Post Website vendor
The National Headquarters entered into an agreement last Fall with a company named Veterans OnLine, Inc. d/b/a Legionsites.com, which will allow them to market to our Posts. This group has developed a website template that is exceptionally easy to maintain - basically, anyone who uses Microsoft Word could maintain a website.
This company kicked their marketing campaign off at our Honolulu Convention, hosting a booth in our Exhibit Hall. They also were featured in our January edition of The Dispatch. And they are included on our legion.org website as a Member Benefit partner, with a link to their site for more information.
Their promotional efforts are picking up, so you may hear from them or hear from your Posts who hear from them. We will actually be directing Posts who are interested in hosting websites with us (on National servers) to this group, because we believe they offer an outstanding product.
Just wanted to make you aware of this new partner and to let you know they are legitimate.
Thanks!
Brad Pryor
Director, Information Technology
The American Legion
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Department Fidelity Coverage of Post Financial Officials
This program was approved by the D.E.C. because our bonding insurance was cancelled, and we were unable to procure replacement coverage. This program has a maximum cap of $10,000 and only covers certain Legion officials and certain Legion funds, and only for acts of dishonesty. Please read the policy carefully! If your post, squadron or district operates a lounge or regular bingo games, or if you are at risk for more than $10,000 in Legion funds, you should obtain additional coverage. And this policy provides no other insurance, such as liability, fire, flood, etc., which each organizational unit has to obtain independently. Approved by Department Executive Committee on August 11, 2002
1. The Department Bylaws mandate that the office of Finance Officer and any other offices and/or positions charged by the Post Constitution and/or Bylaws, with the responsibility of handling Post funds shall be bonded under a blanket bond to be purchased from Department Headquarters and billed to the respective Posts at cost (Article V, Section 3). 2. Until April 3, 2002, the departments insurance coverage by Mercury Insurance included employee dishonesty coverage (bonding) for authorized post financial officials. However, effective April 3, 2002, Mercury Insurance cancelled the departments coverage for liability, property, and employee dishonesty. 3. On April 3, 2002, the departments replacement coverage began, for liability and property, with Hermitage Insurance. Departments broker (ONeal Insurance Agency) has been unable to procure employee dishonesty (bonding) insurance, and has indicated that department wont be able to find such coverage in California for at least 3 years, because of loss claims filed. 4. To provide bonding for authorized post financial officials, and for district and SAL squadron financial officials, the department will provide coverage as follows: a. Retroactive to April 3, 2002, the department will cover losses of property and/or money occurring as a result of dishonesty by post financial officials, with a limit of $10,000 per occurrence. An occurrence may involve multiple individuals and may cover multiple years.
b. Dishonesty is defined as dishonest acts committed by authorized officials, acting alone or in collusion with others, with intent to cause a loss to the post, district or squadron, and also obtain financial benefit for themselves and/or another person not entitled to receive that benefit.
c. Any claim to department for a loss must be reported to the appropriate law enforcement agency.
d. This coverage applies only to Legionnaires holding posts and/or positions charged by the post (or district, or squadron) constitution and/or bylaws, with the responsibility of handling post funds.
e. This coverage applies only to post funds and not to individual funds nor to funds involving on-going business enterprises, such as post lounges, regular post bingo games, etc.
f. This coverage will only be provided after all other available recovery efforts have failed, including criminal prosecution, civil lawsuit, and other post insurance coverage.
g. To participate in this coverage by department each post, district, and SAL squadron shall pay to department $32.50 a year, commencing with 2001-02. These funds will be designated as a reserve for coverage. When this reserve fund reaches $100,000, annual assessments will be reduced to $10.00. Annual assessments will be re-instituted at the $32.50 level if the reserve fund drops below $75,000.
h. This coverage will include the theft or loss of official colors through any cause.
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