COMMAND LETTERHEAD
7010
Code 00
(Date)
From: Commanding Officer
To:
Subj: APPOINTMENT AS SENIOR MEMBER RELIGIOUS OFFERING FUND AUDIT BOARD
Ref: (a) SECNAVINST 7010.6
1. You are hereby appointed as the senior member of the (insert name of the command) religious offering fund
audit board.
2. (Insert name) and (insert name) are the other members of the board.
3. Audits shall be conducted in accordance with reference (a).
(Commanding Officer)
copy to:
ROF Administrator
ROF Custodian
ROF Audit Board Associate Members
Figure 4-3.—Sample appointment letter for the senior member of an ROF audit board.
duties list. Figure 4-3 shows a sample of an appointment
letter designating the senior member of an ROF audit
board. Figure 4-4 provides an sample of an appointment
letter designating an associate member of an ROF audit
board.
The senior member of the ROF audit board makes
sure all board members are familiar with SECNAVINST
7010.6 and other important publications such as the
Financial Management Policies and Procedures for
Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Programs, NAVSO
P-3520, and the Nonappropriated Fund Procurement
Policy, SECNAVINST 7043.5. A major responsibility
of the audit board is to recommend corrective actions
for all discrepancies found. The board should report in
writing to the commander or commanding officer with
appropriate copies to the ROF administrator and
custodian.
Designated Faith Group Representative
The command chaplain must appoint a DFGR in
writing for each ROF subaccount. A sample of a DFGR
appointment letter is shown in figure 4-5. Generally, the
senior chaplain is appointed as DFGR for his or her
particular faith group. If already appointed as the ROF
administrator, however, the senior chaplain cannot also
serve as a DFGR unless he or she is the only chaplain
of that faith group.
Contract and auxiliary chaplains cannot serve as
DFGRs. In these cases, the command may designate the
lay reader of a particular faith group as his or her faith
group’s DFGR.
The DFGR is the primary advisor to the ROF
administrator on that faith group’s subaccount. As
primary advisor, the DFGR will recommend appropriate
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