{"id":29,"date":"2023-12-26T18:19:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T02:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0016\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2026-05-11T11:17:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:17:31","slug":"meetings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0016\/meetings-events\/meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Next Meetings<\/h5>\n<p>May 12, 2026, 1:30 \u2013 3 pm.\u00a0 Our invited speaker had to cancel.<\/p>\n<p>We are dark in July (no meeting).<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 0016 holds nine monthly meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of January, February, March, May, June, August, September, November, and December.\u00a0 We meet from 1:30 \u2013 3 PM, at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.florencedouglas.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florence Douglas Center<\/a><\/strong>, located at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/muT7vxivg3KH7iwHA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">333 Amador Street<\/a><\/strong>, Vallejo.<\/p>\n<p>Our April and October meetings are luncheons at a local restaurant.\u00a0 We do not meet in July.<br>\nMeeting photos are on our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NARFE16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 16 Facebook page<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speakers at Prior Meetings<br>\n<\/strong>2026<br>\n\u2022 March \u2013 Carquinez Village President Jane Keene and Susan Neuhaus, Membership Development Chair<br>\n\u2022 Feb \u2013 Larry Fade (SRTP), Chapter 16 member: Filing 2025 taxes<strong><br>\n<\/strong>2025<br>\n\u2022 December \u2013 Vincent Valenzuela, American Red Cross, Ex Dir North Bay Chapter, N CA Coastal Region<br>\n\u2022 November \u2013 FEHB and PSHB carrier reps: Celina Ward (Kaiser) &amp; Bruce McGee (Anthem BC\/BS),<br>\n\u2022 September \u2013 Mady Palmer, Walk to End Alzheimer\u2019s Association Coordinator for Napa and Solano County<br>\n\u2022June \u2013 Phil Wiltz, rep for MASA emergency medical transportation insurance<br>\n\u2022May \u2013 Dr. Tom Snyder, on the History of Mare Island Naval Hospital<br>\n\u2022 Feb \u2013 Larry Fade (SRTP), Chapter 16 member: Filing 2024 taxes<br>\n\u2022 January \u2013 Dan Urias \u2013 CHP Golden Gate Division \u2013 2025 Driving Law Changes<\/p>\n<p>2024<br>\n\u2022 November \u2013 FEHB and PSHB carrier reps: Katherin Calero (Kaiser), Bruce McGee with Andrea Vinson (BC\/BS), &amp; Charlie Mihaliak<br>\n(Aetna)<br>\n\u2022 October \u2013 Fall Luncheon \u2013 Benicia Pizza Pirate<br>\n\u2022 September \u2013 Mady Palmer \u2013 Walk to End Alzheimer\u2019s Association Coordinator for Napa and Solano County<br>\n\u2022 August \u2013 Florence Douglas Center Ex. Director and Activities Coordinator:\u00a0 Nancy Pudlak and Jennifer Damas, respectively<br>\n\u2022 June \u2013 Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program carrier reps.\u00a0 \u00a0Vini Singh for Kaiser Nor Cal and Richard Gracey for Anthem BC\/BS &amp;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0California Federation President and Secretary, Ron and Sandy Griffin<br>\n\u2022 May \u2013 Chapter member Bruce Christensen celebrated Chapter 16\u2019s 75th anniversary with his speech<br>\n\u2022 April \u2013 Mark Porter (CRPC), Mark Anthony Porter of Ameriprise Financial.\u00a0 Lunch at Zio Fraedo\u2019s<br>\n\u2022 March \u2013 Trevor Allen, Exec. Director Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum<br>\n\u2022 Feb \u2013 Larry Fade (SRTP), Chapter 16 member: Filing 2023 taxes<br>\n\u2022 Jan \u2013 CHP Officer Michael Simonini: 2024 changes to driving laws<\/p>\n<p>2023<br>\n\u2022 Dec \u2013 Dr. Thomas Snyder (US Navy Retired): History of Medicine at Mare Island Naval Hospital<br>\n\u2022 Nov \u2013 FEHB open season, carrier reps. Zared Castillo for Kaiser Nor Cal, Richard Gracey for Anthem BC\/BS, Rick Tapnio for Aetna<br>\n\u2022 Oct \u2013 Mercel Amin, Alzheimer\u2019s Association, Senior Manager Community Outreach Engagement<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NARFE Chapter 0016 Vallejo meets monthly at the Florence Douglas Center except for April, July, and October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":27,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kp-content-permissions":[],"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":55,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":882,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/882"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kp-content-permissions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kp-content-permissions?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}