RESCHEDULED! Use the following link http://tinyurl.com/y8qrty5f to register for the meetings and the hotel. There will be no training sessions at this meeting but there will be meetings of the Government Relations Committee, the Membership Committee, and the Diversity and Leadership Committee on Saturday, October 21st beginning at 10:00 a.m. To that end, President Davenport and Vice-President Leisek are seeking self-nomination requests for these three committees. These nominations should be submitted to UFF no later than 5:00 p.m. on September 29. The purpose of this request is to increase participation in the governance of this union and to encourage participation from our newest members. The current committee chairs will conduct the meeting. From your nominations, President Davenport and Vice-President Leisek will select a tentative slate of committee members for these committees with an official selection of members and committee chairs confirmed by the Senate. The Steering Committee and the Council of Presidents will meet at noon on Saturday, October 21st. Saturday lunch will be available for all committee members and chapter presidents only. Saturday dinner and Sunday breakfast vouchers are available for all and will be part of the registration process. UFF travel policy will apply in all other cases There will be a budget presentation at 2:00 Saturday followed by the Senate at 3:00. A full schedule will be sent later as well as agendas for the meetings. If you did not receive the budget information in August, let me know and I will resend it to you. There will be no reception on Saturday night with projected costs going to Hurricane Irma Relief in support of our members in need. We ask those of you living close to Tampa to commute but we do have 115 rooms for Saturday night. Steering Committee members, chapter presidents and committee members who cannot travel and arrive by their meeting time will have rooms for Friday, October 20th and a breakfast voucher for October 21st.

RESCHEDULED! Use the following link http://tinyurl.com/y8qrty5f to register for the meetings and the hotel. There will be no training sessions at this meeting but there will be meetings of the Government Relations Committee, the Membership Committee, and the Diversity and Leadership Committee on Saturday, October 21st beginning at 10:00 a.m. To that end, President Davenport and Vice-President Leisek are seeking self-nomination requests for these three committees. These nominations should be submitted to UFF no later than 5:00 p.m. on September 29. The purpose of this request is to increase participation in the governance of this union and to encourage participation from our newest members. The current committee chairs will conduct the meeting. From your nominations, President Davenport and Vice-President Leisek will select a tentative slate of committee members for these committees with an official selection of members and committee chairs confirmed by the Senate. The Steering Committee and the Council of Presidents will meet at noon on Saturday, October 21st. Saturday lunch will be available for all committee members and chapter presidents only. Saturday dinner and Sunday breakfast vouchers are available for all and will be part of the registration process. UFF travel policy will apply in all other cases There will be a budget presentation at 2:00 Saturday followed by the Senate at 3:00. A full schedule will be sent later as well as agendas for the meetings. If you did not receive the budget information in August, let me know and I will resend it to you. There will be no reception on Saturday night with projected costs going to Hurricane Irma Relief in support of our members in need. We ask those of you living close to Tampa to commute but we do have 115 rooms for Saturday night. Steering Committee members, chapter presidents and committee members who cannot travel and arrive by their meeting time will have rooms for Friday, October 20th and a breakfast voucher for October 21st.