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Past Presidents Parley
 

The purpose of the Past President’s Parley Committee work is to honor and recognize female veterans and to utilize past Auxiliary leaders as ambassadors for the Auxiliary to ensure strong leadership at all levels of the organization.

Congratulations to each newly appointed Past President’s Parley Chairmen.  Your responsibility is to be sure that mentoring and sharing of information is forthcoming from all Past Presidents to the leaders of tomorrow.  All Past Unit Presidents are invited to become a member of the Parley with $2.00 dues forwarded to the County Treasurer.

The Past President’s Parley Committee offers three (3) $1,500 scholarships to those pursuing an education in the medical field.  (All instructions and entry form are included in the “Education” section of this plan of action.)

We also offer the outgoing Honorary Junior President a scholarship in the amount of $1,000 to aid in her post secondary education providing she remains a member in good standing at the time the scholarship is awarded.

There is also $150 available to VAVS Reps and Field Service Reps for the needs of our Women Veterans.  Needs include, but are not limited to, taking them to medical appointments, shopping, writing letters, answering mail, reading to them or just sharing time with them.

The National organization has set three objectives for work accomplished under this committee.

1)   Reconnect by organizing Parleys to meet informally several times during the year to discuss the organization’s growth, strengths, weaknesses, etc. in order to empower current leaders.

2)   Energize by providing scholarships; contributing to monetary value of scholarships; and pay tribute to an outstanding “Unit Member of the Year”.

3)   Reach out by honoring female warriors, past and present.

There are numerous ways in which to accomplish the goals stated above.     

Objective 1

1)   Encourage all Past Presidents to share their knowledge of our organization and learning experiences with all our members.

2)   Support all Unit activities and programs in order to urge our membership to become involved and thus to ensure a thriving and strong organization.

3)    Provide continual mentorship for leaders who display any kind of growth potential.     

Objective 2

1)    Provide scholarship applications for any interested/qualified candidates.

2)   Encourage members to make monetary donations to increase scholarship awards.

3)    Encourage applicants to apply for scholarships to alleviate the shortage of medical personnel.

4)    Provide financial aid information to medical students.

5)    Help Units to select and honor an Outstanding “Unit Member of the Year” (click here for nomination form)

 Objective 3

1)    Assist hospitalized female veterans and active duty service women in our VA facilities—-especially on February 14, National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans Day.

2)   Nominate a local active duty service woman, from any of the 5 branches of service.  Winners will be recognized at national convention (click here for instructions and nomination form).

DEPARTMENT AWARDS:

BETTY JANE LIGHT AWARD – To the Unit Past President’s Parley Chairman who initiates and completes the most outstanding program for assistance and caring of women veterans.  A narrative report, not to exceed 1,000 words, including a cover sheet must be submitted.  Cover sheet to include:  Name and Number of Unit, Unit Past President’s Parley Chairman’s name, total membership and number of Past Presidents in the Unit.

CAROL JOHNSON AWARD – To the County Past President’s Parley Chairman who initiates and completes the most outstanding program for assistance and caring of women veterans.  A narrative report, not to exceed 1,000 words, including a cover sheet must be submitted.  Cover sheet to include: County Name, County Past President’s Parley Chairman’s name, and number of Past Presidents in the County with dues paid.

“UNIT MEMBER OF THE YEAR” AWARD – click here for nomination form

RULES FOR “UNIT MEMBER OF THE YEAR”

1. Only senior members in good standing are eligible.

2. Current membership dues must be paid.

3. The member CANNOT have obtained an ELECTED OR APPOINTED leadership role higher than Unit President.

4. Selection is based on accomplishments/activities for the CURRENT administrative year only.

5. Years of membership are not a part of the criteria-the nominee may be a NEW member.

6. One nominee will be selected from the Department of New York to be considered on the national level.

7. The Unit must submit a narrative of 1,000 words or less describing the Nominee’s accomplishments and activities together with the nominee’s name and address.  The Unit President and Secretary must sign the entry form unless the nominee is one of them, in which case a Past Unit President must sign the entry form.

8. All entries must be received by this Department Chairman (address shown below)  by May 10, 2010.

The Unit “Member of the Year” nominees are invited to attend the Past President’s Parley Breakfast at the 2010 Department Convention in Syracuse, NY during July, 2010.  The sponsoring Unit is asked to purchase the breakfast ticket for their Unit Member of the Year.   All nominees will be introduced at the breakfast and receive a citation. The Department winner will be announced on the Convention floor following the breakfast. The Department Unit Member of the Year will be a guest at the Past Presidents Luncheon at the National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during August, 2010.  She will receive a stipend from The Department of New York to defer expenses.  The sponsoring Unit is asked to provide any monetary assistance possible to this Unit Member of the Year winner so she is able to attend the National Convention.

NATIONAL AWARD:

 Click here for  nomination form

RULES FOR "War on Terrorism-Salute to an Active Duty Service Woman"

1. Nominees should be in active duty and willing to attend the National Convention, if possible.

2. A brief narrative of their military service should be included on the entry form.

3. A narrative by the nominee, not to exceed 750 words, on “Service in the U.S. Armed Forces: A Source of Personal Pride”

4. Entry must have the nominee’s name and address, Unit Name and Number, and the signature of the Unit President or Past President’s Parley Chairman.

5. One applicant for each branch of service (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard) per Unit may apply.

6. All entries must be received by this Department Chairman (address shown below) by May 10, 2010.
    

DEADLINE DATE: ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY MAY 10, 2010

ENTRIES TO BE SENT TO DEPARTMENT CHAIRMAN LISTED BELOW

REPORTING PROCEDURE:  

Unit Chairmen:  Please send Unit reports to reach your County Chairman by November 1, 2009, March 1, 2010 and May 1, 2010.

County Chairmen:  Please send County reports to reach the Dept. Chairman by November 10, 2009, March 10, 2010 and May 10, 2010.

Susan Britton
Department Past Presidents Parley Chairman
Email:  sueMB13@aol.com

For Chairman's physical address,  contact Chairman or  Department Office 

Note: Forms are in (PDF Format ) and can be filled out using your computer keyboard. However, you cannot save data typed into any  forms unless you have the Full Version of  Adobe Acrobat software! Please print at least 2 copies of your completed form, mail one to the chairman, and save one for your records. If you try to e-mail it without the Full Version of  Adobe Acrobat software, the chairman will receive a BLANK PAGE...