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Leslie McCormick                                            Lori Manske
                                                                                                  Editor
                         Membership & Recruiting
                            Membership Report                                            Editor’s Report


         Total membership as of Sept 30, 2024: 852 – Down from 900 on Sept  Cost of the June 2024 Communicator:
         1, 2023; Total Life Members as of Sept 30, 2024 – 793 – Down from
         839 on Sept 1, 2023                                                44 Pages – 1,000 Qty (Century Pub)
         The significant drop in membership is due to a con�nuing effort to
         remove deceased members from our roster. Rafael Quezada (“Q”) has  Quote #E108630
         been working on this. Many thanks for his assistance!              44 Pages – 1,000 Qty – 60# #3 Gloss - 4/4 - Saddle
                                                                            S�tch
         YOUR MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR (ME) HAS A NEW MAILING ADDRESS!
              If you need to contact me by mail, please use address         $ 3,193.00 Prin�ng & Binding
                                   on page 17.                              $   98.41 Mail Prepara�on (913)
                   LIFE MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO DONATE
          Your dona�ons to our associa�on are very much appreciated!        $ 874.98 Postage (913)
                                                                            $   33.00 Flat Rate Postage (29)
           You are welcome to send a check to me. PLEASE INCLUDE A
                                                                            $   12.00 Small Package
                       NOTE TO SAY THIS IS A DONATION.
                 TWO-YEAR MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS COMING DUE                                 Handling Fee (3 @ $4.00/Drop)
                                                                                 7.50 Addi�onal postage
         Those with memberships expiring the end of 2024 should have
         received an email or “snail mail” no�fica�on sent in October.        _______
                                                                            $ 4,218.89 Total Due
         PLEASE submit your updated membership form and check by 31
         Dec 2024.
                         MAILING AND E-MAIL ADDRESSES
         PLEASE SEND ME AN UPDATE IF YOU HAVE RECENTLY MOVED                What’s your story?
         OR CHANGED YOUR E-MAIL! We are using email to contact               Our older genera�on is our greatest
         membership more frequently. We don’t want you to miss              vanishing resource and we would all be well
         anything because your email address is incorrect. If in doubt,     served to read about your experiences in
         contact me at Leslie.McCormick@ranchmail.net. It is costly and     AFCS/AFCC/AFC4A, etc.
         �me-consuming to have the Communicator returned due to an           Please dust off your scrapbooks, refresh
         incorrect address.                                                 your memory, and send stories/photos
          If you have access to the internet, please consider reading the   about events, people and assignments
         Communicator online. Each issue costs approximately $5 in          during your �me in service to Lori Manske,
         prin�ng and postage, so reading it online helps our Associa�on     665 N 11th St, Breese IL 62230, or
         financially. To opt out of receiving the Communicator by mail,     manske5@charter.net.
         please no�fy me. All Communicators since June 2006 are               You can email high resolu�on photos, or if
         available on the web site: www.afcatca.org                         you mail photos, I will scan and return them
                        Contd on page 17                                    promptly.




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