Atlantic Middle States Association Meeting

13-14 Aug 2021                Annapolis, MD

Bill Schwetke, fourth from the left, presents a CMM Flag Pin to new dual member Peter Moller of the Delaware Society. In the picture are most of the CMM dual members who attended the AMSA Meeting. Left to right: Forrest Cain, Secretary General Bruce Pickett, Dave Cook, Bill Schwetke, Peter Moller, Ken Bonner, Mike Weyler, and Gary Green.

     The Atlantic Middle States Association, comprising of two districts, the North Atlantic District and the Mid-Atlantic District, which include seven states, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia.  This year's meeting was hosted by Maryland in Annapolis.

     Notable events at this meeting included the announcement of Peter Davenport as the Mid0Atlantic Districts nominee for its Vice President General for the next term.  He will stand for election by the general membership at the 2022 Congress in Savannah, GA, next July.

     Also the two districts endorsed a slate of candidates for the national offices for 2022-2023.  Those endorsed include:

President General - C. Bruce Pickette (AL - CMM dual member)
Secretary General - John Dodd (CA)
Treasurer General - Tony Vets (LA)
Chancellor General - Mike Elston (VA)
Genealogist General - Gary Green (NC - CMM dual member)
Registrar General - Allen Greenly (GA)
Historian General - Brooks Lyles (International)
Librarian General - Fred Olive (AL)
Surgeon General - Keith Weissinger (WA)
Foundation Board Member - Davis Wright (DE)

     There was no candidate declared for the office of Chaplain General.  Some of the offices had only one candidate declared, but three were contested, for Treasurer General, Genealogist General, and Historian General.