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Membership Affairs COMMITTEE REPORT
BY BILL MEEKS, CHAIR
Every VVA state council and chapter
should take steps to review the security and storage of
all Form DD-214s, along with any other documents that contain
personal information. Whether the caretaker role is assigned
to state council or chapter secretaries or membership chairs,
this review must also include disposal by shredding,
burning, or return of the Form DD-214s of deceased or
non-renewed delegates and members. This process should
be ongoing at the grassroots levels of VVA.
In an effort
to monitor, have current contact information, and insure
that state councils and chapters complete the election
reporting required by the VVA Constitution, the VVA Membership
Department is entering into the database whether an election
report has been received from every state council and chapter.
Please insure that you indicate if your chapter is on a
one- or two-year election cycle. At the same time, financial
reporting also will be entered into the database. Any state
council or chapter failing to report will be placed on
suspension until the report is received or the matter is
resolved with the VVA Membership Department. Please note
that the VVA Membership Department, rather than the Finance
Department, is tracking financial reporting this year.
This information will be provided to the VVA National Secretary
on a continual basis. Noncompliance by any state council
or chapter will be pursued until the matter is resolved.
The
Membership Affairs Committee Seminar, “It’s
Our Time! Membership Successes & Outreach Strategies,” held
at the 2006 National Leadership Conference in Tucson was
a success. Based on the 48 seminar surveys returned, nearly
all who attended were very satisfied with the seminar.
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