Members honored, locals singled out for recruitment success State of Union report by Lina Jamoul, executive director

Marcia Bierschenk and Terry Nelson pulled in the two top awards at Saturday’s Delegate Assembly (DA) at the DoubleTree in Bloomington. The Membership Committee singled out three locals with the highest increase in members and honored eight locals that have reached the 80 percent threshold or higher.

To read the State of the Union 2018 report from this year's DA by Lina Jamoul, our executive director, go here: State of the Union 2018

Statewide President Chet Jorgenson presented Bierschenk with the Betty Rogers award. Nelson was named this year’s winner of the Neil Farnsworth award.

Jorgenson singled out Bierschenk, the director of Region 21, for her “just do it” approach to tasks. Jorgenson said one of the reasons for MAPE’s restructure was aimed at “new style” members like her, where they can just be plugged in to do tasks.

 

In the photo on the right, from left to right, Bierschenk receives the Betty Rogers award from Jorgenson.

“We just have to have an avenue where she can be plugged in to do those things,” Jorgenson said. “I want to thank Marcia for everything she has done and to keep on doing it.”

Nelson is retiring in November after being active in MAPE since 1995. “There’s very little in MAPE that Terry hasn’t done,” Jorgenson pointed out before presenting him with the award. Nelson was a longtime member of the Board of Directors, a member of the Negotiations Team, a steward, the health-care coalition and a member of MAPE’s Technology Task Force and more.

In the photo on the right, from left to right, Nelson receives the Neil Farnsworth award from Jorgenson.

 

“Terry has always been the person we can depend on when any kind of task comes up,” Jorgenson said.

The Membership Committee cited three locals with double-digit membership increases in the past year. They are: Local 801, 15 percent; Local 602, 13.8 percent; and Local 1501, 12 percent.

The committee honored the following eight locals for reaching the 80 percent membership level. They are: Local 202, 88 percent; Local 301, 83 percent; Local 802, 83 percent; Local 1303, 98 percent; Local 1703, 80 percent; Local 1901, 83 percent; Local 1903, 84 percent; and Local 2101, 82 percent.