Gauverband Nordamerika

We are saddened to hear that John Schaefer, former 1.Vorstand of Gauverband Nordamerika, passed away on November 21, 2022.  John was elected as a Beisitzer at the Delegates Meeting in Denver in 1969.  He served in that role until he was elected to the position of 2.Vorstand in Milwaukee in January 1974.  John then served the Gauverband in this capacity until he was elected as our 1.Vorstand in Anaheim 2002.

The schedule for the Gauzeitung Christmas issue has changed a bit from past years. Please send your Christmas greetings and articles for the December issue by December 1. You can send a pdf or jpg of a finished ad or words and pictures/graphics for me to finish the ad for you. Ads will be in color.  

Thank you to everyone who took part in the 28. Gaufest Survey over the past three months.  We once again had great participation with over 230 responses. The LINKED FILE contains a summary of all the responses.  The purpose of the survey is to provide the Meetings Committee as well as future Gaufest hosts valuable feedback that can help with the planning of future Gaufeste and ways to improve the event.

An email was sent out to all the Vereine in mid-September with the guidelines and application for the 2023 Paul Ulrich Sr. Scholarship.  Applications should be submitted by December 31, 2022.  THIS LINK takes you to the guidelines and application.  All application requirements must be completed to be eligible for the award.

Update 9/18:  Watch the parade anytime for the next 30 days!  At THIS LINK.   Watch the one-hour show "Wiesn Frühschoppen" at THIS LINK.  Lots of audience footage of GauNA; the Inngau dances and Rudy Leschke and Matt & Pat LaCourse dance with them; and a wonderful interview with Rudy

Email sent to Vereine on Sept. 12:  I know that some of you are already in Bayern and enjoying yourselves. Here are some final notes for the Oide Wiesn on Monday the 19th. We need everyone to be there at noon to take their seats since they are all reserved and that includes our spectators. Our Vereine that will be performing will not take the stage until 7:30 pm and will finish at 9:30pm. Those are the time slots they gave us. But there is a lot going on during the day. Gauverband Niederbayern is performing, and the Isargau takes over with Gauverband Nordamerika.