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                               MARY EILL

                      DISTRICT 2 VICE PRESIDENT

                                George A. Lescosky

                               Webmaster

PA. FEDERATION OFFICERS

PRESIDENT, MARIA RITZMAN

1ST VICE PRESIDENT, GEORGE SHAL

2ND VICE PRESIDENT, WILLIAM HURRLE

SECRETARY, VIRGINIA GIORDANO

TREASURER, STANLEY OSTWINCH

DISTRICT 1 VP, BETTY ROBINSON

DISTRICT 2 VP, MARY EILL

DISTRICT 3 VP, JOHN SHUTACK

DISTRICT 4 VP, RAYMOND HAIN

DISTRICT 5 VP, THOMAS CALL

DISTRICT 6 VP, RICHARD CELLINO

DISTRICT 7 VP, WILLIAM ROZIER

DISTRICT 2 CHAPTERS

JOHN COOMBE, President.

Meets at Old Country Buffet, Downington, Pa. Meetings are the third Tuesday, except for Jul & Aug, 12:00 noon. Dues $8.00.

DOYLESTOWN #740 RICHARD HOGG, President .

Meetings: Giuseppe's Restaurant, Warrington, Pa, 2nd Thursday at noon except Jan/Mar/May/Jul/Sep. Dues $3.00.

EASTON AREA #1102 RALPH POWELL, President. Meets every 1st Thursday at 1 PM except July & August at the Palmer Library, Easton. Dues $5.00.

LEHIGH VALLEY #1371 FRANCIS L. CAPUTO, President. Meets every last Thursday of each month at 12 noon at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Allentown. The only exception is in July for the annual picnic also on the last Thursday of the month at the Rose Garden Pavilion 2 in Allentown. Dues $6.00

NORRISTOWN #372 GEORGE SHAL, President. Meets every 1st Wednesday of the month at 1 PM except January & February at RAY'S DINER, East Norriton, Pa. Dues $8.00.

READING #103 SHARON WHITMAN, President. Meets every 2nd Monday of the month except July and August at 11.30AM at the Crowne Plaza, Reading Pa. Dues $8.00

SCHUYLKILL #413 GEORGE A. LESCOSKY, President. Meets every 2nd Tuesday of the month except February, July, & August at 1 PM at the Yorkville Hose Company Fire House, Pottsville, Dues $5.00.

Website: http;//www.narfe413.tripod.com/narfechapter413

PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING DISTRICT 2 WEB SITE:

To meet with officers of our seven (7) Chapters at a predetermined time and place at a centralized location to discuss Chapter problems and offer helpful solutions with the possibility of involving the Pennsylvania Federation of Chapters representatives and also the Region II Vice President. At this time we welcome input by the individual Chapters of what works for them that would benefit the other Chapters.

TO UPDATE THIS WEBSITE kindly submit changes or to publish pertinent information to:

George Lescosky, Webmaster lescgeo1@comcast.net

THE 46TH BIENNIAL FEDERATION

CONVENTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS

FOUR CHAPTERS FROM DISTRICT 2 SPONSORED THE 2012 CONVENTION:
CHESTER #377

FRANCIS CAPUTO, Co-Chairman

GEORGE LESCOSKY, Co-Chairman/Secretary

LORI SCHROEDER, Treasurer

WILLIAM GERRITY, Fund Raising (50/50 tickets)

VINCENT PASQUALE, Fund Raising (50/50 tickets)

KAY SCHEERER, Registration/Credentials

FRANCES GRIFFIN, Registration/Credentials

MARIE NADER, Registration Credentials

CHAROLETTEPOWELL,Registration/Credentials

RALPH POWELL, Registration/Credentials

BREVOORT CONOVER, Publicity, Business Affairs, Booklet

CHARLES GRIFFITHS, Publicity, Business Affairs, Booklet

HELEN LESCOSKY, Theme Baskets

DANIELLA PASQUALE, Theme Baskets

GLADYS CAPUTO, Theme Baskets

KEN ZEINER, Hospitality

MARILYN ZEINER, Hospitality

BARBARA GOSSMAN, Hospitality

WILLIAM GOSSMAN, Hospitality

ANTHONY DOWNEY, Sergeant-At-Arms

ALBERT HEYDT, Sergeant-At-Arms

MARY EILL, Sergeant-At-Arms

DORIS FENNER, Entertainment

LUCILLE FOX, Entertainment

FRANCES CASAPULLA, Goody Bags

AL HEYDT, Goody Bags

VENDORS FOR THE 2012 CONVENTION

Alzheimer's Fund - - - - - Dixie Gasper

Premier Credit Union - - Jeff Parish

Blue Cross/ Blue Shield

Blood Pressure Screening

NARFE PAC Chair - - - William Hurrle

Raffle Tickets & 50/50 Tickets - Fund Raising

PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS

PA01 DUTIES OF DISTRICT VICE PRESIDENTS

It shall be the duty of each District Vice

President to make an official visit to each

chapter in his/her district once each fiscal

year or to hold a District Workshop which-

ever is appropriate for that district. If a

workshop is planned the District VP must

submit an agenda with a cost estimate to

the Federation President for approval. A

report of each official visit and workshop

will be submitted to the Federation

President and 1st Vice President.

PA02 Change or Amend the current By-Laws

to permit ALL uniformed military retirees

and their spouses from all service

branches to become members of

PA03 PA Federation Executive Board:

Change Make-up of Executive Board.

Two (2) Vice Presidents are not necessary;

one VP can act in tyhe absence of the

President which includes knowledge of

both membership and legislation; and

the President can appoint a membership

chairperson and a legislation chairperson

to the Executive Board. This change

would eliminate the Second VP and

conform to the struction of the officers at

the National Headquarters.

PA04 Proposed Amendment to NARFE Pa.

Federation of Chapter Constitution and

Bylaws-2008-, page 14.

A qualified member of any affiliated

chapter may be elected to the office of

District Vice President. Each District

Vice President shall be elected in

caucus of the chapters within his/her

district. In voting for District Vice

President each chapter within the

District shall have 1 vote. In case of a tie

vote, the candidate with the largest number

of equivalent votes as determined by

ARTICLE V. SECTION 4.

DELEGATES: paragraph (a) shall

be declared the winner.

PA05 SECTION 2-(a) Executive Board of

Federation By-Laws state that the

Executive Board shall consist of

the Elected Officers and the

Immediate Past President.

SECTION 2-(d) states the Immediate

Past President(s) may attend

Executive Board meetings but

without voting privileges.

CHANGE: that SECTION 2-(a) The

Executive Board shall consist of

the Elected Officers and the

Immediate Past President who are

voting members.
That SECTION 2-(d) delete

immediate and add other Past

PA06 Distinguished Member Eligibility

Report. Recently, National

Headquarters introduced an Online

Activities Module to assist Chapters

and Federations recruit and retain

members by providing data retrieval

reports. It is recommended that a

Distinguished Member Eligibility

Report be added to this module.

Recommend that the report be a

PA07 Nomination Committee shall

prepare and present a slate of

officers for statewide offices. A

statewide office is other than District

Vice President. Further nominations

may be made from the convention

floor. Currently the committee meets

and interviews but does nothing else.

It is a waste of time interviewing without

a recommendation. A first time

convention goer would have a little

insight as to who a committee would

recommend. It is the duty of the

Nominating Committee to meet and

interview all candidates for office.

Further more, it is the duty of the

Nominating Committee chairman to

report to the floor their

recommendations for each office

including the recommendation of a

District Vice President. Additional

nominations may be made from the

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NARFE membership is not necessary to become a member of the credit union. However, if you would like to be a member of both, NARFE PREMIER FEDERAL CREDIT UNION WILL PAY YOUR FIRST YEAR OF DUES. You become a member of two successful organizations.

At the present time there is a 4% SAVINGS on savings account for Chapters.

APPLY TODAY

Visit our website at : www.narfepremierfcu.org

Click on "Become a Member."

Call us any time at: 800-328-1500

RECRUITING & RETENTION HINTS:

l. PUT YOUR OLD NARFE MAGAZINES IN BEAUTY SHOPS, BARBER SHOPS, HAIR DRESSERS, DOCTORS AND DENTIST OFFICES, DROP THEM OFF AT YOUR LOCAL POST OFFICE OR GIVE THEM TO YOUR POSTAL CARRIER.

2. WHENYOU PLACE YOUR OLD NARFE MAGAZINE IN A BARBER SHOP, HAIRDRESSER, DOCTOR'S OFFICE, OR ANY OTHER PLACE OF BUSINESS, FIRST TURN TO THE PAGE WITH THE ENROLLMENT APPLICATION FORM. ENTER YOUR MEMBERSHIP NUMBER AND CHAPTER NUMBER ON THE FORM. THIS WAY YOU WILL GET THE CREDIT FOR RECRUITING A MEMBER SHOULD SOMEONE DECIDE TO JOIN NARFE.

3. ORDER RECRUITING POSTERS FROM THE NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP SERVICES TO PUT ON COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARDS IN POST OFFICES, GOVERNMENT OFFICES, AND PLACES OF BUSINESS THAT WILL ALLOW THEM.

4. PROVIDE A FREE LUNCH FOR THE RECRUITER AND NEW MEMBER.

5. IF YOU GIVE A POSTAL CARRIER GIFT FOR CHRISTMAS, MAKE IT A GIFT MEMBERSHIP TO YOUR NARFE CHAPTER.

6. MAKE UP A RECRUITING PLACE MAT INDICATING CHAPTER OFFICERS NAMES AND PHONE NUMBERS. HAVE COPIES PRINTED (ELIGIBLE FOR MATCHING FUNDS) AND PLACE IN LOCAL RESTAURANTS.

7. ALWAYS CARRY NARFE MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS WITH YOU IN YOU CAR.

8. CREATE A NEW POSITION THAT OF RETENTION CHAIRMAN.

9. MAKE PERSONAL CALLS TO ALL MEMBERS RECEIVING SECOND DUES RENEWAL NOTICE.

10. SEND OUT DUES WITHHOLDING NOTICES EVERY SIX MONTHS.

11. INVITE SPEAKERS TO GIVE A TALK ON INTERESTING TOPICS TO ALL MEMBERS.

12. PROVIDE ENTERTAINMENT FOR SELECT MEETINGS.

13. HAVE A YEARLY PICNIC AND CHRISTMAS PARTY.

14. DROP OFF NEWSLETTERS AT ALL POST OFFICES.

15. WORK WITH LOCAL BUS COMPANY TO PLACE NARFE ADVERTISING/RECRUITING POSTERS ON THEIR BUSSES.

SUGGESTIONS TO ENCOURAGE MEMBERS TO ATTEND MEETINGS:

CHESTER CHAPTER #377 SELLS 50/50 TICKETS AT ALL OF THEIR MEETINGS. 50% GOES TO THE ALZHEIMER'S FUND AND 50% TO WINNING MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE.

CHESTER CHAPTER #377 WILL PURCHASE A "CHESTER CHAPTER #377 MEMBER" NAME TAG FOR ANY MEMBER ATTENDING THREE (3) MEETINGS IN A ROW.

SELECTED OFFICER'S WIVES OF SCHUYLKILL CHAPTER #413 PREPARE AND OFFER HOMEMADE MEALS AND DELICIOUS HOMEMADE DESSERTS AT ALL CHAPTER MEETINGS HELD AT THEIR ASSIGNED MEETING PLACE. A MONETARY DONATION IS ACCEPTED TO HELP DEFRAY THE COST OF THE FOOD.

SCHUYLKILL CHAPTER 413 ADVERTISES OVER LOCAL RADIO STATIONS AND IN LOCAL NEWSPAPERS THE DATES, TIMES, AND PLACE OF CHAPTER MEETINGS.

ANNUAL PICNIC

LEHIGH VALLEY CHAPTER WILL HOLD ITS ANNUAL PICNIC ON THUSDAY, JULY 26, 2012 AT 12 NOON AT ROSE GARDEN 2, ALLENTOWN, PA. COST PER PERSON WILL BE $16. PITCHING HORSHOES AND GAMES OF BINGO WILL BE THE MAIN ACTIVITIES.

NARFE

WHAT IS IT? WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WHAT DOES IT DO? WHY DON'T WE HEAR MORE ABOUT IT LIKE AARP AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS?

FIRST OFF NARFE IS AN ASSOCIATION CONSISTING OF BOTH RETIRED AND FEDERAL EMPLOYEES STILL WORKING FOR SOME PHASE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. NARFE PROTECTS THE BENEFITS OF ALL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES THROUGH REPRESENTATION AT CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS, BY INCREASING MEMBERSHIP, BY ENSURING EACH MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION'S VOICE IS HEARD AND IS ADHERED TO IN LEGISLATION TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE RIGHTS AND BENEFITS OF ALL THE HARD WORK PERFORMED BY THE CONSCIENTIOUS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES DURING THEIR TENURE ON THE JOB.

WE DON'T HEAR MORE ABOUT NARFE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T GET ENOUGH "EXPOSURE". WE HAVE TO GET THE WORD OUT FROM THE HIGHEST LEVEL, NATIONAL, FEDERATION, AND YES, AT THE CHAPTER LEVEL. WE MUST ADVERTISE AND PROMOTE NARFE THROUGH OUR CHAPTER MEMBERS, THROUGH NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS AND RADIO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND BY WORD OF MOUTH TO ACTIVE AND RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.