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2024-2025 OEA-R Delegate Elections

DEADLINE:  Monday, October 21

DEADLINE:  Monday, October 21 

DEADLINE:  Monday, October 21 

OEA-R delegates will be elected through October 21 by online and mail-in ballot. Look for election information by email and US mail.  Please support candidates from NEOEA-R.

OEA-R members should look for an email and/or a postcard “Vote now in the OEA 2024 Elections” from “Ohio Education Association <help@yeselections.com>”.

Everyone will get a postcard, envelope or an email with an explanation and instructions for requesting a paper ballot.

The email and the postcard or letter provide an “Election Code” and a “Voting PIN” along with a link to the voting page. If your ballot has not been placed in the US mail by October 15, please vote online no later than 5:00 PM on October 21, 2024.

Here are the Steps to Vote Online:

  1. Go to the voting website: https://www.ohea.org/retired
  2. Enter your Election Code and Voting Pin in the fields
  3. Click on Continue and follow the voting instructions
  • A change this year is the shortening of the election time periods. Elections will run 21 days and not 30.
  • If you are choosing the mailed ballot option, please vote and return your ballot right away. The move to 3 weeks, has several advantages, including housing preparation for delegates, allowing the delegates to attend all district representative assemblies, and it reduces over all cost of the election.

Please support the following candidates from NEOEA:

Debbie Bernauer NEOEA
Karen Carney NEOEA
Marti Franks  NEOEA
Peg Ham NEOEA
Hank Haynes NEOEA
Cheryl W. Hill NEOEA
Bill Lavezzi NEOEA
Steven D. Mitchell NEOEA
John A.  Ververka NEOEA
Valenta G. Ward-Gravely NEOEA
Jené Wilson  NEOEA
Nancy Wonson NEOEA

Candidate biographies are available at 2024OEARARetiredDelegateCandidateBios

Delegates attend both the Fall and Spring OEA Representative Assemblies. On the day before, the OEA-R Delegate Assembly meets at the OEA or STRS building to carry out the business of OEA Retired and for a briefing with the OEA officers and reports from the OEA-R Advisory Council. Delegates from NEOEA also attend the Fall and Spring NEOEA RAs.

NEOEA Day New York City Tour – October 11-13, 2024

Although NEOEA Day (October 11, 2024) seems like a long way off, it will be here before you know it. If you want to be guaranteed a seat on the bus for our returning annual tour to New York City on a Budget, now is the time to make your reservation.

New York City Tour includes deluxe motor coach transportation, two nights at the
Courtyard New York Manhattan/Times Square/West in New York City, a guided city
tour, breakfast at our hotel each morning, dinner on the way home in Pennsylvania,
and an escort from 20th Century Tours.

The cost per person based on double occupancy is $775 two beds, $745 king bed.
(Single Occupancy – $1110 Triple Occupancy – $675 Quad Occupancy – $610)
A $250 per person deposit is required to confirm your reservation (make checks payable to 20th Century Tours). The balance of the cost is due by Friday, August 16, 2024.
Please call 20th Century Tours at 330.506.4259 prior to purchasing Broadway or other admission tickets. They are nonrefundable. We would want to make sure the tour has enough participants attending prior to purchasing.

DO NOT CALL OR SEND RESERVATIONS TO THE NEOEA OFFICE

Spend a long weekend in New York City this October!

There are still seats available.

Access the tour flyer and registration form herehttps://neoea.org/files/NYC2024.pdf

 

OEA-Retired 2024 Fall Conference

The OEA-Retired 2024 Fall Conference will be a virtual session that anticipates inspiring creativeness in all of us, think about best practices for retirement, and learn from a civil rights activist’s journey in the fight for justice.

Join Us on Wednesday, September 25th at 10am-12:30pm to hear the 2022-2024 Ohio Beat Poet Laureate, Sandra Feen; expert advice on retirement from an STRS representative Lynn A. Hoover (Acting Executive Director and
Chief Financial Officer); and learn from freedom fighter/ Civil Rights Activist, Charles Black.

All OEA members are invited to join us during this discussion

(OEA MEMBERS ONLY EVENT).

OEA-R Fall Conference Flyer

OEA-R Fall Conference Registration

OEA-Retired Delegates to the OEA Representative Assembly

A new OEA election year kicks off in September. There is some important election information below. If you are interested in being involved and having your voice heard, please consider running for one of the upcoming open positions:

OEA-Retired delegate to the OEA Representative 2024-2025 Fall and Spring Assemblies.

OEA-Retired Advisory Council positions that are available. There is a vacancy position available to elect this fall election and multiple Advisory council seats available to elect for the spring election.

NEA-Retired Delegate seats that will attend next year’s NEA Representative Assembly.

Things to note

Declaration of candidacy deadline dates have changed on the forms, so please pay attention to when the forms are due back to OEA.

Submitting your Forms

You are welcome to scan or take a clear picture of the forms (Front and back) and send them in that way.

You can fill out the form electronically, save it, and send them back that way.
Lastly, you are always welcome to print and mail your declarations back into us, but please remember the mail system can be slow at times. If you are emailing form in, please email them to the provided email address on the specific form.  Please do not send your submission to William Baird’s personal email address.

Another change is the shortening of the election time periods. Elections will run 21 days and not 30.

You will still be afforded the option to vote online or by mailed paper ballot. Paper ballots will still be mailed to all retired members and electronic ballots will be sent to all retired members; you may choose which option you want to use.

If you are choosing the mailed ballot option, please vote and return your ballot right away. The move to 3 weeks, has several advantages, including housing preparation for delegates, allowing the delegates to attend all district representative assemblies, and it reduces the over all cost of the election.

In addition to the OEA Representative assemblies, OEA-R Delegates will attend the OEA-R Delegate Assembly in advance of each OEA Representative assembly and . OEA-R Delegates elected from NEOEA will also attend all NEOEA Representative Assemblies.

FORMS

https://oea-r.ohea.us/page/election-information/

  • NEA-Retired Delegate Declaration of Candidacy
  • OEA-Retired Advisory Council Declaration of Candidacy
  • OEA-Retired Advisory Council Vacancy Declaration of Candidacy
  • 2024-2025 OEA-Retired Declaration of Candidacy

Please direct questions to William Baird, Elections and Conference Coordinator at oeara@ohea.org.    614-227-3169

 

 

KSEA Mentorship Program and Chair Request

Thanks are extended to NEOEA-R members for supporting the Mentorship Program with Kent State University.

Beryl has organized the program for 15 years with a lot of help from NEOEA-R members and will be retiring from the task of Chair.  This brings the need for one of our members to step forward to match students with Mentors. .KSEA will ask students in September if they want to be a Mentee this school year.. KSEA will provide names, email addresses and school addresses and their major subjects at Kent. Mentors will be matched with NEOEA-R members who have similar teaching experiences.

The last few years Mentors have not been going to Kent, but meeting virtually through  e-mail, Facetime or Zoom to talk with Mentees. This year campus visits can also be
arranged. Working virtually has been successful because of students’ busy schedules and some Mentors located some distances from Kent.  You will become their “Professional Friend”.

Please let us know if you are interested in becoming a MENTOR this September. Provide what grades you have taught, primary, middle school, or the subjects in high
school.

If you are interested in matching the students with retired members please let Beryl know soon. You may reply to Beryl’s message sent to previous participants or to

retired@neoea.org

Thanks loads for all you have done with this program and advise of your desire to either participate as a Mentor or Chair by mid-August.

July 2024 NEOEA-R Newsletter

In the NEOEA-R July 2024 Issue:
July 2024

July 2024

Download the  NEOEA-R July 2024 Newsletter
  • NEOEA-R/KSEA Mentoring
  • Holden Arboretum Tour
  • Read Across America through KSEA 
  • OEA-RA Report
  • OEA Retired Delegate Election Results
  • NEOEA Summer Leadership – July 17 -18
  • What is PEP?
  • OEA-R Webinar Replays
  • Keep Your Information Up to Date
  • Join OEA-R/NEA-R as a Life Member 
  • Discounts
  • NEOEA Calendar

Summer Leadership Conference 2024

Summer is just around the corner, and that means our

SUMMER LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE registration is open!!

The conference will be held July 17-18 at Corporate College East.

We will offer two days of training for you, local leaders, and all members. This year we are offering amazing sessions on Wednesday afternoon, as well as a presidents’ track, building representative training, leadership sessions, and grievance processing training on Thursday – to name just a few of the topics. We have something for all members – regardless of your title or your position in the local.

Keynote speaker is Danielle Wiggins from WKYC.

Graduate credit is also available from Lake Erie College.

Registration

https://neoea.org/files/SLC2024.pdf