CLEVELAND, January 18 — Space is still available for members interested in attending the Education & Training Department’s Secretary-Treasurer Workshop in Kansas City from February 6-9.
Upon successful completion of the course, everyone will qualify for an $86 per day stipend from the North American Railway Foundation. The stipends will be paid directly to the Secretary-Treasurer of the respective divisions.
The workshop will take place from February 6-9 at the Holiday Inn on the Plaza (please note the name change from Four Points by Sheraton Kansas City Country Club Plaza — everything else stays the same except it is now a Holiday Inn instead of a Sheraton), One East 45th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111.
During the three-day sessions, members will learn proper record keeping techniques, computer applications, and minute-taking. They will also learn methods for filing various Department of Labor and Railroad Retirement reports, as well as Federal tax returns. A representative from the Department of Labor will be on hand to answer Secretary-Treasurer questions and have tips regarding the preparation of LM reports.
As most ST’s already know, there are many changes to the filing of the reports this year, and all these changes will be gone over in class.
A major change came when the BLET National Division implemented a new dues reporting and collection internet-based system on January 1, 2005. There will be an online demonstration and conference call to the Cleveland office on this new system to help everyone in class become familiar with the new system.
Registration for the workshop is on a first come, first served basis with class size limited to the first 25 who register through the BLET website. For more information, please contact Ken Kroeger of the BLET Education & Training Dept. at (216) 272-0986 or kroeger@ble.org
Secretary Treasurer’s or alternate Secretary Treasurer’s can register for the workshops online through the BLET website at:
https://www.ble-t.org/st
BLET members who attend are responsible to pay their own transportation, along with their room and board.
Other classes throughout 2005 are scheduled for February 20-23 at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel, San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco Calif.; March 6-9 at the Four Points by Sheraton Denver Cherry Creek, Denver Colo.; and March 13-16 at the Chicago City Center Holiday Inn Hotel in Chicago, Ill.
DETAILS:
Secretary Treasurer’s Workshop
February 6-9, 2005
Holiday Inn on the Plaza
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 753-7400