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Delegates pass $1.25 dues increase. At MCEA's Convention, held Oct. 23-25, chapter representatives voted to increase dues to $10.25 per bi-weekly pay for employee-members and to $3.00 per month for retirees. The rise will take effect Jan. 1, 2007. The Budget Committee, with approval from the Board of Directors, had recommended a dues increase of 75 cents bi-weekly for active-employee members. As the policy-making body, delegates exercised their right to vote yea or nay to the proposal. The additional funds will allow MCEA to hire a permanent Executive Director, full-time lobbyist and human resources specialist, and to upgrade its computer system.

Convention Update: Elected to the Board of Directors were: Agnes Valenzia, president of MVA Chapter 22 and former MCEA Treasurer; and Stephen Schaefer, an Investigator with the Office of the Public Defenders and president of Chapter 102. Re-elected to a second term on the Board were Linda Day, president of Baltimore City Social Services Chapter 45 and Pamela Hoy, president of SHA Chapter 169.

Members honored at 70th Anniversary Oscar Night. It was an amazing black-tie affair, with a red carpet, Oscar statuette and gorgeous white tents under a perfect moonlit evening. About 200 members and guests enjoyed hors d'oeurves, a buffet, live music and entertainment by Elvis, Dolly Parton, Luther Vandross, and other "celebrity entertainers." The highlight of the evening was the awards program. And the winners are... .

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