District 4 Action Plan and Calendar of Events, 2008

Listed below are the Months during 2008 where specific events are planned, along with specific dates where they are known.

As we know, 2008 is an Election Year and some planned events may be affected by Legislative and Political Action priority items.

As plans firm up for District Meeting and Training events, they will be added to this calendar and plan.

Locals in a geographic area who want to hold additional organizing events during 2008 should contact District Organizer Kevin Droste.  Click here for his contact information.

January, 2008

  • January 9 to January 11, 2008 -- Baltimore CLC Leadership Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey

 

  • January 27 to February 1, 2008 -- Eastern North Carolina  Organizing (Droste)  +85 New Members

February, 2008

  • February 8 and 9, 2008 -- AFGE DeFCoN Meeting, Hyatt Regency, Washington, DC

 

  • February 10 to February 13, 2008 -- National Legislative Conference, Washington, DC

 

  • February 11, 2008 -- District Meeting at Legislative Conference, Location TBA

March, 2008

  • March 5 to March 8, 2008 -- National Executive Council Meeting

 

  • March 10 to 14, 2008 -- Contract Bargaining, Cherry Point, North Carolina (Witiak)

 

  • March 27 and 28, 2008 -- Local 3509 Annual Meeting and Training, (Witiak)

 

  • March 30 to April 4, 2008 -- Fayetteville, North Carolina Area  Organizing (Droste) +45 New Members!

April, 2008

  • April 1 to April 4, 2008 --  Fayetteville, North Carolina  Organizing (Droste)

 

  • April 9 to April 12, 2008 -- DEFCON Conference on NSPS/BRAC Issues, St. Louis, MO (Witiak)

 

  • April 13 to April 25, 2008 -- Tidewater, Virginia Area  Organizing (Droste)  +165 New Members!

May, 2008

  • May 3, 2008 -- District Caucus and Election, 

 

  • May 18 to May 23, 2008 -- Wallops Island/Eastern Shore, Virginia  Organizing (Droste)

June, 2008

  • June 1 to 7, 2008 -- National Executive Council Meeting

 

  • June 1 to June 13, 2008 -- Baltimore, Maryland Area Metro  Organizing (Wilson) +125 New Members!

 

  • June 14, 2008 -- Political Action and Legislative Celebration, Local 1770  + 15 New AFGE PAC Members !!

 

  • June 25 to June 28, 2008 -- NSPS Training for AFGE Staff and DeFCoN Activists, National Labor College, MD (Witiak, Swann, Gentile, Trotman)

 

 

July, 2008

 

  • July 14 to 18, 2008 -- Annual Leave Scheduled -- N.R. Witiak

 

  • July 27 to August 1, 2008 -- Interstate 85 Corridor, North Carolina  Organizing (Wilson) +25 New Members!

 

August, 2008

  • August 10 to August 15, 2008 -- Western North Carolina  Organizing (Droste) +20 New Members!

 

  • August 21, Virginia Steering Committee Meeting, Richmond, Virginia 

September, 2008

  • September 7 to September 12, 2008 -- Richmond, Virginia Area  District Meeting, Training and Organizing  (Wilson)

 

  • September 14 to September 20, 2008 -- National Executive Council Meeting

 

  • September 16, to 18, 2008 -- Arbitration, Scott Air Force Base, Local 909 (Ft. Eustis, VA) (Witiak) (Stennis)

 

  • September 23 and possibly September 24, 2008 -- Arbitration, Wallops Island, Virginia NASA Unit (Witiak)

October, 2008

  •  October 4 to October 9, 2008 -- West Virginia Organizing (Wilson)

 

  • October 27 to October 31, 2008 -- District VA Council Training Virginia Beach, Virginia (Witiak)

 

November, 2008

  • November 16 to November 22, 2008 -- National Executive Council Meeting

 

  • November 19 to November 21, 2008 -- OWCP Conference, Nevada 

 

December, 2008

 

If your Local needs to add events to this listing for our District's information, e-mail to reinhardw@cox.net