2025-2026
Sonya Sallee
673 W Sandpiper Avenue
Hermiston, OR 97838
541-701-0496
ortreasvfwa@gmail.com
MARCH
I have a couple of issues that I would like to discuss in
this article this month. I have requested that you send me the December 31 bank
statement with the audit that ends on December 31st. There are a few
things that I like to look at when I get these bank statements and the way they
were sent to me, I couldn’t check everything that I wanted to check. I look at
the date of the statement, and I look at the bank that you use. I look at the
balance of the statement and compare it to the audit to make sure that the
balances are the same as they should.
The trustees are supposed to look at the bank statements and
compare them to your check book or ledger and look to see if any debit card
purchases are in there and they are correct. After the audit is completed, the
trustees NEED to sign the bank statement and date them and sign the
ledger and audit. I received MANY bank statements with absolutely
nothing on the statement, no date, no signatures no nothing so it looks like
the trustees didn’t examine the books or the bank statements. I am not going to
ask you to send me the bank statements again this year but PLEASE remember
them for next year. I know that you are doing your job, but I would appreciate
seeing that this is being completed. If your trustees are not doing this,
please look back at your treasurers’ books and make sure that they are done.
I have a serious issue with the applications; I started telling you clear back in August that the old applications couldn’t be used after the first of the year. I had Zoom meetings where we discussed the applications in length and it was brought up at Mid Winter about applications. You were told that after the first of the year any application that didn’t have the date 2026 on the bottom right-hand side of the application wouldn’t be submitted, it can’t be submitted as National will not accept them. It doesn’t matter that they were filled out before the first of the year, they needed to be on the new form, especially if you weren’t going to get them in until after the first of January. Well, here it is the end of February, and I am still getting the old forms, and they will be going back to the auxiliary that they came from. I am not sure why this information didn’t get o. but please throw away all your old applications and don’t use them anymore. Even if you are sending the money to the Department to pay for the dues, the new form must be used because I am downloading it when I put the paperwork in. So please start using the right forms.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me and
I will be happy to answer any questions that you may have. Thank you for supporting
me and helping me when you can. Hope to see some of you around the next couple
of months for meetings.
