August 5, 2016
National Association of Postal Supervisors


Total Members as of 
June 2016 DCO:


Active

24,936
 

Associate
1,378



Grand Total 
26,314



SPLY DCO June 2015
Grand Total: 25,612
 
Current
Non-Members

9,329




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SPAC funds as of 6/30/16
 
$ 147,813.35
 
SPAC Totals for 2016
 SPAC Per Capita

per member
$5.70



Region Aggregate


Southern
$43,037
Central
$27,462
Northeast

$25,735

Eastern
$25,558

Western
$25,291

 
Region Per Capita   
 
Southern
$7.49
Central
$6.24
Northeast
$5.14
Eastern

$4.77

Western

$4.67



Area Aggregate


Southeast
$14,687
New York
$13,230
Pacific
$11,807
Mideast
$10,734
Capitol-Atlantic

$9,690
New England
$7,538
Michiana

$7,204
Texas
$6,995
North Central
$6,467
Illini

$5,929
Northwest

$5,390
Pioneer

$5,037
Rocky Mnt
$5,009
MINK

$4,403
Central Gulf

$3,583
Cotton Belt

$2,320


Area Per Capita
Southeast

$11.77
North Central

$8.29
Michiana
$7.63
Northwest

$6.28
New York

$5.60
Mideast

$5.47
Illini

$5.40
Central Gulf

$5.25
New England

$5.16
Texas
$5.07
Pacific
$4.54
MINK

$4.37
Capitol Atlantic

$4.18
Pioneer

$4.15
Rocky Mountain

$3.83
Cotton Belt

$3.10




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2016 NAPSHQ2U Publication Schedule
August - 8/5/2016
September - 9/9/2016
October - 10/7/2016
November - 11/4/2016
December - 12/2/2016
 
 

REMINDER


For those running for election at the 2016 NAPS Convention --
If you want to host a hospitality on Thursday night, August 18th, your contact person is:



Katherine Bradley of Gaylord Resorts & Convention Center.


You may reach her at:
Katherine.bradley@gaylordhotels.com


Room assignments for these hospitalities are on a first come/first served basis.
Louie's Letter 
Postal Reform is a Must


Louis Atkins
NAPS will certainly hammer out a better pay package than the "final" one announced by the Postal Service on Nov. 9, 2011. NAPS firmly believes it must use all the tools at its disposal to secure the compensation our members rightfully deserve. That includes going to fact-finding, if an acceptable pay package can't be reached..
 
The NAPS Resident Officers and team, we will do everything possible to get a fair deal for EAS.  Craft employees are guaranteed pay increases while we get nothing; not the right or fair business decision.
 
If one would take a look at the press surrounding the Postal Service, it would be quite easy to assume that the sky is falling.  Congress must take notice of the problems facing the Postal Service. Congress has the ability to solve these problems. However, it is important to keep everything in perspective and understand where we are in terms of plotting the course for the Postal Service moving forward.
 
The Postal Service is in a unique position in its history.  The long-time foundation of its business, First-Class mail is in a decline that will more than likely continue and not return. Therefore, any meaningful Postal Reform legislation must be done with the intention of providing the Postal Service with the business tools necessary to be successful.
 
As managers, postmasters and supervisors, we have the unique perspective of how events in the field translate into the bigger picture.  This perspective will give us the insight necessary to serve as the best advocates for the Postal Service. 
 
We not only need to keep ourselves informed so we can advise our representatives in the House and Senate, but we also need to know how to answer criticism of our "friends and neighbors" who seem to think the USPS is not efficient.
 
All these discussions as of late regarding Postal Reform take me back to a few years ago when we were working to move the Postal Enhancement and Accountability Act through Congress. While in hindsight, that legislation was filled with both successes and shortcomings, we have to take note of the long process that it took to get the bill to the President's desk.
 
While the Postal Service does need to reduce its operating expenditures, it cannot do this at the expense of service. If we take a slash and burn approach in terms of service, the American public will no longer be able to rely upon us and then the sky will truly begin to fall.
 
If legislative solutions that protect our service standards are not enacted, Americans will turn away from this treasured institution and the gloom and doom that others predicted will come true. We have one chance to get this right, let's make it count.
 
If legislative solutions that protect our service standards are not enacted, Americans will turn away from this treasured institution and the gloom and doom that others predict will come true. We have one chance to get this right, let's make it count.
 
As I prepare for retirement, it is rewarding, indeed, to look back on many years of solidarity within NAPS. I have had a wonderful career, whether laboring on the workroom floor in Baton Rouge or in my 16 years at NAPS Headquarters. I have been extremely fortunate-blessed, really-to have worked with the most talented and dedicated group of supervisors, postmasters and managers the Postal Service has ever known.
 
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.


                                              ---President Barack Obama
 
Ivan's Den 
Meaningful Engagement Means Meaningful Changes
Ivan Butts  



 


I want to re-visit this issue of engagement. Engagement is a process I have always believed can yield tremendous, positive results in addressing employee issues and corporate focus.  As NAPS advocates, we must remain engaged with Postal Service leadership for the benefit of the members we serve.  So, I always have viewed the positives of engagement.
                                                                                 
As one of my best friends once told me during an engagement discussion: "Two gladiators meet on the battlefield to engage and one of them ends up dead." This made me ask the question, "What does this agency truly consider engagement to be?"  We know that engaged employees are more than simply satisfied with their jobs.
 
Rather, according to employee engagement literature, engaged employees take pride in their work, are passionate about and energized by what they do, are committed to the organization, the mission and their jobs and are more likely to put forth extra effort to get the job done.
 
A number of studies by private-sector entities have found that increased levels of engagement result in better individual and organizational performance, including increased employee performance, productivity and profit margins, higher customer service ratings, fewer safety incidents and less absenteeism and turnover. Studies of the public sector, while more limited, have shown similar benefits.
 
For example, the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) found that higher levels of employee engagement in federal agencies led to improved agency performance, less absenteeism and fewer equal employment opportunity complaints. What do attendance percentages look like in our agency?  How do we rate compared to other federal agencies with EEOC complaints? The answers to these questions help us look into not just the level of engagement of the USPS, but the quality of this engagement.
 
Recently, we received the summary of the second year of Postal Pulse results.  These results illustrate the continued disconnect between levels of leadership down to the craft levels.  The USPS is committed to address the low scores with mandated action plans to engage craft employees.  I'm sure leadership believes this will make it all better for the EAS who are equally disconnected in the process.
 
If we are going to have meaningful engagement, we must have meaningful changes to how EAS employees are being engaged. Memoranda, such as involuntary reassignments that are ignored locally and condoned by executives who do not require local leadership to follow them, are draining the morale of EAS employees. We have leadership forcing EAS employees to work without being compensated and using threats and intimidation to force their will on employees.
 
We have EAS employees being given unreasonable demands with no resources to accomplish them and leaders who can only offer, "If you don't do it, I will find someone who will." Employee surveys will not fix these issues. We need top-down leadership that will make real, positive changes to the working lives of EAS employees.
 
NAPS has been and remains committed to taking the steps necessary to advocate for the betterment of the working lives of EAS employees.


 
In solidarity ...




 
Brian's Scoop
Final National Convention Update
 
Take a Seat and Let the Business Begin


 
Brian Wagner
Two years ago, I was briefing you on our 2014 National Convention numbers for San Diego.   So let's do it again.  If you are a veteran or first-timer, our 2016 National Convention in National Harbor, MD will bring in the crowds.  Speaking of crowds, here's the scoop.
 
As of August 1, total registered for our 2016 National Convention, including delegates, auxiliary, guests and vendors, is 1,301.  Don't worry about finding a seat.  The Gaylord Resort's Potomac A and B Ballrooms, where our NAPS convention business will be conducted, is large enough to provide our delegates with plenty of leg, elbow, and for some of us "taller" delegates - head room. 
 
However, before we start our official convention business session on Monday, August 15 at 1:30 p.m., the convention's Opening Ceremony for all delegates, auxiliary and guests will take place at 9 a.m. in Potomac A and B Ballrooms, too. It is open seating for the Opening Ceremony.  With such a big crowd expected at this year's National Convention, anyone wanting a seat up front at the Opening Ceremony should get there early.  But don't get there too early where you will miss having your morning coffee. You can wait until the sun comes up.



Once the Opening Ceremony is over, finding your seat at the start of Monday afternoon's official NAPS business session is your next mission. That should not be too difficult as there is signage in the Potomac A and B Ballrooms designating where each respective NAPS area will be seated.  Here is a quick guide as to where the 16 NAPS Areas will be sitting.   As a reference point, if you are standing in the back of the Potomac Ballroom A and B, facing the podium, the NAPS Areas will be seated in the following order.


On the left-hand side of the hall, starting at the front closest to the podium and working backwards down the left side the Illini Area is first, followed by MINK, Texas, New York and then the New England Area.   The NAPS Areas situated down the center of the Potomac Ballroom, again starting closest to the stage and working backwards are North Central, Michiana, Central Gulf, Cotton Belt, Southeast and Pioneer.  On the right-hand side of the Potomac Ballroom front to back, will be the Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Pacific and Capitol-Atlantic Areas.  Now, what about the Mideast Area?  The Mideast Area will be spread across the entire back section of the Potomac Ballroom taking the last few rows in each section (Right, Center and Left).  


Once you find your respective NAPS Area sign inside the Potomac A and B Ballrooms select a seat and let the NAPS business begin.  I hope you are sitting down for my ice cream flavor of the week recommendation - Strawberry Oreo.
 
Did you know?
  
 
NOTE:  OVERFLOW COMMUNICATION


If anyone had a room secured at the Hampton Inn and moved to the Gaylord, it is your responsibility to cancel your room at the Hampton Inn.  NAPS Headquarters does not handle this. 




Below are the current stats of the 2016 NAPS National Convention as of August 1, 2016:
 
Total Registered (Delegates/Auxiliary/Guests): 1,301
 
Delegates Registered: 1161
 
First-Timers: 139
 
Branches Registered: 242
 
Percentage of Hotel Room block filled: Sold Out 
 




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