Northwest Region Multi-state Convention
April 28-May 1, 2010

(Alaska ~ Idaho ~ Montana ~ Oregon ~ Washington)

In Missoula, Montana at
The Holiday Inn Downtown at the Park
www.himissoula.com
200 S. Pattee St.
Missoula, Montana 59802

Registration/banquet costs:
$35.00 a person -
cheaper registration deadline is Monday, March 29.
Registration after March 29 will go up to $50.00
For a listing of what this $35.00 registration fee covers please click
HERE.

We will also have a banquet on Friday evening (4/30). 
If you wish to attend the banquet the cost will be an additional $37.00
(cost is NOT included in the $35.00 convention registration fee).
For information on what will be served at the banquet - please click
HERE.

NOTICE:  The cost here are strictly what the MPWU needs
for registration and the convention banquet -
your local or state may have additional fees. 
Please contact your Local and/or state president for further information.


Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington participants - please contact your
state president for a registration sheet.

Montana participants - all registration costs for the Multi-state convention
for Montana participants are being covered by the MPWU
(up to the number of delegates you are entitled to under the constitution).

NOTICE:  Please send over a listing of convention attendess (so badges can be made)
and a listing of those people attending the banquet (so we can get them a wristband) to
Gary Phillippe, 5600 57th Ave SW, Great Falls, MT 59404.

Registration Refunds
To get a refund of your registration fee you must contact MPWU
Secretary/Treasurer Larry Swift by a deadline of 
Wednesday, April 14, 2010.
Larry's contact information can be found by clicking HERE
After this date we are locked into the lunches, dinners, refreshments, etc. that we have
ordered based on the registrations received and no refunds will be given, no exceptions.

Reservations:
Please call 1-800-399-0408 or 406-721-8550 or reservations@himissoula.com
For information on the hotel -
www.himissoula.com
Fax - 406-728-3472

Please make your room reservations by Friday, February 26.
When the MPWU signed our contract with the hotel we committed to a 150 room block
for this event.  If we do not fill 80% of our room block the MPWU could be charged
substantial penalties.  We asked the hotel to allow us to revisit the room block and they
agreed to do this up until Friday, February 26. 
The MPWU may be reducing our room block on this date
to avoid paying any penalties.


Our room block (currently 150 rooms) will be held until
Monday, March 29, 2010.
After this date our block will be released immediately.  The hotel will continue to accept
reservations on a space and rate available rate only (if you can get a room the cost
may go up as our $91.00 + tax negotiated rate is only good through this date).


Mention the NW Region Multi-state or the APWU
when making your reservation to get government rate

The government rate is currently $91.00 + tax
(Government rate was renegotiated October 1, 2009)

You must bring your government ID to get this government rate

If you are a retiree or you have never worked for the P.O. (auxiliary members, etc.)
please make your hotel reservation under our block. 
If you have any trouble getting the negotiated rate please let
Gary Phillippe (Multistate Chairperson) know and he will assist you.
Please contact him at 406-453-6085 or
MTAPWU@Aol.com

NOTICE: This is a 100% smoke-free hotel. 
If they catch you smoking or find after you leave that
there was smoking in your room -
they will charge you a $500.00 fine.

If you contact the hotel and they have run out of rooms in our block please contact
Gary Phillippe at
MTAPWU@Aol.com or 406-453-6085 and
he will make contact another hotel for an additional block.

NW Region Multi-state Convention Schedule:


Tuesday, April 27
:
Folks start arriving 
Early registration will be set up for Tuesday evening
- more info posted as info becomes available
Hospitality - more info posted as it becomes available

Wednesday, April 28
:
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Individual State Conventions

Individual refreshments set up by each state in their meeting room
noon - 1:00 p.m. - lunch on your own
National Relations Director, Sue Carney, will speak to individual
conventions and speak with individual delegates concerning their
OWCP and/or NRP issues

6:30 - 9:30 p.m. - Training class - Discipline
Hospitality - more info posted as it becomes available

Thursday, April 29
:
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Individual state conventions
Individual refreshments set up by each state in their meeting room

noon - 1:00 p.m. - Auxiliary hosted sandwich luncheon
(cold cuts, bread, selection of cheeses, potato salad, green salad, water/coffee/tea)
Auxiliary membership drive, Labor Education, raffle
1:30 - 5:00 p.m. Training class - Stewards training
(for any that get done with individual state business early)

Hospitality
6:00 p.m. - midnight - The Loft - 119 West Main Street
(1 and 1/2 blocks from the hotel)
Open bar featuring large selection of Montana microbrews plus mixed drinks,
domestic beer and wines.  Sodas and coffee also. 
Food - a meal (not a snack) will be available. 


Friday, April 30
:
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Multi-state conventio
n
One centrally located spot set up for coffee, tea (in the atrium)
2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Training class set up in case
Multi-state Convention business is completed early
.
Banquet
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. no-host bar, dinner served at 6:30 p.m.
RiverBend Buffet - please click
HERE for a menu.
Auxiliary/project reports (Share Bear and Missoula Youth Home)
Bridge Builders Award, 2010 Scholarship Awards
Speakers / swearing in of new officer
s

Saturday, May 1
:
Training all day

9:00 - noon - four separate training classes

One centrally located spot set up for coffee, tea (in the atrium)
Noon - 1:30 p.m. - lunch on your own
1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - four separate training classes


Training
:
Please click HERE for a listing of national officers/NBA's we have
scheduled for training classes.


Sunday, May
2:
Have a safe trip home!

Resolution
s:
For a resolutions form - please click
HERE.
Chris Santos - Idaho State President, is Chairperson of the Resolutions Committe.
Please send your resolutions to Chris by Thursday, April 15.
If you are unable to mail them by this date - please just bring them with you to Missoula.

Questions - contact Chris:
Office - (208) 343-1259
Fax - (208) 345-2955
Cell - (208) 863-8064
Email -
IAPWU@Aol.com

Making copies, etc
.: 
We will set up one central room with a large copier,
a smaller photocopier, possibly a laptop, etc. for everyone's use.
The large copier is going to be rented from a business outside of the
hotel - so there will be no on-site maintenance - but we'll have a number for a repairman.

COPA items
:
We will also have a large centrally located room for
all state's to set up tables with the COPA items, 50/50 raffle, Auxiliary projects.
This room will also be occupied by the
Auxiliary members who will be attending and conducting their own convention.

If you have items that you'd like to donate to raffle for COPA please contact an

Auxiliary Office
r or you can send your items to the
Missoula Local, PO Box 2633, Missoula, MT. 59806.

We would like to make your stay in Missoula a good one - if you have any
questions or need assistance please contact Gary Phillippe at
MTAPWU@Aol.com or 406-453-6085.

To go back to the MPWU HOME page, please click HERE.
For more information on the convention hotel, please click
HERE or for
the hotel's website please click
HERE.