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<<WestemMembershipcontinuedfrompages receive a Gold coin (for the Team) and Plaque Manual. So keep up the hard work, and
Membership (Gold & Silver) have been (for the post), the deadline is May llth. both the individual and Post's Membership
awarded as already delivered. Team is recognized for their efforts.
No form is needed, Department will verify it.
But there is another award with a coin No work with great labor (Non-opus sine +
Thei.e are many other Awards, Ribbons &
issued to the Post's Membership Team, magna labor)
Certificates listed in th is year's Membership
achie`/ing 103% or more. Your Team will
Nortl\ern Area Ball New Diite
TtoyHorsleyl\IorthemArea TThesearejustafewthingstotakeinto legislation that sei.ve the needs of our
northernarea@Ieaionmail.ore consideration. veterans. Your support made a difference
Attent]on! Attentlon! to our members in Congress. The 4th, 5th
The Northern Area has been very busy.
The Northern Area Ball District 3 facilitated an awesome visitation and 17th District completed their Oratorical
l`as been changed to competitions and produced great candidates
w/ith the Department Commander. While
April 9, 2022. Please visiting each Of the posts, the commander for the area competition that was held on
see the flyer included. the 19th. I'm looking forward to introducing
received great insights on post concerns.
our winning Northern Area competitor to
He listened to the information provided
Happy March to you all. compete at Department March 12, 2022.
I hope you are doing and has been working with Department
Headquarters to try and fix as many issues Finally, but most importantly are our March
well. Posts elections
are coming up and as possible. Another consistent question events. M arch .is Women's History Month,
require your immediate attention. Elections w/as on the Constitution and Bylaws. A let's celebrate them and especially our
at posts can sometimes become very dclesignated committee is working on revising women veterans. District 4 will be hosting
controversial and cause issues that can hurt the Constitution and Bylaws for Department. the Department Commander. District 5 has
\^le are hoping to get the recommended an American Legion night scheduled for the
your post. please take this time to prepare
for a good and fair election. Review your replacement out soon. As was evident sixth Jacksonville Iceman Game.There are
from most Of the posts, there are problems due dates coming for your programs, at your
Constitution and Bylaws, as well as your
identified with processing membership and
post's rules. You can appoint an election/ posts that support your community, to be
nomination committee to I.eview and clarify iissues with MVLLeaion.ora. I hope that we owareof..JROTCcadetoftheYearscholarship,
any ambiguous differences, if necessary, can also get this resolved soon. Department General5cholarship,EaglescoutoftheYear,
then get membership to vote on their hhasbeenworkingwithNationaltohelpthis and Boys State Registration.
awl
recommendations. Publicize your specified
Do not forget to work membership as our
dates and times for your election. Streamline Thanks to all who went to the Manch on 90% goal is on the ninth. Hope to catch you
and define what the process ls going to be 7dMwhassee. They got the message loud and at one of our events.
if you are having early or absentee voting.
clear that the Legion is going to be behind
Western Area
Jot`n Edens, Western Area prepped for our Oratorical candidate to go with potential record candidates for our
westernarea@leaionmail.ora to the Department competition in March. area. It looks like Western Area will have
+-Area Our selected candidate has been practicing 4rg -45 candidates this yeai; so de a great
c~toshine diligently and we wish him the best at the job Of selecting the best. Hopefully, we will
Departm ent com petition. have a National Oratorical candidate out Of
in the great state Of
our area again this year.
Florida. Our Posts Our vlslt by the Department Commander
are moving forunrd (in 1 st District) in February went extremely Lastly, our membershlp drive is coming
in programs and well. Commander Biandt was quite along well, but now is the time to really
nnembership. EL impressed with the thirteen Posts he visited
trfunkvouenouh for all their hard work on programs and for push for recruiting new members. Please
use the help Of the 400 and 208 sign-ups in
+ulallthecormunitv
the community. He emphasized that our ysur area. Put these Department members
events vou have excelled in the bast eiaht
Posts need to submit for Department awards (Post 400) and Vlrtual members (Post 208)
months.
in March. in your monthly emails and invite them in.
ThThanksaaalnfore`/ervonethard`Arork
Now, in January and February, we have Boys State Program is coming along well
aanddedicationtoLeaiontcauses.