Implement the 21st Century Ad-Hoc Committee report
During the 2017 Fall Meetings of The American Legion National Executive Committee, the 21st Century Ad-Hoc Committee was re-established to review the original 21st Century Report approved by the NEC during the 1997 Fall Meetings. The re-establishment of the committee was to update the report’s recommendations for current and future needs to ensure The American Legion continues to serve community, state and nation.
The report focuses on three areas: Legacy and Vision; Membership and Member Engagement; and Training. And it is to be implemented at all levels of the organization. Download the report here.
As stated by the committee members in the report:
“Although this Committee believes the original report was well-written and outlined a path for future success, the overall report was not properly implemented at all levels of the organization. This Committee believes that the recommendations here are not only urgent but possibly existential to our great organization. To ensure that this report is implemented at all levels of the organization, however, there needs to be a “Champion” going forward to advocate for the recommendations in this document while ensuring that it remains in the forefront and is relevant for years to come.”
"Our continued survival depends on several critical points to remember:
- We cannot lose focus on what brought us into the game--- know our mission.
- We must understand the wants, needs and desires of our membership base.
- We must engage our members through effective and timely communication.
- We serve a diversified veterans demographics, but a veteran is a veteran.
- We must collectively maintain a committed, dedicated and trained leadership.
- We must strive for each and every post to be the pillar of their respective community in service to each and every veteran and their family."