During the first half of my 2010-2011 term of
office as First Vice Commander I received requests for and mailed
out only six transfer request letters and data information forms to
prospective new members. No Project Stay Active sheets were
received from Department for the necessary follow-up of legionnaires
who recently moved into our area. The sidewalk membership drive that
was setup for September and October was not successful due to a lack
of volunteers. Two electronic databases containing member names,
membership numbers, and addresses were created for both the legion
(421 members) and the SAL (100 members). The databases will be used
to print mailing labels and will be retained in house only for
legion purposes. In the past six months I logged a total of 36 hours
of volunteer time as 1st Vice.
The following is a brief summary of the 2010
year of website activities. The Post website attracted a total of
15,056 visitors who viewed 35,647 pages of information. Currently
the website contains 2,759 pages of information and more than 855
pictures/images and more than 30 picture slideshows. Meeting
minutes, officer’s reports, newsletters and special events as well
as menus, legion bulletins and Past Commanders are just some of the
information that is archived on the website. Archived information
currently dates back to 2007, with Past Commanders information
dating back to the establishment of Post 233 in 1971.
During 2010 we had a total of 14 business
cards and 6 boosters advertised in both the newsletter and on our
website. So far in 2011 we have 6 business card advertisers and 1
booster being advertised. Card advertising is $25.00 per year from
January thru December and can be prorated monthly. Booster
advertising is by name only and for any amount donated. Other legion
websites that I have researched ask for much more annually and are
not successful at all.
In 2010 I received and reviewed over 1,000
legion emails via the website, many of which are automatically
redirected to the appropriate officer. Other email information
received may be posted on the website or included in a newsletter,
and yes spam is automatically sent to the junk email folder and then
deleted.
The current disk usage of the website is
360.33 MB of the 300,000 MB allotted.
During the year 2010 I logged a total 247.5 of
volunteer website service hours, and donated $315.00 for the
annual cost of hosting and licensing of the Post website.
For God and Country,
Roy Havekost
ViceComm1@al233fl.org
