As a member-based professional association, AUSA annually solicits proposed resolutions from its membership.Throughout the spring and summer months individual members and chapters are invited to submit proposed resolutions aimed at enhancing the Army – its equipment, capabilities, and the quality of life of its soldiers and their families.Standing AUSA advisory committees are asked for input as well.The Council of Trustees appoints the national Resolutions Committee at its spring quarterly meeting.The committee is appointed from nominations received from throughout the Association.Every effort is made to select, from among qualified nominees, a committee that maximizes representation of the Association – geographically, demographically and from internal membership groups.The committee reviews the proposed resolutions and makes recommendations for inclusion in the final resolutions.The resolutions are published on the Internet at the AUSA website (www.ausa.org) and in pamphlet form.The pamphlets are distributed to every member of Congress, congressional oversight committees, Pentagon officials, and AUSA regions and chapters.Throughout the year, the resolutions serve as a guide in the formulation of AUSA’s legislative agenda.Our goal is to make the resolutions process and the resolutions themselves as relevant as possible.Why are resolutions important?Because we are a member-based organization, input from those people that make up AUSA – active, reserve, guard, retired, veteran, civilian, and the Army family – is instrumental in determining what direction our Association takes next year.We rely on input from all of our members, from "general to private," to tell us what issues are important.Our Association looks to its members to provide guidance – and we urge all members to become part of this process.One of the activities of this organization is to support the Army by lobbying the United States Congress.Through face-to-face meetings, letters, testimony and phone calls, we make sure that your representatives understand the important issues facing the Army.In order to aid us in this effort we need you to tell us what issues are important to you.What can you do?The box found elsewhere on this page contains directions for submitting proposed resolutions to the 2014 committee.Take a few minutes and tell us what you would like to see AUSA do for you in the upcoming year. We can address your concerns only when you let us know what they are.So take some time, submit a resolution, and work with us to help develop the objectives of the Association for the next year.