January 2008 General Orders
Monday, December 31, 2007 at 04:30 PM
by New Hampshire Blog Master
DEPARTMENT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
GENERAL ORDERS #7 JANUARY 2008
General Orders are to be read at each Post Meeting and placed on file
1) COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION MEETING: The next Council of Administration Meeting will be held on February 3, 2008 at the Marriott Courtyard, Concord, NH beginning at 10 AM. Committee meetings will start at 9:00 AM.
2) MID-YEAR CONFERENCE: The Mid Winter Conference will be held on Saturday, February 2, 2008 9:00AM at the Marriott Courtyard in Concord. Department Sr. Vice Commander John Rubery is the Chairman for this event. The room rate at the Marriott is $86 plus tax if you would like a room for the evening. For hotel reservations call Marriott Courtyard at 225-0303.
3) VOICE OF DEMOCRACY: The Voice of Democracy/Patriot’s Pen/Teacher’s of the Year Banquet will be held on February 2, 2008 at the Marriott Courtyard in Concord. The price of the banquet is $40.00 per person. Deadline for tickets is January 20, 2008. Make checks payable to Department of New Hampshire VFW and mail to State Quartermaster Frank Casey,
4) COMMUNITY SERVICE AND LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE: The Community Service & Legislative Conference will be March 2-5, 2008 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C. Reservation form is enclosed.
5) CONGRATULATIONS NATIONAL COMMITTEE APPOINTEES: The following Washington Appointments were approved for the Washington Conference: National Youth & Education -Mike Annis, National Security-Dave Ouellette, POW/MIA, Bruce Carbone, National Security, Greg Lynch, Legislative-Paul Chevalier, National Youth & Education-Paul Lloyd, POW/MIA-Frank O’Neil, Veterans Employment-Pete Vaillancourt, Military Assistance- Eugene Pawlik and POW/MIA-Dan Greenlaw.
6) GOLD MEDAL AWARDS: Each year the VFW selects an Emergency Services person, a Law Enforcement Officer and a Firefighter to receive VFW Gold Medal Awards. These three award winners are presented their awards at the VFW National Convention in August. Post Safety Chairman is encouraged to submit a candidate for these awards to their respective Department Headquarters by March 1, 2008. The Department will select a single candidate for each award and submit those to VFW National Headquarters by April 1, 2008.
8) STATE COMMANDERS GIFT: It is customary that we honor our State Commander who has worked hard during the year by showing our appreciation with a gift at the Commander’s Testimonial Banquet. Commander Calo’s Testimonial Banquet will be on March 15, 2008 at the American Legion Post 7 Hall, Rochester, NH. If you wish to send a gift or token of appreciation for Commander Calo, send to Sr. Vice Commander, John Rubery, 3 Pauls Way, Amherst, NH 03031.
9) COMMANDER’S TESTIMONIAL BANQUET: Reservations for the testimonial banquet for Commander John Calo may be made at the Rochester Holiday Inn Express: 603-994-1175 or on line at holidayinnexpress.com/rochesternh. There are eight (8) smoking rooms available on third floor. Reservations open January 3, 2008 and close February 15, 2008. Rate is $81.00 plus tax, includes complimentary breakfast )Sausage Gravy & biscuit) 6:30-10:30 AM. Checkout is at noon. When calling, say you are with the VFW. The Council of Administration meeting will be held on Sunday morning at the Rochester VFW.
10) EASTERN STATES CONFERENCE: The Eastern States Conference will be held April 25-27, 2008 at the South Portland Sheraton Sheraton in So. Portland, Me. Room rate $99.00 plus 7% tax. Phone 207-775-6161 or 1-800-325-3535 for reservations.
11) DISTRICT MEETING ASSIGNMENTS:
JANUARY:
06: District 3 VOD Banquet & Meeting 3 PM Rochester State Commander, John Calo
06: District #5 Jaffrey 10:00 AM State Sr. Vice Commander, John Rubery
13 District #6 Nashua 10:00 AM State Jr. Vice Commander Ron Miller
FEBRUARY:
17: District #4 Suncook 10:00 AM State Sr. Vice Commander, John Rubery
17: District #7 Salem 10:00 AM State Surgeon, Dave Ouellette
15) ADDRESS / NAME CHANGES: Whitefield Post 10675 Adjutant/ QM change to Lee H. Baker, 6 Highland Street, Apt. #4, Whitefield , NH 03598, Change District 2 Adjutant to: Ronald Ward, 7 Heritage Drive, Claremont, NH 03743, Phone: 542-1904, Change District 2 Quartermaster to: Earl Aremburg, 2929 D.C.H., No. Haverhill,
10) MESSAGE FROM STATE COMMANDER JOHN CALO: Visitation Schedule:
JANUARY: VISITATIONS:
01: New Years Day 06: District 3 Rochester 3 PM
08: Post 8942 Rye 7:00 PM 09: Post 1088 Kingston 7:30 PM
10: Post 6806 Farmington 7:30 PM 11 & 12: Waterville Maine Mid-Winter
13: Post 4485 Somersworth 10:00 AM 14: Post 5791 Hudson 7:30 PM
17: Post 5245 No. Haverhill 7 PM 20: Post 11373 Hollis 2:00 PM
FEBRUARY: VISITATIONS:
02-03: Mid-Winter Conference & VOD Banquet, Concord, NH
10: Post 4485 Somersworth 10:00 AM 11: Post 8401 Bedford 7:30 PM
12: Post 8179 Londonderry 7:30 PM 13: Post 4479 Raymond 7:00 PM
14: Post 11254 Hampstead 7:30 PM 21: Post 1670 Laconia 7:00PM
11) NEW WEB COM COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK: Immediately following the Mid-Winter Conference on February 2, 2008 there will be a presentation by State Adjutant Dana Hussey on the new Web COM communications network for New Hampshire. A site has also been set up for each post in the state. You will be shown how the site can be accessed and how each post can claim their site, make it their own and start earning revenue. You will find out that you do not need to be a computer guru to take advantage of this free offer. Hope to see you there. Dana Hussey, Web Master.
“Dedication, Duty, Service”
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