Reminder: 2012 IAM Legislative Conference Just Around the Corner
Wednesday, March 7, 2012(National Federation of Federal Employees)
Don’t
forget that the 2012 IAM Legislative Conference
is just around the corner. The annual
conference will be held from Monday, May 14
until its adjournment at 12:00 p.m. on
Thursday, May 17 at the Hyatt Regency
Washington, in Washington, DC. If your local is
sending a delegate to this year’s Legislative
Conference, don’t forget to complete the
delegate questionnaire form, found here.
Delegate
registration will be held from 9:00 a.m. until
12:30 p.m. on Monday, May 14 and from 8:00 a.m.
until 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 15. The opening
session will begin on Monday, May 14 at 1:30
p.m. Resident General Vice President Rich
Michalski will open the conference and will be
permanent chair and International President Tom
Buffenbarger will deliver the keynote address.
General
Sessions will begin at 9:00 a.m. until noon on
Tuesday, May 15 and Wednesday, May 16. There
will be no sessions scheduled for Tuesday and
Wednesday afternoons so that delegates may
lobby on Capitol Hill. All delegates planning
to attend the 2012 Legislative Conference
should pre-schedule meetings with their
Congressional District Representatives as well
as Senators for Tuesday and Wednesday
afternoon. On Tuesday, May 15, the National
Capital Area Council Boy Scouts of America will
hold its 25th Annual Good Scout Government,
Labor and Management Awards fund raiser at the
Hyatt Regency Washington. The program consists
of a reception followed by the annual Good
Scouts awards presentation. We will honor three
recipients, one each from government, labor,
and management. Tickets to this event are $25
and will be available at the Legislative
Conference registration desk, and can be paid
by cash or check made payable to "Boy Scouts of
America.” We will host a Congressional
reception on Wednesday evening, May 16. On
Thursday morning, the session will be dedicated
to a Conference review and delegates' lobbying
efforts on the Hill.
Please
contact the Hyatt Regency Washington, phone
(202) 737-1234 for sleeping accommodations.
When making reservations, you must identify the
group as the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers. The rate
information is as follows: Single: $306.00,
Double: $306.00. Please make your reservations
before the cut-off date of April 5, 2012. If
you have any difficulty in securing
reservations, please contact Mary Howell,
Metropolitan Travel, at (830)
964-2453.