![](media/image1.png)Eastern Panhandle

FEDERAL EXECUTIVES ASSOCIATION

**of West Virginia**

# c/o U. S. Coast Guard Operations Systems Center 408 Coast Guard Drive, Kearneysville, WV 25430

# Phone (304) 264-2552 FAX (304) 264-2536

# General Meeting -- May 17, 2006

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| President    | CAPT  |                       |                       |
|              | Ken   |                       |                       |
|              | Sa    |                       |                       |
|              | voie, |                       |                       |
|              | USCG  |                       |                       |
|              | OSC   |                       |                       |
+--------------+-------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Speakers     | John  |                       |                       |
|              | Re    |                       |                       |
|              | isenw |                       |                       |
|              | eber, |                       |                       |
|              | Dis   |                       |                       |
|              | trict |                       |                       |
|              | Dir   |                       |                       |
|              | ector |                       |                       |
|              | for   |                       |                       |
|              | Con   |                       |                       |
|              | gress |                       |                       |
|              | woman |                       |                       |
|              | Sh    |                       |                       |
|              | elley |                       |                       |
|              | C     |                       |                       |
|              | apito |                       |                       |
+--------------+-------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Secretary    | Laura |                       |                       |
|              | Camp  |                       |                       |
|              | bell, |                       |                       |
|              | USCG  |                       |                       |
|              | NVDC  |                       |                       |
+--------------+-------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| *            |       |                       |                       |
| *Attendees** |       |                       |                       |
+--------------+-------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| John Quinn,  |       | Ora Dixon, NCTC       | Patricia Williams,    |
| USCG         |       |                       | USCG NVDC             |
+--------------+-------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Peggy        |       | Alice Baker, USCG     | Kelli King, USCG OSC  |
| Sandretzky,  |       | NVDC                  |                       |
| NPS          |       |                       |                       |
+--------------+-------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Rick Lemon,  |       | Doug Cameron, USCG    | Jim Willis, FWS       |
| FWS          |       | NVDC                  |                       |
+--------------+-------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Dave         |       | Margaret Bowman, OPM  | Wade Hampton, HFJC    |
| Springer,    |       |                       |                       |
| USCG         |       |                       |                       |
+--------------+-------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Mick Feeser, |       | John Arata, NPS       | Rodney Emery, VA      |
| VA           |       |                       |                       |
+--------------+-------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| CAPT Savoie  |       |                       |                       |
| called the   |       |                       |                       |
| meeting to   |       |                       |                       |
| order at     |       |                       |                       |
| 2:00pm. He   |       |                       |                       |
| led the      |       |                       |                       |
| Pledge of    |       |                       |                       |
| Allegiance   |       |                       |                       |
| at the       |       |                       |                       |
| beginning of |       |                       |                       |
| the Awards   |       |                       |                       |
| Banquet      |       |                       |                       |
| which began  |       |                       |                       |
| at 1:00pm.   |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| Minutes from |       |                       |                       |
| the April 19 |       |                       |                       |
| General      |       |                       |                       |
| Meeting were |       |                       |                       |
| distributed  |       |                       |                       |
| and          |       |                       |                       |
| reviewed. No |       |                       |                       |
| changes were |       |                       |                       |
| requested.   |       |                       |                       |
| Jim Willis   |       |                       |                       |
| moved we     |       |                       |                       |
| accept the   |       |                       |                       |
| minutes, Meg |       |                       |                       |
| Bowman       |       |                       |                       |
| seconded the |       |                       |                       |
| motion, and  |       |                       |                       |
| it passed.   |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| Patricia     |       |                       |                       |
| Williams     |       |                       |                       |
| gave the     |       |                       |                       |
| Treasurer's  |       |                       |                       |
| report       |       |                       |                       |
| stating      |       |                       |                       |
| EPFEA had a  |       |                       |                       |
| balance of   |       |                       |                       |
| \$16,077.85. |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| Mick Feeser  |       |                       |                       |
| gave an      |       |                       |                       |
| update on    |       |                       |                       |
| the          |       |                       |                       |
| Emergency    |       |                       |                       |
| Management   |       |                       |                       |
| Committee.   |       |                       |                       |
| The          |       |                       |                       |
| Committee    |       |                       |                       |
| wanted to    |       |                       |                       |
| continue     |       |                       |                       |
| their work   |       |                       |                       |
| on the COOP  |       |                       |                       |
| over the     |       |                       |                       |
| summer.      |       |                       |                       |
| There were   |       |                       |                       |
| no           |       |                       |                       |
| opbjections  |       |                       |                       |
| to their     |       |                       |                       |
| request.     |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| CAPT Savoie  |       |                       |                       |
| read the     |       |                       |                       |
| election     |       |                       |                       |
| results. The |       |                       |                       |
| following    |       |                       |                       |
| are the      |       |                       |                       |
| 2006-2007    |       |                       |                       |
| Officers of  |       |                       |                       |
| the EPFEA:   |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| President    |       |                       |                       |
| Rodney Emery |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| 1^st^ Vice   |       |                       |                       |
| President    |       |                       |                       |
| John O'Shea  |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| 2^nd^ Vice   |       |                       |                       |
| President    |       |                       |                       |
| Peggy        |       |                       |                       |
| Sandretzky   |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| Treasurer    |       |                       |                       |
| Laura        |       |                       |                       |
| Campbell     |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| Secretary    |       |                       |                       |
| Mary Ann     |       |                       |                       |
| Cage         |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| There were   |       |                       |                       |
| no write-in  |       |                       |                       |
| candidates.  |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| The Awards   |       |                       |                       |
| Banquet      |       |                       |                       |
| preceded the |       |                       |                       |
| General      |       |                       |                       |
| Meeting.     |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| All current  |       |                       |                       |
| Officers of  |       |                       |                       |
| the EPFEA    |       |                       |                       |
| were         |       |                       |                       |
| introduced.  |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| CAPT Savoie  |       |                       |                       |
| introduced   |       |                       |                       |
| the guest    |       |                       |                       |
| speaker for  |       |                       |                       |
| the Awards   |       |                       |                       |
| Banquet, Mr. |       |                       |                       |
| John         |       |                       |                       |
| Reisenweber  |       |                       |                       |
| from         |       |                       |                       |
| Re           |       |                       |                       |
| presentative |       |                       |                       |
| Capito's     |       |                       |                       |
| office. Mr.  |       |                       |                       |
| Reisenweber  |       |                       |                       |
| spoke        |       |                       |                       |
| briefly of   |       |                       |                       |
| the          |       |                       |                       |
| highlights   |       |                       |                       |
| from his     |       |                       |                       |
| bio,         |       |                       |                       |
| discussed    |       |                       |                       |
| the current  |       |                       |                       |
| legislative  |       |                       |                       |
| issues, and  |       |                       |                       |
| stressed his |       |                       |                       |
| main purpose |       |                       |                       |
| was to say   |       |                       |                       |
| "thank you"  |       |                       |                       |
| to all       |       |                       |                       |
| federal      |       |                       |                       |
| employees    |       |                       |                       |
| for their    |       |                       |                       |
| service to   |       |                       |                       |
| their        |       |                       |                       |
| country,     |       |                       |                       |
| community    |       |                       |                       |
| and the      |       |                       |                       |
| people of    |       |                       |                       |
| the United   |       |                       |                       |
| States.      |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| Mr.          |       |                       |                       |
| Reisenweber  |       |                       |                       |
| was awarded  |       |                       |                       |
| a letter     |       |                       |                       |
| opener from  |       |                       |                       |
| the EPFEA.   |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| CAPT Savoie  |       |                       |                       |
| presented    |       |                       |                       |
| all award    |       |                       |                       |
| nominees     |       |                       |                       |
| with         |       |                       |                       |
| c            |       |                       |                       |
| ertificates. |       |                       |                       |
| He then      |       |                       |                       |
| announced    |       |                       |                       |
| the winners  |       |                       |                       |
| and          |       |                       |                       |
| presented    |       |                       |                       |
| them with    |       |                       |                       |
| plaques and  |       |                       |                       |
| a gift       |       |                       |                       |
| certificate. |       |                       |                       |
| Below are    |       |                       |                       |
| listed the   |       |                       |                       |
| award        |       |                       |                       |
| categories   |       |                       |                       |
| and the      |       |                       |                       |
| winners.     |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| *            |       |                       |                       |
| *Executive** |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| Fernando     |       |                       |                       |
| Rivera, VA   |       |                       |                       |
| Medical      |       |                       |                       |
| Center       |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| **Manager**  |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| Maryanne     |       |                       |                       |
| Cage, USDA   |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| **           |       |                       |                       |
| Professional |       |                       |                       |
| /Technical** |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| Garland      |       |                       |                       |
| Cooper, USDA |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| **Ad         |       |                       |                       |
| ministrative |       |                       |                       |
| Pr           |       |                       |                       |
| ofessional** |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| Jessica      |       |                       |                       |
| Ware, USDA   |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| **Group**    |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| HLS COOP     |       |                       |                       |
| Expansion    |       |                       |                       |
| Team, US     |       |                       |                       |
| Coast Guard  |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| CWO James    |       |                       |                       |
| Mackey, IT1  |       |                       |                       |
| James Ciles, |       |                       |                       |
| IT1 Andre    |       |                       |                       |
| Edey, IT2    |       |                       |                       |
| Vauna        |       |                       |                       |
| Theiss, CWO  |       |                       |                       |
| Scott        |       |                       |                       |
| Blackall,    |       |                       |                       |
| Alexander    |       |                       |                       |
| "Chip"       |       |                       |                       |
| Hebenthal,   |       |                       |                       |
| David Swain, |       |                       |                       |
| Russell      |       |                       |                       |
| Reid,        |       |                       |                       |
| Gregory      |       |                       |                       |
| Miller, ITC  |       |                       |                       |
| Guy          |       |                       |                       |
| Cranfill,    |       |                       |                       |
| IT1 Scott    |       |                       |                       |
| Pike, IT2    |       |                       |                       |
| Larry        |       |                       |                       |
| Shelby, IT2  |       |                       |                       |
| Aaron Short, |       |                       |                       |
| IT2 Luke     |       |                       |                       |
| Sigler,      |       |                       |                       |
| Marilyn      |       |                       |                       |
| Mason        |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| CAPT Savoie  |       |                       |                       |
| adjourned    |       |                       |                       |
| the meeting  |       |                       |                       |
| at 2:10pm    |       |                       |                       |
+--------------+-------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **Awards     |       |                       |                       |
| Banquet      |       |                       |                       |
| Speaker      |       |                       |                       |
| Contact      |       |                       |                       |
| In           |       |                       |                       |
| formation**: |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| John         |       |                       |                       |
| Reisenweber  |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| District     |       |                       |                       |
| Director for |       |                       |                       |
| C            |       |                       |                       |
| ongresswoman |       |                       |                       |
| Shelley      |       |                       |                       |
| Moore Capito |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| *            |       |                       |                       |
| *Martinsburg |       |                       |                       |
| Office:**\   |       |                       |                       |
| 300 Foxcroft |       |                       |                       |
| Ave., Suite  |       |                       |                       |
| 102\         |       |                       |                       |
| Martinsburg, |       |                       |                       |
| WV 25401\    |       |                       |                       |
| Phone: (304) |       |                       |                       |
| 264-8810\    |       |                       |                       |
| Fax: (304)   |       |                       |                       |
| 264-8815     |       |                       |                       |
|              |       |                       |                       |
| http://capi  |       |                       |                       |
| to.house.gov |       |                       |                       |
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