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2023 Annual Meeting
The 67th Federation Annual Meeting was
be
held on Monday/Tuesday, April 17-18, 2023 at the Ramada Inn, 704 S.
Cumberland Ave, Lebanon Tennessee. ____________________________________________________________ Past Conventions 2022 Annual Meeting
The 66th Federation Annual Meeting was
held on Monday, April 18, 2022 via Zoom Meeting.
News From the 2021 Federation Annual Meeting Speakers included Dave Bowman from NARFE Headquarters, Membership Dept. and Marsha Padilla-Goad from NARFE Headquarters, Legislative Dept. No new business or resolustions discussed or voted on. Officers elected to serve for 2021-2022 were:
President - Billy (BJ) Godwin
2020 Annual Meeting - CANCELLED.
News From the 2019 Federation Annual Meeting News From The 2018 Federation Convention
The 62nd
Annual Convention was held in Jackson TN - April 16-17, 2018, by the Jackson Chapter 519 with help from other West TN
chapters.
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News from the 2017 Tennessee Federation Convention The 2017 Convention was held April 17-18, 2017 in Nashville hosted by the Donelson Chapter with help from the Murfreesbore Chapter. The location was the Nashville Airport Hotel. There were no Resolutions or Bylaws changes presented at this Convention. The Speaker was Jessican Klement, Legislative Director at the NARFE National Office. Special Awards to Chapters:
Officers elected to serve for the following
year were: Convention information available on the
NARFE National Website: Some of which was provided at our 2017
Federation Convention.
CLICK HERE and log in as a member.
Pictures taken by Ed Evans and Kathy Nash have been posted on the TN
Federation Facebook page.
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News From The 2016 Tennessee Federation Convention The 2016 Convention was held on April 25-26, 2016 in Pigeon Forge at the MainStay Suites. The host chapter was the Knoxville Chapter. One Resolution was presented and passed, it made a changes to the Constitution and Bylaws to change the name of the District Officer to Congressional District Liaison and to make them to be appointed by the Federation President rather than the Legislative Chairman. Special Awards to Chapters: Special speaker for this Convention was National President, Richard Thessen via video link Officers elected to serve for the following
year were: Here are some pictures furnished a member of the Knoxville Chapter, CLICK HERE |
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News From The 2015 Tennessee Federation Convention The 2015 Tennessee Convention was held April 20-21, 2015 and hosted by the Clarksville, Dickson and Jackson chapters. The location will be the Riverview Inn, 50 College St. in Clarksville. The was only 1 resolution submitted, resolution to
approve a Revised Constitution and Bylaws document was approved. Special Awards to Chapters: Special speaker for this Convention was National President, Richard Thessen. Officers elected to serve for the following
year were: |
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News From The 2014 Tennessee Federation Convention The 2014
Tennessee Convention was held April 21-22, 2014 and was hosted by the
Nashville Chapter The location
was the Drury Plaza Hotel in Franklin. The following quest were
present who are running for national officers at the upcoming National
Convention: Ken Thomas-candidate for National President, Jerry Janci and
Mary Pierson, both candidates for the new Region II Vice President. 108 Pictures of the Banquet and Convention by Coy Rahman. |
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News From The 2013 Tennessee Federation Convention The 2013 Tennessee Convention was held April 15-16, 2013 and was hosted by the Chattanooga Chapter with support from the Cleveland Chapter. The location was the Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel. KEYNOTE SPEAKER: National President, Joseph Beaudoin. The text of his speech can be read by clicking Here. Other speakers present were, Region X Vice President Bill Martin and Region X Alzheimer's Chairman Clara Weston There were no Resolutions or Bylaw changes brought before the convention this year. The officers elected to serve for the following year are: James L (Larry) Henderson - President Larry Minniear - 1st Vice President Tom Duncan - 2nd Vice President Rhonda Mooney - 3rd Vice President Merilyn Evans - Secretary Marie Anglin - Treasurer Jim Glenn - Legislative Chairman Jean Cox - Membership Chairman Awards: The Wieda White Tolley Alzheimer's Award went to the Dickson chapter The Leo Potts NARFE-PAC Award went to Cumberland County chapter Fundraisers for Alzheimer's Research totaled $1549.25 Lots of pictures (total of 248) from this convention, thank the photographer, Coy Rahman by making a donation to Alzheimer's. |
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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: Federation
Officers elected to serve for the next year were: There
are some pictures of the Convention posted on the Federation Facebook page. Click
here to see them. |
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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. Officers
elected to serve for the coming year included: |
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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.
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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 |
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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 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 The NARFE-PAC Leo Potts award this year again was won by Cumberland County Chapter #1719
News from the 2007 Federation Convention 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.
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The
Leo Potts Memorial PAC award was won by the Cumberland County Chapter