AFSCME Council 5 Convention - September 30 - October 2

I'm headed to the AFSCME Council 5 Convention this afternoon.  We'll be meeting at the Sheraton Hotel in Bloomington.  I'm serving on the Credentials Committee, and will be working at the Registration table, both this evening from 6-9pm and in the morning, from 7-9:30am.

I am a candidate for a Council 5 Executive Board seat representing the County Sector.  Nominations are being held Thursday afternoon, with voting in the evening.

Here's the Convention notice from the Council 5 website:

http://afscmemn.org/it%E2%80%99s-convention-time%21


And here's the Convention schedule, including speeches by Gubernatorial candidate Mark Dayton on Saturday morning, and from retired International Secretary-Treasurer, Bill Lucy, a great favorite of the Minnesota delegation to this summer's convention in Boston.


Convention Opens Sept. 30Council 5’s annual convention runs Sept. 30-Oct. 2 at the Sheraton Bloomington hotel. Here is an outline of major events (subject to change):

• Registration: Sept. 29, 6-9 p.m., and Sept. 30, 7-9:30 a.m. (Note: Delegates not registered by this time cannot vote in Council 5 elections)
• Convention opens: Sept. 30, 9 a.m.
• Sector and District nomination meetings: Sept. 30, 1:15-3 p.m.
• Policy committee meetings: Sept. 30, 3:15-5:15 p.m.
• Elections of Officers and Executive Board: Sept. 30, 5:15-7:15 p.m.
• Training and workshops: Oct. 1, 8:30-11:45 a.m.
• District meetings, Oct. 1, 1:30-2:15 p.m.
• Convention reconvenes: Oct. 1, 2:30 p.m., including address by Bill Lucy, AFSCME International’s secretary-treasurer emeritus 
• Convention reconvenes: Oct. 2, 9 a.m., including address by Mark Dayton, AFSCME-endorsed candidate for governor