MEMBERSHIP

ELIGIBILIT

Section 1. Any person shall be eligible for membership in THE AMERICAN LEGION who was a member of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or Air Force of the United States and assigned to active duty at some time during any of the following periods: April 6, 1917, to November 11, 1918; December 7, 1941, to December 31, 1946; June 25, 1950, to January 31, 1955; February 28, 1961, to May 7, 1975, August 24, 1982, to July 31, 1984; December 20, 1989, to January 31, 1990; August 2, 1990, to the cessation of hostilities as determined by the government of the United States; all dates inclusive, or who , being a citizen of the United States at the time of his entry therein, served on active duty in the armed forces of any of the governments associated with the United States during any of said periods; provided, however, that such service shall have been terminated by honorable discharge or honorable separation, or continued honorably after any of said periods; provided further, that no person shall be entitled to membership who, being in such service during any of said periods, refused on conscientious, political or other grounds to subject himself to military discipline or unqualified service.

Section 2. There shall be no form or class of membership except an active membership, and dues shall be paid annually or for life.

Section 3. No person may be a member at any one time of more than one post.

Section 4. No person who has been expelled by a post shall be admitted to membership in another post without the consent of the expelling post, except that where such consent has been asked for an denied by such post, he may then appeal to the Executive Committee of the department of the expelling post for permission to be admitted to membership in another post, and shall be ineligible for membership until such permission is granted.

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THE AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF GEORGIA
August 31, 2010		2010-2011 MEMBERSHIP REPORT
RANK	DISTRICT	COMMANDER	GOAL	# of	MEMBERS	Need for 100%	TOTAL%
				Posts
1st	12	April Welter	1,796	17	1,050	746	58.46%
2nd	1	Dennis Fitzgerald	2,651	20	1,485	1,166	56.02%
3rd	7	Bill Dempsey	4,476	20	2,469	2,007	55.16%
4th	9	Carlton Yancey	5,975	23	3,284	2,691	54.96%
5th	5	Larry Diehl	6,261	21	3,399	2,862	54.29%
6th	6	Darryl Mercer	2,622	24	1,361	1,261	51.91%
7th	4	John Pierson	3,790	24	1,928	1,862	50.87%
8th	11	Denise Dewey	2,688	17	1,324	1,364	49.26%
9th	8	Victor Elicker	1,537	20	748	789	48.67%
10th	2	Vaughn Reid	2,471	18	1,202	1,269	48.64%
11th	10	Tommy Hatton	4,138	22	1,993	2,145	48.16%
12th	3	Carl Nelson	3,600	16	1,255	2,345	34.86%
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HEADQUARTERS	HEADQUARTERS		2,745		937	1,808	34.13%

	Traditional		44,750		22,435		50.13%

	MEMBERS needed for 50% GOAL on		60
		September 9, 2010
	MEMBERS needed for 100% GOAL		-22,315