April 20, 2024  141st Department Encampment, Gold Star Museum, Des Moines, Iowa

As it looks today, the Encampment will likely begin promptly at 11:00 am. This will give time to those travelling from out of town and also some time for those who wish to visit the museum prior to the meetings. The Museum typically opens at 10:00 am on Saturdays. Dodge Camp is investigating catered lunch options. It is very likely that we will need a headcount and pre-payment a couple weeks prior to the Encampment. Once more information is known, I will put out a pre-registration email.

The museum typically closes at 2:00 pm on Saturdays, however, we should be allowed time to finish our business meeting and officer installation if we run a little past that time. Because of this, we will want to stay on task and not get too sidetracked on non-business related items.

If any delegates from your Camp are planning to introduce any new business items, please have them contact me so that I can place them on the agenda.

A couple extra notes:

A valid driver's license or other government photo identification is required to enter Camp Dodge.