OPENING PLENARY SCRIPT - American Fraternal Alliance

Closing General Session
10:00 a.m. – Noon
Saturday, September 11
ANNOUNCER: And now, please welcome, once again, your NFCA Chair of the Board, Terry
Rasmussen.
CHAIR RASMUSSEN: Welcome back. It’s good to see all of you here and I hope you enjoyed the
game last night. I know, as a closet Twins fan, somewhere between when the Royals were ahead, my
husband said we had to stop cheering for the White Sox, considering that the Twins lost last night.
(Laughter.) But it was quite a finish to the game.
The Closing Session of the 124 th Annual Meeting is now called to order.
I remind all attendees that this meeting is being recorded. When recognized, speakers from the floor
should announce their name and affiliation of their society loudly and clearly before speaking so we can
get it for the record.
First, I’d like to start off this session by drawing our winner for the 50/50 raffle. I’m going to ask Rose to
come up and help me. Half of the proceeds from the raffle will go to our host for the Community Service
Activity—the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. A total of $1,350 was raised in ticket sales. If I call your
number, please respond immediately. If we hear no response, we will call another number because you
have to be present to win. Our number is 139676. (Irene Shimoda of The Independent Order of
Foresters stands.) Come on up!
Congratulations to our raffle winner. And thank you to all of those who participated and gave to this
worthy cause.
On your seats, you should have found an Annual Meeting evaluation form. I ask that you take a few
minutes to fill out this form and turn it in at the back of this room at the end of this session. The
feedback that we receive from you is invaluable in planning future, successful annual meetings.
Again, I’d also like to thank our Gold, Silver and Bronze sponsors for their support of this year’s
meeting. Their sponsorships have truly enhanced this year’s meeting and contributed to its success. I
would also like to give them a hand for the breakfast this morning. So let’s give them another round of
applause. (Applause.)
And now I would like to introduce today’s featured speaker.
Michael Dunn is Chairman and CEO of Dunn Associates. He is perhaps best known for training
business and professional people to become sophisticated grassroots advocates, or solicitors, on
behalf of their organization’s political action committee.
Mike’s early career helped to shape the core competencies that Dunn Associates is known for today. A
product of the political science departments of South Arkansas University and the University of North
Texas, he honed his training skills as a political science instructor for the University of Arkansas.
Mike had the opportunity to refine his practical political skills while serving as a legislative assistant for
two former U.S. Representatives, including Rep./Sen. David Pryor (AR) and Rep. G.V. “Sonny”
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