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THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 17, 2008
7:30 A.M. CAUCUS OF ALL DELEGATES AND ALTERNATES BY DISTRICTS -- (See
Page for Caucus Rooms.)
9:00 A.M. AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTION SESSIONS – Grand Ballroom East
CALL TO ORDER: James E. Copher, Department Commander, Mound
ADVANCEMENT OF THE COLORS -- 2007 Champions – Tri-City Post 513 Color Guard, New
Brighton
POW/MIA
FLAG: W. Lee Tallakson, Chairman, POW/MIA Committee, Edina
Wes Thompson, Department Sergeant at Arms, Sartell
INVOCATION: Don Pankake, Department Chaplain,
Hutchinson
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
"THE PREAMBLE" -- Recital by Commander and Delegates
GREETINGS: Clark Dyrud, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of
Veterans Affairs, St. Paul
The
Honorable Gene Winstead, Mayor,
Bloomington
Terry Selle, Commander,
Earl C. Hill Post 550, Bloomington
John
Torma, Tenth District Commander, Brooklyn
Park
Jim Mead, General Convention
Chairman, Bloomington
9:30 A.M. READING OF THE CONVENTION CALL: Lyle R. Foltz, Department Adjutant
REPORT OF CONVENTION CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE
REPORT OF CONVENTION RULES
COMMITTEE
ADVANCE READING OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT RESOLUTIONS:
Don Walser, Department Judge Advocate, Hutchinson
9:45 A.M. GREETINGS: Other Veterans Organizations
RESPONSE: Bruce Kottom, Department Vice Commander, Buffalo
10:00 A.M. "REPORTING NATIONALLY" -- Virgil Persing, National Executive Committeeman, Columbia Heights
10:05 A.M. REPORT: Legionnaire Insurance Trust, Jim LeTexier, Chairman, East Grand Forks
10:10 A.M. REPORT: Minnesota American Legion Foundation, Tom Lannon, President, Prior Lake
10:15 A.M. REPORT: Armed Forces Service Center, Mike Ash, Executive Board Member, St. Paul
10:20 A.M. PRESENTATIONS BY:
Larry Anderson, Employment Committee Chairman, Brainerd
GREETINGS: Kevin Nagel,
State Director
Veterans Employment and Training Service
10:30 A.M. AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY NATIONAL PRESIDENT
Jan
Pulvermacher-Ryan, Madison, Wisconsin
10:40 A.M. VETERANS AFFAIRS AND REHABILITATION: Tom Burau, Dept Rehabilitation Chairman, Fergus Falls
10:55 A.M. ANNOUNCEMENT OF DEPARTMENT CONVENTION COMMITTEES AND
INSTRUCTIONS
Lyle R. Foltz, Department Adjutant
11:00 A.M. RECESS
11:15 A.M. JOINT MEMORIAL SERVICE – Grand Ballroom East
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 17, 2008
1:00 P.M. MEETINGS OF ALL CONVENTION COMMITTEES.
INSTRUCTIONS:
- 1. Members serving on Convention Committees will please be prompt in attendance at assigned committee meetings.
- 2. Each committee will elect its own Chairman and Secretary. When work is finished, the Chairman or Secretary, (or both) will report to the Convention Department Headquarters in Veranda 7 at the Sheraton Bloomington Hotel, for assistance in preparing a typewritten report for presentation to the Convention assembled on Friday, July 18, 2008.
- 3. All Convention Committee reports should be presented and accepted in final form before adjournment on Friday, July 18, 2008, thus disposing of all business other than that which has been scheduled for Saturday morning.
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2:00 GAMBLING SEMINAR, Grand Ballroom East
Moderator: John Cox, Legislative
Committee Chairman, Mahtomedi
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