{"id":2414,"date":"2022-12-07T09:18:39","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T14:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=2414"},"modified":"2022-12-07T10:32:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T15:32:16","slug":"leaders-from-pef-regions-6-and-7-gather-for-annual-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-40-no-10\/leaders-from-pef-regions-6-and-7-gather-for-annual-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders from PEF Regions 6 and 7 gather for annual conference\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2416\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/7-8Header-Story.jpg\" alt=\"Group photo from Region 7 and 8 conference\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/7-8Header-Story.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/7-8Header-Story-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/7-8Header-Story-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/7-8Header-Story-768x256.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cKnow your contract,\u201d \u201cAsk your field rep,\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t be scared of the process\u201d \u2014 those are just a few of the lessons leaders from PEF regions 6 and 7 heard on Dec. 2-4 at their Leadership Conference at Turning Stone Resort in Verona, N.Y.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2418\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2418\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2418 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Randi-Story.jpg\" alt=\"Randi speaking at the region 7 and 8 conference\" width=\"350\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Randi-Story.jpg 350w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Randi-Story-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PEF Vice President Randi DiAntonio speaking at the conference.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The two-day meeting was held in person for the first time since April 2019.\u00a0 Thirty-two leaders gathered for a series of presentations and workshops aimed at making them effective union leaders.\u00a0 The members were joined by three statewide officers \u2014 PEF Secretary-Treasurer Joe Donahue, Vice President Sharon DeSilva and Vice President Randi DiAntonio \u2013 and staff from PEF departments.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI just want to thank the Statewide Officers, Regional Coordinators, and PEF staff who attended and assisted with making the conference a huge success,\u201d said Region 7 Coordinator Barbara Stransky. \u201cA special thank you to PEF Special Events, who assisted with the planning of the leadership conference for almost a year.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At the conference, leaders were trained and educated on topics including worker\u2019s compensation, division checkbooks, Civil Service hiring processes, COPE, grievance procedures, and building a powerful membership. Representatives from PEF Membership Benefits, Liberty Mutual and Aflac were also on hand to answer questions and hand out valuable information.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The conference concluded on Dec. 4 with a presentation by Vice President DiAntonio about the \u201cFund Our Future\u201d coalition PEF leads that works to safeguard public services across the state.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cI hope everyone who attended was able to take away from this experience beneficial training and knowledge about the rights, protections, and benefits PEF provides for its members,\u201d said Region 6 Coordinator Christopher Dunham. \u201cMost importantly I want to thank our leaders who spent a weekend away from their families and homes.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Additional PEF Regions will hold leadership conferences next year, including Regions 1 through 5, which is planning their annual event on Feb. 24-25, 2023, in Ithaca.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cKnow your contract,\u201d \u201cAsk your field rep,\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t be scared of the process\u201d \u2014 those are just a few of the lessons leaders from PEF regions 6 and 7 heard&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"division":[],"allowed_regions":[],"allowed_divisions":[],"class_list":["post-2414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","issue-volume-40-no-10","issue-volume-40-no-9"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - 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