By Charles M. Pickett After eight years of having Google Voice, post leadership has decided to delete our post phone number on June 1, 2023. Why? A simple audit of the volume of spam and types of phone calls recieved in the past year made it an easy decision. Most were spam, many were undesired … Continue reading VFW Telephone: Google Voice To The Rescue OR NOT (Update)
By Charles M. PickettWhile there are a number of concurrent goals and tasks in forming a new VFW post (or any nonprofit), one early, and perhaps easy task is to consider brand management. For a post, perhaps the biggest question may be what is the name of the post? For a forming post, that question … Continue reading VFW New Post-Level Branding: Visual and Name
NEW HAVEN, CONN (Nov. 7, 2014)–Two local military veterans are recruiting eligible residents to form a Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post in New Haven. Gabor “Gabe” Kautzner, an OEF/OIF Veterans Outreach Advocate for the greater New Haven area and Iraq veteran, and Charles M. Pickett, Iraq and Afghanistan veteran and graduate student at Southern … Continue reading VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS (VFW) POST FORMING IN NEW HAVEN
It was mid-summer 2014 when the idea of starting a new VFW Post in New Haven coalesced. During a dinner meeting in October 2014, the project was set in motion. This blog will hopefully document the dozens of steps taken to achieve the goals of this project, discuss barriers blocking the path, and illustrate how … Continue reading Rationale for Blog
