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Veterans Coalitions Leader

We have an opportunity for you to answer the call to duty and serve your country again. You can build and lead a team of Veterans by serving as a Veterans Coalition Director (VCD). In this role you will support our mission to grow the grassroots to influence legislators for passing the Convention of states resolution, securing the resolution in states where it has passed, and taking action on other legislation defending freedom and our Constitution.

Veterans are probably the most influential citizens over our state legislators. Most legislators acknowledge, appreciate, and honor the men and women who put their lives on the line for freedom, who risk all, to serve a higher purpose than themselves. Therefore, we thank you for stepping up to be a Veterans Coalitions leader for Convention of States.

After answering and submitting the survey questions at the bottom of this page, a COS leader in your state will contact you to discuss which of the two Veterans Coalition leader opportunities is right for you. Consider reviewing the Convention of States University courses before or after submitting your survey.

Veterans Coalitions Director (VCD)

This is an opportunity for you to answer the call to duty and serve your country again. As a VCD, you will recruit Veterans to be VCD Team members in your district or region of the state. You will work together with your VCD Team members to help recruit, welcome, and educate other US Military Veterans about Convention of States and Article V, and be proactive in raising grassroots support from members in Veterans service organizations in your state.

Your efforts will support our mission to grow the grassroots to influence legislators for passing the Convention of states resolution or securing the resolution in states where it has passed. Veterans are probably the most influential citizens over our state legislators. Most legislators acknowledge, appreciate, and honor the men and women who put their lives on the line for freedom, who risk all, to serve a higher purpose than themselves. Therefore, we thank you for stepping up to be a Veterans Coalitions leader for Convention of States.

You will be serving as a team with men and women who took an oath to protect and defend our Constitution and our nation. An oath that never expires.

Guidance and training will be provided to you by your State Director, State VCD (SVCD), or other state leaders. You will not perform this mission alone!

Job Description:

  • The VCD is to be able to work closely with the State Veterans Coalition Director (SVCD) in planning and executing strategy.
  • The VCD must be a team player who supports the COS mission with a focus on efforts related to Veterans.
  • VCDs should have a basic understanding of the Article V project and be able to talk with other Veterans about Article V of U.S. Constitution and our mission. Consider reviewing the Convention of States University free self-paced courses after submitting your answers to the survey questions below.
  • The VCD will build a relationship with his/her state legislators and help others on the Veterans Coalition team build a relationship with state legislators.

Responsibilities:

  1. The VCD will work in partnership with the SVCD and other state leadership.
  2. Participate in the national Veterans Coalition leaders calls and state team calls.
  3. Learn how to use the tools provided to build a team of Veterans Coalition Team members and Veterans in your region of your state.
  4. Recruit and train other Veterans from within your state.
  5. Reach out to Veterans service organizations in your local area or state to build a relationship with them and their members.
  6. Report all communications and results of visits to legislators to your state team.

Expected approximate commitment level: 3 +/- hours per week.

To Apply:

Step 1: If you have a COS account, please sign in before applying. (Use the blue "Sign In" button on the top right of this page.) If you do not have a COS account, you can proceed to step 2, and one will automatically be created for you.

Step 2: Answer the questions below and click the "Submit Application" button. We will be in contact with you shortly after you've submitted your application. Please reach out to us if you do not hear back from your state team within a few days: training@cosaction.com

Hi Guest, thanks for considering becoming a Veterans Coalitions Director!

To help us find the best role for you on our team, we’d appreciate you answering a few questions. But first, please take a moment to update your contact information below.

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We need you to complete the following survey questions to finish the application process.

1/7: How did you hear about Convention of States?

2/7: Why do you want to volunteer as a Veterans Coalition Director or Veterans Coalition Team member that is responsible for encouraging Veterans and others to help us complete our mission?

3/7: Would you be willing to represent COS at Veterans events and/or Veterans Service Organizations such as American Legion, VFW, AMVETS, etc. in your local area? If so, do you have any public speaking experience? (Experience is not required.) Please explain your ideas how you might go about doing this.

4/7: How would you identify and recruit Veterans to build your team of Veterans?

5/7: In addition to your cell phone, do you have a PC, Mac, tablet, or iPad needed for accessing our system and database and attending virtual COS meetings? (We can provide limited technical support to get you up and running.)

6/7: Are you willing to make welcome calls to new Veterans joining COS and enjoy talking to people on the phone?

7/7: Do you consider yourself to be a good communicator?

Physicians for COS

The diagnosis is clear.

We have a growing cancer today known as the Obamacare. As a result physicians are no longer free to practice medicine.

No profession feels the full force of the federal government more than physicians. The medical profession is the most highly regulated profession in the United States. The practice of medicine is controlled, taxed, and regulated to the point of being destroyed by the heavy hand of the federal government.

Physicians are told how to bill, how much to charge, and how to treat patients. They are mandated to use expensive electronic medical records. The federally enacted HIPPA (Health Information Privacy and Portability Act) makes the communication between physicians and atients burdensome, inefficient,and expensive. Every physician is required by federal mandate to register with the government to obtain an NPI (national provider identifier.) We are required by federal law to obtain and pay for a license to prescribe medication through the DEA, which is separate from our state licensure.

This heavy hand of government not only oversees the largest federal health bureaucracy ever created, but by extension reaches into every state, every city, and every small town to regulate how every licensed physician practices the art of medicine and how citizens obtain care.

The treatment is also clear.

The prescription for a cure was written into our constitution by our founders. Article V of our constitution allows for the states to call for a convention of states to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government through the proposal of constitutional amendments. Physicians should be the strongest supporters of this brilliantly-crafted states’ rights tool placed into our constitution by our founders.

I urge my fellow American physicians to join with me in supporting an Article V Convention of States to take back control of the practice of medicine. It’s the only way that we can return the practice of medicine back to the intimate relationship between a doctor and patient without interference by the heavy hand of a distant, national government.

Jeffrey I. Barke, M.D. Family Physician Newport Beach, CA
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