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Dues Renewals: In the last two months of 2=
008
EANGUS sent 90,000 dues renewals to the States. We send two
notices of renewals. The cost to EANGUS of sending renewal=
s in
2008 exceeded $75,000. I would ask that the States work h=
ard
to get their present members to renew their memberships. To
remain strong with Congress we need strong membership numbers =
and
an active membership to write their Congressional Representatives.<=
br>
Staff Changes: I
received the resignations from Glenn Schmidlko=
fer,
Area III and David Culwell, Area IV as members of the Executive
Council. These members have served their Areas and States for
many years. They participated in numerous committees while
serving on the Council and we will miss their input and presence on=
the
Council. I wish them well and thank them for their loyal and
dedicated service. The Executive Council will consider the
recommendations of the Caucuses for their replacements.
Due to our lower membership numbers the National Office has reduced=
the
hours of two employees and released a full-time and a part-time
employee. You may experience some delays in membership cards and
renewals as a result of these layoffs.
EANGUS hired a new
Comptroller, Ms. Cheryl Gardner. Cheryl has 20 years of
experience in various areas of accounting and has worked with EANGUS
since October 2008 as a temp agency employee.
Cheryl assisted EANGUS in the selection of four auditing firms=
as
candidates for our Auditors. The Executive Council will
select the firm at the upcoming Executive Council meeting.
Free Memberships: U=
SAA
owed EANGUS for 5500 members who had received promotions to E5 and =
were
eligible for one year free membership. We received the money =
from
USAA will process these memberships as quickly as we can.
I wrote a special letter apologizing for the delay and let tho=
se
affected know what happened.
Legislative: <=
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Some Major Legislative accomplishments in 2008:
---3.9% pay raise and retiree pay raise
---Increases In Montgomery GI
Bill
---TRICARE rates have
been lowered
I urge each of you to get your members to respond to The Call for
legislative alerts and to sign up for the Minuteman updates. =
Go
to www.ean=
gus.org,
Legislative page, click The Call, enter your zip code and a le=
tter
will appear addressed to your Congressman. Please remember to
send a copy to the National Office.
State & Auxiliary Web Pages: I=
would
also ask that each of you take advantage to post information on the
Website on your state's home page. We have reserved space for
you. Please use it to communicate with your state
members.
Search Engine: What i=
f the
EANGUS "We Care For America" Foundation earned money every
time you searched the Internet? Or how about if a percentage of eve=
ry
purchase you made online went to support our cause? Well, now it ca=
n!
GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates ha=
lf
its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities=
its
users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine. =
Get
quality search results from Yahoo and watch the donations add up!
GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 37% =
of
each purchase to EANGUS "We Care For America"! Hundreds of
great stores including Amazon, Target, Gap, Best Buy, eBay, Macy's =
and
Barnes & Noble have teamed up with GoodSho=
p.
Every time you place an order, you'll be supporting EANGUS.
Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter "EANGUS We =
Care
For America Foundation" as the charity you want to support. An=
d,
be sure to spread the word! You can easily load the GoodSearch
Bar to your Web browser.
We need your help so we can continue to help our National Guard
soldiers and Airmen through the Soldiers and Airmen Emergency Relief
Fund.
It costs nothing but a click on your computer to use the GoodSearch=
.com
search engine.
EANGUS Travel - Use t=
his
service for both business and personal travel as EANGUS gets
rebates. www.ytb=
travel.com/3133eangus or
www.EAN=
GUStravel.org.
2009 Important Dates: <=
o:p>
28 February - 1 March -
Executive Council Meeting
2 March - 4 March - Legisla=
tive
Workshop and Awards Ceremony in DC
15 April - Awards - Must be submitted to Deb Ward, National
Chairman by 15 April
15 May - Resolutions - Must be submitted by 15 May to Chairperson D=
ebbi
Newton
30 May - 1 June - President's Workshop & Pre-conference Site Vi=
sit
- Rochester, Minnesota
Corporation Partnership program: E=
ANGUS
offers a 25% rebate to any State that gets a corporate partner.&nbs=
p;
The State will receive the rebate for each consecutive year that the
Corporate Partner remains a member. For more information on t=
he
program contact the EANGUS Executive Director Mike Cline. Cop=
ies
of the new policies have been sent to all states.=
Junior Enlisted: Brad Smith and others have
signed up on FACEBOOK to communicate with other Junior Enlisted
members. Join us on FACEBOOK. Smitty.smith73@us.army.mil. &n=
bsp; =
; &n=
bsp; =
; &n=
bsp;
National Conference: <=
o:p>
Rochester, Minnesota - 9-13 =
August
2009
Military Parade
Professional Development
Awards Luncheon recognizing=
the
ARNG NCO and Soldier of the Year
TAGs will me=
et at
our conference
Minuteman Update Subscribers:
We are experiencing many kickbacks and undeliverable email
addresses from these updates. We apologize in advance, b=
ut if
you want to continue to receive these updates, we respectfully=
ask
you to sign up for it again. The steps are simple and wi=
ll
take less than 5 minutes of your time.
Go to our web site, click on LEGISLATIVE, and enter your email=
address in the Sign Up for Minuteman Upd=
ates
box and hit GO. On the next screen, reenter your email address
and hit SUBMIT. An email will be sent to your inbox.
When you open the email, click on the link "Update Your
Profile", and on the next screen check the box that says
"Minuteman Update e-letter" and then hit SAVE PROFILE CHA=
NGES
and close the window.
On March 2, we will only use the Minuteman Update e-letter mail lis=
t to
send out these updates. We will delete the General Interest l=
ist
altogether. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO RECEIVE THESE UPDATES, DO
NOTHING, AND THEY WILL STOP ON MARCH 2nd.
Thanks for your help! We hope you find these updates valuable
enough to remain on our mailing list and make the changes outlined
above.
Thanks for all you do every=
day
for EANGUS.
Sincerely,
Ellen and Frank Lever
EANGUS
Email: eangus@eangus.org
Home/Fax: 843-767-3399
EANGUS Home Page: http://=
www.eangus.org
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