Remember This Place?
Yes, we’re back. After more than an year of COVID quarantine, we will once again be meeting at the Edmonds American Legion Hall. We are still in the phase of needing to keep the hall at 50 percent capacity, but do not anticipate a problem, since our regular Post meetings rarely approach that number of attendees.
We expect members attending in person to be masked and to maintain social distancing. We are not yet able to serve meals again, so plan on supper before or after the meeting.
If you are not yet vaccinated, or just not comfortable attending in person, to sign in to participate via Zoom. (A link will be sent to your email) The Post has invested in new equipment to better facilitate that option and we expect to continue to provide it going forward. We look forward to seeing all of our comrades once again.
We have one very important item of business on the agenda for this meeting; the annual election of Post Officers. The current officers have proposed a slate of officers for the coming year, which is shown on the following page and, of course nominations from the floor will be accepted.
If you are interested in serving in any of these positions, you may place your own name in nomination. Please do not nominate anyone else unless you have obtained that person’s permission to do so in advance. If you wish to serve in an appointed position, there may be some currently listed who would be interested in a relief. See the new Commander after elections if you would like to offer your services.
VFW Post 8870 Proposed 2021-2022 Officers
Commander: Carl F. Kurfess
(425) 776-1656 | Commander@vfw8870.org
Sr. Vice Commander: Duane Bowman
(425) 281-6720 | dvbow@comcast.net
Jr. Vice Commander: Rose Gilliland
(206) 818-1434 | Roseag67@gmail.com
Quartermaster: Dennis L Peterson
(425) 772-3404 | Quartermaster@VFW8870.org
Adjutant appointed: Nathan WorSnger
(425) 743-4319 | nworSnger@hotmail.com
Service Officer appointed: Alden Gilliland
(206) 818-7789 | ServiceOfficer@VFW8870.org
Surgeon appointed: Jay Hansen
(425) 315-9025 | Surgeon@VFW8870.org
Chaplain: Dan Doyle
(425) 773-2400 | Chaplain@vfw8870.org
Judge Advocate appointed: Jim Traner
(425) 218-0101 | jtraner@tranersmith.com
Officer of the Day: Jim Traner
(425) 218-0101 | jtraner@tranersmith.com
Guard appointed: John Shelton
(206) 546-5476
1st Year Trustee: Kerry Watkins
(425) 478-9739 | kerryjwatkins@hotmail.com
2nd Year Trustee: Donald Stapleton
(425) 743-4435 | rosemarydon@comcast.net
3rd Year Trustee: Mike Denton
(425) 280-3757 | Mikedenton44@gmail.com
The photo above is of the swearing in ceremony of the 2018-19 officers at the May 2018 Post meeting. A reminder of the both the job at hand and how we normally do things. Let us all look forward to doing it this way again, rather than virtually.