In April, the NDU-Retired Advisory Board met for their annual convening to plan work for the year ahead. They were joined by 2024 North Dakota Teacher of the Year Sheila Peterson for a wonderful session of learning and idea sharing. The next day, the Advisory Board joined other NDU-R delegates at the NDU Delegate Assembly.
We were thrilled to partner with Fargo and West Fargo’s local education associations for their retirement celebrations this spring. NDU-R promoted membership while assisting the locals with the cost of the events, thanks to funding from the NEA-Retired organizing grant. We are again hoping to partner with locals for retirement celebrations in 2025 – please watch for communication from us early in the year!
NDU-R hosted a social event to share our work and promote membership during the North Dakota United Summer Advocacy & Leadership Summit in July in Bismarck. Members also attended the NEA-Retired Annual Meeting and NEA Representative Assembly in July in Philadelphia.
NDU-Retired also launched an e-newsletter this year, to compliment the biannual printed newsletter. In addition to the printed newsletters that arrive in members’ mailboxes each winter and summer, NDU-R members will now also receive e-newsletters in April, June, October, and December.
Stay tuned for more exciting plans for our North Dakota United-Retired members in 2025!
North Dakota United-Retired Advisory Board members:
Karen Askerooth, President
Gale Haug, Vice President
Deb Johnson, Secretary
JoNell Bakke, Northeast Member
Linda Benson, Public Employee Member
Mary Carlson, Northwest Member
Dakota Draper, Southeast Member
Toni Gumeringer, Southwest Member
Bill Klimpel, Public Employee Member
