committees/appointees

Audit - Vacant

Bylaws - James R. Little, Woodbridge, Chapter 1270 I have been a member of NARFE Woodbridge Chapter 1270 for 17-years and have served as the Chapter Webmaster for more than 15-years; Vice President and President for two years each; and am currently serving as Acting Secretary. At the Virginia Federation level I served as Area IX Vice President for 6-years and Acting Area VP for 2-years. I have also served as a member and chair for both the Nominating and Bylaws Committees, and have worked with the President on updating the Handbook. I am curretnly serving as the Bylaws Committee Chair and assisting in updating the Handbook.

Chaplain - Wanda Ware, Roanoke Valley Chapter 111

Net Coordinator - John Bails, Fairfax Chapter 737

Nominating - Vacant

Parliamentarian - Vacant

Sergeant-at-Arms - John Bails, Fairfax Chapter 737

Training - Ted Pasek, Fairfax Chapter 737

Webmaster - Stan Palen, Colonial Beach Chapter 595

Stan worked for the Navy for 33 years at Dahlgren, VA. The name of the base has changed about 4 times since he started in 1962. His chapter is Colonial Beach 0595, but he lives in the next county, King George. About half of Chapter 0595 members are from King George. He has been chapter treasurer since 2000. Other duties include chapter net coordinator, newsletter editor, and other odds and ends. He has been the VFN webmaster since 2006. Stan provides Audio Visual services for conventions, conferences, and board meetings since about 2006. He continues to maintain and store one very full truckload of equipment that is used for the organization. He writes a computer column for another organization and posts it on the VFN website and in his spare time he is an expert clock and watch repair resource.