NARFE TN FEDERATION Convention News


News From The 2012 Tennessee Federation Convention The 2012 Tennessee Federation Convention was jointly hosted by these 4 chapters: Germantown, Memphis, Memphis Postal and Millington. on April 16-17, 2012. It was a great success. KEYNOTE SPEAKER: The main speaker for the convention was NARFE Legislative Director Julie Tagen. Ms. Tagen graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in government and politics and began her first stint on Capitol Hill in 1989 working on the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. From 1992 through 1995 she served as the staff director of the House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards and, in succeeding years, became a professional political fundraiser and adviser working for nonprofits and political campaigns. Ms. Tagen was the top policy and political adviser to Rep. Alan Grayson, D-FL. and managed his Washington, DC and district offices immediately prior to joining NARFE as Assistant Legislative Director in early 2011. She has served as the NARFE Legislative Director since November 7, 2011. The results of the proposed Bylaws changes and Resolutions were: The Bylaws change to Per Capita Dues was approved. The Bylaws change to the statement about Parliamentarian was approved. The Resolution on voting against incumbent members of Congress was rejected. Federation Officers elected to serve for the next year were: President - John Wells 1st Vice President - James Larry Henderson 2nd Vice President - Larry Minniear 3rd Vice President - Thomas Duncan Secretary - Camellia Duncan Treasurer - Marie Anglin Legislative Chairman - Jim Glenn Membership Chairman - Rhonda Mooney There are some pictures of the Convention posted on the Federation Facebook page. Click here to see them.
Past Conventions
News From The 2011 Tennessee Federation Convention Nashville's Invitation to Federation Convention 55 was held April 18-19, 2011 Here is a brief summary of this convention held at the Radisson Hotel in Nashville, hosted by the Donelson Area Chapter. Special speakers were National Secretary, Elaine Hughes and Region X Vice President, Bill Martin There were 2 proposed changes to the Bylaws brought before the convention. One had to do with clarifying the Per Capita Dues process and the other had to do with changing the requirements for the Parliamentarian. Neither Bylaws change passed. The chapter winning the Leo Potts Award was the Cumberland County Chapter, The chapter winning the Wieda White Tolley Award was the Clarksville Chapter. Officers elected to serve for the coming year included: Larry Cunningham, President John Wells, 1st Vice President Larry Henderson, 2nd Vice President Lynda LeMay, Secretary Marie Anglin, Treasurer Legislative Chairman, Jim Glenn Membership Chairman, Rhonda Mooney The next Tennessee Federation Convention will be held in Memphis
News From The 2010 Tennessee Federation Convention The 54th Annual Convention was hosted by the Sevierville Chapter in Sevierville TN on April 19-20, 2010 Among the news was National VP Joe Beaudoin addressed the delegates. There were no resolutions or bylaws changes submitted. Several awards were presented including the Leo Potts NARFE-PAC award won this year by the Franklin Co. Chapter and the Wieda White Tolley Alzheimer's Award won by the Cleveland Chapter.
Officers elected to serve the 2010-2011 term were: Larry Cunningham - President 1st. VP - John Wells 2nd VP - Larry Henderson 3rd VP - Jerry McDuffie Secretary - Lynda LeMay Treasurer - Marie Anglin Legislative Chairman - Jim Glenn Membership Chairman - JC Whitney	More pictures -- click here
News from the 2009 Federation Convention The 2009 Tennessee Federation Convention is now history. This is the highlights of what was done this year in Jackson. The host chapter was the Jackson Chapter with help by the Trenton Chapter. Of the Resolutions submitted, only 2 were put forward out of the Resolution Committee. One had to do with allowing the Federation President to conduct a vote of the elected Federation Board by means of email, fax or written correspondence. This was voted on and passed but according to the Parliamentarian additional wording and details will need to be written in the Bylaws in order to implement this measure. The other made changes to the per capita dues paid by chapters to the Federation, lowering from $4 to $3 for renewing members. This was approved by the delegates. An election of officers was conducted. This year, 3 offices had 2 candidates seeking the job. The results of the voting for those 3 posts was: For President, Carey Frazier received the most votes. For 3rd Vice President, James L (Larry) Henderson received the most votes. For Secretary, Linda LaMay received the most votes. The following candidates ran unopposed and were elected by acclamation: 1st Vice President Larry Cunningham, 2nd Vice President John Wells, Treasurer Marie Anglin, Legislative Chairman Jim Glenn and Membership Chairman J.C. Whitney. This year the Leo Potts NARFE-PAC Award was again won by the Cumberland County Chapter. A new award this year called the Wieda White Tolley Alzheimer's Award was won by the Athens Chapter. News from the 2008 Federation Convention The convention for 2008 was held at Montgomery Bell State Park and hosted by the Nashville Chapter #227. There were no resolutions brought to the Convention and none acted upon. The convention elected the following officers to serve for the coming year. President - Carey Frazier 1st Vice President - John Shannon 2nd Vice President - Larry Cunningham 3rd Vice President - John Wells Secretary - Vivian Fivecoat Treasurer - Marie Anglin Membership Chair - J C Whitney Legislative Chair - Doug Roberts, (after being elected determined he could not carry out his duties and resigned) The NARFE-PAC Leo Potts award this year again was won by Cumberland County Chapter #1719 News from the 2007 Federation Convention The first annual Leo Potts award went to the Cumberland County Chapter #1719. This award is given in honor of Leo Potts who worked very diligently for NARFE -PAC in years past. The chapter honored each year will be the one whose members contributed the most per capita towards the NARFE-PAC the preceding year. The deceased members were honored at this years Federation Convention. The list includes those reported from April 2006 - April 2007 from the various chapters. While this list is believed to be inclusive of all members, we regret any that were mistakenly left off. To see the list of names click here. There was only one resolution brought before the convention this year, that was to change the State Convention to a two year cycle rather than the current every year cycle. The measure was overwhelmingly voted down. The next convention will be held in 2008. Officers elected for the year 2008. President John Hicks, 1st Vice President Carey Frazier, 2nd Vice President John Shannon, 3rd Vice President Larry Cunningham, Secretary (vacant), Treasurer Marie Anglin, Legislative Chairman John Wells, and Membership Chairman Allen Reeves.