POST 149 ADJUTANT | BILL STINTSMAN

OK, folks, let’s get some things straightened out here. First: I, the Post Adjutant, DO NOT send out mailed notifications to remind members to pay their dues. Those fancy membership statements you receive in the mail telling you to pay your dues are not a product of the Post, they come directly from The American Legion National Headquarters membership department in Indianapolis, Indiana. Second: once I receive your payment, it gets entered into the national database and takes, on average, three weeks for the membership department to finalize the renewals processed at the post level. This means that even though you paid your dues and received your renewed membership card, National Headquarters membership department is not yet caught up and still mails you more renewal reminders. Third: there are roughly 3 million American Legion members scattered across the planet. Technological advancements in computer programs have allowed the processing of membership to be months faster than it was in years past, but there are still millions of members out their facing the same dilemma as you are when you receive multiple renewal notices over several months. And lastly: if you mail me a second payment for the same dues’ year, I will mail that second payment back to you. I can’t apply that payment to your next year’s dues because the next membership year is not active until June of each year. It amazes me how many problems this causes, and how many members think this is a Post Adjutant problem. I assure you; it is not.