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2024-2025 UPCOMING EVENTS

2025 Booster & Officer Training February 1 & 2, 2025

The Abraham Lincoln Double Tree
Springfield, IL
Room Rate $119 + Tax Includes Breakfast

County Officer Training Information and Registration Form Booster and Junior information, including registration form

30th Annual Mid-States Conference May 2-4, 2025

The Abraham Lincoln Double Tree
Springfield, IL

2025 Mid-States Registration and Information

State Convention June 25-27, 2025

The Abraham Lincoln Doubletree
Springfield, IL
Room Rate $119 + Tax

What's New!

*The Lorene Maher and Carol Bowen Scholarship 2025 Application

*On January 13, 2025, the NRLCA filed a Step 4 grievance regarding the Postal Service’s failure to timely adjust overburdened routes. https://www.nrlca.org/News/1732

*On January 5, 2025, President Joe Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law at a bill signing ceremony at the White House. This landmark bipartisan legislation repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO).

*The website calendar was updated to reflect the 2025 pocket calendar.

*USPS and NRLCA Sign MOU on Territorial Route
Adjustments. Click here to view/download the MOU.

*2025 Auxiliary Scholarship Applications.

*The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) allowing Regular Rural Carriers to volunteer for Sundays or to assist on other routes has been extended through February 21, 2025.

*How to reset your password for liteblue.

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THE 2024-2025 NRLCA NATIONAL BOARD

President:

Donald L. Maston

Vice President:

Patrick A. Pitts

Secretary-Treasurer:

Thomas K. Turner

Director of Labor Relations:

John Adams

Director of Steward Operations:

Nicky Phillip

National Chaplain

Gary W. Wilder (Tennessee)

Remains Chaplain for 2024-2025

Executive Committee

Jeanette P. Dwyer,

Chairman

Michael Merola:

Elected on August 30, 2024,

to serve a two-year term as Executive Committeeman.

Bethany Small:

Elected on August 30, 2024,

to serve a four-year term as Executive Committeeman.

Kirby D. Ricketts

Important Dates

Complete By:	Action:
02/08/2025 - 03/14/2025	Delivery Units enter Office Walk, Route Settings and Daily Volume data into the Rural Management Support System (RMSS) web application
02/22/2025	A 12-day Mini Mail Survey of stated items begins on all rural routes
02/22/2025 - 03/07/2025	Data entry must be made daily by COB for all routes
03/07/2025	DPM / LTM Mapping Deadline Date. No mapping changes will be reflected post this date in Eval 5
03/14/2025	All Mini Mail Survey entries to include Office Walk, Route Settings and Daily Volume must be finalized by 17:00 CT. No additional changes will be accepted post this date.
03/29/2025	Print and distribute 4241A's and 4241M's
04/05/2025	Effective date of the RRECS Evaluation; Update the Rural Carrier schedules in RMSS Scheduling tool URL: https://blue.usps.gov/delret/L3do/rural/timekeeping/rural schedule tool v19.1.01.xlsx