BINGHAMTON — Every year our union’s Central Region holds a Fall Conference, designed to bring activists and leaders together for information/idea sharing, skill-sharpening and educational workshops. We also hold a Region Executive Board Meeting during the weekend, to take care of the regular business of running our union.
Our Fall Workshop for 2017 was recently held at the DoubleTree Hotel and Conference Center in Binghamton, NY, and featured opportunities for information sharing, new officers orientation workshops presented by a variety of presenters, and a one-day concentrated effort where Member Engagement Teams went throughout Broome County to visit members at their homes to open a dialogue about the challenges we all face as union members. Read about our mold-breaking Member Engagement efforts in the CSEA Work Force.
We were extremely proud to have CSEA Treasurer Bill Walsh and AFSCME International Secretary-Treasurer Elissa McBride join us for the weekend.
About 250 activists from around our Region attended the three-day workshop!
Here is a summary of what took place at the conference:
- Information Tables – Representatives from many organizations and the union’s professional staff set up tables to distribute information about the many benefits and services they provide to CSEA members throughout our Region
- New Officers Workshop: Introduction to CSEA Member Benefits
- Installation of Officers – Region President Colleen Wheaton administered the Oath of Office to all new and returning union officers
- Member Engagement Activity – Teams of union staff & leaders going to member’s homes to have one-on-one conversations about our union’s future
- New Officers Workshop: Getting to know Officer Responsibilities & Constitution – Presented by Region President Colleen Wheaton
- New Officers Workshop: Getting to know your CSEA Departments – Presented by CSEA Region Director Dean Adams
- New Officers Workshop: Managing your Local Finances/Minutes – Presented by CSEA Region Treasurer Kathy Zabinski & Region Secretary Chantalise DeMarco
- New Officers Workshop: All about our Union – Presented by CSEA Labor Education Specialist Nisha Frankson-Stillwell
- New Officers Workshop: Conducting Successful Meetings – Presented by CSEA Labor Education Specialist Nisha Frankson-Stillwell
- New Officers Workshop: Engaging Our Members – Presented by CSEA Director of Member Engagement Adam Acquario
- Executive Board Meeting – Presided over by Region President Colleen Wheaton – One of four Region Executive Board Meetings that we hold throughout the year to get the business of our Region accomplished.
If you have interests in any of these topics or workshops presented, please ask the representatives from your Local or Unit who attended to share with you what they learned, or any materials they may have brought back from the sessions. Information sharing is vital to an informed, involved and active membership!
Here is a link to a photo gallery of images from the weekend conference, taken by Communications Specialist Mark Kotzin.
