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To those attending National Convention the group meal will be Monday Late Afternoon. Please find Adjutant Trent Dilks at Convention for tickets and additional information.
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Commander Update
I recently returned from the Commander and Adjutants training at National Headquarters in Cold Spring, Kentucky. I was able to learn a lot of important information and discuss how different Departments operate around the country.
There were some announcements about Membership I’d like to cover. The first one was the new goals for Chapters will be a minimum of 10 new members. The Department Goal is 489 new members, both full-Life and partial paid members count toward this goal. Second, there is a very good possibility that the National organization is going to change the life membership to a flat rate of $300.00 starting in 2020. Nothing on this is certain, currently it is a resolution and will have to go through the committee process and a floor vote (if passes committee) at National Convention. New members over 80 years old will still be free.
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Greetings DAV Leaders;
It is hard to believe how quickly the summer is flying by. The Commander, Senior Vice, and I recently returned from the Commanders & Adjutants training at National HQ in Cold Spring, Kentucky. This was a great opportunity to learn more about DAV from the National Staff and network with leaders from other Departments around the country.
One thing became very clear to me while visiting with Departments from around the country; what we have here in Minnesota’s DAV is special. Minnesota has a national reputation for excellence and I was approached many times from other Departments’ wanting to know our “secret”. I told them no secret, it is the amazing dedication of our members, a history of strong leaders (State and Chapter) setting a solid course, a slate of current leaders dedicated to our mission, and a dedicated staff working with a true passion for what we do.
The strength of Minnesota’s DAV will once again be on display as over 50 of our members attend DAV National Convention 2019. I look forwarded to participating in a loud cheer from our section as our own Stephen “Butch” Whitehead seeks the opportunity to become the DAV National Commander. We at the Department are very proud of Butch, and will support him as he takes this next momentous step.
There is so much to cover, but I don’t want to make this too long, so I will hit some highlights here:
- The DAV MN has added a second vendor for our clothing program, which has helped us continue to succeed in an everchanging operating environment. Huge thank you to all of the chapters who have shown flexibility to ensure our continued success.
- Planning for Fall Conference is well underway. Information on Conference can be found at: https://davmn.org/Events/dav-mn-fall-conference/
- Please submit attendees who will be at the annual Chapter Service Officer certification to Admin@davmn.org or HQ at 651-291-1212. A detailed note on training was sent to Chapter Commanders and Adjutants.
- Department Headquarters will be staffed during National Convention; however, it will be less people so please have patience if we are a little difficult to reach by phone. Email is always good.
- Membership goals have changed; every chapter is a minimum of 10 members. It appears likely the delegates at National Convention will vote to raise membership price starting 2020, so sign up new members now.
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