Re: Narfe
Here is an option for feds that want to participate in NARFE for a lesser rate: $40.00 per year instead of $45.00. Also, remember if you join before 12/31/2010 you will be joining for $33.00 per year. Ask your plumber or electrician how much its costs them to maintain their union representation. This is a good deal. IMHO
E-NARFE Membership: Executive Vice President, Paul Carew noted that 50% of new NARFE member drop their membership in the first three years – or less. Since 2001 when data on chapter closings were first accumulated, an average of 28 chapters have closed annually while an average of only three chapters either opened or reopened annually. Similarly, a total NARFE membership in 2001 of 404,909 has decreased to 303,143 as of September 2010, for a loss of 127,165, or 31.4 percent. With losses in membership of this magnitude, it is only a matter of time before NARFE will no longer be viable in the eyes of Congress and be able to exercise the potent lobbying muscle required to protect our earned benefits. The NEB approved exploration of the proposal to establish an E-NARFE Chapter membership which would initially be offered at the rate of $40.00. The E-NARFE Chapter would be on-line and totally paperless. It would focus principally but not exclusively on FERS issues and concerns, provide a chat room for interactive communication and mobilization, and be a vehicle for formulating and articulating their much needed espousal for NARFE’s mission of protecting our earned benefits. Those joining through the E-NARFE membership category would be enrolled in federation E-NARFE chapters for accountability and bylaws purposes. It would not do away with chapters, but open a chapter to new members/ideas and potentially grow NARFE membership. It would require a Federation volunteer to monitor the discussion. The E-NARFE membership is a complementary recruiting and retention mechanism that is designed to parallel, but not displace the traditional NARFE membership process. It is proffered solely to attract potential new members not interested in participating in the comity of NARFE chapter life. Organizations similar in structure to NARFE have long since offered this type of membership.
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