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Exchanging Ideas
At the 2009 Council Presidents’ Seminar, council and chapter leaders
lobbied on Capitol Hill, heard from top government and military
offi cials, and shared best practices on key chapter-management issues.
T
he Council Presidents’ council leaders a national perspective. for example. The last day, attendees
Seminar and Chapter Pres- Key MOAA staff members update par- compile and present key points devel-
idents’ Symposium are two ticipants on recent developments in oped at the earlier sessions.
signature events MOAA hosts each their departments. At a cross talk ses- For more than 10 years, these
year to support its chapter system. sion, leaders exchange ideas and have events have shown MOAA’s commit-
The Council Presidents’ Seminar an opportunity to tell MOAA’s leader- ment to its chapter system. We are one
brings council leaders and selected ship what’s on their minds. To learn team in the fi ght. Join a chapter now.
chapter presidents together in Al- more, read this department’s main MOAA is there to support you.
exandria, Va., for a series of events story, “MOAA Is Here for You.” — Col. Lee Lange II, USMC-Ret.
that highlight their contributions to The Chapter Presidents’ Sym- Director, Council and Chapter Affairs
the association and role as part of posium rotates annually to one of
MOAA’s One Powerful Voice®. This four regions — Northeast, Southeast,
seminar focuses on the importance Midwest, and West. MOAA invites MOAA Is
of council and chapter support of chapter presidents, vice presidents,
MOAA’s national legislative agenda. and personal affairs offi cers from that Here for You
year’s region to this three-day event. A
central meeting location in the region
is selected so as many council and
chapter leaders and their spouses as C
ouncil and chapter lead-
ers from all 50 states and
Puerto Rico traveled to
possible can attend. After an opening- Alexandria, Va., April 20-23 to par-
day reception, attendees participate in ticipate in MOAA’s annual Council
leaders’ workshops, discussing the lat- Presidents’ Seminar.
est chapter-management techniques. The seminar gave participants an
Then chapter leaders attend discus- opportunity to meet with key mem-
sion groups, facilitated by members bers of national MOAA’s staff and
of national MOAA’s board of directors board of directors, including Presi-
and staff, to brainstorm solutions to dent Vice Adm. Norb Ryan Jr., USN-
tough issues in recruiting and reten- Ret., and his wife, Judy, and Chair
tion. Afterward, attendees are invited of MOAA’s Board of Directors Gen.
At the seminar, members of the as- to dinner with a top speaker — often Richard I. Neal, USMC-Ret.
sociation’s board of directors and staff a state adjutant general from one of The highlight of the seminar was
and council and chapter leaders inter- the states in the region who outlines when participants teamed up with
act — reinforcing the idea that MOAA how chapters can better support their members of national MOAA’s staff
and its chapters are a team — to give state’s guardmembers and reservists, and board of directors to Storm
the Hill and enlist their congres-
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ON THE ROAD: This month, MOAA President Vice Adm. Norb
sional representatives’ support on
Ryan Jr., USN-Ret., will visit chapter members in Hawaii. Go to
several key legislative initiatives,
MOAA Calendar, page 75, for dates.
including barring disproportional
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