General Orders Auxiliary to Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
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General Orders Auxiliary to Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War The 2012-2013 year of their EIN number or have not been the National filing, please contact contacted by their National Encampment is fast our EIN Liaison for chairman, so let's not Headquarters drawing to a close, and help. We need to get waste this last month, Newsletter my year of travels has this work completed in and get things been a most rewarding a timely manner. accomplished. And I June 2013 experience. I have thank you for your had the privilege to We are looking service on these meet many new forward to seeing committees. Sisters and am looking many of you at the Inside this issue: forward to their National Encampment Officers, please get friendship during the in Milwaukee your reports to the Recommendations 2 years to come. In the Wisconsin, in August. National Secretary for National Meeting many miles traveled, Hopefully, we will be ASAP so that she has we have had the able to get many time to prepare them Edward S. Bragg 5 opportunity to institute things accomplished for National. I have Auxiliary No. 8, WI several new Auxiliaries that will help us to been personally asking and some of them bring our Organization Sisters to serve as have even initiated into the 21st century. If floor officers for this Eliza George 6 Auxiliary No. 356, Junior members. One we can do this, Encampment; you IN of the Departments perhaps we will be know who you are, so I that I visited initiated able to see the gain in say “thank you” for Anthony O’Connell 7 three new Junior membership that the saying yes. Officers Auxiliary No. 10, OH members, who were Sons have acquired, elected and appointed then able to serve as and we will be able to please remember to National 10 escorts for Installation. set new goals for wear white while we Encampment 2013 Keep up the good work ourselves. During this are in Session. ladies, they are our past year I have spent Registration Form 11 future! some time reading old Looking forward to proceedings, and in seeing you all in I would like to thank all one of them the Ladies Milwaukee and please Photograph below by Bro. of the Auxiliaries and voted for us to be careful on the Mark Day, Arlington 2013 Departments that have continually move responded to the plea forward and not for rosters of become like a membership. We stagnant pool of water. certainly need this info I hope we can show to keep our records up those Ladies we can to date. Remember do it. these names phone numbers and e- Committee chairmen, mail addresses are not please get your reports for sale, they are for ready and to our our own use at National Secretary so National ONLY. she can put them in the packets you If any Auxiliary or receive at registration. Department is still I am hearing from having trouble with some people that they Page 2 General Orders The following items will be presented on the floor of the upcoming National Encampment in Brookfield, WI on August 9-10, 2013. These are not all of the items, as I have been told that the Department of Wisconsin has Recommendations, and the Department of Pennsylvania has yet to meet for their Department Encampment. Pursuant to the decisions made at Encampment last year in Los Angeles, the full text of these may be found on the national website: www.asuvcw.org. All Recommendations and Resolutions are required to be sent to me by July 10, also decided by the Sisters at Encampment last August. Please note that those Sisters that have chosen to run for a national office are required to submit a Candidacy Statement to me by July 10, which will be posted on the national website as soon as it is received. If any Sister is nominated from the floor, she must immediately distribute a Candidacy Statement to all Sisters present. An endorsement of a Department or Auxiliary does not constitute a Candidacy Statement. It is my task to assemble copies of all Recommendations, Resolutions, Candidacy Statements and Endorsements for inclusion in the Registration Packets for those attending National Encampment. That is the reason for the July 10 deadline. If any Sister has any questions or concerns, please contact me immediately. Tricia Bures, National Secretary (562) 841-8042 or [email protected] From the Department of Michigan To All National ASUVCW required to be accountable to more closely resembles the Officers and Staff and the ASUVCW National Officers, SUVCW Financial Statement. Membership: Staff and Membership that the Income and Expenses should ASUVCW National extend the accurately reflect what income On this date, May 4, 2013, I -- same courtesy by being and expenses are. For Karen Hamann, President of accountable to the ASUVCW example, publicity and/or the Auxiliary to the Sons of Department of Michigan advertising is never considered Union Veterans of the Civil War Officers, Staff and Membership. and income but is considered Department of Michigan have Whereas the ASUVCW an expense. been directed by the ASUVCW Department of Michigan is Department of Michigan required to be financially We are also formally and Auxiliaries and its membership accountable to the ASUVCW respectfully requesting that a to make a formal request to the National Officers, Staff and detailed annual financial ASUVCW National Officers and Membership that the ASUVCW statement that more closely Staff. National extend the same resembles the SUVCW Financial Statement. The ASUVCW Department of courtesy by being financially Michigan -- at the 2013 accountable to the ASUVCW As a Department of the National ASUVCW Department of Department of Michigan ASUVCW we respectfully Michigan convention -- ordered Officers, Staff and Membership. request that we also receive the a letter of formal request be The ASUVCW Department of past eight years of financial sent to the ASUVCW National Michigan Officers, Staff and statements, proposed and Officers concerning: Membership is requesting that actual budgets of the National ASUVCW. Whereas the ASUVCW the ASUVCW National Officers Department of Michigan is provide an annual Budget that Sincerely, Volume 1, Issue 2 Page 3 From the Department of California and Pacific The following resolution was fee charged by the National and other essential functions, adopted by the 102nd Annual Organization to new Encampment of the members is currently five NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT Department of California and dollars ($5.00), and RESOLVED that the Pacific, Auxiliary to Sons of Delegates of the Department Union Veterans of the Civil WHEREAS, increasing the of California and Pacific, here War, held at San Luis application fee would assist assembled in annual Obispo, California on March in generating additional Encampment, hereby 9, 2013: revenue for the National request that the National Organization, which could be Organization raise WHEREAS, the application used for publicity, recruiting, application fee charged to From the Department of California and Pacific The following resolution was Encampment is currently set Committee, adopted by the 102nd Annual at ten dollars ($10.00), and Encampment of the NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT Department of California and WHEREAS, this fee does not RESOLVED that the Pacific, Auxiliary to Sons of adequately cover the costs of Delegates of the Department Union Veterans of the Civil the Encampment, including, of California and Pacific, here War, held at San Luis but not limited to, assembled in annual Obispo, California on March photocopying, transcription Encampment, hereby 9, 2013: of the proceedings, lodging request that the registration for certain National Officers, fee for each National WHEREAS, the registration and seed money provided to Encampment be raised to fee for each National the Encampment Host twenty dollars ($20.00). From the Department of California and Pacific The following resolution was capita dues for the National NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT adopted by the 102nd Annual Organization are currently six RESOLVED that the Delegates Encampment of the Department dollars ($6.00), and of the Department of California of California and Pacific, and Pacific, here assembled in Auxiliary to Sons of Union WHEREAS, this amount is not annual Encampment, hereby Veterans of the Civil War, held enough to cover the current request that the National at San Luis Obispo, California operating expenses of the Organization raise the annual on March 9, 2013: National Organization, causing per capita dues to twelve the National Organization to dollars ($12.00). WHEREAS, the annual per operate at a deficit, Page 4 General Orders From the Department of California and Pacific Proposed Amendment to: ARTICLE IX Amendments All proposed amendments to this constitution shall be submitted in writing to the National President, upon prior approval by some Department, not later than forty (40) days preceding the meeting of the National Encampment of the Auxiliary to Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, and such proposed amendments shall be published in General Special Orders preceding such meetings meeting. Such proposed amendments shall be adopted by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members present and entitled to vote at a stated meeting of the National Encampment of the Auxiliary to Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, and shall be effective when favorably acted upon and ratified by not less than ten (10) 50% of the Departments in Good Standing, and proclaimed in General Special From the Department of Massachusetts The following recommendation was unanimously adopted by the 122nd Annual Encampment of the Department of Massachusetts, Auxiliary to Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, help at Marlborough, Massachusetts on March 30th, 2013: That the Office of DC Representative be eliminated at the end of our current representative’s term.