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VVA MEMBERSHIP AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT

Chair: Bill Meeks, Jr.; Vice Chair: Dick Southern; Members: Carol Baker, Peter Bessigano, Charlie Hobbs, Len Ignatowski, Charlie Montgomery, Marshall Mudge, Mike Oravetz, Jim Pace, Carol Schetrompf, and Wayne Watkins; Special Advisors: Sharon Hobbs (AVVA Membership Chair), John Pancrazio and Jeff White; and Staff Coordinator: Ernestine Horton.

For better communication, VVA Committee Chairs have been requested to submit a monthly progress report to
VVA Vice President Jack Devine and please consider this document as the April 10 Report from the committee.

The Committee is continuing to review, update or revise (if necessary) all membership material and improve
Membership Services on the VVA web site.

VVA Chapters can submit the Election Report before the reporting deadline of July 15th to your state council
and the VVA Membership Department.

VVA State Councils will be conducting their elections this year and the Election Report can be submitted
before the deadline of July 15th to the VVA Membership Department.

Remember your Financial Report can be submitted before the deadline of July 15th to the VVA Membership Department.

The new membership tool Guide to Understanding an Applicant's DD-214 for VVA Membership Eligibility to assist state councils and chapters in their review of DD-214s to determine whether a veteran is eligible for VVA Membership is available.

If there are still questions concerning the veteran's DD-214, you can contact the VVA Membership Department
or the VVA Membership Affairs Committee who will resolve your questions.

The new VVA membership application is fresh off the printing press and now available upon request
by contacting the VVA Membership Department.

Here are the top chapters in VVA by their membership totals:
Chapter # 172 (MD) 991; # 451 (MD) 693; # 203 (TN) 635; # 154 (MI) 564; # 77 (NY) 540; # 20 (NY) 469; # 862 (PA) 459; # 391
(CA) 443; # 299 (IL) 428; # 751 (OK) 421; # 11 (NY) 369; # 82 (NY) 348; # 317 (MO) 317; # 49 (NY) 266; # 32 (NY) 264; # 266
(PA) 258; # 137 (TX) 254; # 224 (WI) 247; # 227 (VA) 230; # 120 (CT) 228; # 223 (CA) 228; # 628 (WV) 225; # 333 (NY) 219; # 800
(NJ) 219; # 103 (NY) 214; # 295 (IN) 204; and # 12 (NJ) 202.



VVA Membership Totals as of April 30, 2010

Individual Members (IND) - 27,227
Life Members (LMP) - 32,264
Life Member Time Payments (LMT) - 355
Incarcerated Veterans (IVI) - 1,983
Permanently Hospitalized Veterans (PHV) - 263
Total 62,092 - - (61,774 last month)
Women Veterans 962*(this figure is already part of the overall membership total)
Monthly total for this month last year: - 59,337
Growth Rate: 4.6%

 


VVA Members by Region

1) - 3,443 2) - 11,902 3) - 10,819 4) - 4,959
5) - 9,108 6) - 6,325 7) - 5,947 8) - 2,779
9) - 6,752 Other - 58
Total - 62,092

 

AVVA Membership Totals as of April 30, 2010

Associates (ASC) - 4,751
Associate Life Supporters (ALP) - 2,451
Associate Life Supporters Time Payments (ALT) - 35
Other (AVVA Members Eligible for VVA (OTH) - 101
Other Life Supporters (OLP) - 86
Other Life Supporters Time Payment (OLT) - 0
Incarcerated Associate Veterans (IVA) - 258
Total - 7,682 - - (7,691 last month)
Monthly total for this month last year: 7,377
Growth Rate: 4.1%

 


AVVA Members by Regions

1) - 188 2) - 1,537 3) - 1,655 4) - 592
5) - 1,048 6) - 738 7) - 722 8) - 271
9) - 926 Other - 5
Total - 7,682

 

STATE
VVA
AVVA
 
STATE
VVA
AVVA
AK
191 - 1
19
 
NE
257
35 + 2
AL
921 + 2
130 - 5
 
NH
283 + 5
26 + 3
AR
330 + 5
31 + 2
 
NJ
2901 + 6
315 + 1
CA
3877 + 41
636 + 32
 
NM
456 + 3
31 + 1
CN
6 + 1
0
 
NV
718 + 5
94 - 6
CO
324 + 1
17
 
NY
5206 - 10
680 + 3
CT
563 - 1
42 - 1
 
OH
2610
374 - 14
DC
71
7
 
OK
1227
119 - 1
DE
312 + 8
21 + 1
 
OR
937 - 9
126 + 1
FL
2232 + 95
239 + 3
 
OS
52
5
GA
1059 + 19
167 + 3
 
PA
3483 + 21
521 + 6
GU
78 + 1
9
 
PI
118 - 2
13 - 1
HI
130
15
 
PR
357 + 1
13 + 1
IA
838 - 3
73 - 1
 
RI
324
25 - 1
ID
301
56
 
SC
725 + 6
60 - 2
IL
1629 + 12
170 - 10
 
SD
125 - 1
5
IN
943 + 3
80 + 1
 
TN
1937 + 5
388 + 4
KS
479 - 3
42 - 3
 
TX
3533 + 18
440 - 3
KY
591 + 1
76 + 2
 
UT
156 + 1
26 + 1
LA
857
132 - 2
 
VA
1803 + 1
266 - 1
MA
1402 - 1
40 - 1
 
VI
17 + 2
0
MD
3063 + 14
467 - 8
 
VT
601 - 1
34 - 1
ME
270
21
 
WA
836 + 2
38 - 2
MI
3926 + 42
424 + 9
 
WI
1912 + 6
259 - 1
MN
1102 + 1
89
 
WV
1121 + 3
224 - 8
MO
1200 + 2
145 + 1
 
WY
68
3
MS
373 + 4
43 - 2
 
MT
446 + 12
29
 
NC
1508 - 1
167 - 9
 
ND
412 + 3
90 - 2
 
 


I have been asked to provide plus or minus figures after each state total of membership
and if neither figure is noted, then there was no change from the previous month.