SOUTH DAKOTA Chapter 1  
     
 
MISSION STATEMENT  

         
THE MAJOR FUNCTION OF ROLLING THUNDER ®, INC. IS TO PUBLICIZE THE POW-MIA ISSUE: TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC THAT MANY AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR WERE LEFT BEHIND AFTER ALL PREVIOUS WARS AND TO HELP CORRECT THE PAST AND TO PROTECT FUTURE VETERANS FROM BEING LEFT BEHIND SHOULD THEY BECOME PRISONERS OF WAR-MISSING IN ACTION. WE ARE ALSO COMMITTED TO HELPING AMERICAN VETERANS FROM ALL WARS.

ROLLING THUNDER ®, INC. IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION AND EVERYONE DONATES HIS OR HER TIME BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN THE POW-MIA ISSUE THAT WE ARE WORKING ON. ALL MEETINGS MUST BE ORDERLY AND EVERY MEMBER MUST BE HEARD.EVERYONE IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE NEXT. EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT VIEWS AND WE MUST ALL WORK TOGETHER IN AN ORDERLY MANNER.

EVERY CHAPTER MUST HAVE AN AGENDA TO RUN A MEETING. EVERYONE MUST GET THEIR TURN TO TALK ABOUT ANY ISSUE THAT CONCERNS ROLLING THUNDER®, INC. AND ITS MEMBERS.

THE CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF ROLLING THUNDER ,INC. WILL NOT BE CHANGED OR ALTERED BY ANY CHAPTER AND EVERYONE MUST ABIDE BY THIS CONSTITUTION. CHAPTERS MAY HAVE ADDENDUM BY-LAWS FOR THEIR CHAPTER ONLY.

REVISED: 11/4/06