Conference 2025

Conference Highlights

Delegate Action

Along with all the fun, delegates voted on resolutions, the annual budget and Board candidates. Below is a summary of delegate actions.

Resolutions

• • • • Resolution 1: Association Sustainability – Referred back to maker (Board of Directors) 
      • Resolution 2: Per Capita Dues Reduction (Emergency Resolution) – Defeated
      • Resolution 3: Associate Membership Eligibility – Passed
        Adds eligibility criteria for Associate Membership to include individuals who are no longer eligible for active membership due to a separation from employment within the jurisdiction of an affiliated OSEA chapter due to chronic or catastrophic illness or injury.
      • Resolution 4: Association Review of Proposed Chapter Constitution Revisions Prior to Membership Approval – Withdrawn
      • Resolution 5: Honorary Membership – Referred back to maker (Board of Directors)
      • Resolution 6: Member Assistance Fund Event – Withdrawn
      • Resolution 7: Study to Review Current Dues Structure – Passed (as amended)
        As amended: Directs a study be conducted by an ad hoc committee to determine mean and median dues of all members, report on the number of members and amount of dues generated within brackets of $5.00 increments, to review the current dues structure and to explore alternatives that could involve a recalculation of the current dues structure or a dues cap. The study shall include the fiscal impact on the Association as a whole for each option studied and shall be completed no later than Conference 2026.
      • Resolution 8: Chapter Time Release – Withdrawn 

      Budget

      The 2025-26 Budget was adopted.

      Elections

      The following members were elected to the OSEA Board of Directors:

      • President: Sarah Wofford of Rogue Community College Chapter 152 (incumbent)
      • Vice President: Kris Dowell of Centennial Chapter 113
      • Secretary: Mary Hofer of Bend-La Pine Chapter 6 (incumbent)
      • Zone I Director: Misty Talerico of Tillamook Chapter 28 (incumbent)
      • Zone III Director: Sella Bemrose of North Santiam Chapter 122 (incumbent)
      • Zone V Director: Alecia Elverude of Central Point Chapter 47 (incumbent)
      • Zone VII Director: Jeremias V. Martinez of Nyssa Chapter 82 (incumbent)

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