Boot drive starts May 4th thru the 14th

 Today is the Day.  For those of you participating, its Day #1 for the “Fill the Boot” drive.  I want to thank you in advance for helping support this great cause, one that EPFD and fire departments across the country, have supported for decades.  Anyone that knows someone who suffers from anyone of the 50plus variations of this disease, knows that the help they receive from the local chapter of MDA is indeed invaluable.  So please put in some time at the intersection of your choice.  Its good for them, and quite frankly, its great public relation face time for us.

     As you collect the money in the coming days, please make every effort to get your money to your respective battalion stations either at night after you have collected, or first thing in the morning.  As the corner captains are not getting any LAB to do their job, it would be much easier for them to get to work on time, if they only had to make one stop to pick up the bags.  The other option is them having to go to EVERY station in their assigned battalions, collect the money, take it to the bank, and then try to get to work on time.

     For corner captains, money collected on the weekends needs to be brought to the Firefighters Hall between 1630 and 1800.  Cpt Hayden will be there to accept the money.  In regards to those of you who need boots, please email either myself or your corner captains, and we will try to get some out to you.  Please don’t use that as a reason not to collect though, as we each have 2 boots per person that we could improvise with and use.  I understand that boots should be provided, but buckets of boots used in the past have disappeared, so its getting harder to acquire used boots. 

     Thank you for your time.  If you have any other questions, feel free to shoot me a text…915.526.1823.  Please identify yourself as I am sure I don’t have a lot of your phone numbers in my phone.

FF JF Gunther

First, this letter is being written to inform you about the importance of the upcoming 51st Biennial Convention of the International Association of Fire Fighters that will be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from July 21, 2012 through July 27, 2012. Many important issues will be decided by the delegate(s) that our local and other locals send to this Convention. Two real important ones that stick out at this time are the attacks on our pensions and collective bargaining. The order of business of the Convention will be as follows. The Credentials Committee presents a report on the eligibility of the delegates’ credentials. The Committee on Constitution and By-Laws presents a report on the proposed amendments to the Constitution and By-Laws so that the delegates can vote on them. The Committee on Appeals and Grievances presents a report so that the delegates can consider and act on them. The Committee on Rules and Order presents a report to the Convention of delegates. The report of the Executive Board is given. The election of IAFF officers is held. All these reports and recommendations are worked on and generated by the various committees composed of delegates to the Convention. They are then presented to the delegates to vote on or amend and vote on. This process formulates the IAFF’s regulatory and financial policies for the next two years which directly affects our local. As stated before this is the most important Convention that the IAFF holds and it is very important that we send someone(s) to carry our votes. Second, we will have to decide whether we will send our own delegates to the International Convention. Third, we will have to decide how many delegates we will be sending within the limits set forth in Article IV, Section 2, of the IAFF Constitution and By-Laws. This will be decided by the choice(s) that get(s) the most accumulated votes. Last, we will have to decide whether our local will pay the full or partial expenses of the delegate(s), or whether the delegate(s) will have to attend the Convention entirely at their own personal expense. The ballots will reflect all of these choices so it is very important that you vote.

The voting period will be from March 21, 2012 through April 5, 2012. The election date is April 5, 2012 at 12:00 noon. Any ballots received after this time and date will be declared invalid. If you have not received a ballot by March 24, 2012, contact the Election Committee Chairman Ruben Loweree to have a ballot mailed to the correct address.

Fraternally,

Earl Hayden

Secretary Treasurer Local 51

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Joe Alexander will be in town next week to assist our membership with retirement/financial planning. Joe will be available all day Wednesday March 21, and Thursday March 22 for appointments. Joe will be contacting anyone who already gave me their contact info. Anybody else interested in meeting with Joe should contact him to schedule an appointment. Joe can be reached at his cell 972-896-5600 or shoot him an email at jalexander@brookstoneadvisor.com.

Respectfully,
Paul Thompson
1st Vice President Local 51

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