BPTLS, Resolutions, & Preparing for Your Department Conventions. Shane Liermann Assistant National Legislative Director

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1 BPTLS, Resolutions, & Preparing for Your Department Conventions Shane Liermann Assistant National Legislative Director

2 Recent webinar on Resolutions Writing Video on DAV website Today, Resolutions and Your Department Convention

3 Why are Resolutions important?

4 Resolutions on federal or national issues, create our National Legislative Agenda, annually at the National Convention. Our Legislative Team can only support or oppose legislation/policy on issues that have approved Resolutions.

5 In 2017, out of the 52 Departments that make up DAV, only 12 Departments wrote, introduced, approved and submitted Resolutions!

6 How Can Your Department Help?

7 By Writing, Introducing, Approving and Submitting federal or national Resolutions to the National Legislative Director.

8 How Can We Ensure We Get the Resolutions Process Right?

9 Our 3 Suggestions Understand Your Department Constitution and Bylaws (C&B) Coordinate within Your Department Resolutions

10 Understand Your Department C&B Most C&B s will have specifics Understand the Process Share w/department Leaders

11 Coordinate within Your Department Establish a Meeting with Your Department Leaders, Commander, Adjutant, BPTL to discuss the C&B and Devise a Plan Based on Your C&B

12 Coordinate within Your Department Request Resolutions from Your Chapters prior to Convention Assign Resolutions to Appropriate Committees if applicable

13 Resolutions Chapters & Committees can write resolutions. Resolutions can involve issues locally, within each state or federal/national issues.

14 What is the difference between a local Resolution and a federal or national Resolution?

15 A local issue Resolution will be one that deals solely within a local or state jurisdiction. These should not be submitted to the National Legislative Director.

16 Property tax exemption License plates, disabled vet or handicapped Hunting and/fishing licenses Reduced/free tolls or express passes These should not be submitted to the National Legislative Director.

17 A federal or national Resolution will be one that relates to federal programs under the jurisdiction of the United States Government, generally the VA.

18 VA Compensation Benefits VA Education & Employment VA Health Care VA National Cemeteries After Department approval, these must be submitted to the National Legislative Director.

19 What if you do not have any Resolutions from Your Chapters?

20 Re-Introduce current Resolutions We can only support or oppose issues that we have resolutions for, so we generally need existing resolutions to be re-introduced each year.

21 Committees Can Re-Introduce current Resolutions

22 Live Demonstration

23 RESOLUTIONS If you need assistance with your Resolutions, please check out our recent webinar on Resolution Writing, and reach out to us for assistance

24 SUMMARY Our 3 Suggestions Understand Your Department C&B Coordinate within Your Department Resolutions

25 RESOLUTIONS We Challenge each Department to submit at least 5 Resolutions for our National Legislative Agenda for the upcoming year.

26 Shane Liermann Assistant National Legislative Director