arrearages on the District level are covered in Section 420 of the Manual.Post in arrearages or failing to submit Post Audit reports will not be allowed to vote at the

Department Convention.

7. 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 February

13. 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)

8. The All State deadline is April 30, and the State Commander wishes to congratulate the Poststhat have achieved this high status. But, the All-American and membership program does notcomplete until June 30. All Posts are asked to continue to recruit and get their members paid up forthe 2012 year.

9. All resolutions to be considered by the 2012 Department Convention must reach theDepartment Adjutant no later than May 15, 2012.

10. By-Law amendments submitted for consideration at the Department Convention will be

submitted to the Posts with their convention registration fee notice in early May.

11. All Department Officers, District Commanders and Committee Chairmen shall submit a writtenreport to the Department Adjutant at the convention covering their activities of the past year. Oralreports will not be given.

12. All Posts should properly observe Memorial Day on May 28 2012.

13. The following District Conventions for the month of May are announced.

DIST POST # LOCATION DATE TIME Representative

2 2025 Rolla 05-06-12 12:00 noon None

5 1829 Kansas City 05-06-12 1:30 p.m. None6 5675 Odessa 05-06-12 1:30 p.m. None7 257 El Dorado

Springs05-06-12 12:30 p.m. None

8 5896 Farmington 05-06-12 1:00 p.m. None12 3944 Overland/St. Ann 05-15-12 7:00 p.m. None18 4107 Lebanon 05-05-12 10:00 a.m. None


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General Orders #11, Series 11-12Department of MissouriPage -314. 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, Member

Jessie Jones, Member Jerry Jones, Member

Official: By Order of:Jessie Jones Olin Parks

Adjutant Commander

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