Conferences/Training

FEDCon26 – Indianapolis, Indiana, coming in Aug 2026.

Thank you to all who attended FEDcon24 in St. Louis, Missouri. We appreciate your support and hope you left feeling confident and prepared for life’s journeys. At FEDcon, you’ll learn to make the most of your benefits and enjoy unparalleled excellence in advocacy training, preparing you to fight to protect those benefits.

Registration is open; go to https://fedcon.narfe.org/.  The early-bird rate (through 5/22/2026) has ended; 5/23/2026 – 8/7/2026 is $250.00; and after 8/7/2026 is $300.00. All non-members pay $300.00.

The WSF will reimburse the first five members in good standing (dues are paid up) $800.00 each toward registration and travel costs.  Please contact WSF President Tony Merola (or call him) and copy WSF Treasurer Arlene Patton. Their contact information is available on the Washington Federation website.

Save the Date for FEDcon26. Learn more.  

Region IX Symposium

The Region IX Symposium 2026, Oct 1-3, 2026, in Ellensburg, WA, on the Central Washington University campus, with accommodations at the Ellensburg Best Western Plus.  Thirty hotel rooms are reserved so attendees may begin making reservations.  For instruction on getting the group rate and for up-to-date information, visit the Region IX website at https://www.narfe.org/region09/meetings-events/meetings/symposium2026/.  All Federations will have in-person meetings on Thursday afternoon as well.

The first 30 members in good standing (dues are paid up) to contact WSF President Tony Merola and WSF Treasurer Arlene Patton (see above instructions) can apply for a reimbursement of their $150.00 registration fee. Save the date!