CAL-MOAA WEBSITE AGAIN 1ST PRIZE WINNER NATIONWIDE

The California Council of Chapters (CAL-MOAA) website has taken first place of 36 councils nationwide in the MOAA 2007 Communications Contest. It was also the top place winner in 2006.

The website’s weblog feature was selected for honors in the Unique Communications category. It received similar mention in 2006.

We extend our heartiest congratulations to Gloria Craney, our self-taught and most creative information technology (IT) professional, for making the website/weblog available to all of us.

According to the MOAA news release, “Each year national MOAA takes time to recognize the councils and chapters that do an outstanding job communicating with their members during the annual Communication Awards contest. This year’s contest drew a record number of entries, which were reviewed carefully by a panel of judges that convened at MOAA’s headquarters in February.

“We applaud the hard work and dedication shown by the editors, webmasters, and legislative columnists who entered the 2007 Communications Awards, and we offer our congratulations to the winners who are listed below.”

Note: This is a partial listing.
Councils

WEB SITES
Winner
California Council of Chapters
www.cal-moaa.org
Gloria Craney

1st Runner-Up
Virginia Council of Chapters
www.virginiamoaa.com
Maj. Melva Mallison, USAF-Ret.

2nd Runner-Up
Florida Council of Chapter
www.moaafl.org
Lt. Cmdr. Mike Magnant, USN-Ret.

UNIQUE COMMUNICATIONS
California Council of Chapters
The council’s Weblog allows them to communicate with members throughout the state and the nation. Members can subscribe to the Weblog and receive e-mail notification whenever a new subject item or comment is posted.

Florida Council of Chapters
For operating and maintaining the Florida Military Message Center/Interstate Military Message Center (FMMC/IMMC), which delivers targeted information to military members, veterans, and other subscribers.

Virginia Council of Chapters
Congressional legislators and their staff members received programs during the 22nd Annual Virginia Congressional Appreciation Luncheon Program, which reiterated the mission of MOAA and the state council, as well as their legislative objectives.

Some of the California chapters were contest winners as well.

Chapters

Category I (400-599 members)
PRINT NEWSLETTERS
2nd Runner-Up (tie)
The Raincross
Riverside March Field (Calif.)
Cinthia Murphy and Col. Stan Sniff, USAR-Ret.

Category IV (120-199 members)
PRINT NEWSLETTERS
1st Runner-Up
San Pedro/South Bay Newsletter
San Pedro/South Bay (Calif.)
Lt. Cmdr. John T. Moriarty, USNR-Ret.

BEST LEGISLATIVE COVERAGE-PRINT NEWSLETTER
San Pedro/South Bay Newsletter
San Pedro/South Bay (Calif.)
Capt. George Thompson, USN-Ret.

UNIQUE COMMUNICATIONS
The San Pedro/South Bay (Calif.) Chapter set up a phone tree network, which notifies members of upcoming events and other important information.

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