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Agenda to 2010 Annual Spring Convention at Plymouth Massachusetts updated!



Mass Union 2010 Spring Convention Agenda         Download here

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                       Business Meeting
                                                            WELCOME
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

News and Updates

Agenda to 2010 Annual Spring Convention at Plymouth Massachusetts updated!

News & Updates