California State Convention Does It LA Style

California State Convention Does It LA Style
By Marilyn Walton
NAPS Western Region Vice President

California State’s 103rd and the Auxiliary’s 90th state convention were held in Los Angeles, hosted by Branch 39. There were four full days of business sessions and entertaining events, including an exciting California State election of officers.

California-5 district managers visited and brought greetings. All five managers, Customer Service Operations, also attended. The spokesperson for the group was William Mayfield, Area 5 MSCO.

District Manager Abraham Cooper greeted us. Also stopping by was Marci Luna, the newly installed, first Mexican-American Latina postmaster in LA history. Acting Plant Manager-LAX-ISC Maryvel Gonzales also welcomed attendees.

Special NAPS guests were NAPS President Ivan D. Butts, Executive Vice President Chuck Mulidore, Pacific Area Vice President Chuck Lum and me. Also attending were Past NAPS President Brian Wagner, Former President Louis Atkins, Former Secretary/Treasurer John Aceves and Capitol-Atlantic Vice President Troy Griffin.

Joining the Auxiliary Convention were National Auxiliary President Laurie Butts and Secretary/Treasurer Bonita Atkins. They were welcomed by Yunina Graham and National Auxiliary Western Region Vice President Chanel Dobson and their team.

Presentation of the Colors was by the Women’s Auxiliary of the American Legion’s Jackie Robinson Post 52. The National Anthem was sung by Christiana Heather of Branch 39.

Training was provided by California-5 Customer Service specialists. California-3, 4 and 5 and WestPac Labor Relations presented training on dealing with sexual harassment claims. There also was an EAP presentation and business sessions.

There were 13 NAPS committees and 45 resolutions to consider. Brian Wagner gave his class, “NAPS Representation 101.” All training presentations were well received. A special presentation was given by Felipe Flores, senior director, Division Operations Support, WestPac, titled, “Step In, Step Up and Step Out.” Flores outlined his three-prong program to identify and encourage employees to move into and up in management.