{"id":296,"date":"2024-10-09T09:13:30","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T13:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/region10\/?p=296"},"modified":"2025-05-21T17:25:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T21:25:23","slug":"fedcon24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/region10\/2024\/10\/09\/fedcon24\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2024 NEB Meeting Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>Notes from Robert Allen, Region X Vice President, NEB Meeting<\/strong><\/span>\r\nWe made some important decisions that will have positive, long-lasting \r\neffects for NARFE.\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>1.<\/strong><\/span>  We approved a new marketing and membership plan that will get the NARFE\r\nname out there to more potential members than ever before. The plan will be\r\ncompleted incrementally, with the results from each stage leading to the \r\nnext. This incremental approach allows us to pay as we go, instead of \r\nhaving to pay for the entire contract up front. I believe this is the \r\napproach we need to get our membership numbers up.\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>2.<\/strong><\/span>  The NEB also approved a new strategic plan that will convert NARFE from \r\na 501(c)5 to 501(c)4 with a 501(c)3 arm. The (c)3 component will allow our\r\nmembers to make tax-deductible contributions. We can use (c)3 contributions \r\nto fund the educational side of NARFE (webinars, etc.) without having to \r\nuse our operating budget funds. We will not have to rely so heavily on \r\nour calendar\/note card\/holiday card contributions, which, as you know, \r\nare not tax deductible. Of course, we will still have to pay dues, \r\nbut our dependency on dues to funds NARFE operations will decrease. \r\nThis strategic change will benefit NARFE for years to come.\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>3.<\/strong><\/span>  The Board also is making a concerted effort to sell the building. \r\nWe heard two proposals, and the one I think will be the way to go is \r\nto sell the building with NARFE financing. This method should garner \r\nmore prospective buyers. I'll keep you posted as we go along.\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>4.<\/strong><\/span>  We approved reviewing our bylaws amendment policies and procedures. \r\nThe amendment process is convoluted at best and needs to be cleaned up. \r\nThis review should provide us with a better method that we can implement \r\nfor 2026.\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>5.<\/strong><\/span> We're at a critical point in repealing the unfair WEP\/GPO. Congress \r\nwill be back in session this September and there is a discharge petition \r\nto get the WEP\/GPO voted on the House floor. I urge you to contact your\r\nrepresentatives to vote for the petition, because even though there are \r\nwell over 300 co-sponsors of HR82, if they don't vote for the discharge \r\npetition, the bill won't get to the floor without having to go through \r\nthe committee process. Also, be sure to contact your Senators because \r\nwe'll need them to vote for the companion Senate bill. If we can get \r\nthese votes, this will be one of the greatest achievements for federal \r\nemployees that NARFE has had a significant hand in making happen.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NARFE Biennial Conference 2024 was held in St. Louis, MO, August, 2024.  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