DISTRICT COMMANDER’S REPORT

GOVERNING BOARD – JUNE 5-7 2009 

My travel was uneventful, the weekend was very busy, and I think that quite a bit was a accomplished.  Unlike previous meetings, where the District Commanders met together only on Friday evening, and the rest of the meetings were held jointly with the whole Governing Board, on this occasion the District Commanders also met separately on Saturday morning , which  provided lots of opportunity for the exchange of ideas.  It was unanimously agreed that this process should be continued in the future.

In this report I shall attempt to bring you up to date on the items that I feel are of most interest to the members of VIND. 

Notices of Motion –

Motion NM1, re giving the National Secretary authority to approve pennants, was carried.

Motion MM2, re allowing those who pass Advanced Course to become members, was withdrawn to allow time to investigate some insurance issues – it will be brought to the October Governing Board.

Motion NM3, re requiring parental consent for Juniors to hold Squadron positions was also withdrawn, for further investigation of the definition of ‘under age’.   It will also come to the October meeting. 

Membership – to date renewals by regular members nationally have been about 77% (usually they are about 80%).  About 15% of Associate members have renewed, which is higher than was projected when the automatic membership was introduced.  More renewals will probably still come in.  the latest statistics are shown below.