Navy League National Convention 2009

Come Early ~ Stay Longer
October 23- November 2

Special local rates and activites available for members extending their stay in
Corpus Christi.

Contact Suzy Williams
NLUSsouthTXarea@aol.com
361-814-NAVY (6289)

Flagship Sponsors

Council Awards

The following 2008 Navy League council and membership awards will be presented at the Honors Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 30 at 8:30am.

Councils Awards
Top Recruiters Awards
Council Retention Awards
Donald M. Mackie Award Winners
Public Relations Recognition Program Winnners

Outstanding Councils	2008 Council President
BROWARD COUNTY GOLDEN ISLES GREATER AUSTIN MAYPORT NATIONAL CAPITAL NEW MEXICO NEW YORK SAN DIEGO SANTA BARBARA SEATTLE THAILAND	WILLIAM WEILER ROBERT CARLISLE JAMES BROTHERTON DIANE WRIGHT SHARON GURKE DAMON RUNYAN DANIEL THYS MIKE BUCCHI KAREN CRAWFORD WILLIAM LARSON HANS-PETER THORAND
Meritorious Councils	2008 Council President
ATLANTA METROPOLITAN CAMDEN-KINGS BAY HAMPTON ROADS HONOLULU NEWPORT COUNTY OAK HARBOR PITTSBURGH SASEBO JAPAN STOCKTON TACOMA	CHARLES McCLESKEY KEITH POST LOU LALLI DON MORRISON MICHAEL SLEIN RICHARD DEVLIN JUDY HALLERAN JAMES WHALEN CAROL ANN HACKLEY MARY OLSEN
Honorable Mention Councils	2008 Council President
BREMERTON – OLYMPIC PENINSULA MADRID RICHMOND ST. AUGUSTINE SPACE COAST	GUY STITT TOM DENEGRE THOMAS HASSELL TED TUROWSKI DANNY SHARP

Top Recruiter Awards

Individual Navy League members who earned 20 or more recruiting points will be honored at the convention. Navy Leaguers earn one recruiting point per new member recruited.
The 2008 top recruiters listed are below, in alphabetical order by first name.

Carlyle Devoe
Dave Van Saun
David Reilly
David Shimp
Dick Messbarger
Don Morrison
Fred Orton
Gerald Stern
Hans-Peter Thorand
Harold Estes
Jack Stevens
Jim Bedinger
John Graham
John Sides
Karen Crawford
Larry Salter
Linda Ashbey
Maryellen Baldwin
Phelps Hobart
Richard Nelson
Sally Nockold
Sam Sorenson
Suzy Williams
Tom Jaffa

Council Retention Awards

The following Councils will be honored for their efforts as top Councils in Retention for 2008. They ended the year with at least an 80% retention rate

PACIFIC MERCHANT MARINE
TACOMA
MAUI
SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
BATTLE CREEK
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
LEVANTE

100%
94%
89%
88%
86%
85%
80%

2008 Donald M. Mackie Award Winners
	Mackie Award - Newsletter Small Council
Tacoma - 1st Place	Pacific Merchant Marine 2nd Place	Bellingham - 3rd Place


	Mackie Award - Newsletter Medium Council
Jacksonville - 1st Place	Coastal Carolina - 2nd Place	Greater Central Texas (now Greater Austin) - 3rd Place


	Mackie Award - Newsletter Large Council
San Diego- 1st Place	Bremerton Olympic Peninsula 2nd Place	Santa Barbara - 2nd Place

Mackie Award - Website
(Note: Council websites may have been modified since the conclusion of the judging for the 2008 competition)

Non-Council
Pacific Central Region* - 1st Place
Sea Power Ambassador* - 1st Place
(Password protected site. Contact webmaster Phelps Hobart)

Small Council
Piedmont-Triad - 1st Place
Pacific Merchant Marine* - 2nd Place
(Password protected site. Contact webmaster Phelps Hobart)

Medium Council
Charleston- 1st Place
Imperial Valley - 1st Place
Lake Washington - 2nd Place
St. Augustine - 3rd Place

Large Council
Bremerton-Olympic Peninsula - 1st Place
Santa Barbara- 2nd Place
Northern Virginia- 3rd Place

2008 Public Relations Recognition Award Winners

Small Council
Hilo - 1st Place

Medium Council
Atlanta Metropolitan - 1st Place
Greater Central Texas (now Greater Austin) - 2nd Place
Broward County - 3rd Place

Large Council
Santa Barbara - 1st Place
San Diego - 2nd Place