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Chapter #2030
Rosenberg,Texas Website Page 3: Chapter News 2009 |
2009 Chapter News
November Meeting
GEHA representative Kristine Scott is scheduled to speak at our November 11th meeting.
October Meeting
Members heard David Goodrum speak about Angel Food Ministries. Members voted to support the Dues Referendum. All members are encouraged to attend the 25th Anniversary of the Chapter and membership drive scheduled for Saturday October 17th.
September Meeting
Members enjoyed hearing Jon & Evelyn Eiche speak on Rotary International efforts to help eliminate Polio.
August Meeting
Our Legislative Chair was unable to arrange a meeting with Congressman Pete Olson for Advocacy month.
The Congressman is one of 137 that recently voted to cut your benefits by $10 billion.
July Meeting
No business was acted on at the meeting. President Dave Bloomer encouraged members to study the Dues Referendum that will be coming to a vote in the Fall and to consider attending the Region VI Seminar Sept 14-17 in Tyler, Texas. Our speaker gave a history of the American Flag and some of the protocol involved with the flag.
June Meeting
Members were entertained by child musicians Brendon and Vanessa Mac. The Region VI seminar will be in Tyler Texas September 14-17th. Members were encouraged to consider attending. The month of August is Advocacy Month and members were encouraged to contact their representative and Senators about legislative issues NARFE supports. A toll free number is available on the TFC website on the National Legislation page. Members were also encouraged to donate to NARFE PAC to support those who support NARFE legislative goals.
May Meeting
The May meeting featured speaker Ron Norsworthy speaking on Avoiding Elder Financial Abuse. Members were informed of the current Dues Withholding program and voted not to waive the chapter's portion. The Dues Referendum was also discussed and members were advised where to find information on the dues referendum (see TFC Website or national website).
April Meeting
The April Meeting new member Violet Pitts gave a presentation about her career and overseas assignments while working for the FBI. President Dave Bloomer presented to Chpter Historian Wilda Simms the Certificate of 25 years as a Chapter which was presented to the Chapter at the District 7 Convention. Our 25th Anniversary is this Fall. The President also presented information on each of the resolutions to be presented at the 2009 TFC Convention April 24-27th.
March Meeting
President Dave Bloomer Presented Officers with officer pins to wear during their term of office and present to their successor when they leave office. A pin showing their past office will then be presented to them. Members were reminded to contact their legislators about NARFE legislative goals as the National Legislative Training Conference has just completed and members at that conference visited Senators and Congressman on capitol hill. Members should also let their Senators and Congressman hear from them. Remember to use phone or email to contact the Washington DC offices or write to local District Offices as mail sent to Washington DC is still screened and takes a long time to arrive. It was announced new NARFE PAC pins are available. The Legislative Chair will order pins and have them at future meetings. It is important that we support NARFE-PAC for the upcoming
Congressional election. The Treasurer was advised to submit the paperwork to obtain NARFE's offer of insurance for the chapter.
February Meeting
The District 7 Convention will be hosted by Chapter 828 and will be on March 19th. Preregistration was requested by the host chapter. Chapter 2030 will have 7 members attend. Delegates to the TFC convention, Hazel Hicks and Al Luna, were elected. President Dave Bloomer and Frances Grimes will attend as at large delegates due to their TFC positions. An Audit committee of Hester Bain and Phil Miller will report to the President on their review of the Treasury accounts.
January Meeting
President Dave Bloomer announced that TFC President Jerome Smith would be attending the Houston Association of Chapters meeting on January 28th to discuss the possibility of Houston Area Chapters hosting the 2001 TFC Convention. Dave also announced the District 7 Convention hosted by Chapter 828 will be on March 19th from 9 AM to 3PM. A map and agenda are available on the D7 Representative page of the Houston Association website at http://www.narfehouston.org Anyone wishing to attend the NARFE National Legislative Training Course should be aware the registration deadline is February 10th.
The Texas Federation Convention will be held April 24 -27, 2009 in San Antonio, Texas. Information on registration, hotel reservations and other details such as banquets and riverboat rides are on the TFC Convention page of the Association website http://www.narfehouston.org
Members were reminded to save pull tabs from aluminum soft drink cans to bring to our meetings and the joint chapter collection will be taken to the Texas Federation Convention to add to those saved by other chapters to contribute for the benefit of Ronald McDonald Houses.
