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Good Morning Brothers & Sisters!       There is one week left before I will be leaving Houston and traveling to Las Vegas, NV., to attend the 24th LiUNA General Convention! As I have done so many times in the past, and I will continue to do as often as I can, I want to say thank you again for honoring me with another opportunity to be your personal delegate and to act as your "

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Whew! Here in this part of the country, we sort of cautiously welcome the month of June and Summer because it is also officially the start of hurricane season. Metaphorically speaking, I think Local 311 has had its first tropical depression that fortunately did not turn into a hurricane. As I reported to you previously, I had contacted the LiUNA Elections Office, registered my official protest on

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Greeting Brothers & Sisters! First of all I want to apologize for this being my first post in quite a long time. There is so much going on with our Local that I don't know where to start. This blog has been dedicated to convention coverage since its inception so, I will try my best to only discuss "convention related" issues although there will be occasions when an issue will co-mingle with a

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Well Brothers & Sisters, since my last posting (August 20th), the Democratic and Republican National Conventions have taken place. As of this posting, there is less than two (2) months to the Presidential Election on November 4, 2008. Each Convention, I think, re-enforced to their party members, as well as the millions of viewers around the world, just what it is their parties and respective

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I returned to work on Mon. nite/Tue. (Tour 1) and was asked several times my thoughts on the Convention. As I stated earlier in my Mid-Week posting, the respect and camaraderie that I witnessed exhibited at this past Convention was for me, an honor to be a part of.In the scheme of things, you would have to agree that had it not been for the hard work of our National Officers, John, Mark, and the

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This is it, our last day! There is always a sort of "buzz" in the air on the last day because on this day the Delegates decide where the location of the next Convention. Since Conventions are held every four (4) years, the next is scheduled for the Summer of 2012. It had been noted earlier in the week by President Hegarty that the 2012 Convention would be the 100th anniversary of the NPMHU. With

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We started the day with a video message from Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL). She is the most senior Republican woman in Congress and has proven to be a trusted ally in our ongoing fight to get important legislation like HR-82, the Social Security On-line Privacy Act, HR-1110, which would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow federal and military retirees to pay health

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We started off the day with a video message from Congressman John McHugh (R-NY). He is another example of someone from the opposing party who we support because he has demonstrated that he supports the issues important to us. His relevance to the issues that concerns us the most is that he is a senior member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and the chairman of the Committee

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I want to start off by offering a semi apology/explanation for being late on what I had promised as "daily updates". As you will recall in one of my earlier updates (either 1 or 2), I included a tentative schedule of events. If you noted, there were only 2 evenings (Monday & Wednesday) that did not have a group function planned. You will also note that for whatever the reason, these functions are

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Day 3's session is convened in the afternoon due to the Primary Election, in this case for the Western Region VP. Voting is usually done from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. After the usual opening formalities, i.e. invocation, pledge of allegiance, announcements, we were given a demonstration of a "roll call vote". A roll call vote is required when the President can not distinguish during a vote by

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From this update on, just as I did for the last Convention, I will be reporting to you on the activities from a personal point of view that I hope will be both interesting and pertinent to Local 311. For a more detailed report, you can log onto our Nat'l. website at www.npmhu.org. The Nat'l. is also providing daily reports. I will still report on the highlights, even though it may sometimes

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Just in case you can't see this in the picture below it says "Where dreams come true". I'm here to tell you, it is truly a dream here!

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To bring you up to date, a sort of "mix-n-mingle", if you will, was provided by the Nat'l. and sponsored by the host Local (318), complete with live music (a band), good food, and you know it could not have been a mailhandler function without the "refreshments" (beer, liquor, & sodas). After having a continental breakfast (which will also be provided each morning by the Natl. Union) , we got

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We left Houston at about 4:15 p.m. and entered Louisiana at approximately 6:55 p.m. There was some construction on I-10... Suprise!!??##@@Approximately 12:01 a.m. ...Approximately 1:05 a.m. ...Approximately 4:00 a.m. (EST)....We arrived at the Resort at about 12:30 p.m. (EST). Our trip went smoothly, no delayed flights, no lost bags, and surprisingly no high gas prices! Well, you know what I mean

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Update #4I am Billy “b.shep.” Sheppard, a Local 311 Delegate to the 2008 National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) Convention. The Convention will take place next week (August 10-16) at the Grand Floridian Hotel Resort and Spa at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL. This is the fourth and final issue of my pre-convention reports. These reports have been my way of fulfilling the campaign promise I

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