Legion Commander Inspects the Troops

[tk210]

Hey gang!
Albin here - kicking off 2010's series of Virtual Inspection Tours of the Legion. I'll keep it brief - please post whatever topics are on your mind about the Legion and I'll address them. This is your chance to take it to the top and let me know what's going on. Even if it's not a serious topic, I'd love to hear what you think - what's your best experience in the Legion? What would you like to see us improve? What questions do you have about how we're run? Let me hear you.

One of the projects I'm working on for this year is to establish our Legion Charity Network, with a Legion Charity Representative serving at the top in my cabinet making formal agreements with top-level national and international charity organizations. Our current LCR is Scott Allen and his email address is darthvader501@gmail.com . Please feel free to contact him with any questions or ideas you have about how the Legion works with charities. He will be looking for Charity Reps from each Garrison, so if you don't have one now it might be a good idea to name one so he/she can work directly with Scott on how to best share information and maximize our impact on charity. Scott will also be asking for all the fund-raising totals your unit has made for the year so we can add it to a running total for the Legion each year - we want to see what the Legion has accomplished!

Another project we're working on is our 501st Legion Archives. Our Legion Archivist, Cheralyn Lambeth, is busy collecting hundreds of items from all over the world that relate to the Legion and our accomplishments. Those items are stored and cataloged at her house and at mine and serve as a permanent repository for the legacy of the Legion. A big part of it will be on display at Celebration V. Please help the Archives by sending whatever items your Garrison creates or uses at events, anything from patches to trading cards (signed!) to fliers for events to promo items to retired signage used at your table - anything, really! Whatever tells the story of the Legion. We don't want your unit to be left out! You can contact Cher at genivanova@prodigy.net or at cheralyn.lambeth@yahoo.com . You can send any items directly to me at 300 Braewick Rd Columbia, SC 29212 and I promise they will receive a proper place in the vault for future generations to see. We would also encourage you to name a Garrison Archivist and share that with Cheralyn - a network of historians would be a powerful thing.

Lastly, I want to share with each unit the news (since some do not go to the forums) that we have official 501st Legion Key Chains and R2-KT key chains for sale while they're still available. They look fantastic and would be great for members to have to show their Legion pride. The 501st key chains are here, the R2-KT ones are being made. Both are $6 apiece, shipping included inside the U.S. (add a buck for outside the U.S.) and are $5 apiece on orders of 10 or more (great for group orders). You can paypal payment to albinj@sc.rr.com or send check or money order to the address above. You can see images of each here:
http://www.albinjohnson.com/501stLegion/...ychain.jpg
http://www.albinjohnson.com/501stLegion/...ychain.jpg

Okay, enough of a commercial. I'll be around regularly to check on this thread. Please post freely and let's have a good conversation about what's going on in your neck of the woods.

Thanks and God bless

AL (Tk210)