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Field Resources |
SUGGESTED INSTALLATION CEREMONY FOR USE BY THE OUTGOING
PRESIDENT OR OTHER SENIOR AFA OFFICIAL
(Before the ceremony, the retiring President should
make his report; then he or the Toastmaster introduces
the Installing Officer - normally the Vice President or
State President, depending on whether the officers to be
installed are chapter level)
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INSTALLING OFFICER) |
Will the following
officers-elect come forward?
Have you officers acquainted yourself with the
duties and responsibilities of the offices to
which you have been elected?
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(RESPONSE) |
We have.
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INSTALLING
OFFICER) |
President
___________,you and your fellow officers have
assumed the responsibility of leading this unit of
the Air Force Association in the furtherance of
the aims and the purposes of the organization, as
set forth in the constitution and by-laws.
Do you pledge to conduct yourself in accordance
with this responsibility?
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(RESPONSE) |
We do.
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INSTALLING
OFFICER) |
President __________,
you and your fellow officers are now ready for the
charter of this organization.
(hands charter to new President)
Acting for the Board of Directors
of the Association, and for the officers and
members of this unit, I charge you with the
responsibility of protecting and preserving it; of
acting always within its framework, and, at the
conclusion of your term of office, of entrusting
it to your successor.
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INSTALLING OFFICER
TURNS TO AUDIENCE) |
Member of (the
name of the unit), I now proclaim the officers
of this organization duly installed, and the
(name if unit), in working order for the
coming year.
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(AT THIS POINT,
THE NEW PRESIDENT MAKES HIS ACCEPTANCE REMARKS AND
ANNOUNCES THE GENERAL POLICIES AND PLANS FOR THE
NEW YEAR) |
