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NARFE/MD: Join Us in Ocean City for the Biennial Conference

February 8, 2019

Build, Strengthen, Advocate and Lead

Maryland Federation 44th Biennial Conference

May 5-7, 2019

Dunes Manor Hotel & Suites

2800 Baltimore Ave.

Ocean City, Maryland 21842

To make reservations, call 800-523-2888. Must call hotel by April 4.  All rooms are $89.00 + $9.35 = $98.35 per night for all week. Come early or stay a day or more after and enjoy Ocean City.

It’s about Communication and Education.

Conference Objective 1:  To present the latest in Advocacy Training and Technological Training from a scientific perspective.

Conference Objective 2:  To introduce a new model for effectively using Social Media and Advocacy Training to Communicate with Your Elected Lawmakers in Congress and the Maryland General Assembly.

Come and hear and get to know some of the most interesting speakers of our time in government and beyond.

Barbara Sido, NARFE HQ Executive Director; James Marshall, NARFE Federal Benefits Institute; Peter Franchot, Maryland Comptroller; John C. Wobensmith, Maryland Secretary of State; George Owings, Maryland Secretary of Veterans Affairs; Craig Renner, Senior Director Communications of Maryland Environmental Service; Nancy Gaither, Professional, Talent & Leadership Development; Faye Green, Maryland Author; Ahmed Salem, Special Agent/Assistant Director National Security Programs, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), U.S. Department of Commerce; Gee Williams, Mayor, Berlin, Maryland; Rick Meehan, Mayor, Ocean City, Maryland; Tammy Bresnahan, AARP Maryland Associate Director of  Advocacy; Meagan Sekscinski, Estate Planning; Ronald Rolfe, Deputy Assistant Director, Nuclear & Missile Technology Division, BIS; Kathy Adams, NARFE Region II Vice President; Delegate Wayne Hartman, Maryland House of Delegates, District 38C (Worcester and Wicomico counties); and Ryan Snow, Eastern Shore Representative – Governor Lawrence Hogan.

Goals of the Biennial Conference: 

Goal #1: Learn               Goal #2: Connect               Goal #3: Apply

Registration:  For a copy of the Conference Call Letter with detailed information on registration, please contact your chapter president or the NARFE/MD Secretary Pat Farmer at buttonspaf@aol.com.

Updated: 2019-02-09

Conference Update

TO: Federation Officers, Federation Past Presidents, Region II Vice President, Federation Chairmen, Federation Board Members (Chapter Presidents or Alternate in lieu of Board Member) and Chapter Secretaries

REMINDER: If you have not yet registered with Registrar Marty Strombotne for the Mini-Conference/Annual Meeting on April 30/May 1, please do so as soon as possible.   We have extended the deadline for Registration to April 25. Please don’t put your registration off until the very last minute.  It is important that we know the number of
people attending, so we can let the hotel know for planning purposes. Please use the form in the attached Call Letter or included below to register and send to Marty as directed on the form.

Details on speakers and menus are provided in the March 12 email below.

Chapter Presidents: Please encourage more of your members to attend. If you do not plan to attend and won’t have an alternate or chapter members attending, please let our Registrar Marty Strombotne know at martystrom@comcast.net. Also, if you don’t have your Chapter meeting until after the new deadline, please let Marty know that as well and when you will have a list of your attendees.  Please use forms listed on the Conference page on this website under MD Federation tab.

Pat Farmer