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NEA-Retired Program Meetings

NEA-Retired meetings are open to all our members. They allow us to shape NEA-Retired policy, help other members better understand the benefits and services available to them, and provide training and information on important issues. There are two kinds of NEA-Retired program meetings:

• NEA-Retired Regional Conferences
• NEA-Retired Annual Meeting

NEA-Retired 2009 Regional Conferences

NEA-Retired West Regional Conference
March 31- April 2, 2009
Portland, Oregon
(Tuesday - Thursday)

NEA-Retired East Regional Conference
April 7-9, 2009
Savannah, GA
(Tuesday - Thursday)

Online registration will open in November 2008.

NEA-Retired 2009 Annual Meeting

NEA-Retired Annual Meeting
June 27-29, 2009
San Diego, CA
(Saturday- Monday)

Online registration will open in February 2009.

NEA-Retired 2008 Annual Meeting Review

We celebrated 25 years of dedicated service in the NEA family last June. We spent our silver anniversary honoring those who help make NEA-Retired successful. They include the following award winners:

• The 2008 Distinguished Service award was presented to John Campbell of Arizona.
• Largest increase in retired members was awarded to the New Jersey Retired Educators Association and the runner up was the Kentucky Education Association-Retired.
• Largest percentage increase in retired members was awarded to the Kentucky Education Association-Retired and the runner up was NYSUT NEA-Retired.
• The established state retired newsletter award was presented to NEA-Alaska-Retired for the "NEA-AK/Retired Newsletter" and the runner up was the Alabama Education Retirees Association, Inc., "The AERA Voice."
• The beginning state retired newsletter award was presented to the Nebraska State Education Association, "NSEA-Retired Advocate." The runner up was the Georgia Association of Educators-Retired for "In The Know."
• The local retired newsletter award was presented to the Fairfax (Va.) Education Association-Retired for "FEA Retired" and the runner up was the Pennsylvania State Education Association-Retired's "WHISPAS."
• The Spotlight award was presented to the New Jersey Education Association for "The NJEA Review-Retired Educators Column" and the runner up was the Nebraska State Education Association's "NSEA Voice-NSEA-Retired Corner.
• The Web site award was presented to the Alabama Education Retirees Association. The runner up was the Bucks County (Pa.) Retired Association.
• Jack Kinnaman Scholarships were presented to Sasha Huff of the University of Evansville in Indiana and Aaron Merkin of the University of Wyoming. Both received $1,200.

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