Auxiliary MemberAdvisory Committee

CHAPTER PRESIDENT’S SYMPOSIUM

SEPTEMBER 2012

Overview Auxiliary Member History

Auxiliary Liaisons Value Added

Auxiliary Liaisons Every Council and

Chapter

2013 AMAC Project: SBP/DIC Offset

Unremarried Surviving Spouses

Auxiliary Member History

2002 Study reviewed Auxiliary Members’ needs

2004 BoD approved creation of AMAC

2011 BoD authorized Auxiliary Member study

relative to bylaws change

2012 Referendum to allow Auxiliary Members full

voting privileges on August ballot

Auxiliary Members Value Added

Auxiliary Member votes – potential

17% increase in votes on national-

level issues

In our Chapter System: 750 Auxiliary

Members hold leadership positions as

chapter officers or board members

Auxiliary Members Value Added

Fill vacant leadership positions

Manage and organize events, fundraisers, and special

projects

Advocate and educate on MOAA legislative issues

(local, state, and national level)

PR and Community Outreach to increase MOAA and

Chapter visibility

All councils and chapters encouraged to recruit an

Auxiliary Liaison (Auxiliary Member or Spouse)

Auxiliary Liaisons Cell Phones For

Soldiers Goal: 1 Million minutes free talk time for deployed

troops (16,667 phones)

Result: 1,761,480 minutes free talk time (29,358

phones)

76% over goal

85 Chapters participated with 77% of the projects led

by an Auxiliary Liaison.

Auxiliary Liaisons led the project in 11 of the top 15

chapters.

AMAC National Project2012-2013

SBP–DIC OFFSET UNREMARRIED

SURVIVING SPOUSES

SBP-DIC OFFSET

Total SBP Recipients 327,184

Total SBP Recipients Offset 57,134

Average SBP Offset/Month $976.00

Information Per DoD Office of Actuary Report Dated 9/30/11

SBP–DIC OFFSET SBP RECIPIENTS BY AGE

Survivors

<65 50,869 >65 276,315

327,184

16%

84%

Source: DoD Office of Actuary Report-September 30, 2011 Does Not Include Coast Guard

SBP-DIC OFFSETFull/Partial Offset by DIC

23,854 Survivors Partial DIC

Offset

33,280Survivors Full DIC Offset

SBP-DIC OFFSETDIC OFFSET BY AGE

Survivors<65 12,636 >65 44,498 57,134

SBP/DIC OFFSET Launch grassroots campaign: Contact

Congressmen and Senators to co-sponsor

bills:

Auxiliary Liaisons in Councils and Chapters

work with Region AMAC Representative on

campaign

Success requires participation of all MOAA

members and spouses

SBP/DIC OFFSET Launch grassroots campaign: Contact

Congressmen and Senators to co-sponsor

bills: H.R. 178 and S260

Auxiliary Liaisons in Councils and Chapters

work with Region AMAC Representative on

campaign

Success requires participation of all MOAA

members and spouses

Questions

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