Auxiliary Member Advisory Committee CHAPTER PRESIDENT’S SYMPOSIUM SEPTEMBER 2012

Overview  Auxiliary Member History  Auxiliary Liaisons Value Added  Auxiliary Liaisons Every Council and Chapter  2013 AMAC Project: SBP/DIC Offset Unremarried Surviving Spouses

Auxiliary Member History  2002 Study reviewed Auxiliary Members’ needs  2004 BoD approved creation of AMAC  2011 BoD authorized Auxiliary Member study relative to bylaws change  2012 Referendum to allow Auxiliary Members full voting privileges on August ballot

Auxiliary Members Value Added  Auxiliary Member votes – potential 17% increase in votes on national- level issues  In our Chapter System: 750 Auxiliary Members hold leadership positions as chapter officers or board members

Auxiliary Members Value Added  Fill vacant leadership positions  Manage and organize events, fundraisers, and special projects  Advocate and educate on MOAA legislative issues (local, state, and national level)  PR and Community Outreach to increase MOAA and Chapter visibility  All councils and chapters encouraged to recruit an Auxiliary Liaison (Auxiliary Member or Spouse)

Auxiliary Liaisons Cell Phones For Soldiers  Goal: 1 Million minutes free talk time for deployed troops (16,667 phones)  Result: 1,761,480 minutes free talk time (29,358 phones)  76% over goal  85 Chapters participated with 77% of the projects led by an Auxiliary Liaison.  Auxiliary Liaisons led the project in 11 of the top 15 chapters.

AMAC National Project SBP–DIC OFFSET UNREMARRIED SURVIVING SPOUSES

SBP-DIC OFFSET Total SBP Recipients 327,184 Total SBP Recipients Offset 57,134 Average SBP Offset/Month $ Information Per DoD Office of Actuary Report Dated 9/30/11

SBP–DIC OFFSET SBP RECIPIENTS BY AGE Survivors , ,184 Source: DoD Office of Actuary Report-September 30, 2011 Does Not Include Coast Guard

SBP-DIC OFFSET Full/Partial Offset by DIC 23,854 Survivors Partial DIC Offset 33,280 Survivors Full DIC Offset

SBP-DIC OFFSET DIC OFFSET BY AGE Survivors 65 44,498 57,134

SBP/DIC OFFSET  Launch grassroots campaign: Contact Congressmen and Senators to co-sponsor bills:  Auxiliary Liaisons in Councils and Chapters work with Region AMAC Representative on campaign  Success requires participation of all MOAA members and spouses

SBP/DIC OFFSET  Launch grassroots campaign: Contact Congressmen and Senators to co-sponsor bills: H.R. 178 and S260  Auxiliary Liaisons in Councils and Chapters work with Region AMAC Representative on campaign  Success requires participation of all MOAA members and spouses

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