Page 7 - EAST BlueNote March April 2018

Upcoming Events

By Terry Mangum- Immediate Past President

I hope all of my Fraternal Order of Police Brothers and Sisters across the great State of North Carolina are doing well.

March and April are usually busy months for the State Lodge and this year will be no exception.

Our State Board of Directors meeting will be held during March 23 thru 25 at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel in

Atlantic Beach. Meeting reports from the Executive Board members, Committee Chairpersons, and State Trustees are

due in the State Office no later than March 12 by 4:00 p.m. These reports will be included in the meeting booklets which

will be distributed at the State Trustees meeting on March 23.

The FOP Southern States Association meeting will be held during April 5 thru 8 at the

Little Rock Marriott in Little Rock, Arkansas. Last year the Southern States Association

meeting was held in Georgia and next year it will be in Tennessee.

The following week, on April 11 thru 15, the National State Presidents meeting and Na-

tional Board of Directors meeting will be held in Seattle, Washington. This meeting will be

held at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel. Randy Hagler will be reporting as Chairman of the

Legislative Committee, Dennis McCrary will be reporting as Chairman of the Disaster Relief

Committee, and I will be reporting as Chairman of the Constitution and By-laws Committee.

May is always a busy month as well with Local Lodge, State Lodge, and National Lodge

Peace Officers Memorial services. More on these memorial services in the next issue of the Terry Mangum

Blue/Note. Immediate Past President

If I may be of assistance to you, or if you have any questions or concerns, please do not

hesitate to contact me. As always, I am here to serve you and our membership.

Information from the Secretary’s Desk
By Lynn Wilson – State Secretary

Hello Brothers and Sisters, I encourage all Lodges and members to continue work-
ing on getting your area attorneys on board with the Na-
Can you believe it has already been over two months tional Legal Defense Plan. You do not want to be scram-
bling for an attorney after an incident has occurred. The at-
since the Christmas holiday? I hope everyone had a safe and torneys should go to the Grand Lodge web site,
www.fop.net, click on the Legal Defense tab, or go to
happy Christmas. www.foplegal.com to start the process of getting signed up.
Just in case you have looked, as of the middle of February,
We have now headed into another season. It is now that Sedgwick was still behind on updating the website with the
names of the newly approved attorneys.
time of year for Lodges to start getting your compliance
As a reminder, the NCFOP Legal Defense Plan still han-
items in order. The 2017 minutes are due now. Please send dles all legal for Affiliate members and Administrative only
for Active members. The National Legal Defense Plan
your 2017 Lodge Minutes to your assigned committee takes care of Critical Incidents and Civil cases for Active
members. Potential Critical Incident and Civil claims must
member and to Constitution and By-laws Chairman Carl be reported to Sedgwick Claims Management services.
Please submit your claim using the Claim Reporting Form.
Pope at legend022858@yahoo.com. It is also getting very Sedgwick will review the claim then communicate with you
and your chosen attorney. For immediate needs with Criti-
close to tax time, so be sure to send in a copy of your cal Incidents, get your chosen attorney on scene as usual.
Lodge’s 2017 tax filings/IRS 990 form. Send this directly Then, in the next day or two, contact Sedgwick. Do Not
wait. Even if you are not sure whether you will need an
to the State Lodge Office. attorney for your case, you should contact Sedgwick and
speak with someone, so they will be aware of your situa-
This August is our State Biennial Conference which is tion.

being held in Charlotte. In order
for your lodge’s State Trustee

and delegates to be able to vote,

or if you plan to run for one of

the elected State Executive
Board positions, your Lodge’s

compliance must be up to date.

For those Lodges that owe

per-capita for the second half of

2018, those checks are due in

Lynn Wilson the State Lodge by April 15.

State Secretary

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