|
CCQ Responsibilities 9 February 2020 |
General: You are the glue that helps keep our classmates informed and participating in Class activities; and, you are especially important in coordinating the writing of Memorial Articles for your company mates. Specific: Be the principal point of contact with your company mates and widows while passing on appropriate information to and from the Class and to the Class Scribe [George Sibert]. Some CCQ's do periodic communications with their company mates; others do not. 
Support Class activities [reunions, projects, etc.] and urge
company mates and widows to support them, too. If possible, have a
Classmate or Widow living in the DC area attend Class functions.
Get as many company mates as you can listed on the Class email
and snail mail lists [see 58usma@west-point .org]. To add or change
an email address, contact Pete Trainor; for snail mail contact
George Lawton or John Nun. For those not wanting to be on these
lists, devise some means of passing info to and from them. If you
have not already done so and want to establish a company email list
or website, contact Pete Trainor for assistance. Death of Classmate or Spouse/widow: If you learn of a death and have not already been notified by AOG or the Class, inform 'Death Notifications' [Terry Connell-alternate is Jack Downing] with as much information as you have [date and location of death, any planned services, plans for interment, obituary availability].
Contact the Class Treasurer [Lee Miller] to arrange for flowers
or other donations from the Class.
Contact Palmer McGrew to arrange for the Class Flag to be sent
to the funeral and returned to Palmer.
Ask a company or classmate to attend the funeral and to try to
collect as much information for a Memorial Article [MA] as feasible
being respectful of the family's stress.
Find a company mate, classmate or family member to write the MA.
The rules and format for MA's are at the above website under "Be
Thou at Peace" in upper left -- this sends you to AOG website.
Possible sources of information about deceased graduates are
National Archives (https://www.archives.gov/personnel-records-center/military-personnel)
(NOK have access to more info than others would have), Ancestry
.com, and The Mormon Church Genealogy files.Get as many of your company mates as possible to write their own MA's. We have a lot of living classmates who will pass in the next several years. Because we are nearly all 25 or 30 years beyond our active duty or active employment careers, some of the most important things to us individually may no longer be fixed in the minds of our classmates and family. Thus, in fairness to our families and classmates, it behooves us to write as much of our own MA as we can. Some Guidance on Writing your "Living MA" Find the "Be Thou At Peace" section on the AOG website. Look at the rules and format provided there. The individual may write a document that exactly follows the format and length specified or write what is considered a draft that may be shorter/longer or not in the correct format. If the former, the writer has the choice of submitting the document to AOG with or without the completed Inventory Sheet. If submitted without the Inventory Sheet, whether the format is valid or not, it will be treated as a Draft by AOG and filed awaiting the writer's death when it will be sent to the NOK. If a complete Inventory Sheet is submitted, the AOG will review the documents; if it meets their criteria it will be filed and, when you die, sent to your NOK for a final review asking them if they wish to make changes or accept as is. If the draft does not meet AOG criteria, after death AOG will ask the NOK to revise the MA and to submit or resubmit the Inventory sheet. If you are unable to or tired of doing the CCQ job, try to find a replacement in your Company and inform the CCQ Coordinator [Bob Hayden]. If you need help with some aspect of the job, let Bob know. EXCOM CCQ POC |