IhopeeveryonehadagoodThanksgivingandhope you all have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
If I have not been to your Voiture Locale please haveyourChefdeGareorCorrespondantgetwith me about a good time to visit. It does not have to be a promenadeif that works better for you. I am planningtogotoAmarilloinJan.
As another year comes to an end, I want to thank all the Voitures that have achieved 100% membership and challenge the Voitures that are not at 100% to turn in membership renewals as soonaspossible. We areonlyafew weeksuntil the end of the year which means that if you have not paid your dues by 31 DEC you are delinquent. This also means we have less to support theprogramsofLaSociete.
ThereisalotofsuperbworkhappeningintheGrand. Voiture605leadsinFlagsfor First Graders, Voiture 175 and Voiture 542 combined to help out a Youth Sports organizationbetweentheminSanMarcos.Voiture1031issupportingaYouthSports teamthatwontheirstatelevelcompetitionandisgoingontocompetenationally.
Answering an invitation from the Consul General of France in Houston and the French Veterans of Texas, members of Grand du Texas participated in the Houston VeteransDayparade.Iwishmorecouldhaveparticipatedasthosewhowereableto attend were all from Voiture 1031. Everyone was then treated splendidly at the Residence of France and Consul General Baraban presented WWII Veteran Carl RushtheFrenchLegionofHonoraward.
Several awards were given to Grand du Texas at Promenade Nationale and I was humbledtobegiventheNationalVoyageuroftheYearAward.
I am sure there are more things I do not know about but none of these can be done without membership. So, I encourage you to call or write members that have not renewedyetencouragethemtorenewandlet’skeepthe40/8asstrongasTexas.
JimSweeney
Grand
Chef
deGare
TEXAS VOYAGEUR NEWS
MEMBERSHIP
(As of Dec 5, 2024)
NewMembershipYearStartedAugust1st.
GRAND VOITURE DU TEXAS GROWS WITH NEW VOITURE LOCALE
Sous Chef de Chemin de Fer and Grand Chef de Gare PasseJohnRodgershelpedstartanewVoitureLocalein RoundRock,Texas.
This begins with a minimum of 5 Voyageurs Militaire applying for a charter. This can be Voyageurs from other areas who come together in an area where a Voiture does not exist or new members can apply for a charter.
The five new Voyageurs Militaire who are now the CharterMembersofVoiture1640are:
Lisa Dayhoff, Lawrence Dayhoff, Jay Jernigan Teddy Weeks, and Erika Leos.
CongratulationsandWelcometoLaSociete!
BonJourmyfellowVoyageur’s. Themembershipfor the 2025 Year is now in full swing. We are off to a promisingstartaswhole.Asof 21Nov,asaGrandewe are at 60.79%. There are a few Grandes that I will be reaching out to individually as they have not gotten to 50% yet. I feel that by this point every locale should alreadybehalfwaytogoalorbetter.
Congratulations to Locale 175 as they have alreadyachieved112.5%
SPRING CHEMINOT COMING UP IN CORPUS CHRISTI IN FEBRUARY!
Voiture 1134 in Corpus Christi will be hosting the Spring Cheminot February 21-23, 2025. Hotel information and registration forms are in this newsletter.
Please make your reservations early and send in yourregistrationwellbeforethecutoffdate! Hope toseeagoodturnoutthere!
Resolveto reflectonyourpersonalcontributionto your Locale, GrandandLa Societe. For some there is a need to step back and slow down so others have the opportunitytoconsiderhowtheymaycontribute.
Ifyouhaven'tbeentoaLocaleorGrandpromenadelargely,resolvetodoyour best to attend if you haven't been to one in a while - you will be amazed at your warmreceptionandwelcome.
I encourage as many of you who can attend our Grand Cheminot this spring in Corpus. We haven't been there forawhilesoitshouldbefunandwegettomeetandgreetourfriendsandmakenewacquaintances.
Decembertakes us five months intoour membership year- how is membership going? At times it is just not easytogetthat100%butthatgoalisthereforareason.Needhelp?Manyofusouttheretoassistwithideasand strategies. Noteveryone cango to Promenade (this year 106th),quite an expense- but most Locales cando an adinsupportgreatlycontributingtoitssuccess.TheadformisonthenewNationalewebsite-pleaseconsider. Finally,atCorpusIwillhavesomeNursesTrainingpinsandbringallthatIhavefromotherprograms.
Renslar"Renny"Keagle Correspondant,GrandeduTexas
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