CLEVELAND, May 13 — The members of BLET Division 191 are welcoming all active and retired BLET members and their families to Boston for the 77th annual Eastern Union Meeting Association (EUMA), July 26-30, 2015.
Delegates to the Third National Convention in 2014 voted to change the BLET’s regional meeting structure so that there will be only two regional meetings per year beginning in 2016. As a result, the 77th EUMA coming up in July will be the final EUMA. Arrangements Chairman Kevin J. Moore and the members of the EUMA Arrangements Committee are planning a convention that you will not want to miss. Brother Moore is General Chairman of the Springfield Terminal/Delaware & Hudson General Committee of Adjustment and Chairman of the Massachusetts State Legislative Board.
Guests will stay at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers. Room reservations can be made by calling the hotel at (800) 225-2008 or online through the hotel website.
The 2015 EUMA begins with registration and a welcome reception the evening of Sunday, July 26. The opening ceremony, closed meeting for BLET members, and an open meeting for members of the BLET Auxiliary will following on Monday, July 27. A limited number of tickets are available on a first come, first served basis for a Boston Red Sox/Chicago White Sox major league baseball game at historic Fenway Park on the evening of July 27.
On Tuesday, July 28, the annual EUMA golf tournament will be held at the Ponkapoag Golf Course. For non-golfers, a Duck Tour of Boston has been scheduled. The tour will take guests throughout the city and to some of the many historic sites that Boston has to offer. Also, the hotel is conveniently located only blocks from Boston’s shopping district on Newbury Street.
The BLET Education and Training Department will host several training classes for BLET officers and members on Wednesday, July 29. The 77th annual EUMA will conclude that evening with the EUMA scholarship banquet.
Registration forms are available on the BLET National Division website. Please register by July 1, 2015, in order to receive the discounted rate. More information is also available on the 2015 EUMA website.