MACV's Page

Over Ten Years of Continuous Service to Our Veterans Community Our first MACV meeting was on the 18th of January 2011 at the American Legion Post 500 in Speedway.  We have met every 3rd Tuesday of every month since 2011 at various locations and now meet at the Indiana Veterans Center at 777 N Meridian St in Indy.

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Congratulations to MACV for 10 years of service to our Veterans Services community.
VSC & MACV's Commemorative Challenge Coins celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Mayors' Veterans Appreciation Day event are now available at VSC, MACV meetings, or online.  Please visit our Donate Page to place your order for immediate delivery.  Thank You.

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Mayors' Advisory Council for Veterans

MACV Meeting Information

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 MACV's purpose is to build a stronger coalition of service providers in Marion County, through monthly networking meetings, that will better serve and support our Veterans, Military, and their Families by working across organizations lines to coordinate their resources and help solve common Veteran issues.

Marion County Mayors' & Town Manager

Indianapolis Joseph Hogsett Mayor (317) 327-3601 www.Indy.gov

Beech Grove Dennis Buckley Mayor (317) 788-4977 www.beechgrove.com

Lawrence Steve Collier Mayor (317) 545-6191 www.cityoflawrence.org

Southport Jim Cooney Mayor (317) 786-5489 www.Southport.in.gov

Speedway Grant Kleinhenz Town Manager (317) 246-4100 www.speedwayin.gov

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MACV's Mission & Goals

MACV's Mission:

To Network with, Partner and Support, Marion County Veteran Service Organizations and Service Providers that offer goods, services, programs and benefits to our Veterans, Military, and their Families.

MACV's Goals:

To Better Serve, Inform, and Advise the Mayors' and Town Managers of Marion County on issues that affect Veterans, Military and their Families in our community.

To Better Serve, Inform, and Advise our Marion County Veterans, Military and their Families about goods, services, programs and benefits available to them by helping VSC build a database compiled from all organizations in and around Marion County that are already striving to help our Veterans, Military and their Families.

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Committee Members & Management

MACV is guided by a seven (7) member Executive Committee. No less than five (5) members of its Executive Committee must be Veterans. Current Committee Members (in Red) were re-elected on Nov21 to serve thru 31Aug22. As of the 1st of December 2021 the MACV Logo/Trademark is owned by Veterans Support Council, Inc. MACV is an advisory & networking organization only.  MACV will never ask you for money.
Executive Committee Member Chair - Marines Don Hawkins Hawkins@Veterans.ooo (317) 632-0500	Executive Committee Member CoChair - Air Force Charlie Russell charlieru@aol.com (317) 872-2800	Executive Committee Member Marines Jerry Morgan jlmorgansemperfi@aol.com (317) 946-7020	Executive Committee Member DAR Bonnie Wooten woo10.bjk@gmail.com (317) 727-1605
Executive Committee Member Marines Stacy Dieckman stacydieckman@gmail.com (317) 344-9767	Executive Committee Member Air Force David Sassman indywiz1645@gmail.com (317) 313-3710	Executive Committee Member Army Thomas Harris teharris87@yahoo.com (317) 294-9392	MACV's Offical Mascot Non voting member MAC Don't Use Email Unlisted Phone

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Coordinators

MACV's Coordinators - Because of all the activities that make up a MACV Meeting and other MACV & VSC activities, we have several coordinators that volunteer their time to help keep track of our activities. Feel free to contact them when you need to coordinate your request with MACV or one of our events.

Events Coordinator Don Hawkins Hawkins@Veterans.ooo (317) 632-0500

Committees Coordinator Jim Patton jrpatto@gmail.com (317) 319-3523

Speakers Coordinator David Sassman indywiz1645@gmail.com (317) 313-3710

eNews Coordinator Gunta Irbe gunta@wrightattys.com (317) 599-0191

Social Media Coordinator Kimberly Duff kduff@voain.org (317) 650-5358

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Events Coordinator - Contact if you want to get your event promoted to all MACV Members. Committees Coordinator - Contact if you want to serve on one of MACV or VSC's committees. Speakers Coordinator - Contact if you want to be a Guest Speaker at one of our MACV meetings. eNews Coordinator - Contact if you want to get something published in MACV's eNews letter. Social Media Coordinator - Contact if you want to get something published on MACV's Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter & Instagram web pages.

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MACV's Meetings

MACV's Monthly Networking Meetings:

Anyone that wants to learn how they can help support our Veterans just needs to show up at one of our MACV meetings.

• Information Sharing - If anyone wants to share their information on how you and/or your organization can benefit Marion County Veterans, remember to bring from 50 to 60 copies of your brochures, flyers or business cards to distribute or to place on our Information Table located at the entrance to the room.  You can also make a brief presentation (under 2 minutes) during the "Roundtable" period.
• 1st Time Guests - 1st Time Guests are always welcome to make brief presentations (under 2 minutes) on how their organization benefits Veterans.  If more time is needed they can take it during our "Roundtable" period.
• Guest Speakers - If a Guest or a MACV Member requires more than 2 minutes for their presentation, they must be approved in advance by MACV's Speakers Coordinator, Ron Sukenick.  Guest Speakers are asked to keep their presentations between 8 to 10 minutes.
• MACV's Meeting Agenda - The format we use at all MACV meetings. MACV Meeting Agenda.

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MACV's Meetings
MACV meetings are always on the 3rd Tuesday of each month and runs from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. 

Zoom Meeting Information for VSC or MACV meetings, click on: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3577612866  (password "MACV")
January Indiana Veterans Center 777 N Meridian St Zoom also available February Indiana Veterans Center 777 N Meridian St Zoom also available March Indiana Veteran Center 777 N Meridian St Zoom also available	April Indiana Veterans Center 777 N Meridian St Zoom also available May Indiana Veterans Center 777 N Meridian St Zoom also available June Indiana Veterans Center 777 N Meridian St Zoom also available	July Indiana Veterans Center 777 N Meridian St Zoom also available August Indiana Veterans Center 777 N Meridian Std Ave Zoom also available September Indiana Veterans Center 777 N Meridian St Zoom also available	October Indiana Veterans Center 777 N Meridian St Zoom also available November Indiana Veterans Center 777 N Meridian St Zoom also available December Indiana Veterans Center 777 N Meridian St Zoom also available

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About MACV

MACV's Guidelines for Membership:

Requirements for being a MACV Member or a MACV Associate (No fees or dues are ever required):

• MACV Members (Voting Members - will be issued name and organizational tags):
  • Must have attended at least six (6) monthly meetings within the last 12 months and be informed on the subject to be voted on;
  • MACV's Committee Members, Chair & CoChair are automatically MACV Members;
  • VSC's Directors and Officers are automatically MACV Members;
  • MACV Steering Committee Members are automatically MACV Members.

• MACV Associates (DO NOT Vote):
  • Must attend at least 2 to 3 meetings during any 12-month period to remain a MACV Associate and remain on our active email list.

• Guests or Visiting Speakers - Individuals or Organizations (DO NOT Vote).

MACV Members:

• DO vote on what new projects MACV may or may not want to get involved with.
• DO vote on who serves on the MACV Research Committees.
• DO vote on suggestions and recommendations from the MACV Research Committees before they are sent to the Mayors.
• DO vote on who serves on the MACV Steering Committee.
• DO vote on suggestions and recommendations from the MACV Steering Committee before they are implemented.
  • The Steering Committee elects a Chairman who will be a MACV Officer.
• DO vote to recommend MACV Directors once a year.
• DO NOT vote on the day-to-day operations of MACV; that is, the duties of the MACV's Officers.

MACV Executive Committee Members -  (A total of 7, 4 which are VSC Directors):

• Serve for one year.
• Review recommendations from MACV Members on potential MACV Advisors.
• Select future MACV Executive Committee Members.
• Appoint a MACV Chair & CoChair once a year.
• Appoint the MACV Coordinators as needed.
• Appoint the Chair of MACV's Steering Committee 

MACV Management - 

1. Chair
2. CoChair

MACV Executive Members - Responsibilities:

• For the day-to-day operations of MACV.
• Organizing MACV's monthly meeting.
• Selecting MACV Coordinators for:
  • Committees
  • Speakers
  • Newsletter
  • Social Media
• Organize with the Sub-Committees Coordinator, MACV's 4 Committees:
  • Steering Committee
  • Homeless & Faith-Based
  • Health & Wellness
  • Education & Employment
• Work with VSC on the Event Planning Committee for the Mayors' Veterans Appreciation Day event.

Note: Veterans Support Council, Inc. (VSC) is responsible for any and all funding and promotions of all MACV's major Projects.

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