VFW NC District 16

VFW Washington Weekly - November 14, 2008

Posted at 08:08 AM on Saturday, November 15, 2008 by dist16

NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE SERVICE
1. Navy to Design New GI Bill Software

NATIONAL SECURITY & FOREIGN AFFAIRS
1. JPAC Goes to India
2. Military Healthcare Online Town Hall Meeting
3. Reserve Component Mobilization

NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE SERVICE

1. Navy to Design New GI Bill Software: A navy command center in Charleston, SC, has been chosen to design the new GI Bill software which VA will use to implement its education benefits.  The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) has experience with sophisticated software that can perform some of the complex calculations that are required under the new law.  The benefit rollout is scheduled for Aug. 1, 2009.  The new education benefit will pay full tuition up to the cost of the most expensive four-year public college or university in the state where a service member or veteran attends school.  It also pays a living stipend based on zip code and other fees for the student veteran.  SPAWAR is still awaiting funding from VA in order to begin the initial stage.

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Sponsorship on the VFW NC WebCOM Network

Posted at 03:46 PM on Thursday, October 9, 2008 by dist16

2008-2009 District Officers

Posted at 02:27 PM on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 by dist16

Position
Commander	L. Russell Burleson/5483	828-689-4133
Sr Vice Cdr	William Cravener/4208	828-668-9330
Jr Vice Cdr	Bobby Moore/10349	828-625-9477
QM	Johnny Taylor/10349	828-894-8673
Judge Advocate
Surgeon
Chaplain
1 Yr Trustee
2 Yr Trustee
3 Yr Trustee
APPOINTED
Adjutant	Johnny Taylor/10349
Inspector	L. Russell Burleson/5483
Americanism
VOD Chair	Paul E. Knaub/5206
Poppy	Russell C. Tresslar/10349
Youth Activities	Paul E. Knaub/5206
Service Officer
Community Svc
Membership
Safety
Boy Scouts
Sergeant at Arms

District 16, NC VFW

Posted at 02:27 PM on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 by dist16

The following posts are in District 16:

9939	Candler	http://www.vfwwebcom.org/nc/post9939
10473	Bat Cave	http://www.vfwwebcom.org/nc/post10473
9157	Black Mountain	http://www.vfwwebcom.org/nc/post9157
10349	Mill Spring	http://www.vfwwebcom.org/nc/post10349
5483	Mars Hill	http://www.vfwwebcom.org/nc/post5483
5206	Hendersonville	http://www.vfwwebcom.org/nc/post5206
3040	W. Asheville	http://www.vfwwebcom.org/nc/post3040
891	Asheville	http://www.vfwwebcom.org/nc/post891
4208	Old Fort	http://www.vfwwebcom.org/nc/post4208
9116	Columbus	http://www.vfwwebcom.org/nc/post9116

Asheville VA Center Renamed

Posted at 07:29 AM on Sunday, December 2, 2007 by dist16

Click here for the full story:   www.vfwwebcom.org/northcarolina

Join The Elite

Posted at 03:58 PM on Thursday, October 11, 2007 by dist16

Become a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States today!

http://www.JoinTheElite.org/

 

 

Hello from VFW WebCOM

Posted at 03:14 PM on Tuesday, October 9, 2007 by dist16

Welcome to Departments of the Veterans of Foreign Wars' VFW WebCOM Network. This Network is comprised of close to 10,000 pre-built, established sites for each of the 54 state and international Departments, their Districts and all 8,500 VFW Posts.  Each department now has an integrated internal and external communications system at their disposal for consideration of universal deployment in support of existing and planned communication protocols.

The Network has not been formally recognized by the National level of the organization at this time but is being aggressively rolled out through the eight VFW Departments of North Carolina, Virginia, Missouri, New Hampshire, Alabama, South Dakota, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

The network provides the organization the ability to push a button and broadcast, or syndicate, the same piece of information, whether it’s text, pictures, video or audio, across every site.  Departments also have the ability to push a button and accomplish the same thing across just the District and Post sites within their Department. Most importantly it enables a VFW Post to directly manage and publish information to the Internet for their local community and their organization as a whole..

Over 5 years in the making and built with the oversight and to the specifications of VFW Department leadership and membership, its objectives are to foster:

• More efficient organizational communication to your members and potential members.
• More efficient organizational communication to your communities.
• More efficient organizational communication to your legislators.
• Generate revenue and resources for the organization.
  

In support of the Network, we have added Department toolbars, a video-sharing platform, instant WebCHAT, a Membership Forum and pre-built 31,000 VFW Department-specific Officer e-mail accounts which are transferable to the next person filling the position. E-commerce storefronts for each post, online calendars and much more are in the works.

All identified product and services are provided at zero cost to the organization with the understanding that costs are to be covered through a revenue sharing agreement. The organization retains 100% control of all branding, 100% editorial control of your message on all levels of the Network and final approval authority on all advertising and e-commerce opportunities. If the Network should fail to generate enough revenue to cover our service and product-provider partners' cost of doing business, there is no cost liability to organization.

At this time advertising and e-commerce opportunities are only available for the eight aforementioned Departments.

While you are here take a moment to take a closer look at how you can support these efforts.

1) Do you have a website or a weblog that you could add a link to a local VFW or State site?  Do you have a few minutes to write about us and let people know what we are doing?

You can find a list of the 54 VFW Departments here: http://vfwwebcom.org/departments

You can find a local VFW Post close to you here:
http://vfwwebcom.org/postdirectory

2) If you are a VFW Member or Supporter, you can download your Department toolbar. The toolbar has lots of neat features; all the RSS (syndication) feeds for every site in the Network run through them, keeping you instantly connected to all the information moving through the Network. Plus every time you search the Internet using the tool bar you generate revenue for your Department.

You can go here to download your toolbar:
http://vfwwebcom.org/toolbars/

3) If you are a VFW Member or Supporter, you can join the conversations in the VFW Membership Forum and instant WebCHAT. There’s lots of good information and opportunities to meet new friends there.

You can go to the Forum here:
http://www.vfwwebcom.org/forum

4) If you are a VFW Member or Supporter, you can view and start sharing videos at VFW WebCOM Video Network.

You can check out the videos here:
http://video.vfwwebcom.org/

5) If you are a VFW Member or Supporter, do you know of a business that may be interested in supporting your local VFW Posts or Department by purchasing advertising on their site?  Prices start at $2.00 a day for one site and scale from there with opportunities to advertise across all sites in a Department.  (Again, at this time advertising and e-commerce opportunities are only available for the eight aforementioned Departments.)

You can go here to browse advertising opportunities:
http://www.admemex.com/vfwwebcom/

As you can see, there’s plenty to see and do on the VFW WebCOM Network with more still to come.  We thank you for stopping by and invite you back regularly to support and stay connected with your Veterans of Foreign Wars.