The Graybeards - KWVA - Korean War Veterans Association

YOUR LAST “GRAYBEARDS”?
Check your mailing label
If your dues remain unpaid for the calendar year 2002, you
will be removed from our “Graybeards” mailing list at the
end of April. We will mail a dues reminder to you prior to
removal, but we are hopeful that you will save us these printing
and mailing costs by mailing your dues now.
Soon after your dues are received in full for the calendar
2002, you will receive a self-adhesive sticker to attach to
your membership card which you may use to verify that your
dues are paid for the year 2002. If your dues expire somewhere
within the calendar year, you will receive your sticker
when your dues are brought on to the calendar year schedule.
To determine when your dues are due, please look at the
mailing label used to mail this magazine to you. Your dues
date appears on the label on the right hand side just above
your last name. It’s important to remember that the mailing
labels for this magazine may have been printed as much as a
month before the magazine is actually received by you. So if
you have sent in your dues within the last month, it will not
be reflected on your mailing label.
If you are a regular member (having served in Korea in the
military or having served in the military during the Korean
War (not necessarily in Korea)), there is an “R” in the numbers
just above your first name and the following dues schedule
applies to you:
“01/01/02” (translated this means January 1, 2002). This
means your dues are due in the amount of $20.00 for the calendar
year 2002. (By the same token, some are paid a year or
two in advance. This is also reflected by this date and you
will receive your yearly stickers when that year rolls around.)
If your dues are due January thru March of 2002,
your dues are ..........................................................$20.00
If your dues are due April thru June of 2002,
your dues are ..........................................................$15.00
If your dues are due July thru September of 2002,
your dues are .......................................................... $10.00
If your dues are due October thru December of 2002,
your dues are ............................................................ $5.00
If you were a prisoner of war, there is a “P” in the number
above your first name on the mailing label and the date on
the right-hand side is 01/01/02, your subscription fee in the
amount of $6.00 is past due.
If you are an associate member (those who have an
“A” in the number above their first name on the mailing label
used to mail those magazine to you) your dues are:
January thru March of 2002 ..............................$12.00
April thru June of 2002 ......................................$9.00
July thru September of 2002................................$6.00
October thru December of 2002 ..........................$3.00
It is hoped that everyone will conform their dues to the
calendar year basis as soon as possible.
Life membership is $150.00 for regular and associate
members—regardless of age.
A prisoner-of-war is automatically considered a life member;
however, there is an annual subscription fee of $6.00 if
you wish to receive The Graybeards. A POW may elect to
submit a life-time subscription fee of $50.00.
Send your dues payment to: KWVA, PO Box 10806,
Arlington, VA 22210.
Other Matters:
Incidentally, if you move (or just head South for the winter)
always notify us of your address change at least three
weeks ahead of a move. The post office merely notifies us
that you are “AWAY” and we do not receive a forwarding
address. This costs us over 60 cents each. So let us know.
Sending your mail to the wrong person, results in lengthy
delays. To expedite your mail...
• Vincent Krepps gets everything regarding
The Graybeards.
• Nancy Monson and Lynne Eldridge
(Membership Office) get everything regarding
dues, address changes, etc.
• Thomas Gregory gets other financial matters.
• Ken Cook gets all quartermaster requests.
Addresses for all of the above are on the inside cover of
this magazine. Sending it to the Membership Office only
slows your request down as we must then forward it to the
appropriate person for handling.
Notice to Chapters:
Please include your chapter name and ID number on all
applications and be sure to use the new membership application
with the new dues amounts. Be sure all information is
filled out on a new member application—zip code, area code,
unit of service, etc. We recently provided all chapters with
forms to help expedite dues payments. If you would like a
set, drop us a note. Your cooperation in using them will be
appreciated. It will save considerable time.
It’s important not to abbreviate—you may know what
“P’sville” is, but we don’t—we then have to take additional
time and look it up by the zip code. Another item sometimes
missing is the telephone area code.
We would very much appreciate receiving up-dated information
regarding the name, address, telphone number of your
chapter president. Our information has become very outdated.
Send this to me (Nancy Monson).
Thank you for your cooperation,
Nancy Monson, Membership Office
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