2017 NEA-RETIRED
ORGANIZING CONFERENCE
UNITE, INSPIRE, LEAD:
STILL DOING IT.
March 21-23, 2017
Renaissance Dallas Hotel
2222 N. Stemmons Fwy., Dallas, TX
Hotel Rate
Single/Double $159 per night
Register at: www.nea.org/retired
Registration Fee: $90
Hotel Registration Deadline: March 3, 2017
SATURDAY, MARCH 18 • 9 AM-3 PM
GAE • TUCKER, GEORGIA
100 Crescent Centre Parkway, Suite 500, Tucker, GA
Be aware of current and upcoming legislative issues on the
state and national levels
Feel empowered to take action on these legislative issues
Understand the value of lobbying
Learn the logistics of of lobbying
Continental breakfast and catered lunch provided.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
• REGISTRATION DEADLINE: MARCH 13, 2017
• Open to the first 50 participants
• Free to GAE members, $20 for nonmembers
• Register at https://goo.gl/forms/9e7s4D8FmyWyL6xP2
• For further information or to register by phone, contact GAE-Retired
President Karen Solheim: 678.837.1105 or GAE.Retired.President@gmail.com
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Questionnaires are sent to all candidates, and if
individuals decide not to return the completed
questionnaires, then they have eliminated
themselves from consideration for endorsement.
The questionnaires, which focus on educational
issues, are then actually read to see which
candidates have answers that align with our
organizations’ legislative priorities (which are also
a result of what members feel are important).
The candidates whose questionnaire responses
are consistent with the direction of our state
and national organizations are then invited to
participate in the interview process. Candidates
who do not return the questionnaire eliminate
themselves from the endorsement process as
do candidates who refuse to participate in the
interview process.
The last step of the endorsement process
for all candidates involves voting whether
or not to endorse by members within our
organizations elected to represent us. In GAE,
the elected members of our FPE (Fund for
Public Education) Committee vote on which
candidates to endorse with the elected members
of our Board of Directors either concurring with
or vetoing the recommendations.
As I hope you can see, being part of a national
organization makes a difference and impacts
the state organization—GAE—of which we
are a part.
Being part of a state coalition of educational
organizations is a solid foundation on which to
impact public education within Georgia; being
part of a member-drive organization with a
national component impacts who we are as a
state organization.
You make a difference by being a member of
an organization that has, in fact, three tiers:
local, state, and national.
Thank you for being a member
of your local association.
Thank you for being a member
of your state association.
Thank you for being a member
of your national association.
Karen Solheim
President, GAE-Retired
GAE-RETIRED
MEETING
Friday, March 10 • 11 a.m.
GAE Office
100 Crescent Center Parkway,
Suite 500, Tucker