By Charles M. Pickett The national VFW Membership Department supports the mission of the organization by hosting webinars, focused on topics such as retention, processing applications, and validating qualifying overseas service. Prospecting was the topic of the December 2015 webinar (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx5mvghuehA&list=PLS17GMBrjUlatKGz__QdpAoUHnXAvaPXi&index=11). It is something I give a lot of thought to because there is an oversized … Continue reading VFW Membership Training Videos: Prospecting
VFW NEW HAVEN INVITES ALL MEMBERS TO MARCH IN 2016 GREATER NEW HAVEN ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE
NEW HAVEN, CONN (March 6, 2016)–All members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary in good standing are invited to proudly march with the VFW New Haven Post 12150 in the 2016 Greater New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Scheduled for Sunday, March 13, 2016 at 1:30 p.m., the parade is the sixth oldest in … Continue reading VFW NEW HAVEN INVITES ALL MEMBERS TO MARCH IN 2016 GREATER NEW HAVEN ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE
VFW Post Trustees
Trustees shall not be eligible to serve on committees or as officers whose books, records and accounts are audited by the Trustees. Among the duties of the three (3) elected Post Trustees, they shall: a. At least monthly, review the Monthly Report of Receipts and Expenditures of the Post Quartermaster. b. Not later than the … Continue reading VFW Post Trustees
VFW NEW HAVEN POST 12150 MOBILIZING MEMBERSHIP MEETUP
NEW HAVEN, CONN (April 2, 2016)–Members from the “new generation” Veterans of Foreign Wars New Haven Post 12150 will conduct a Membership Meetup on Saturday, April 2, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Community Program Room of the Mitchell Branch Library (37 Harrison St., New Haven). This informal meetup will feature free … Continue reading VFW NEW HAVEN POST 12150 MOBILIZING MEMBERSHIP MEETUP
Members, Adjectives, Victimization, Opportunities
By Charles M. Pickett In any organization there are members. In the VFW they are comrades, which sounds Bolshevicky (to borrow from Steinbeck). But in my brief time in the VFW, I recognize membership is qualified by participation: active members passive members supporting members inactive members members in good standing engaged members re-engaged members ghost … Continue reading Members, Adjectives, Victimization, Opportunities
VFWNewHaven.org 2.0 and Internet Applications
by Charles M. PickettPublic Relations VFWNewHaven.org looked dated. Built using legacy Adobe GoLive software, it made a good postcard site and had a good amount of content (photos, PDFs, events). It did the trick during the start-up phase but it was time to step it up. In this visual age, presentation is increasingly important in … Continue reading VFWNewHaven.org 2.0 and Internet Applications