Sonya Sallee
Treasurer
TREASURER’S NOTES
MAY 2024
Its getting closer and closer to the end of another year, what a great year we have had, very close to 100% with deaths and so many auxiliaries have made it to 100%. My main concern as the treasurer is that everyone gets their audit in time so that you are eligible to vote for the candidates and for the changing of the delegate fees and increases in the dues. National and many auxiliaries have made changes in their dues fees and the department needs to make changes also. If you do not have your March 31, 2024, audit into me by May 15th, you will not be able to vote at the convention and we need everyone that we can to be able to vote. If you have an issue that the audit will be late, please notify me and we will take that into consideration for your ability to vote. So please try very hard to get the audit done at the end of this month or the beginning of May.
I am asking you about being on time with your bond this year. Please, if you do not have paying for your bond in your standing rules, please at your June meeting make a motion to pay your bond in July, if we are 100% in paying our dues by July 31, 2024, we will get five extra points for the circle of excellence for next year. I know that everyone says, well it is not due until the end of August, but it is so much better if we get them in earlier. I will be reminding you at the Convention about that also. We did have them all last year before the end of July so I know that we can do it again.
Please District Treasurers, remember I need a copy of your audit anytime that you have a meeting. Some districts only have two meetings a year and some have three in a year and people have been lacking getting in those audits. I need to know that the audit was done, so we just had a bunch of meetings so do not forget to get these into me as soon as you can.
Hope to see many of you at the Department Convention, if you have any questions send them to me or call and I will be happy to answer them. Hope you have a great month.
APRIL 2024
Well, here we are, almost time for another convention and another year over. It seems like the years have just started going by so fast, cannot believe that this is the 9th year that I have been Department Treasurer. I have learned so much and made so many marvelous friends and sisters through the years and I hope to continue to help.
We are end the end of March and I have 10 Auxiliaries that have not sent their audits for the end of December or their bank account to me as of yet. Please get them in a soon as you can and others haven’t sent in their bank statement. Please get these into me as soon as you can. Also, if you don’t have the last two audits into me by the middle of May, your auxiliary can’t vote at Department. We are voting in raising the members dues and our at large dues and this is something that you will want to have a voice in this year. So please get your Audit team together and get your Audits in for the end of the year. This year is very important for the health of the department. So please get your audits in before the due date.
We are really behind in the donations for Run2Remember and the date for sending in money is coming soon, please if you have the chance, please send in some donations for this program. It is a great way for us to get money for our Veterans and their families.
I know this is early but please have a vote in your May meeting to pay your bond early in July. I know we have until the end of August, but it is just as good to get it paid early and we can get more points for our Circle of Excellence if we pay them all at the end of July. Thank you all for what you do for our Veterans.
Sonya
MARCH 2024
Well, another month has gone by, can’t believe how fast the year has gone. Have you gotten your December 31, 2023, audit into me yet? If not, you are late, please email me, text me or call me if your audit isn’t in and the reason that it isn’t done. I know that the weather has prevented your auxiliary to meet but it’s important that you get your audits in. I know that things come up, the same thing has happened in my auxiliary sometimes so just let me know. Plus, if you haven’t sent me your bank statement for December 31, 2023, please get that in also. I got several audits in without the bank statement, and I like having a copy of the statement.
I’m just wondering how many auxiliaries have standing rules that they work with during the year? If you have a set of rules, could you please send me a copy so that we can have some training on it at the academy this coming year? It would help all auxiliaries that don’t have a set to help them get started on getting some rules. It really helps auxiliaries to do business with Department and National. It took several years for my auxiliary to get a set and it makes it so much easier at the beginning of the year.
It is getting close to elections in the auxiliaries again and you need to think about who is going to be your officers for next year. Do you have people that would like to learn the job of trustee and help with the audit? You can always vote in a new person to help with the audit so that they can learn the position and it would be great for your auxiliary. Sometimes someone who starts as a trustee soon becomes an auxiliary treasurer down the road. And there are only four audits in the year which isn’t that much time out of your life.
Please, if you have some extra money in your relief fund and you haven’t sent any money in for this project, please consider sending in money for Run2Remember. It is a great program for our veterans and it’s a good way to let them know that we are thinking about them. We have made more money right now than the VFW, but more money needs to be sent to the VFWA so that we can keep track of how much money has been sent in.
Hope to see you at the district meetings or the department convention, I miss seeing everyone during the year. Please keep yourself healthy and hope to see you soon. I just might sneak out and go to a district meeting some weekend. Hope to see many at the convention in June.