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Publication Content Opinions ex- pressed herein are those of the 4 President’s Perspective authors only and do not necessar- Sean Acord, co-president ily reflect the views of UPMA. The publication of any advertisement herein does not necessarily con- 6 Leadership for Success stitute UPMA endorsement of the Norma Powell, West Area vice president, and David Weber, West products or services offered. Arti- Area vice president cles, photos and/or artwork may be mailed or emailed to UPMA 8 Stronger and Better Together Leader, PO Box 734, Front Royal, Dan Heins, co-secretary-treasurer VA 22630; 540-636-2569, phone/fax; kbalentyoung@gmail. com. 10 National Office News Dave Ravenelle, executive director Advertising Inquiries Please contact Balent-Young Publishing, 11 From the Field PO Box 734, Front Royal, VA John Lindsey, Southern Area postal coordinator 22630; 540-636-2569, phone/fax; [email protected]. 12 Focus on the Hill Reprint Permission © 2017. Bob Levi, director of Government Relations Permission is hereby granted to UPMA members to reprint materi- al from the UPMA Leader, provid- Departments ed proper credit is given. Non- members may request written reprint permission by contacting 14 Committees Balent-Young Publishing, Inc., Rich Hui, Membership chair, and Shari Hetzler, Adverse Action [email protected]. member rep Postmasters: Please send all address labels clipped from 24 2017 UPMA National Convention Registration Form undeliverable copies, along with USPS Form 3579, to UPMA 28 UPMA Retired Leader,8 Herbert St., Alexan- dria, VA 22305-2600. 30 Chapter Presidents President’s Perspective

Sean Acord, co-president No Shortage of Leaders in UPMA hank you to all the chapters Kristi and I -90 adjustments were originally had the pleasure of visiting during this scheduled for April, T past convention season. Your hospitality then May, then was appreciated and I hope I was able to shed June and then July. I am at the point of some light on the many issues with which we just saying you will as an organization are faced. This organiza- see it when you see I started the year in Illi- tion has many re- it; I don’t know nois and ended with a trip to tirees who still what to believe. Roanoke, VA, with stops in want to be involved The project was Maine, Tennessee, Alaska and and share their completed, ap- other chapters in between. Each knowledge. They can help make proved and now we are waiting convention was different in its your chapter even more produc- on implementation. own way, but the bottom-line tive. They just need to be asked— It was first reported that the reason for each was the same as many of NALC was set to ratify their con- to better the working your active members tract agreement in mid-June. conditions and es- “The smallest of do. That ratification apparently has tablish a network of gestures can In my previous been pushed back to the end of fellow EAS employ- make the biggest article, I spoke about July. On ratification, the Postal ees who can assist difference.” the Level-18 budget- Service will have 45 days to noti- when the need arises. ing methodology. fy us that we are “on the clock” To those newly elect- After my article was for our pay talks. Once on the ed chapter board members who submitted, I received word that clock, we will have 90 days to will take office Nov. 1, congratu- approximately 980 offices did consult (unless an extension is lations for stepping up and hav- not receive the correct adjust- granted). To get prepared for our ing the desire to lead. ments; thus, in June, another ad- proposals, we will have a pay talk As board members, you will justment was made. The calcula- group assembling at the end of be faced with many challenges. tions for these offices were made July that will begin to formalize Your chapter and our national using the old formula of sub- our requests. organization need you to truly tracting the first 2,000 hours for Most of you should be read- be active in your duties. Each of- the Postmaster. This adjustment ing this issue of the UPMA Leader ficer should be focused not just is visible on the July flash report; a week or so before the national on growing membership, but it should be the final adjustment convention in Louisville, KY. This making sure members are in- for Level-18s. The issue of LDC event always was the highlight of formed and involved. Chapter 80 hours for the Level-18s still is the year for our predecessor or- presidents: Use your board and being discussed because this was ganizations; friendships are re- retirees to reach out to your not part of the original Kaizen. newed, training is given and orga- members and non-members. I also previously addressed nizational business is conducted. The smallest of gestures can the Levels-20/21 budgeting This convention will include a make the biggest difference. methodology. The LDC-80 and continued on page 13

4 August 2017 / UPMA LEADER Adverse Action Member UPMA Executive Board Representatives

Dixie Bentley, 1334 Whitetail Co-Presidents Ave, Sumner, IA 50674-9586; G. Sean Acord,8 Herbert St., Alexandria, Tony Leonardi,8 Herbert St., Alexandria, c: 319-240-6289; pm61265@ VA 22305; 703-683-9027; sacord@united VA 22305; 703-683-9027; tleonardi@ gmail.com—NE, KS, CO, MO pma.org unitedpma.org Tim Burke, 834 Reserve Way, Harrisburg, PA 17110-1796; c: Co-Secretary-Treasurers 570-267-8001; f: 650-577- Dan Heins,Stewartville, MN 55976; 507- Stephanie Jett, Piggott, AR 72454; 870- 2510; timburke18411@gmail. 533-4571; [email protected] 598-2706; [email protected] com—NY, WV,VA, MD, DC

David Disharoon, PO Box Vice Presidents 1322; Dawsonville, GA 30534; h: 770-983-3660 c: 404-217- East Area West Area 2482; disharoond@bellsouth. Richard Hui,Leominster, MA 01453; 978- Greg Nors,Hillsboro, TX 76645; 254-582- net—PR, FL, GA, SC, NC 537-8030; [email protected] 3572; [email protected] George R. Finley, 1601 Forum Wayne Francis,Red Springs, NC 28377; Norma Powell,Groveland, CA 95321; 209- Circle, Lot 151, Graford, TX 978-537-8030; [email protected] 962-7792; [email protected] 76449; c: 512-365-0066; geo [email protected]—TX, NM, OK Catherine Winnie,Accord, NY 12404; David Weber,Adrian, MO 64720; 816- 845-626-5881; [email protected] 401-6643; [email protected] Brenda K. Gibbs, PO Box 445, Drew Martin,West Jefferson, NC 28694; Edmund Carley,Lincoln, IL; 217-732- Garnavillo, IA 52049-0445; h: 336-246-8861; [email protected] 4912; [email protected] 563-964-2178; c: 563-880- 9490; gibbsbk@hotmail. Mike Quinn,Tilton, NH 03276; 603-286- Gary Choice, Quitman, TX 75783; 903- com—IA, ND, SD 4592; [email protected] 763-2247; [email protected] Shari Hetzler, 3350 Albion Shelly Stigall, West Paducah, KY 42086; Jim Maher,Chesterfield, MO, 63017; 314- Ridge Rd., Albion, CA 95410- 270-744-6673; [email protected] 551-3588; [email protected] 9998; o: 707-937-0667; c: 209- 419-1635; hetz51@yahoo. com—CA, HI, NV, UT, AZ UPMA Retired Co-Presidents Clara McCullar, 324 Country Club Ln., John Olson, 233 Poplar Ave., Lowry, MN Richard Hui, PO Box 745, Selmer, TN 38375; 731-645-6619; 56349; 320-805-0094; johnolson233@ Gardner, MA 01440-0745; o: [email protected] gamil.com 978-537-8030; c: 978-549- 3360; [email protected]—NJ, ME, MA, RI, NH, VT, CT Executive Director Parliamentarian Dave Ravenelle,8 Herbert St. Alexandria, John Galera, 2120 Oahu Ave., Honolulu, Robert Jett, PO Box 24; Piggott, VA 22305; 703-683-9027; dravenelle@ HI 96820; 808-284-2833; mysurfshots@ AR 72454-0024; o: 870-236- unitedpma.org gmail.com 7636; c: 870-598-1558; [email protected]— LA, MS, TN, AR, AL Postal Area Coordinators Bill Judge, 1610 Scottsdale Capital Metro Area: Pacific Area: Drive, Tipp City, OH 45371; Janie Holder, 2115 Corinth Poseyville, Jackie Deter, 1232 Castlegate Ln., Santa o: 937-773-6424; c: 513-702- Bremen, GA 30110; o: 770-574-8755; Ana, CA 92705; o: 562-544-5835; 9702; judgey55@yahoo. c: 678-836-7788; [email protected] c: 714-914-8752; [email protected] com—OH, PA

Eastern Area: Southern Area: Mark Kluge, 5850 Sunset Ln., Jo Oberly, 1105 Old Eagle Rd., Lancaster, John Lindsey, 140 Buckingham Ln., Allen, Hartford, WI 53027-9512; o: PA 17601; o: 717-257-2233; c: 717-330- TX 75002; o: 972-245-3566; c: 903-271- 262- 628-3535; c: 262- 644- 2469; [email protected] 9900; [email protected] 9359; mskluge777@msn. com—MN, WI, MI Great Lakes Area: Western Area 1: Pamela Payne, 1352 S. Fork Ln., Tipton, Brian Archuleta, 5920 Taurus Ave. NW, MO 65081; o: 573-372-6509; c: 573-353- Albuquerque, NM 87114; o: 505-771- John Sertich, PO Box 73, 4834; [email protected] 8822; c: 505-249-4599; bwolflobo@aol. Belleville, IL 62220; o: 618- com 233-0390; c: 618-830-6535; Northeast Area: [email protected]—KY, Geoffrey Randall, 16 Woodland Dr., Western Area 2: IL, IN Niskayuna, NY 12054; o: 518-439-1933; Michelle Feldhacker,608 S. Pinckney St., c: 518-729-9767; [email protected] Elk Point, SD 57025; o: 605-232-4206; c: 605-660-1032; [email protected]

UPMA LEADER / August 2017 5 Leadership for Success

■ Norma Powell, West Area vice president Invest Time in Your Finances n the Pacific Area, we have completed PRU audits of dollars at the counter line. over the past year. These audits are designed to I Stock and cash ensure that Postmasters, Supervisors and OICs count folders must include a Form understand financial oversight requirements. Some 3368/3369/3294;if areas need a checkup at least 1412s,deposit slips, stock is short/over by once a year to ensure compliance WebBATS reports $100, then a Form 571 in financial reporting, stock and and/or credit/debit re- is required. When cash management, Voyager, PO ceipts. counting your employees, make box review and SmartPay card While the clerks review be- sure if they hold more than one reconciliation. fore closing at night, I review the credit they are counted concur- In the Sacramento District, units in the morning. You are re- rently. we have enjoyed the quired to review Check your AIC 247/647 in benefits of having a your RMPOs daily. I EDW and maintain your Form great financial “Invest time in your found having the 25 log. Personally, I like the team. Rosemarie finances to avoid HCR bring the transfer of accountability page; it Moreno, our sub- paying out of your packet from the has several items that are useful ject matter expert own pocket.” RMPO works well. if you print monthly. and Postmaster of This same process Maintain your bait money Plymouth, CA, cre- will work for the orders and money order log in ated an excellent PowerPoint station reviews if no Supervisor two separate locations. The log presentation we shared at the is on site. and blanks no longer can be kept Nevada convention. If you are Check for completion of all together. Make sure and keep the looking for training at three- support documents, such as current Management Instruction digit meetings, just give her a Form 3533s,for refunds. Ensure with your log: MI IS 523-2012-1. call. all parts of the form are complet- Keep all Form 3977s current. I’m going to review some ed and signed. AIC 153 is used Never reuse the envelope with items that shouldn’t be new for for all $50 charges for route lock glue. Passwords expire quicker most, but often have short cuts changes and has many items, than you realize, so I put a re- taken. such as money order searches to minder in my email Outlook cal- Nightly Close Out—Take lose change on the counter. Bank endar to ensure updates are time to explain the requirements deposits and credit and debit maintained and the Form 3902 is to your staff and show them how slips, along with WebBATS, must current. Don’t forget to update to review the support documents be matched nightly. your RSS. before the nightly final close out. If a problem is identified, get For painless Voyagers re- Ensure that all of your APO/ a Help Desk ticket to ensure ceipts/reconciliations, have your RMPO/main offices or stations transparency. If you do not want carriers follow the required maintain the same process. Pro- to be put on hold, email the Ac- process. One Postmaster shared vide training to all close-out counting Help Desk, which will that she sent them back to the clerks in the same fashion as create a ticket number that can station for a duplicate receipt your EAS employees. Each clerk be resolved the next business when they couldn’t produce re- needs to understand the nightly day. Ensure your clerks are com- ceipts during reconciliation. It review process and what to do if pleting advance deposits and not happened just a couple of times, there is a problem with the Form retaining hundreds or thousands then the issue was resolved. Set-

6 August 2017 / UPMA LEADER ting clear expectations and hold- The “Z” card requires all pur- SmartPay log, declining balance ing employees accountable chases have a copy sent to the sheet and timely reconciliation. worked. Every receipt has the ve- VMP and approved by the site Well, that is your annual re- hicle number on the back, recon- manager monthly. view that will save you time ciliation is timely, PINs are se- SmartPay reconciliations are down the road. How healthy are cure and receipts are maintained maintained for three years. Each your finances? for two full years plus current. purchase has an approved eBuy,

■ David Weber, West Area vice president August Is Moving Month fyou ever have watched the Masters Tourna- federal employees. The first issue we ment, more than likely you have heard the Satur- I need to focus on is day of the tournament referred to as “Moving Day.” H.R. 756, the pending Thursday and Friday are when the golfers who are postal reform bill. This legislation is very not playing well enough to make year. The voting results important for the fu- the cut are weeded out. Saturday have been very close; a ture of the Postal Ser- is when the players set them- couple races may come vice; therefore, im- selves up to be in contention for down to the vote by the Ken- portant to all of us. This bill has the title that will be decided on tucky Chapter in the days lead- many things for which we have Sunday. ing up to our national conven- been asking the past eight to 10 Well, this August will be tion. years. It would refund much of moving day for the United Post- For some, this new method the overpayments we have made masters and Managers of Ameri- of voting has been an eye-open- to retirement funds, plus give us ca. We have done the work to be er. I am sure we will adjust to the relief from the payments we have leaders, now we process and be been making to prefund future have to show how ready for next retirees’ health benefits. our efforts since last “It is imperative we year’s races when, H.R. 756 is not perfect, but it November are keep up on what is once again, we will is legislation the Postal Service going to pay off. happening in Wash- be electing four can live with as we reinvent our- Starting Aug. 5, ington, DC.” vice presidents, as selves for the next 100 years. I we will be holding well as a national hope by the time Aug. 1 rolls our first national president. around, this bill will be through convention in Louisville, KY. On the political front, Au- the House and on to the Senate. From the reports National Exec- gust is an extremely important The second thing we need to utive Board members have re- month. Congress usually is home be prepared to discuss is the ceived, the Kentucky Chapter has from Washington, DC, and get- White House budget. The budget been successfully working to or- ting feedback from voters. Many President Trump has proposed ganize an outstanding conven- congresspersons and senators calls for many cuts in postal and tion. will be having town hall meet- federal retirement benefits. One In Louisville, we will find ings or coffees, attending state proposal calls for eliminating out the four new vice presidents fairs and being present in their cost-of-living-adjustment and secretary-treasurer who communities. This is a great (COLA) increases for FERS re- were elected. Board members chance for you to lobby your tirees and reducing COLAs for have been watching voting at the members of Congress on issues CSRS retirees by 0.5 percent. state level to see with whom we important to all members of This is an unfair mandate on will be working in the coming UPMA, as well as all postal and continued on page 15

UPMA LEADER / August 2017 7 Stronger and Better Together

Dan Heins, co-secretary-treasurer Prepare for Whatever Challenges Come Your Way

reetings, everyone! The summer seems to be cal policy is accom- plishing what we going by very quickly. As I write this, July G planned it would. Fourth is just a memory. That means we are closer As we approach fall and head into and closer to peak season. winter, many of our From everything we are portant that you take chapters are planning hearing in our district and from care of this as soon as to offer some form of what I have heard in the other possible. Do not wait training seminar on a districts as I traveled around the until the end of the fiscal year statewide basis or on a more country this spring and summer, and then try to get recovery local level. Be sure to take advan- we are expecting done. If you cannot tage of these opportunities. These record numbers of get the issue resolved, meetings will give you a chance packages. Being the “By working take it to your state to get your questions answered resilient Managers we together, we all presidents and let when you have others from your are, we know that we can benefit from them handle it. This area attending who may have can, must and, of the collective is the budgeting gone through some of the same course, will get knowledge of all methodology to struggles you are having. through the season which the Postal Ser- By working together, we all our members.” and have a feeling of vice has agreed. We can benefit from the collective satisfaction with a job need to make sure it knowledge of all our members. well-done when it is completed. is happening this way. When we talk with each other All our Level-18 offices One of the duties of your and work together, we can grow should have had their budgets national co-secretary-treasurers as individuals, as well as grow adjusted in June, retroactive back is we oversee UPMA’s finances collectively—both in our profes- to the beginning of the fiscal and make sure that your dues sional and personal lives. year, to cover the hours needed monies are being spent as they Enjoy the rest of your sum- for clerk staffing. Your budget should be. So, Stephanie and I mer; make sure you spend time should reflect either key-in to will have the privilege of going to with your family and with key-out—as reflected in the Fa- the National Office at the end of friends. By building on those re- cilities Database (FDB)—for July to conduct an audit of the lationships and making them your office or earned hours, expenditures for the first nine strong, you hopefully will be bet- whichever is greater. So, be sure months of the fiscal year. We will ter able to handle whatever chal- to look at your office’s total give an audit report to the Exec- lenges are placed before you. hours for the week, subtract the utive Board when we meet be- I leave you with this quote 15 hours of management in- fore the start of the national con- from George Washington: “We volvement and that is what your vention in Louisville. should not look back unless it is hours should be. As an organization, we are to derive useful lessons from past If that is not where your on very solid financial ground. error, and for the purpose of budget is, get in touch with your The Executive Board has been profiting by dearly bought expe- Manager and find out when the watching closely how our monies rience.” adjustment is coming. It is im- are invested to make sure our fis-

8 August 2017 / UPMA LEADER

National Office News

Dave Ravenelle, executive director Our Members Continue To Be Our Focus t our 2016 National Convention in New been added; others have been enhanced Orleans, I made a commitment to our mem- A or expanded to pro- bers that services under our new organization vide critical data nec- essary to manage your would be upgraded and improved. Specifically, finances and track our website had become stag- pay-period dues de- membership in the nant and did not provide the up- ductions and merging chapters. Detailed in- to-date information our mem- the League and structions on how to bers expected. We also had failed NAPUS to form UPMA. Each al- use the Chapter Website Reports to keep pace adjusting our teration sent ripples in programs are contained in the “UPMA “Membership Chapter Reports” and reports downstream. Membership Chairman Guide- to reflect the constant changes in Initially, the day-to-day goals book,”which may be down- our organization. I am happy to were financial, with an emphasis loaded. report the UPMA on the continuity Member, Non-Member and National Office has of our export files Post Office Roster and other re- delivered on that “Unitedpma.org is a to OPM and the ports—In addition to the exist- pledge. new website com- PDC to ensure ing state chapter reports of Unitedpma.org bining the best of dues collection. Member/Non-Member Post Of- is a new website past websites.” The short-term fices, Non-Member Post Offices, combining the best goal was data in- Retired Members Report, we of past websites. It tegrity—to ensure have added an All Members Re- is designed to be viewed on mo- the correct dues were being col- port. bile devices, has an online Learn- lected. The long-term goal was to Export the Member and ing Center for UPMA members provide to the state officers fi- Non-Member Post Office files and a regularly expanding library nancial and membership reports and other member files—For of training presentations. Our that are accessible, accurate and clarity, we removed the Associate new site also retains archived easy to understand. members from the Retired Mem- issues of the UPMA Leader. I am pleased to report that, ber Report. The All Member Re- Prospective members may sign after countless emails and hun- port is new and lists all mem- up online; current members may dreds of hours, we have achieved bers, including cash-dues-paying register for conventions. We con- our long-term membership members and those with free tinue to add content to our database goals. Membership Di- memberships. postal and legislative news and rector Frank Augustosky was the Download the chapter fi- resources. architect and driving force be- nancial reports—The OPM For the past few years, we hind the transformation. Chapter Report has been ex- have been transforming our The hard work and innova- panded to include 18 months; membership database to meet tion are apparent when using the the PDC Chapter Report has the needs of our rapidly chang- “UPMA Online Member Ser- been expanded to include 30 pay ing organization. Modifications vices.”State chapter officers may periods. The dues allocated to a include the ability to adjust dues, access these online reports chapter are paid once a month the inclusion of Managers and through the “Chapter Officer and are distributed on the last Supervisors to active member- Log-In” tab on the UPMA web- business day of the month. ship, transition from monthly to site. Several new reports have Download mailing label

10 August 2017 / UPMA LEADER From the Field

John Lindsey, Southern Area postal coordinator Postal Coordinators Serve Vital Positions ello, all. My name is John Lindsey and I am regular channels. All issues should go Hhonored to serve as the UPMA Southern Area through your regular postal coordinator. To give you a little background chain of command, starting with your about myself, I have been with the USPS for 21 years. local office. If issues Before that, I retired from the decided to expand these can’t be settled at U.S. Armed Forces, having positions throughout your district level, served in the Marine Corps the United States when then your state presi- (1973-1977) and the Army our two organizations merged. dent can elevate those issues to (1977-1993), for 20 years. As postal coordinator for the me to try and resolve at the area. I have been married to my Southern Area, I represent: I will do my best to assist in re- wife Marsha for 43 years. We • Arkansas solving any issues that are sent to have two adult children and • Florida (Suncoast and me by working with your state three beautiful granddaughters. I Southern Florida districts) presidents and the Southern currently am serving as the Post- • Georgia and Northern Area vice president. master of Greenville, TX. I have Florida (Gulf Atlantic District) I will be available to meet served as Postmaster/OIC in of- • Louisiana with any of you in the areas I rep- fices from Levels 18-22. • Mississippi resent at the national convention I am new to the office of area • Oklahoma in Louisville, KY, on Monday, coordinator as NAPUS did not • Texas (Dallas, Fort Worth, Aug. 7, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at have this classification of repre- Houston and Rio Grande dis- the Southern Area Coordinator’s sentative. However, those of you tricts) Meeting. I always am here to help who are familiar with the League I am available to address you all if the need arises. I can be know that area coordinators are concerns you may have that reached at johnlindsey7@gmail. vital positions. I am glad UPMA haven’t been resolved through com or 903-271-9900.

merge files—We have expanded Pulling mailing labels from within each state. options on printing mailing la- unitedpma.org—We have in- There still is more work to bels by membership type, in- structions on how to print labels be done. We must continue to cluding national and state offi- using the Mailing Label file. improve and innovate because to cers. Monthly membership sta- stand still is to fall behind. Our Export membership files— tus reports—This new option website and “Membership Chap- This new option provides the provides historical monthly ter Reports” must consistently flexibility of selecting specific membership status reports by deliver the quality and content member types or all members. state and member type. The re- our members expect and de- The option also can identify port has been updated using cur- serve. members with a Stop/Hold/No rent Postal Service information Mag status. Correct mailing that displays the number of addresses now are available member and non-member post through the Update Name and offices in the state. The second Address option located under part of the report expands the Online Member Services. breakdown of member type

UPMA LEADER / August 2017 11 Focus on the Hill

Bob Levi, director of Government Relations UPMA Activists Communicate With Their Representatives n 1958, rockabilly icon Eddie Cochran first sang (OK), Walter Jones (NC), Brian Fitz- the lines, “There ain’t no cure for the summer- I patrick (PA) and time blues.”Personally, I’m partial to the 1970 Austin Scott (GA). Thus far, UPMA version belted out by “The Who.”Nevertheless, and its allies have these time-worn lyrics perenni- effort to discourage succeeded in stalling ally portray the broad sentiment Congress from approv- the budget proposals, that descends on the nation’s ing a budget that would but there still is capital; this year is no different. implement these painful and ample opportunity this year to The legislative stakes for UPMA punitive attacks on UPMA enact pay and pension cuts. This members are steep. We cannot members’ pay and benefits. real threat is not solely due to permit ourselves to melt in the Armed with a suggested phone cost-cutting; it also is the result summer heat. script and the phone of a desire to find federal funds Thus far, Con- numbers of their to offset the cost of the tax re- gress has been con- “The legislative representatives and ductions included in legislation sumed by a variety of stakes for UPMA senators, many to repeal the “Affordable Care highly charged issues. members are UPMA activists Act” and expenses associated One would directly steep.” communicated their with increased military spend- impact Postmasters, displeasure about the ing. Consequently, we must re- postal Managers, re- proposals to their main vigilant the remainder of tirees and their families—debate elected representatives. the summer, into the fall and over the parameters of the Fiscal UPMA also joined, in late through the Christmas season. Year 2018 budget. As I wrote in June, with its allies in the federal For these reasons, the UPMA the July UPMA Leader, many of and postal communities in send- Government Relations Depart- the budget proposals submitted ing a letter to members of the ment may be calling on associa- by President Donald Trump take House and Senate budget com- tion members to remind mem- dead aim at active and retired mittees, urging them to “reject bers of Congress to resist the UPMA members. any budget resolution that would misguided temptation to inflict Specifically, the Trump target the earned pay and bene- financial pain on the postal budget seeks to cut postal pen- fits of the federal and postal em- workforce. sions by reducing Civil Service ployees and retirees who serve— Over the course of the past Retirement System COLAs, elim- or have served—our country.” month, UPMA has been moni- inating annual adjustments for In addition, nine GOP toring the leadership transition Federal Employee Retirement members of the House sent a let- on the House Oversight and System annuitants and changing ter to House Speaker Paul Ryan Government Reform Commit- the formula used to calculate the (R-WI) and House Majority tee, where Rep. Trey Gowdy (R- federal annuities. The budget Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), SC) now is chairman. (Jason strives to slash pay by increasing objecting to the Trump budget Chaffetz, the former chair, re- the employee contribution to- plan. The nine Republicans were tired from the House to take a ward retirement. Reps. Barbara Comstock (VA), position with Fox News.) Even In late June, UPMA legisla- Rob Wittman (VA), Frank Lo- though the committee approved tive activists engaged in a major Biondo (NJ), Chris Smith (NJ), the bill in March and the Con- grassroots congressional call-in Rob Bishop (UT), Tom Cole gressional Budget Office project-

12 August 2017 / UPMA LEADER ed $6 billion in savings, Chaffetz’ a position with the administra- signed high-priority legislative departure has slowed the legisla- tion. This staff departure affects issues, such as repealing the “Af- tive progress of H.R. 756, the the drafting and submission of fordable Care Act” and tax re- “Postal Service Reform Act of the committee report that ac- form. Therefore, it is unclear 2017.” companies H.R. 756. when the two committees will Chaffetz was quoted in The We also continue to await consider H.R. 756. Hill newspaper, a Capitol Hill activity from the House Ways UPMA has been meeting publication, that he is extremely and Means and Energy and with the speaker’s office, House disappointed in the GOP leader- Commerce committees. The leadership staff, committee mem- ship’s failure to quickly move the Ways and Means Committee has bers and committee staff regard- bill. The same paper reported a jurisdiction over the integration ing the postal bill. In late June, the Gowdy staff member saying the of Medicare parts A and B with major mailers sent a letter to the chairman “has expressed an in- the FEHBP; the Energy and chairman and ranking Democrat terest in pursuing postal reform.” Commerce Committee has juris- of the Ways and Means Commit- Compounding the delay is that diction over Medicare Part D tee urging the committee to move one of the committee’s key prescription drug coverage. the bill forward. UPMA will keep postal staff members left to take These committees have been as- you posted.

President’s Perspective the morning and a free after- or NAPUS used. However, my continued from page 4 noon before the grand banquet thoughts have changed slightly. dance on Saturday night spon- that evening. The morning ses- It is the system we voted for and sored by UPMA Retired to wel- sion will include an opportunity I will support it to the letter, but come everyone to Louisville. to hear from the announced it amplifies the level of commit- On Sunday, we will have a 2018 UPMA national presiden- ment these candidates have for morning church service, fol- tial candidates. A band will per- this organization. Once again, I lowed by training classes for our form following the banquet. In applaud each of them. chapter officers and National the past 17 years, I never have With respect for the above- Adverse Action counselors. The been disappointed with the over- mentioned candidates, I will con- state photos also will be on Sun- all experience of a national con- clude with this pertinent quote: day morning, after the church vention. I know you will have a “Commitment means staying service, in state alphabetical great time if you can attend. loyal to what you said you were order. A welcome dinner, fol- Not only has another conven- going to do long after the mood lowed by music and dancing, will tion season passed, we just experi- you said it in has left you.” round out Sunday evening. enced our first national election Monday morning is our under UPMA procedures. I want Update Your Address opening general session, with to give a big “thank you” to all workshops and area meetings in eight candidates for having the Are you receiving the the afternoon. That evening, we desire to spend their annual leave UPMA Leader each month? will have the “Hatitude Parade” and money to run for a position If not, your address may be and a DJ, starting at 7:30 p.m. that does not provide a salary. incorrect in the UPMA Tuesday will feature another Think about that for a minute. membership files. Members can access the membership general session, highlighted by Some chapters held it against a files and correct or update USPS Chief Operating Officer candidate if they did not show up their addresses any time at David Williams. There again will at their convention, even though www.unitedpma.org. You also be workshops in the afternoon, five conventions may have been can call the National Office, followed by a free evening to going on at the same time. 703-683-9027, or email enjoy the local attractions. I thought this new method [email protected] to Wednesday once again will of voting would be better than update your information. open with a general session in any procedure either the League

UPMA LEADER / August 2017 13 Committees

elected officers cannot attend the Membership national convention, please have someone from your chapter at- tend as many workshops as pos- Engage Your UPMA Family sible so they can carry informa- tion back to your state officers. By Rich Hui, East Area vice president and National Membership As you all are aware, our E- Committee chair Learning site has been up and reetings, fellow Postmas- my friends will bring a smile to running for a few months. The ters and Managers. As I sit my face—yes, the magic word: feedback has been positive. If G down and write this arti- smile! you have any additional topics cle, several thoughts come to Now that the state conven- you would like to see on the site, mind. We are only one month tion season is over, we can focus please contact me. I will do the away from our first-ever UPMA on helping our newly elected best to make it happen. As a re- national convention. state officers con- minder, the password to get into I am very excited duct their UPMA the E-Learning site is the first that I will be able to “How do I keep my business. At our two letters of your last name and see my friends from sanity in check and national conven- your four-digit membership across the country, control my stress tion, there will be number, which appears on your but I also am physi- level?” plenty of work- UPMA Leader address label. If cally and mentally shops set up for you have an issue locating your drained from the different positions: four-digit membership number, daily grind that all Postmasters presidents, vice presidents, secre- your state president or member- and Managers must endure. tary-treasurers, Adverse Action ship chair can assist you. The Postal Service’s financial member representatives, finance, I look forward to seeing all picture continues to loom as a and more. Most of these work- of you in Louisville. This is going dark cloud on the horizon, more shops will take place Sunday af- to be an exciting and informative and more demands are coming ternoon, Aug. 6. If your newly convention! from everywhere and daily dead- lines and compliances are creat- ing havoc on our daily routines. Adverse Action So, I asked myself a question: How do I keep my sanity in check and control my stress Postal Email level? By Shari Hetzler, Adverse Action member rep Well, there is no magic bul- let. My approach is quite simple: re you really watching Use discretion and profes- I remind myself not to bring my what you put in your sionalism when you send mes- work home, have quality family A postal emails? There is no sages to your friends, co-workers time and, most importantly, stay expectation of privacy for you and anyone else. Cursing and engaged with my UPMA family. or the person on the other end trash-talk are not appropriate, By communicating with my when you are using postal com- even if you are sending the mes- UPMA family via social net- puters. We have taken training sage to your best friend. If it is works, I can discuss my frustra- on writing emails. If you missed on a government computer, it is tions and stress level and some- that, go to LMS and check it out. not acceptable. If what you are how get some comfort knowing The emails you send and receive discussing is personal, don’t send my fellow Postmasters and Man- should help you in your work; it in an email. agers are sharing my thoughts. they are not meant to be enter- We all have heard about the Sometimes, just seeing a funny taining or mind numbing. They person who was caught watching meme from Facebook posted by should deal only with business. pornography on the postal com-

14 August 2017 / UPMA LEADER puter. Did you know that the In- While we are at it, regarding and print a map to our specifica- spection Service can actually go those postal cell phones many of tions. When we are verifying e- back over a year and recapture you are carrying now, there is Travel, we go back to MapQuest what you were watching on a nothing private there either. The to check the mileage from point postal computer? postal cell phone is A to point B. You are checking They know what site not for you to call this, right? Small mileage dis- you visited and how “The emails you your great aunt Ada crepancies can cause issues. long you were there. send and receive in Australia and give Don’t have games on your We all know there should help you her the lowdown on office computer. I know comput- are sites that use in- in your work.” the kids and family. ers used to come with the games. nocent-sounding This is a business Do you really have that much names to disguise phone provided by free time on your hands? No. All the fact they are pornographic. the Postal Service. Call your the forms we need can be found However, if you accidentally POOM, if need be. This is not a on the computer. Track your car- logged onto one of these misla- phone number you are going to riers. Who on the street needs to beled sites, you would not stay pass out to family and friends, have a personal visit from a Su- on that site for 15 minutes or even if you do not carry a per- pervisor? In today’s safety at- three hours. sonal cell phone. Only use it for mosphere, 4854s are a necessity. Let’s take a look at doing Postal Service applications. Any- Anything less is not what you are personal business on the office thing else, wait until you get being paid to handle; neither is computer. If you have an outside home! your staff. You may want to job, don’t bring it to work. It is That being said, there are check the extra computers in not okay to list homes from your some great things we can do your office. postal computer. Don’t check with postal computers. Remem- What other entertaining use your Etsy sales or eBay sales, ei- ber what we had to go through can you think of for the comput- ther; that is not okay. Keep your to get route maps? What a both- er in your office? Don’t do it! personal, outside life personal. er! Now we can go to MapQuest

Leadership for Success proposals we face in the 2018 Bob Levi sends out emails to a continued from page 7 budget. We must let our mem- large group of our officers, then all of us. Many people who bers of Congress know there will posts the information on the worked for the federal govern- be consequences if these propos- website as soon as possible. ment and the Postal Service als pass. August is moving month for could have made more money There are other things about UPMA. We either can keep our- working in the private sector. We which our representatives need selves informed and be ahead of have not taken other jobs due to to hear. This includes proposed the actions being taken that will the outstanding retirement bene- changes to the “Affordable Health affect us or we can be unin- fits we have been promised. Now, Care Act,”which President Trump formed and get run over by the these benefits are in danger of referred to as “mean.” steamroller. Please be ready. being taken away to pay for other As members of UPMA, it is I hope to see all of you in programs. imperative we keep up on what Louisville. In addition, the White is happening in Washington, DC. House budget calls for an in- I encourage you to visit our web- crease in FERS retirement con- site, www.unitedpma.org, as tributions by 1 percent every often as possible. Our legislative year for the next six years. Basi- team is doing an outstanding job cally, this equates to a pay cut for of posting information on our everyone covered by FERS. These Government Relations page. Di- are just three of the alarming rector of Government Relations

UPMA LEADER / August 2017 15 PPERFERF OffersOffers aa HelHelppinging HandHand

rom tornadoes to floods and winter re-established after a loss, based on an applica- storms, many parts of the nation are tion process. F experiencing extreme weather. The To help employees and family members FPostal Service is reminding employees they can cope with a variety of situations—whether a turn to the Postal Employees Relief Fund life-alerting disaster or changes at work and (PERF). The fund helps postal employees and other more routine issues—the Employee As- retirees whose homes were significantly dam- sistance Program (EAP) is available 24 hours a aged by natural disasters or house fires. day, seven days a week, online or by phone: PERF is not an emergency relief or immedi- www.EAP4YOU.com; 800-327-4968 (TTY: ate needs replacement agency, such as the Fed- 877-492-7341). eral Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) As winter continues, employees may visit or the Red Cross or insurance companies that the National Preparedness site on Blue for in- are paid to replace property. Rather, PERF (part formation on emergency plans for work and of the Combined Federal Campaign) provides home. There also are tips to prepare for severe relief grants to help qualifying individuals get winter weather at ready.gov. New Members

These new members joined in Taylor, Jennifer R. Thompson, Thomas Shane Hodges, Latoya T. June: Phyllis Turner, Andrianne J. Tyus, Smith-Weathered. Alabama—Joy A. Allen, Jer- Charlotte L. Upton, Donna L. Wal- Missouri—Michael Anthony ard M. Allman, Saladin Anderson, drop, Alanna P.Watkins, David K. Daher. Philana L. Barksdale, Jacquelina G. Westbrook, Jenecia C. Wilson. Montana—Susan M. Arthur. Barnwell, Dakarious J. Bascom, Connecticut—Maleek Aiken, New Hampshire—Craig W. Angela D. Best, Bambi D. Bice, Jeffery K. Buell, Linda L. Glenn, Veasey. Brittany C. Bogan, D’Antonica B. Richard Junhui Lee, Antoinette A. New Jersey—Amanda L. Bowers, Justine C. Bradberry, Kelley, Josheka M. Womack. Houston, Veronica E. Quails. Thomas Brazeau, Christina J. Delaware—Kendrick Ellison. New Mexico—Kellie G. Brown, Crystal L. Brown, Cynthia Florida—Desai O. Abdul- Young. E. Christian, Jamie D. Colbert, Razzaaq, Nicole L. Alexander, New York—Stephan D. Bobby M. Coleman, Terra D. Tammy N. Brock, Manuel Rivera. Chambers, Aja K. Crawford, Arce Crawford, Angela L. Crenshaw, Georgia—Tiffany Allen, J. Delia, Brian D. Ellis, Kendor M. Timothy T. Crews, Ursula S. Matthew L. Almand, Mary L. Gray,Jennifer R. Lawrence, Larry Crook, Kenneth E. Crum, Daylin Brewer, Krystal D. Coleman, Paul Lee, Joel A. Major, Alcides M. M. Diamond, Nadia M. Dubose, Deleon, Chemekian A. Hinton, Pastilha, Paul M. Ruggiero, Jen- Scott D. Emery, Sheila M. Farmer, Shonice Howard, Chiragi S. nifer L. Silva, Douglas Sullins, Ashley M. Franklin, Kamaria S. Jhaveri, Della R McAvoy, Rosa H. Matthew A. Tracy, Christopher T. Frazier, Shannon P.Gaines, Anto- Merray, Iran K. Sanders, Oshuna Warner. nio Goodwin, Carlijha J. Goree, T. Smith, Patricia Ann Staley-Fos- North Carolina—Steve Rex- Connie K. Grant, Emilee D. Gray, ter, Wesley R. Tadiock, Gina L. Tal- ford Hobbs, Milton T. Locklear Jr. Shawn P.Greenhill, Samantha ley, Atina M. Whaley. North Dakota—Penny Hairston, Erica Henderson, Rhon- Illinois—Michael D. Ed- Volosin. da L. Hofland, Tammy B. Horne, wards, Amanda R. Kuntz, Anna Y. Ohio—Karen J. Corum, Bonita M. Hoskins, Carmen Marchant, Sylvia Ortiz, Dalia Ro- Travis J. Kenner, Sarah E. Lantow, Howard, Mary Isome, Joane Jemi- driguez, Marilyn Jean Woodside. Renee A. Smith, Miguel Vasquez. son, Latonia P.Johnson, Stacey N. Indiana—Douglas F. Pieper, Oregon—Lisa A. Legore. Johnson, Jeanette Jones, Tamarah Michael Rice. Pennsylvania—Laura M. C. Kelley, Samita A. Key-Parker, Iowa—Ervin E. Bochmann, Betz, Teresa L. Black, Robert P. Denise K. Knudsen, Valencia Y. Angela K. Garvey. Duffy, Gregory A. Guthridge, Lamar, Lisa R. Lee, Russell S. Love Kentucky—Virginia M. Mc- Anita F. Jacobs, Luke Riley, Karen III, Cincotta Luckie, Gina Lums- Clellan, Kristie Tomes. D. Sherry. den, Michael Mahaffey, Danny R. Maine—Scott D. Provencher. South Carolina—Lori Kay Marlow, Myra Martin, Anita L. Maryland—Amanda K. Trinh. Maryland, Angela K. McCants, McKenney. South Dakota—Richard M. Johnny E. McDonald, Tabatha H. Massachusetts—Valter Camp. Morse, Kedric Murry, Tarance Almeida, Monirul H. Chowdhury, Texas—Kimberly K. Paulis- Myers, James C. Pankey, Danielle Elizabeth Herriage, Shawn M. Her- sen, Linda Richards, Davis B. N. Pearson, Franki A. Pruitt, ron, David F. Karcher, Robert M. Steele. Sharonda N. Ray, Benjamin J. Locke, Yolinette Monge, Jonathan Washington—Elizaveta Mar- Richardson, James M. Roberts, R. Misher, Letian Qian, Michael tushev. LaSabria S. Robinson, Kimberly Ryan, Christopher D. Uhlman. West Virginia—Steven H. M. Sanford, Jo B. Sellers, Preston Michigan—Paul Borninski, Hoffman. R. Sellers, Cheryl A. Smith, Brandon D. Cox, Tim S. Mulder, Wisconsin—Vicky Jo Baily, Latonya D. Smith, Linda B. Smith, Susan J. Schultz, Jack W.Vergonet Jason F. Berrios, Holly M. Engel, Natasha E. Smith, Erick M. Stani- Jr. Tammy S. Lewan. chowsky, Amy M. Stoddard, De- Mississippi—Greta R. Wyoming—Theresa J. Miller. teiria M. Stoves, Derrick L. Strick- Burgess, James C. Crowder, land, Cheston W. Sweat, Melissa C. Alessandra Inman, Aja H. Palmer,

UPMA LEADER / August 2017 17 By Sherry Worrell

t some point, every postal employ- state publications for giveaways, UPMA cards list- ee has been asked, “What do you ing member benefits, a couple laptops on which sell?”“Service,”of course, is the an- you can pull up the UPMA website and Learning swer. When asked what United Center and other freebies, such as credit union give- Postmasters and Managers of aways and candy bars (we suggest mini PayDay AAmAerica is selling, we could enumerate a list of ben- candy bars). efits, but it also truly comes down to the same Next, have your sales team ready! Pick vocal, word: “service.” outgoing members who love UPMA. Don’t forget If UPMA is going to be known as a great value retirees; they offer valuable resources and skills. Be for what it costs to be a member, we have to service at the UPMA table at least 30 minutes before the our members and provide education, representa- scheduled events start. There will be early birds— tion, interesting and informative publications and your first customers! The sales team should be in legislation. When you believe in UPMA’s service, front of the table, greeting and welcoming potential membership is easy to sell. members. While there are many ways to recruit, UPMA’s Then, engage and sell. The first question to ask partnership with career awareness conferences is by is, “Are you interested in upward mobility?” Don’t far the perfect place for the “pitch” because every- even wait for them to answer; give them a PayDay one there is an interested, potential member. Let’s as you continue, “Do you want to increase your pay get the preparation work out of the way and we will day? Of course you do, that’s why you are at a career move on to our “sales pitch.” awareness conference! Let me tell you what a man- First, get your gear together: table, banner, agement organization can do for you.” 1187s,clipboards, ink pens, dues list, national and Now start your list of benefits: state and nation-

UPMA members had a winning sales pitch that helped them sign 81 new members.

Photo by Billy Miles

18 August 2017 / UPMA LEADER al publications with interesting articles and step-by- step instructions on a variety of tasks you can col- lect for your first detail assignment. There are three-digit meetings and state and national con- ventions that offer training and network opportunities. There is a Learning Center on the national website that you can access with your mem- bership number. There is training, similar to the work- shops at career awareness conferences, available to you 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You also have a network of UPMA members in your district to mentor and support you. Joining as an Associate member costs only $2.31 every two weeks. What a great value! If the potential member already is an EAS em- The UPMA Alabama team, with Co-President ployee, refer to the dues schedule for their dues Tony Leonardi, was ready to tell prospective amount. EAS employees also may be interested in members attending the career awareness confer- knowing about representation. Explain how UPMA ence the many excellent reasons to join UPMA. regularly meets at the district, area and Headquar- Photo by Marvin Owens, Alabama District ters levels with postal officials to solve problems and discuss concerns. Also discuss the Adverse Ac- the Alabama career awareness conference! We tion Program and the value of the UPMA Govern- signed 27 EAS employees as Active members and 54 ment Relations Department in promoting legisla- Associate members. The conference theme was tion beneficial to UPMA members and the Postal “Star Trek,”so we stressed “Your Career Can Live Service. Long and Prosper with UPMA!” A good deal closer you might want to use with Districts value the benefits UPMA offers USPS EAS employees is to ask if there are specific areas employees. Trained and informed employees are a for which they need information. This is where win for the USPS, as well, making this is a great your retirees again can play a valuable role. Retirees partnership. Co-President Tony Leonardi was a spe- have time to take a call about the Performance Eval- cial guest speaker at the opening ceremony, which uation Guide, safety programs or other issues for gave us just the liftoff to get our sales pitch in orbit. which they were trained before retiring. Sometimes Membership really does matter! just a listening ear can be a great resource. This was our winning “Southern sales pitch” at Sherry Worrell is Postmaster of Deatsville, AL.

UPMA LEADER / August 2017 19 Career Awareness Conferences Encourage Employees to Have a Positive Attitude Submitted by the USPS Learning Policy and Program Support Team

ostmaster Sandra Batchelor attended the bles set up outside the meeting rooms. Alabama District’s June 3-4 career aware- Everyone was eager to share how they were able to ness conference in Birmingham with three climb the ladder and be successful. “We were encour- of her employees: two clerks and one CCA, aged to never, never give up and never let anyone rob allP of whom were interested in upward mobility, and us of our future,”Batchelor said. “‘Attitude is every- two clerks from a neighboring office. Batchelor is plan- thing’ was the main thought I came away with; I ning to retire in three years, but she cares about the fu- couldn’t agree more!” ture of the Postal Service and her employees. She wants At the conference, the Star Trek slogan “To boldly them to be ready to face the challenges of new posi- go” was used to make a fun and memorable event. tions with confidence and knowledge. The group arrived at the Hyatt Re- gency Wynfrey Hotel on Saturday after- The following USPS career awareness conferences are noon and attended the conference’s talent scheduled for August and September: show. Batchelor said she and her employ- Eastern Area Southern Area ees laughed a lot and truly enjoyed Ohio Valley: Aug. 19-20 Arkansas: Aug. 26-27 spending time together.“It was fun just to Western New York: Sept. 22-23 Mississippi: Aug. 25-26 unwind from a long week and laugh and Great Lakes Area Rio Grande: Aug. 19-20 cut up,”she reported. Her employees Central Illinois: Aug. 26-27 Suncoast: Aug. 11-13 were able to meet a lot of the people with Detroit: Aug. 26-27 Western Area whom they talk on the phone but never Greater Michigan: Aug. 19-20 Arizona: Aug. 13 have an opportunity to meet. Lakeland: Aug. 4-5 Central Plains: Aug. 19 On Sunday, they attended meetings Northeast Area Hawkeye: Aug. 20 and information seminars. According Triboro: Sept. 24 Mid-America: Sept. 16-17 Northland: Sept. 9 to Batchelor, “This was an excellent way Pacific Area Portland: Sept. 16-17 to network with fellow employees who Bay Valley: Aug. 12-13 Seattle: Sept. 9 and Sept. 30 all are trying to learn and advance their Honolulu: Aug. 26 careers.” She also got plenty of informa- San Diego: Sept. 9-10 tion in handouts and goodies from ta-

20 August 2017 / UPMA LEADER FY17 Career Awareness Conference Schedule Area/District Point of Contact Phone Number Date Location

Capital Metro Greater South Carolina Gloria Long 803-926-6402 Sept. 8-10 Myrtle Beach, SC Mid-Carolinas Joi C.Kirk 704-393-4509 Aug. 25-27 Wilmington, NC Northern Virginia PFC Wayne Cameron 703-698-6336 Oct. 29-30 Vienna, VA Richmond Carl A. Walton 804-775-6357 Sept. 9-10 Hampton, VA Eastern Central Pennsylvania Irving L. Fritz 717-257-2267 Sept. 16 TBD Kentuckiana Tonya Martain 502-454-1897 Aug. 11-12 Lexington, KY Ohio Valley Benedicta Brown 513-684-5597 Aug. 19-20 Wilmington, OH Philadelphia MetroPO Rudina Cheeks 215-749-4220 Oct. 2 Philadelphia, PA Western New York Julieann Morgan 716-846-2329 Sept. 22-23 Buffalo, NY Great Lakes Central Illinois Jose Aguilar 708-563-7253 Aug. 26-27 Joliet, IL Detroit Gail Lewis 313-226-8340 Aug. 26-27 Detroit, MI Greater Michigan Beth Elipoulos 616-776-1556 Aug. 19-20 Grand Rapids, MI Lakeland Donna Nigbur 414-270-2339 Aug. 4-5 Wisconsin Dells Northeast Albany Patricia DiMento 315-452-3675 Nov. 6 Albany, NY Pacific Bay-Valley Taren Crusto-Phillips 510-874-8336 Aug. 13 Newark, CA Honolulu Grant Nakashima 808-423-3856 Aug. 26 Honolulu, HI San Diego Pamela Gardner 858-674-0470 Aug. 25-27 Palm Springs, CA Sierra Coastal Mike Lacsamana (A) 661-775-7070 Aug. 16 Santa Clarita, CA Southern Arkansas John Gentry 501-952-4700 Aug. 26-27 Little Rock, AR Dallas Grace Spivey 214-760-4569 Oct. 22-23 Irving, TX Louisiana Danielle Celestine 504-589-1736 Oct. 8-9 New Orleans, LA Mississippi Kathryn Worthy 601-351-7263 Aug. 25-26 Jackson, MS Rio Grande Karen Robinson 210-368-8425 Aug. 19-20 San Antonio, TX Suncoast Muara Solomita 813-354-6023 Aug. 11-13 Kissimmee. FL Western Arizona Susan Jackson 602-225-3972 Aug. 13 Phoenix, AZ Central Plains Patsy Meyer 402-930-4486 Aug. 19 Omaha, NE Mid-America Janice E. Moore 816-374-9338 Sept. 16-17 Kansas City, MO Northland Chrystine M. Faucher 612-341-7722 Sept. 9 Plymouth, MN Portland Kristen Sherrell 503-294-2349 Sept. 16-17 TBD

Join Our Auxiliary! By Lucy Olson Postmasters, Managers, retired reviewed and approved by can form their own UPMA auxil- Postmasters, retired Managers, those attending the meeting. An iary after the first meeting of he UPMA Executive Board their spouses, children, parents election of officers will follow their state UPMA board. It is our T has authorized the forma- and in-laws. Anyone supportive with the first business meeting. hope that every state chapter tion of an Auxiliary to UPMA. of UPMA, including extended On the state level, Auxil- has families who want to help The Auxiliary supports, pro- family members, can be asso- iary members can help at their Postmasters and Managers re- motes and protects UPMA ciate Auxiliary members. Also, annual conventions At the na- garding their postal concerns members’ concerns, while pro- BRATS—Bringing Real Attribut- tional level, the BRATS will con- and state conventions and, viding their spouses, families es to Society—are Auxiliary duct their own elections and therefore, will authorize a state and/or friends and retired Post- members between the ages of hold their own business meet- auxiliary. Families can be very masters with an organization of 6 and 21. ings, learning about parliamen- effective talking to their local friendship and fellowship. Shar- At the 2017 UPMA Nation- tary procedure and speaking in congressional representatives. ing concerns, building good al Convention in Louisville, KY, front of a group. They also will We look forward to seeing public relations for the Postal all those interested in the Auxil- have organized activities and all of you in Louisville and Service, generating new ideas iary will meet on Sunday, Aug. outings at the national conven- going forward with a large and and having fun together all 6, 3 to 4 p.m., and elect officers tion supervised by adult Auxil- active Auxiliary. make our work more interest- for the UPMA National Auxiliary. iary members, freeing parents ing, worthwhile and rewarding. Articles of incorporation and to attend their meetings. Lucy Olson is the UPMA Membership is open to all bylaws for the Auxiliary will be Each UPMA state chapter Auxiliary interim president.

UPMA LEADER / August 2017 21 Innovation and Are at the Center of Every Postal

Following is Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan’s response to a June 8 Politico article, “The Lost Genius of the Post Office.”

he R Street Institute’s trip down memory lane about the U.S. Postal Service (“The Lost Genius of the Post Office”) gets a few things cor- rect, but, on balance, is woefully ill- informed and misguided. TWhat Mr. Kosar got right is that the Postal Ser- vice has a long and proud history of innovating in our core business. However, he was flat-out wrong when he said, “… the Postal Service—once one of the most impressive and fast-moving information networks ever devised—may end up as a lesson in how not to meet the future.”To the contrary, we have and we will continue to innovate aggressively to maximize value for our customers now and into the future. The Postal Service is a $70.5 billion business. We pay for our operations entirely through the sale of postal products and services and do not receive tax revenues to support our operations. If we were a pri- vate-sector company, we would rank 37th in the 2017 Fortune 500. But, unlike them, we do so with statutory and regulatory constraints that hinder our • We use more than 8,500 pieces of automated financial flexibility, limit our ability to make capital processing equipment to sort nearly half the world’s investments and directly restrain the range of prod- mail. ucts and services we are permitted to offer our cus- • We have the largest gantry robotic fleet in the tomers. world, using 174 robotics systems to move 314,000 Even so, we continue to innovate; today, the mail trays per day. services provided daily by the Postal Service depend • We deploy and leverage more than 260,000 on an astonishing network of people and technolo- handheld scanners that provide unprecedented visi- gies. Indeed, the Postal Service has accelerated the bility and insights into mail movement, location and pace of innovation in recent years in reaction to speed, as well as safety. mail volume declines and the changing marketplace. We continue to power America’s e-commerce As a direct result, we are among the most efficient growth by constantly enhancing our shipping prod- and technologically advanced posts in the world. For ucts and solutions—through new Priority Mail fea- example: tures, Sunday delivery and digital integrations. We • The Postal Service is the world leader in optical were the first—and continue to be the only—major character reader (OCR) technology, with machines provider of Sunday delivery for e-commerce pack- reading nearly 98 percent of all hand-addressed let- ages; today we make more e-commerce deliveries ter mail and 99.5 percent of machine-printed mail. than any other company and we are committed to

22 August 2017 / UPMA LEADER Reinvention Service Business Strategy

As we make our network smarter and more ca- pable, we are enabling a new generation of innova- tions that tighten the connection between the physi- cal and the digital. One of the Postal Service’s most visible innovations is Informed Delivery, which pro- vides consumers with an email preview of the outer image of mail that will soon be delivered to them. This offer- ing is available nationwide and will continually be enhanced. Informed Delivery enables our business customers to append digital offers to images of their mail and to enhance their en- gagement and interaction with consumers. A piece of mail can launch a website or video or ignite an interactive experience. Tech- nologies are making print advertising more engaging and interactive. For example, cus- tomers can use their smartphones or tablets to scan 2-D barcodes to di- rectly link to websites and other on- line media. And augmented reality is turning printed information into a virtual experience, heightening en- gagement with the mailpiece and in- creasing impact and use. To help showcase these physical-to-digital ex- periences, the Postal Service has de- veloped a best practices website and playing an ever larger role in America’s e-commerce catalog for mailers and potential mailers: economy. http://www.irresistiblemail.com/. For our business customers, we are reinventing As the world changes to thrive in a digital envi- the role mail plays in America’s marketing mix. We ronment, so does the Postal Service. We always have now provide real-time data about mail flow. evolved and innovated to drive the best value and ex- Intelligent Mail barcodes have increased the perience for our customers; we continue to do so value of mail for our customers and improved our now and will into the future. processing and delivery performance. These bar- codes identify individual pieces of mail, trays, sacks Megan J. Brennan is Postmaster General and CEO and containers of mail and track them through the of the United States Postal Service. processing system—from induction to delivery—al- June 14, 2017 lowing end-to-end visibility of the mailstream.

UPMA LEADER / August 2017 23 1st UPMA National Convention Aug. 5-10, 2017 Official Registration Form

Please complete one form per registrant. Photocopy the form for additional registrations.

First Name:______Last Name:______

Title: First Name (for your badge):______❏ Postmaster ❏ Supervisor Post Office You Represent City: ______State:______❏ Manager Your Mailing Address:______❏ OIC ❏ Associate City:______State:______ZIP+4______❏ PM Retired ❏ Spouse First-Timer/ Cell Phone:______PM Retired ❏ Guest First-Timer? E-mail:______❏ Yes ❏ No

Convention Registration (only one person per form): Please circle the After Hotel Reservation appropriate fee: 7/16/17 UPMA has a special rate at the con- Postmaster/Manager/Supervisor/ vention hotel beginning Sept. 1, OIC/Associate $265 2016. You must call the hotel directly to make a reservation. The Postmasters Retired National Office will not handle room or Guest* $223.75 reservations. To make a reserva- (PM Retired Luncheon included) tion, you must make a deposit to the hotel in the amount of your Auxiliary/Spouse/ first night’s lodging; this deposit Postmaster Guest 198.75 is non-refundable after May 1, (Does NOT include PM Retired Luncheon) 2017. All room cancellations must be made directly with the hotel. To Children (17 and under) $75; includes child’s meal at the Grand Banquet. secure the special UPMA rate, you *PM Retired member may have one guest (not an active PM) register for must identify yourself as part of the the same price. UPMA convention. The rate is avail- able only until July1, 2017, or all Grand Banquet: Aug. 9, 2017 rooms in the block are sold, Payment Information whichever comes first. Convention Fee: $______Galt House Louisville 1-800-THE-GALT _____ Additional tickets for Postmasters (1-800-843-4258) Retired Luncheon @ $25 each $______$119—single/double/triple/quad Be sure to request the Total Payment: $______Postmaster convention rate. ❏ Check payable to UPMA ❏ Visa/MasterCard Registration Cancellation Card number______Refund Policy Card security code:______Expiration date:______Requests for cancellation refunds must (3- or 4-digit code be made in writing to the UPMA National imprinted on card) Office. Requests must be postmarked by Signature:______April 1, 2017, for 75 percent refund; and by July 1, 2017, for 50 percent refund. Mail with full payment to UPMA National Convention No refunds after July 1, 2017. These Registration, 8 Herbert St., Alexandria, VA 22305-2600. dates will be strictly adhered to; exemp- tions may be made with approval of the UPMA co-presidents. Questions? Call 703-683-9027 Provided by Jerry L. Hulick

ou have updated your will or ministrator is charged with inventorying revocable trust, your durable all your property and paying all debts Y power of attorney and your against the estate. health care proxy. Your life insurance What happens if you have scanned and retirement plan beneficiary designa- important financial and tax information tions are up to date and reflect your tes- into your computer or you pay your bills tamentary intent. Can you relax now online, bank online and have online bro- and check estate planning off your to-do kerage accounts? How will this informa- list? tion be accessed by your executor at If you have not yet addressed the your death or by the holder of your disposition of your digital assets and ac- durable power of attorney in case of dis- counts in case of your death or disabili- ability? ty, the answer is no. Your executor or ad- The digital estate can be divided into

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26 August 2017 / UPMA LEADER

UPMA Retired

crease. Stimulating your brain Active for Life and having good health habits will help keep you mentally alert By Gena Nelson, Area 7 rep longer. Those computer games read an article about being ac- be a healthy 100 years old. May- you think are mindless may be tive for life in my local senior be if I follow these next sugges- helping after all. Icenter newsletter last year and tions, I will make it. I still have at An active body is very impor- kept it for future reference. I least 42 years to enjoy this great tant as we age. We’ve all heard, think it’s important to stay active life of mine! “You don’t have anything unless for life for as long as possible. You should keep your mind you have your health.”We have Active for life has many mean- active. Try new things, take a dif- more than 200 bones and 200 ings to different people. I want to ferent route when you drive, joints on which we rely each day enjoy the benefits I have earned solve the crossword or Sudoku to move about, as well as muscles, after 35 years with the Postal Ser- puzzles in the paper. As you age, tendons, ligaments, nerves and vice.My master plan is to live to your mental abilities usually de- connective tissue. We feel the aches and pains much more as we age. So, it is more important than ever to keep moving to avoid the Together, We Will loss of flexibility, coordination and strength. Walking, biking, Overcome yoga, kayaking, hiking and many other physical activities are good By Sally Robinson, editor examples of low-impact exercises e are at the halfway Where people live in perfect that are fun and easy to do. mark of 2017. On re- harmony Keep an active social life. A W flection, where do we Where color is not wrong study by the Harvard School of stand? Are we ready for a new Where we can walk and sing Public Health suggested an active administration? Elections will without laughter of putdowns social life may reduce the risk of take place at our 2017 National Where someone greets you memory loss, cognitive decline Convention in Louisville, KY— with words of joy and dementia. People with many home of the Louisville Slugger. Where loneliness and in- social ties have a lower mortality Batter up! What challenges await equality become a speck of dirt in rate. One way to increase your these new officers? the winds of the past- social ties is to continue your at- What legislation will have But reality must come first. tendance at your state and na- been passed or defeated that af- Why do the words of this tional UPMA conventions after fects retirees? Where do we go poem move me? Because we still retirement. You’ve made friends from here? How will we get are evolving and change never across the nation during your there? Together, we will over- comes easy. There will be bumps postal career while being active come all obstacles. We will fail if in the road with attitudes of dis- with the Postmaster organiza- we continue to dwell on the past. belief that this could and will tions. It sounds like continuing “Whispers of the Lakota” work.It is difficult to face the re- these friendships is good for the contains poems written by chil- ality of a different organization mind and soul. dren attending the Red Cloud no longer made up of Postmas- Your social life could include Indian School in South Dakota. ters and retired Postmasters. But, volunteering for your favorite This poem from that collection, as life moves on, so must we. organization, attending an exer- “Where Life Never Ends,”was Let us embrace this new vi- cise program on a regular basis written by Jeff White Bear Claws, tality with the desire to be or even visiting your local senior a graduate of the Class of 1990. stronger and better and look for- center weekly. The centers have Never-ending dream where ward to the good times, which so much to offer if you take time life never ends— will keep us all smiling. to explore the options. If you still are looking for

28 August 2017 / UPMA LEADER something to do during retire- a political activist. If the conven- proof recipes for good health ment, consider being more active tion is close to where you live, and a long life, a mixture of with UPMA. A retiree usually you could provide suggestions healthy eating, exercise, brain has more time than our working for dining, places to visit and stimulation and social network- members when it comes to plan- things to do. ing will get you going in the ning a state convention or being Although there are no fool- right direction.

ment celebration. Give retirees in the area a call and we can go. Retired, but Not Finished We’ll be happy to take along an 1187 or 1187-R to sign new By Deena Frakes, secretary members and help our chapters hapter convention season is that’s just what is happening. grow.We can visit our legislators over and I have to tell you Thank you, retirees, for continu- when they have town hall meet- C how proud I am of our re- ing to be a valuable asset to ings or listening post sessions tirees. We are working hard to UPMA. during the day when you can’t make our UPMA chapters suc- Now to the chapter officers: get away. cessful. I saw retirees doing regis- Thank you for recognizing that My UPMA family has grown tration, teaching classes, hosting we are a helpful resource and this year with all the new friends hospitality rooms, staffing PAC putting us to work. We’re happy I have made. It is an honor to be tables, doing site selections, mak- to help during the conventions, part of an organization where ing name badges, working mem- but we are able to do much more everyone truly cares about each bership, leading memorial ser- during the year. We know how other like ours does. I’m excited vices and serving on many difficult it is to get out of your to begin our second year grow- committees. Our purpose is to office to visit a new neighbor ing bigger, stronger and even support active chapters and Postmaster or attend a retire- more united.

In Our Prayers

… Evelyn Baldwin,retired Post- She served the North Carolina Chapter Bedford, TX 76022. master of Blue Springs, MS, whose of NAPUS as secretary-treasurer and … Wendell Harewood,retired granddaughter, Melissa, died. Cards chaired several committees. Cards may Ohio Postmaster, and his wife Freda, may be sent to 408 Mountain Leader be sent to the Hudson-Buck family, whose son, Wendell “Lee” Harewood Trail, Tupelo, MS 38804. 3972 Hudson Crossroads, Greenville, Jr., died June 22. Also, Wendell’s broth- … the family of Willie Chester NC 27858. er is in a long-term care facility recov- “W.C.”Daniel,retired Postmaster of … the family of David McBride, ering from pneumonia. Cards may be Davisboro, GA, who died June 17. retired Postmaster of Ottawa, KS, who sent to 415 Trenton St., Hillsboro, OH Cards may be sent to his wife Marilyn, died June 20. He was chair of NAPUS’ 45133. 433 Morningside Dr., Sandersville, GA Postmaster Rep Committee from … Dean Whitman,retired Post- 31082. 1996-2001 and was highly acclaimed master of Fleetwood, PA, whose broth- … Linwood Hinson,retired Post- for his representation skills. er, Cary, died June 25. Cards may be master of Jamestown, NC, whose … Donna Hill,retired Texas Post- sent to 32 Calming Trail, Sinking mother, Geneva Haywood Hinson, master, whose granddaughter, Kayt- Springs, PA 19608-2101. died June 19. Cards may be sent to lynn Cargill, died June 21. Cards may … the family of Ted McCord,re- 1109 Byron Lane, Archdale, NC 27263. be sent to Donna and Lewis Hill, 1501 tired Ohio Postmaster, who died July … the family of Ann Taylor Hud- Joshua Way, Granbury, TX 76048; and 3. Cards may be sent to his daughter, son-Buck,retired Postmaster of Kaytlynn’s parents, Keith and Trisha Debbie Spence, 6986 Shorehill Lane, Grimesland, NC, who died June 19. West, 1702 Oak Creek Lane, Apt. C, Columbus, OH 43235.

UPMA LEADER / August 2017 29 Chapter Presidents

Alabama Georgia Maine Mary Jo Crabtree,Henagar 35978; Janie Holder,Tallapoosa 30176; Shelley Knowlton,Dover Foxcroft [email protected] [email protected] 04426; [email protected] Susan Rice,Woodland 36280; Louise Nix,Cleveland 30528; Cathy White,Rangeley 04970; [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Alaska Hawaii Maryland Eleanor Sanbei,Aniak 99557; Sheila Apana,Kahului 96732; Michelle Cornish,Aberdeen 21001; [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Lori Skaggs,Ward Cove 99928; Tony Ramirez (Supervisor), Lahaina Ray Walker,Woodsboro 21798; [email protected] 96761; [email protected] [email protected]

Arizona Idaho Massachusetts Monique Cox,Camp Verde 86322; Jack Koon,Ririe 83443; Glen Cook,Harwich 02601; [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Marie Zenczak,Tonto Basin 85553; Beth Riddle,Gooding 83330; John Fitzpatrick,Hyannis 02601; [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Arkansas Illinois Michigan Teresa Shelton,Clarendon 72029; Patti Sadnick,Utica 61373; Linda Gurka,Suttons Bay 49682; [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Gregory Williams,Marshall 72650; John Sertich,Belleville 62220; Fred Smith,Marysville 48040; [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

California Indiana Minnesota Charles Hearne,Culver City 90230; Amy Wang,Morocco 47963; Bill Bires,Spring Valley 55975; [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Jeffrey Perry,Denair 95316; Karen Wolf, Gas City 46933; Ann Joos,Winsted 55395; [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Colorado Iowa Mississippi Joan Mallon,Kiowa 80117; Dixie Bentley,Moline IL 61265; Darrin Buggs, Starkville 39759; [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Luther Vocke,Eads 81036; Kevin Schwab, Eldora 50627; Bobby James,Hattiesburg 39401; [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Connecticut Kansas Missouri Joseph Orrico,Torrington 06032; Mark Clark,Clearwater 67026; David Dyer, Oak Grove 64075; [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Peter Urbani,Waterford 06385; Tamara Prochazka,Minneapolis 67467; Craig Slate (Supervisor), Sainte [email protected] [email protected] Genevieve 63670; president@ monapus.com Delaware Kentucky John Douds,Frankford 19945; Dawn Sadler,Auburn 42206; Montana [email protected] [email protected] Ranko Busskohl,Belgrade 59714; Jill Smith,Paducah 42001; [email protected] Florida [email protected] Iris Kill-Eagle,Malta 59538; Gary Allen, Elkton 32033; [email protected] [email protected] Louisiana Dee Williams-Tatis,Bowling Green Donna Rabalais,Greensburg 70441; 33834; dfloridapostmasters@ [email protected] yahoo.com

30 August 2017 / UPMA LEADER Nebraska Oklahoma Vermont Lori Hutchison,Ceresco 68017; Jeannie Little,Clayton 74536; Stacy Gregoire, Enosburg Falls 05450; [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Vicki Ozenbaugh,Sutton 68979; Sharon Wilson,Mountain View 73062; Michael Ryan, Shaftsburg 05262; [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Nevada Oregon Virginia Joshua Armstrong,Kings Beach, CA Aaron Campbell,Sandy 97055; Teresa Pearson,Mauertown 22644; 96143; [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Terr y Neneman,W.Wendover 89883; Wendy Lentz,Springfield 97477; Sonny Pruitt,Collinsville 24078; [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

New Hampshire Pennsylvania Washington Mike Quinn,Tilton 03276; Jeffrey Lightner, Eldred 16731; Dana Alderson,Pasco 99301; [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Charles Weinstein,Newport 03773; Billy Martin,Freeland 18224; Teri Johansen,Olympia 98512; [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

New Jersey Puerto Rico West Virginia Bernadette Puodziunas,Wildwood Pedro Nazario,Canovanas 00729; Linda Augustosky,N.Tasewell,VA 08260; [email protected] [email protected] 24630; lindaaugustosky@ Gordon Strater,Somerdale 08083; Edith Ruiz,Morovis 00687; yahoo.com [email protected] [email protected] Susan Murphy,Pennsboro 26415; [email protected] New Mexico Rhode Island Brian Archuleta,Bernalilo 87004; Daniel Guenette,Hope 02831; Wisconsin [email protected] [email protected] Rose Schulte, Darlington 53530; Cynthia Ulibarri,Anton Chico 87711; [email protected] South Carolina [email protected] Donna Woodcock,Cadott 54727; Angela Greene,Blacksburg 29702; [email protected] New York [email protected] Heidi Freeman,Brewerton 13029; Tammy Powell,Taylors 29687; Wyoming [email protected] [email protected] Wendy Trautman,Powell 82435; Frank Kouba,Selden 11784; [email protected] South Dakota [email protected] Deb Nelson, Garretson 57030; North Carolina [email protected] Email changes to UPMA, Wayne Francis,Red Springs 28377; Arla Patterson,Martin 57551; [email protected], [email protected] [email protected] and Balent-Young Publishing, Juanita Meeks, Pineville 28134; [email protected] Tennessee [email protected] Katrina Fugate,Sale Creek 37373; North Dakota [email protected] Dorene Heinze,Cooperstown 58425; Texas [email protected] Sherry Bridges,Franklin 77856; Carla Tinkham,E.Grand Forks 56721; [email protected] [email protected] Utah Ohio Clayton Querry, Oakley 84055; Mari Beth Kirkland,Burton 44021; [email protected] [email protected] Julie Pepper,McConnelsville 43756; [email protected]

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