chapter 984 august newsletter

8/22/2019 Chapter 984 August Newsletter

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AFSA Chapter 984CMSAF #6 James M. McCoy Chapter

Important DatesPresidents Corner.

AFSA Chapter 984 August 2013, Issue 7

AFSA Chapter 984CMSAF #6 James M. McCoy ChapterFREE TICKETS to Omaha Storm Chasers!

Come out to our 1st General

Membership Appreciation Day at

Werner park on 31 Aug 13. See

page 5.

General MembershipMeeting @ 1130,Bowling Alley Lounge

BX membership Drive,1000-1400

Mark your calendar: General Membership meeting, 14 August 2013 @ 1130 hours atthe Bowling Alley Lounge. MSgt (Ret) Merle Spaulding donates pizzas for the

meeting, come join us for lunch. Door Prizes will be given away!

Presidents Corner.

August 14

August 15

August 3

Bingo Night withEastern Nebraska VetsHome 1830-1930

August 17

Legends Football leagueHeart vs. Charm

August 5

Brush Up Nebraska Prep Day 0900-1100

August 24 Werner Park OmahaStormchasers vs. OKC

August 10

August 31 1stMembershipAppreciation Day @Werner Park

Chapter 984 Members,

EDUCATION!!!How do we educate on AFSA? I continue to ask

myself each and every day and wonder this same question. What arewe doing wrong? When I bring up AFSA to an Air Force member,one, they tell me they are a member (which they are not) or two, they

just look at you like you are crazy! When we are at the BXrecruiting, people just walk right on by trying not to make any eye

contact or just flat out ignore us. Yes, I do understand not everyoneis going to join our Association, but if they would take the time to beeducated about AFSA, I think our odds would definitely turnaround.I know that recruiting is one of the most difficult of any organization,

but educating is easy. As you all know we have had hard times inour Air Force this past year, but it is on the verge to get even worst.We need help to increase membership into our Association, as this isthe first step to help protect our benefits. Whats IMPORTANT toyou? Pay, promotion, education, healthcare, retirement I know atleast one of these benefits is IMPORTANT to you. These are just afew items that have been discussed on Capitol Hill and can be taken

away anytime. We need your to help protect our benefits that wehave earned and were promised. We cant do it alone, we youreyour help to educate and recruit at least one new member into ourAssociation. If you could talk to at least three people about AFSAand educate, at least one will join and make our VOICE that much

stronger on Capitol Hill. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 6)

Brush Up Nebraska Paint Day 0800-1600


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POW * MIA 5K Run/Walk

984 Website has arrived!Our new website has arrived. The

website will be www.afsa984.org orscan QR code. If you have anyideas to improve our communicationsor to join their team contact TSgt

Alfredo Davila at [email protected].

Facebook Page

At Ralston Arena and Werner Park AFSA, Chapter 984works in the concession stands and makes profit on totalsales. Usually an event takes 8-14 people to runsmoothly. Below are the dates scheduled for the RalstonArena & Werner Park. To signup use the links below.

Ralston Arena:- 3 August 13: LFL Omaha Heart vs. Baltimore Charmhttp://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040948AEA92EA31-ralston4

POC: A1C Finch or A1C Colby

Werner Park- 24 August 13: Omaha Storm Chaser vs. New Orleanshttp://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040948AEA92EA31-werner1

POC: A1C Colby or A1C Finch

POW/MIA Week sponsored by Chapter 984This years POW/MIA ceremony will be held on 27 September. If you would like to be part of the POW/MIAplanning committee, contact MSgt Jesse Pennington [email protected]. There will also be 5KPOW/MIA fundraiser on 25 September. A donation will be given to a non-profit org. Additional volunteersare needed to organize and make this event a success. A few more positions to fill, contact MSgt Pennington.

HQ AFSA WebsiteAFSA has a great site for your viewing pleasure. You cansee what AFSA is currently fighting, your benefits as amember. To login in you need your member number andregister. Go to the following site:https://www.hqafsa.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

- 25 September 13: 1st Annual POW/MIA 5K Run

$25 registration fee and receive a free t-shirt.To sign up use link below:

Sign up: http://afsachapter984powmia5k.eventbrite.com/

POC: TSgt Amber SaienniProceeds raised will be donated

Follow Chapter 984 on TwitterYou can now begin to follow Chapter 984 onTwitter. To follow Chapter 984 find us @AFSA984.

Upcoming EventsUpcoming events sponsored by Chapter 984. We doneed assistance of volunteers or leaders to run theseevents. If interested contact A1C Jack Finch.

- 6 August 13: POW/MIA Planning Meeting- 20 August 13: POW/MIA Planning Meeting

At MSG conference room at 1500 hours

- 15 & 17 August 13: Brush up NebraskaTo sign up click on link:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040948AEA92EA31-brush

Did you know that your local Chapter has aFacebook page? Click the following link:

http://www.facebook.com/Afsachapter984

Division 3 WebsiteCheck out our Division 3 website. Go to the followingsite: http://www.afsadiv3.org

LEAD A FUNDRAISER!If you would like information on how to help or

spearhead a Chapter 984 fundraiser contactTSgt Mitchell at [email protected].

Upcoming Fundraisers!


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Presidents Drawing

Chapter 984 Membership Leaderboard:

MSgt Melenka: 101 (4 ret) MSgt Wilson: 60 (2 ret)

TSgt Sidel: 47 (Retentions) CMSgt (ret) Parente: 17

SSgt Therrien: 16 A1C Finch: 11

A1C Walker: 9 SSgt Parker: 8

A1C Enzor: 6 SrA Helm: 5

SrA Barnes: 4 SMSgt (ret) Lutzen: 4

Membership Team Seeks Motivatedpersonnel!SSgt Vanns membership committee is looking for arepresentative from each squadron to join themembership committee! Come join our membershipteam to recruit & retain members into the Air ForceSergeants Association. You will be trained how torecruit & retain. You will learn how to talk in frontof large groups about AFSA. Membership team

briefs at ALS, NCOPME, SNCO induction, RightStart, and many more! Only skill required is

MOTIVATION. Contact SSgt Vann [email protected].

Every month at the general membership meeting if you

bring an E-4 below non-member they are entered into the

Presidents drawing to win a free $25.00 two-year

membership. So bring your Airmen to get them involved

and a chance at a FREE membership!

BX Membership Drives!Come out and help Chapter 984 recruit & retainmembers. We will have one event in August.

10 August 2013 @ 1000 to 1300

In June, Chapter 984 moved into the Top 14Chapters in all of AFSA with total members. InJuly, we have moved up to the 13th largest chapters

in the Air Force Sergeants Association. This is thefirst time in years our chapter has been in the Top 15.

We need to continue the momentum to the end ofthe year. Our next goal is for 1,700+ members. GoChapter 984!!!

TOP 13!!!

A1C Olin Enzor briefs the benefits of being a

member of AFSA to two possible new recruitsduring the BX membership drive in July

Chapter 984 Membership team during amembership drive. They recruited 13 new memb


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Membership Challenge 13 in 13In February Newsletter CP Melenka challenged the

general membership and his executive council torecruit 13 new members in 2013 to go along with

HQAFSA initiative of 13 recruits in 13. If you hit 13

in 13 you will receive a coin from the International

President. CP Melenka offered the same incentive to

the members who meet this challenge. They will also

receive a Chapter Coin. The pictures below are

members that have accepted and met the challenge.

CMSgt (ret) Michael Parente past AFSA InternationalPresident was the first to meet the challenge.

MSgt John Wilson was the second to meet thechallenge.

TSgt Travis Sidel met the challenge with 13 retfor the Chapter.

TSgt Stephanie Therrien met the challenge for tChapter.


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Veterans AffairsWe sponsor numerous monthly and quarterly

events at the ENVH in Bellevue. If you areinterested in volunteering or being part of the VAteam contact Trustee TSgt Therrien @[email protected].

Next Events at ENVH:5 Aug 13: Bingo Night/20th IS2 Sep 13: Bingo Night/STRAT

7 Oct 13: Bingo Night/55th WG

ENVH Base Tour:

Starting on 9 September 2013, The VeteransAffairs team will start conducting annual basetours for the residents of the Eastern NebraskaVeterans Home. The residents will receive a one-hour tour of Offutt AFB and will be completedwith a MWD demonstration for the residents.

Membership Appreciation dayGet your FREE TICKETS!

Chapter 984 will beholding its 1stmembershipappreciation day on31 August 2013 atWerner Park duringan OmahaStormchasers game

The Chapter haspurchased 100 tickets for YOU!!! We are giving 2FREE tickets per member. If you need more thanthe 2 tickets for the game you will be able topurchase more seats for an additional $8 per seat.We will seat your party together. Before the gamewe will be having a tailgate party in the parking lot.We will provide the food for the event. Please

bring your own drinks. If you would like moreinformation on the appreciation day please makecontact with SSgt Amanda Gallegos and SrAZorisha Barnes.

Over twenty volunteers went out to the RalstonArena on Friday, the 29th of June to supporanother Chapter 984 fundraiser. Chapter 98manned two concession stands in the packed arenaselling over $3,000 worth of food and drink

between both stands that the Chapter manned. Thconcert was a blast, and our volunteers rocked outo everything from the Super Mario Bros Theme tothe soundtrack to Skyrim, even including a very

strange and interesting rendition of the TetriTheme. The crowd was excited and the night was

blast for our volunteers and customers alikeanother outstanding fundraiser for the Air ForcSergeants Association Chapter 984! - See more athttp://afsa984.org/ways-means/video-games-live/#sthash.li6qSpKk.dpuf

Chapter 984 at Ralston Arena


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Legislative

Give Troops Their Full Military Pay Raise!When the Administration submitted its FY 2014

budget plan, it proposed capping military pay raise at1 percent. By law, service members would be entitledto a 1.8 percent raise in the coming year. Now is notthe time to short-change our troops. Users of AFSACapWiz should send the message to theirrepresentatives urging lawmakers to follow currentlaw and give service members a full pay increase in2014. Use CapWiz link above.

Use CapWiz at:http://www.capwiz.com/hqafsa/issu

es/alert/?alertid=62676741

Pentagon Likely to Cut Furlough Days? AnAssociated Press article, as reported by Fox News says,Defense department civilians will likely face up to fivefewer unpaid furlough days than originally planned, asPentagon leaders scrimp to find up to $900 million insavings in the final months of the budget year that endsSept. 30, officials told theAssociated Press.Officials said no final decisions have been made, butthey believe civilian workers will be forced to take six toeight unpaid days off rather than the 11 days that hadbeen scheduled. The move comes as workers begin theirfourth week of furloughs--a decision that rileddepartment employees and prompted many to complaindirectly to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel as he visitedmilitary bases earlier thismonth.Those interested can read the full articleat: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/29/pentagon-to-likely-cut-number-furlough-days-for-civilian-

In-State Tuition Rates for Post-9/11 GI Bill

Students. Another provision in S. 944 would providein-state tuition rates under the GI Bill program for non-resident student veterans enrolled in public colleges anduniversities. According to aMiami Heraldarticle, 17states currently offer in-state tuition rates to all veterans,regardless of where they served; seven states offer itwith conditions; and 12 states are consideringlegislation. Those interested can read thisMiamiHeraldarticle at:http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/07/21/3512010/veterans-find-out-of-state-military.html

President Threatens to Veto Defense BilObjects to Full Military Pay Rais

TRICARE, and other Measures. ThPresidents Office of Management and Budg(OMB) has reported the Presidents intention veto the FY 2014 Defense Appropriations Bibeing considered this week by the House, unleCongress changes certain items to the Presidentliking. A Military Times article explains, thWhite House complains the House version of th2014 defense appropriations bill is too generouwith military pay, not generous enough with pay ffederal civilian workers, and doesnt includAdministration-proposed cost-cutting measursuch as base closings and raising Tricare health fefor military retirees.

To read the full OMB Statement of AdministratioPolicy on H.R. 2397, gto: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/filesmb/legislative/sap/113/saphr2397r_20130722.pdf

The Military Times source article can be accesseat: http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/2013072NEWS05/307220041/White-House-issues-veto-threat-defense-funding-bill

Take action now toprotect our benefits!!


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EDUCATION! Continued from the Presidents Corner:

Fiscal Year 2014, DoDs budget will be cut by $52billion dollars. Where do you think some of these cutsare going to start? SecDef Chuck Hagle sent out a

letter on July 10, 2013 explaining some possibilities ofthese cuts which some do affect us. It is time toeducate non-members to invest into their Air Forcecareer and join AFSA. This will help strengthen ourvoice on Capitol Hill. When I recruit, I tell individualsthey dont have to be an ACTIVE member of ourchapter and to help out with any events we host, I justask them to do their part and become a member. Yes,we do have a lot of great opportunities and if they areinterested help, but by you just being a member is allwe can ever ask for. The exclusive benefits they

receive from AFSA pays off their membership if theyjoin. Even as a chapter we have giveaways we give toour members. So I challenge each and every one ofyou to educate and try to recruit at least one memberinto our Chapter by the end of the year

Get your Chapter 984 CoinThe Chapter 984 coins have just arrived. have 100 on hand. Be the first to get your nChapter coin. The cost is $10.00 per coin. If ywould like a coin please contact MSgt NichoMelenka.

Ruby Tuesday has offered AFSA six differen

dates to the end of the year to help raise monefor the organization. All you have to do present the flyer attached and have lunch odinner at the Cornhusker Ruby Tuesday. Thewill give 20% of your total bill back to AFSAThe dates of the give back program are July 2August 6, September 3, October 1, November and Dec 3. Click on link for flyehttp://www.hqafsa.org/aoc/afsa_rtp.pdf

Animals from AFSA! Aug 5-30Animals from AFSA initiative was created by yourexecutive council. What is it? Is to have used andnew stuffed animals donated for this cause. We aredoing two drives in ONE! The first is clean used

stuffed animals to be donated where the Chapterwill bring these items to the Open Door Mission andto give away to less fortunate children. Our seconddrive will be used for only NEW stuffed animalsand the Chapter will bring them to the ChildrensHospital to donate to kids receiving treatment theday we go visit. The drive will take place from5 Aug to 30 Aug. We will have boxes set up around

base for you to drop off your donated stuffedanimals. We ask please donate the items and placein a plastic bag to keep clean with new or used tag.

If you would like to have more information on thisinitiative please contact the following POCs for thisevent.

TSgt Mitchell: 294-6502

TSgt Cicirello: 294-4202

MSgt Andrus: 232-1358

SrA Barnes: 232-4788


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Presidents Contact Info:Anytime you need to contact the President of

Chapter 984 or provide feedback please use thfollowing info:

HP: 210-452-9322 WP: 402-294-6593Home E-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected]

Presidents Chip for Extraordinary

Performance

Starting on 1 Jun the CPstarted a new incentive forOutstanding Chapter membersthat goes above and beyond.For a member that givesExtraordinary Performance toChapter 984 will personallyreceive the Presidents Chip.

At the July General Membership Meeting the secondchip was presented to MSgt Matthew Fritz fromMaintenance. During June MSgt Fritz stepped up tolead the Oklahoma Clothing Drive for the Tornadovictims that were left with nothing after the tornadoscame in May. With his leadership his team collectedover 5.3K pounds of clothing helping 60 families rightaway. In the months to come the clothes collected willhelp another 150-200 families. To MSgt Fritz and histeam, this would not have been possible for each ofyou. Thank you for the continued support to Chapter

984.

MSgt Matthew Fritz receiving the second PresidentsChip from CP Melenka at the July meeting.

New Chick-fil-A SponsorshipChapter 984 just teamup with Chick-fil-A in

f Bellevue NE, for amonthly membersh

sponsorship. For the remainder of the yeChick-fil-A will buy a membership for outstanding E-6 non-AFSA member. They walso provide a free meal to the recipient of thaward. Any member can nominate an individuwithin their workplace. All you have to do

submit at least a 50-word statement to texecutive council of why this person is the modeserving. This process will begin at the Augugeneral membership meeting. All submissiwill be due by the end of each month. Winnwill be announced at the next membershmeeting. If you have an individual for Juplease get with the Chapter President on nomin

before 10 Jul 13. For this individual just givebrief statement on why they should be considfor the membership. The POC for this award w

be TSgt Travis Sidel.

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