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Agenda to 2010 Annual Spring Convention at Plymouth Massachusetts

AGENDA FRIDAY, April 23, 2010 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM Registration SATURDAY, April 24, 2010 7:30AM – 9:30 AM Breakfast 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM Registration 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Welcome / Business Meeting Appointments Sergeant- At- Arms Convention Secretary Convention Rules Roll Call of Affiliates Minutes Treasurer’s Report Policy Board Report Committee Reports Federal (Peggy Santos, Linda Montgomery, Annette Duke) State ( Susan Bonner) Outreach Old Business New Business Announcement Recess 12:15 PM – 1:45 PM LUNCH & SPEAKERS Tom Connelly Jr.: President, Massachusetts NAHRO Laura Taylor: Director, Bureau of Housing Management Massachusetts Department Of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) Keynote Speaker: Merrie Nichols-Dixon, Deputy Assistant Secretary Policy Programs and Government Relations US Housing and Urban Development (US HUD) 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM WORKSHOPS Workshop 1 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES AND PANELS – Who organizes Grievance Panels? How can grievance panels stop unfair evictions? Moderator: Rosemary Foster, Mass Union Board Member Panelist: Laura Taylor, Director Bureau of Housing Management Department of Housing and Community Development Panelist: Susan Bonner, Commissioner Nahant Housing Authority Board Member, Mass Union of Public Housing Tenants Workshop 2 REASONABLE ACCOMODATIONS FOR THE DISABLED What is the law? Who gets a handicap unit? Are voucher tenants eligible? Moderator: Phyllis Corbitt: Vice Chair Mass Union Policy Board Presenter: Margo LeClaire, Attorney Department of Housing and Community Development 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM Break 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM TENANT PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC AND SUBSIDIZED HOUSING What is the citywide tenant organization? What is the resident advisory board? Moderator: Bill King Chairman, Mass Union Policy Board Presenter: Daniel McDonald Deputy Director, Fall River Housing Authority Presenter: Asia Coney President, Tenant Support Services Institute Philadelphia Housing Authority 6:30 PM – Until Banquet and Awards Guest Speaker: Dr. Samuel B. Little PHD National Alliance of Resident Services in Affordable and Assisted Housing (NARSAAH) SUNDAY, April 25, 2010 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM Breakfast 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Business Meeting / Board Elections 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch

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Agenda to 2010 Annual Spring Convention at Plymouth Massachusetts

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