HQMEMO What Delegates and Alternates Need to Know


+ MAY 31, 2017: REGISTRATION CLOSES for all National Convention events and for National Convention Delegates and Alternates. Delegates can be entered online, by mail, fax or emailed to info@vfwauxiliary.org.


+ Auxiliary Meetings: Any member in good standing may be elected as a Delegate or Alternate. See Sec. 305 of the National Bylaws. Delegates are elected for every voting body from District to National Convention. They do not need to be the same members for each.


+ 104th National Convention: Revisions to the Bylaws, as well as Resolutions that are forwarded to National Headquarters by March 31, 2017, will be voted on. Only Delegates DQG WKRVH ZLWK D YRWH DV D 1DWLRQDO 2IÀFHU KDYH D YRLFH LQ WKH GHFLVLRQV DIIHFWLQJ RXU 1DWLRQDO %\ODZV DQG 5LWXDO DQG LQ GHWHUPLQLQJ WKH HOHFWHG 1DWLRQDO 2IÀFHUV Check the website, vfwauxiliary.org, in April for these items.


+ Auxiliaries get one Delegate and one Alternate for every 50 members or a fraction thereof on the day they are elected. Secretaries need to either enter them online by logging in to the Member Portal or by mailing a list of names and membership ID QXPEHUV ZLWKLQ ÀYH GD\V RI WKH HOHFWLRQ DQG QR ODWHU WKDQ 0D\


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Department Secretary or to National Headquarters. Remember: There is NO Delegate fee for National Convention.


+ Auxiliary Secretaries are encouraged to print out a list to verify that those entered are posted at National Headquarters.


+ Department Treasurers: In preparation for National Convention, see Sec. 813C of the National Bylaws, Department Treasurer Reports-Financial, Page 91. Give your Department Credentials Chairman a list of delinquent audits for Auxiliaries and Districts and forward the same list to National Headquarters or let National Headquarters know that all are in FRPSOLDQFH ZLWKLQ ÀYH


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+ If an Auxiliary doesn’t turn in its audits, DELEGATES CANNOT VOTE AT DISTRICT, DEPARTMENT OR NATIONAL CONVENTION!


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