National Conference of State Societies

Commission on Remembrance at NCSS on April 16

Stephanie Wang, Ceremony Cooridinator for the White House Commission on Remembrance, will speak to the NCSS Governing Board on April 16 at 7 pm in the Hall of States at 444 N. Capitol Street, NW.  Details regarding the Memorial Day observance and the Sept. 19 Day of Remembrance will be discussed. See www.remember.gov.

Hands On DC Project Helps DC Schools April 25

Members of serveral state societies including Connecticut, Wisconsin, and Ohio are helping to paint and clean up DC public school rooms on Saturday, April 25.  For details on the Ohio Society web site, PLEASE CLICK HERE.  Last year, Connecticut Society members worked at cleaning up Bunker Hill Elementary School at 1401 Michigan Ave NE, Washington, DC 20017.  Below, Connecticut Society President Brian Mahar, second from left, and other members take a break from their clean up chores at Bunker Hill School in North East.

To see how your state society can help, send an email to bmahar@gmail.com of the Connecticut State Society or to Peggysue.McNulty@gmail.com of the Wisconsin State Society. For general information on the program, please visit http://www.handsondc.org/.
 

Ohio Society Celebrates 206 years of Statehood

Members of The Ohio Society of Washington, DC celebrated Statehood Day in early March.  Some pictures are below.

To see more photos of the Statehood party on the Ohio Society web site photo gallery, PLEASE CLICK HERE.  The Ohio Society is also found on Facebook.

Proposal to Revise NCSS Bylaws

Last fall NCSS President Lou Barrett appoined a bylaws revision committee chaired by former California Society and NCSS President Paul Sweet.  Other members included Chief Three Feathers Kazemi, president of the District of Columbia State Society; Suzanne New, president of the Maryland State Society; and former Illinois and NCSS President Mark Rhoads.  The committee tried to revise, simplify, update, and shorten bylaws from the 1950s last changed in minor ways eleven years ago in 1998.  To see the recommendations for changes made by the committee, PLEASE CLICK HERE. There may be a vote to approve this report during the April, May, or June 2009 NCSS board meetings if a quorum is present and proper notice is given.  This post is part of that notice.

NCSS Board Meeting is Thursday, April 16

By Mark Rhoads

The next NCSS board meeting is Thursday, April 16 at 6:45 pm in the Hall of States at 444 N. Capitol Street, NW.  We will have a speaker from the White House Commission on Remembrance to talk about how state societies can help on the National Day of Remembrance on Saturday, Sept. 19 to honor families of military loved ones who died in the line of duty related to action overseas since 2001.  Every state society is invited to send at least one officer to attend.

Bill Christian, incoming President of the Texas State Society, is chair of the NCSS nominating committee for next year's officers.  Anyone who wants to volunteer or recommend a state society officer should email Bill Christian at wmc1963@comcast.net.  Nominations from the floor at the May 14 annual meeting are always permitted and provision will be made for secret paper ballots if there is a contest for any office. If you need a copy of the NCSS bylaws, send an email to Mark.Rhoads2@verizon.net and I will send you back a PDF file.