AMO Currents - AMO 2008 area informational meetings: East, West, Gulf Coasts

AMO Currents - Posted: October 7, 2008

AMO 2008 area informational meetings: East, West, Gulf Coasts

Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Hilton Baltimore BWI Airport
Concourse B
1739 West Nursery Road
Linthicum Heights, MD 21090
(410) 694-0808

Thursday, October 23, 2008, 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Hilton Norfolk Airport
The Willoughby Room
1500 North Military Highwa
y Norfolk, VA 23502
(757) 466-8000

Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Embassy Suites Portland Westbrook Room
1050 Westbrook Street
Portland, ME 04102
(207) 775-2200

Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Hilton Seattle Airport Mercer Room
17620 International Blvd.
Seattle, WA 98188
(206) 244-4800

Thursday, November 6, 2008, 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Hilton Oakland Airport Empire Room-Bldg. 5
One Hegenberger Road
Oakland, CA 94621
(510) 635-5000

Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Hilton Houston North Salon 3
12400 Greenspoint Drive
Houston, TX 77060

Thursday, December 11, 2008, 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Hilton New Orleans Airport – Pontchartrain Room
901 Airline Drive
Kenner, LA 70062
(504) 469-5000

Please note: Meeting rooms may be subject to change. Updates will be published as they become available. Please check the bulletin board upon entering the hotel to confirm meeting room.

Area meetings will include reports from AMO officials on union, industry and national developments that affect the AMO membership, as well as detailed reports from AMO Plans Executive Director Steve Nickerson and Smith Barney Vice President Larry Goldstock, who manages AMO 401(k) Plan and AMO Pension Plan Money Purchase Benefit investments. Attorney Michael Reny will discuss the expanded AMO Coast Guard Legal Aid Program, and AMO Director of Government Relations Michael Murphy will report on major regulatory developments affecting all American merchant mariners.

The floor of each meeting will be open for questions and discussion on any topic for any duration. All American Maritime Officers members and applicants are urged to attend and participate.