La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux Grand Voiture du Texas OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE GRAND du TEXAS Winner of the Arthur McDowell Award 1991 – 1992 – 1993 – 1994 – 1995 – 1996 for the Best Grand Voiture Publication in the Nation without Advertising
November 2015
From the Grand Chef de Gare…. I want to Thank all from Voiture 542 who worked to help make the Fall Cheminot a success. It was a lot of hard work and all the feedback I have gotten has been very positive. We also had great support from many other locales from throughout the Grand du Texas and we had a great turn out at the banquet on Saturday night. We were right near downtown San Antonio and I know many took advantage and did some sight-seeing on the San Antonio River Walk or other attractions our great city has to offer. Congratulations to all the award winners from throughout the Grand du Texas and to the Special Award Winners recognized: Voyageur of the Year Ron Holmes (V-605/El Paso) and Law Officer of the Year Sgt. Adam Johnson from the Austin Police Department, Austin, Texas (V175/Austin). Sgt. Johnson was also the National Law Officer of the Year and was presented his award from Voiture Nationale in Green Bay, WI at Promenade Nationale. We addressed some important issues at the Fall Cheminot and reversed an earlier vote at the 2015 Grand Promenade last June that eliminated the Fall Cheminot by combining the Fall and Spring Cheminot events into one event. The rationale for this reversal was that it created a long vacuum period between the Grand Promenade until the Spring Cheminot where Locales did not have the opportunity to interact with Grand
functions. Other important decisions were made that are recorded in the minutes. The Grand Voiture du Texas was recognized for reaching 100% membership for this past year. Thank you to all the locales who worked very hard on their membership to make that possible. We are behind for this year just now reaching 50% and the new rule is in effect this year making membership delinquent if dues are not paid by December 31, 2015. Please send in your renewals and continue the good work on programs. We recognized several locales for their work and would like to recognize others as well. Sometimes all it takes is reporting your activities – without that we have no idea what you have done. Each locale should have one program they work for their community such as Americanism, Nurses Training, Child Welfare or Youth Sports. Many of these programs are covered by your regular activities. More information on what should be reported is also included later in the TVN.
Joseph T. McCullough Joseph T. McCullough Grand Chef de Gare
Newsletter Reaches About 20%
The E-Mail distribution list is only about 20% of the membership in Grand du Texas. Please print out a few copies for your locale promenade and pass it around! We can’t keep people up to date without your help. David Knutson L’Editeur
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