CLEVELAND, December 17 — An incorrect date for the BLET’s 2016 Eastern Regional Meeting in Chicago was published in the October/November 2015 issue of the Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen News as well as the Summer/Fall 2015 issue of the Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Journal. The correct date is July 11-14, 2016 (not June 11-14). We regret this error and any inconvenience it may have caused.
The Drake Hotel in Chicago, a beautifully restored 1920s grand hotel, is the site of the 2016 Eastern Regional Meeting. The Hyatt Regency in Long Beach, California, is the site of the 2016 Western Regional Meeting, August 22-25, 2016. The Hyatt Regency in Long Beach is in the Long Beach Harbor entertainment area.
These events are the first meetings under the Brotherhood’s new structure for two regional meetings per year, as approved by delegates attending the BLET’s Third National Convention in October of 2014. Travel to the meeting and/or registration for each of the two meetings will be on Monday, with events scheduled through and including a closing banquet on Thursday night. Per the BLET Bylaws, regional meetings are held “for the purposes of membership training, education and discussion of matters of importance to the membership.” Additionally, the meetings are structured to include options for fellowship with other members and their families, entertainment, fun and relaxation.
More specific details will be announced at a later date. Again, all members are encouraged to attend one or both of these inaugural BLET regional meetings in 2016!