Important NARFE News

I'm pleased to announce that we have 14 NARFE members from New Mexico who will attend Fedcon24 in St. Louis, MO in August, and 5 members from Arizona who will attend. This total includes 2 National Members. We're thankful to our New Mexico Chapters that are also providing reimbursement support to their attendees, along with our Federation reimbursements. While at the Conference, we will also have our own SW Federation Meeting for those from New Mexico and Arizona attending Fedcon24. We look forward to meeting together with our own SW members, as well as with dedicated NARFE members from around the nation! We will report on the results of Fedcon24 to you after the Conference.

As you know, NARFE will hold National Officer Elections this Fall for the offices of National President, National Secretary/Treasurer, and Regional Vice Presidents. The candidate statements have now been published, and we encourage everyone to read them as you ponder whom to vote for. The statements can be found online at http://www.narfe.org/2024-narfe-national-election, or on pages 50-61 of the June-July NARFE Magazine which you will receive shortly in the mail. The September issue of NARFE Magazine will include instructions for voting online or by mail.

Thanks to our SW Federation Vice President Marlene Seaton, we now have a link to the National Alzheimer's website where our NARFE members can make online contributions to Alzheimer's research. This is particularly helpful for members whose chapters meet online (Zoom) or infrequently in person, and for our National Members. But anyone can make a contribution. We encourage you to do so! We're proud that NARFE is a major sponsor of Alzheimer's in combating this terrible disease that afflicts so many in our nation and around the world. Here is the link: Alzheimer's Association website. After clicking on the link, click on the box "Donate" in the upper right corner to make your contribution. Many thanks!

If you or your chapter members have questions about any of these three items, please contact me.

Best regards,

Mark Mickelsen
Federation President
Tel. or text: (720) 205-0251
Email: mmickelsen@aol.com

New Mexico/Arizona Merger

The National Executive Board approved the New Mexico and Arizona Federation of chapters. The details are here.

You can read our President's letter for details. You read President Mickelsen's Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding the merger here, and the signed MOU between the AZ and NM presidents here.

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