NEW TOTALS FOR COUNCIL AND CHAPTERS

1999*2000*2001*2002*2003*2004*2005*2006*2007

ALTA CALIFORNIA 92 120 128 128 124 163 149 148 116
REDWOOD EMPIRE 321 333 315 315 315 330 290 310 285
SACRAMENTO 826 809 714 615 540 569 373 496 371
SHASTA COUNTY 195 162 175 158 135 135 121 101 123
VALLEY RIDGE 59 84 91 100 100 100 108 95 103
SAN JAOQUIN VALLEY 68 71 7377 71 65 54 63 40
CONTRA COSTA 208 222 209 232 219 206 206 200 165
MARIN COUNTY 394 355 298 263 230 199 164 156 161
SOLANO COUNTY 313 302 283 300 237 238 235 221 217
MONTEREY COUNTY 270 254 221 214 200 185 169 167 157
SILICON VALLEY-PENNISULA 699 573 473 436 422 357 349 336 300
SAN FRANCISCO 298 293 149 128 128 129 112 70 57
SANTA CRUZ 53 52 53 69 102 108 98 53 59 continue reading

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NATIONAL AUXILIARY MEMBER ADVISORY COMMITTEE LAUNCHES PROJECT

Our Aux Member Advisory Committee has launched a special project and we need your help!

The project will be a featured article which will appear in Military Officer Magazine.

The focus of the article will be on the various changes in survivor benefits and services over time. It will be about the survivors of those KIA in WWll, the Korean Conflict, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq (War on Terrorism).

Their stories will describe the benefits and services they received after the deaths of their spouses. Also included may be descriptions of how they coped, financially and emotionally, after the deaths of their spouses. Anything that relates to this subject will be welcome.

Candidates can send responses to our email address: auxcom@moaa.org or to Anne Patton: apatton@ucsd.edu and she will forward them. Responses should include name, address, phone, email address and the conflict in which the spouse died.

The Auxiliary Committee wants very much to move forward on this project as soon as possible. We ask that candidates contact us as quickly as they can.

We are also requesting that the chapters write about this for inclusion their respective newsletters. We are asking, if at all possible, that it appear in the October issues or November at the latest .

Thank you,

The Auxiliary Member Advisory Committee
Carolyn Epling (co chair)
Marge LeTourneau
Jennifer McCollum
Paula Muth
Anne Patton
Violet Smith (co chair)

Anne Findlay Patton
858 759 2715
fax: 858 759 1606

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NEW AUXILIARIES TAKE FIRST STEPS, ADJUST TO LIFE

The music has stopped, the dance has ended, your partner has left! What happens next? You want to keep dancing, but you think you cannot dance alone…or can you? There is another person inside you, one you didn’t know even existed, so bring that other person out into the open, put on your dancing shoes, and take the first steps forward. The new steps may be difficult; they are not the same as the ones you and your partner danced to. The tempo will be different, not the same as when you danced with that partner of so many years. However, you can still take the first steps, even on your own.

You will learn to take those first new steps one at a time, and the first big step will be getting out with friends–and organizations that you and your partner enjoyed belonging to–for example, your local MOAA chapter. So get out there yourself and join the MOAA family. They are there for you, and you can help them by offering your services, talents, and skills. You have more time now, so go forth (if that local chapter has not called you, forgive them for not doing so), call them and volunteer your time and services. Let them know you want to be involved. continue reading

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AUXILIARIES ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY AND FULLY

What do we mean by “auxiliary”? MOAA uses the term to identify the surviving spouse of a deceased member. Of these survivors, 99 percent are women. In the St. Petersburg (Fla) Chapter of MOAA we refer to auxiliaries as “special members.” Regardless of what we are called, we are the surviving spouses of MOAA members and hopefully play an important role.

Now that our spouses are no longer with us, we must remember to look to MOAA for help, guidance, and support just as our spouses did. They believed in MOAA, and perhaps your loved one made it possible for you to continue a life membership or annual membership. MOAA at the national level is there to help you, and so are the officers of your local chapter. Please remember that, and call on them when you need answers. continue reading

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HOW TO SPEAK TO PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS

There’s a rumor going around that California’s Adjutant General, MG William H. Wade II, is telling Army and Air Force National Guard personnel that it would be useful to join and participate in a professional military association.

He supports the concept.

In the future, MOAA members might find themselves at a military installation, standing before a number of officers, and with an invitation to speak and promote MOAA membership.

It could happen.

And if it does, what would you say? continue reading

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MOAA MEMBERSHIP BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Here is a most useful table showing MOAA members in each of our 53 Congressional Districts in CA.

It was provided by Carol Robertson in Lee Lange’s office.

Auxiliary Reg- Reg-ACT Reg-FRM Reg-RET Unknown Total
48 0 101 6 77 0 232
CA01 210 1 35 5 516 3 770
CA02 205 1 41 9 532 3 791
CA03 381 3 79 8 1,000 3 1,474 continue reading

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COLONEL JOHN H. ROSCOE, USMC (RET), RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA

It is with deep regret that I must advise you of the death of John H. Roscoe, Colonel, USMC (Ret).

John died Thursday, March 1st, at the AF Village West where he and his wife Elsa resided.

John was a Life Member of the Riverside March Field Chapter and the second President of the California Council of Chapters (CAL-TROA) succeeding Col Dave Wells, USAF (Ret), a Charter Member of the RMF Chapter.

Final services will be announced later. You may send messages of condolence to Mrs Roscoe at 17050 Arnold Drive, G-308, Riverside, CA 92518. continue reading

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FOCUS ON BUILDING MEMBERSHIP

The recent correspondence between our two current and past State Council leaders is healthy and welcome.

Most of us just finished watching the Colts stomp the Bears. It is a dangerous sign of our times when something so frivolous as a football game and lousy half-time entertainment by Prince could captivate the full attention of the majority of our citizens and take more serious matters off the front pages.

The war in Iraq has not touched the lives of 95% of our citizens and the deadly storm in Florida was not on the national radar today either. Such is the power of the liberal media to divert our attention from important issues.

To his credit, winning QB Peyton Manning and the Team Owner did express their concern for victims of the great storm. CBS was more concerned with commercials.

Together, our Councils represent a fifth of the membership of MOAA. We have the potential to drive the agenda and the success of our worthy organization. continue reading

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