DIRECTIONS:INFORMATION:AccomodationsResort and Conference Center at Hyannis

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The Resort and Conference Center at Hyannis is an all-season resort in Hyannis. It is located on fifty-two acres and includes an eighteen hole par-3 golf course, indoor and outdoor pools, extensive health and fitness center and a luxurious spa and salon.

Room rates are $109.00 per night for double or single with 11.7% Mass occupancy tax. Check in time is 3 p.m. and check out time 11 a.m.

On Friday October 11, 2013 Continuing Nursing Education contact hours will be awarded by the Massachusetts Nurses Association. The MNA is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

To successfully complete a program and receive contact hours you must: 1) sign in, 2) be present for the entire time period of the session and 3) complete the evaluation.

Attendees are requested to avoid wearing scented personal products when attending the 2013 MNA Convention. Scents may trigger responses in those with chemical sensitivity.

Call MNA’s Division of Nursing at:800-882-2056 x727.

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Resort & Conference Center at Hyannis35 Scudder AvenueHyannis, MA 02601Phone: 866-828-8259 or 508-775-7775Registration Deadline: September 8, 2013

From Boston

From Western Massachusetts:

Follow Route 93 South to Route 3 South to the Sagamore Bridge and onto Route 6 East. Follow Route 6 East to Exit 6. Take a right off the exit onto Route 132 South. At the 4th set of lights turn right onto Bearses Way (towards Hyannis West End). Continue straight through 2 sets of lights. Take the 2nd exit off the rotary. At the next set of lights turn right onto North Street. Continue straight to the rotary. Take the 2nd exit just after the Paddock Restaurant. Resort and Conference Center at Hyannis will be on your left.

Follow Route 495 South to Route 25 East to the Bourne Bridge and merge onto the rotary. Take the 4th exit off the rotary (IHOP will be on your left). Follow until you reach a set of traffic lights. Take a right at the lights onto Route 6 East. Follow Route 6 East to Exit 6. Take a right off the exit onto Route 132 South. At the 4th set of lights turn right onto Bearses Way (towards Hyannis West End). Continue straight through 2 sets of lights. Take the 2nd exit off the rotary. At the next set of lights turn right onto North Street. Continue straight to the rotary. Take the 2nd exit just after the Paddock Restaurant. Resort and Conference Center at Hyannis will be on your left.

Awards Dinner registration

Awards Dinner

Reception, music, cash bar

Labor Program’s Continental Breakfast, Registration, exhibits and silent auction

Welcome and Opening Remarks with Donna Kelly-Williams, President MNA; Keynote: Manuel Cortes, General Secretary Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association, London; Professors Michael Ash and Thomas Herndon - Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts/Amherst

Break, exhibits and silent auction

Bargaining unit updates and reports

Ballot Initiative Update with Speaker Hedy Dumpel, RN, JD, (CNA): “The California Experience with Safe Staffing Legislation”

Community Outreach: Presentation to Independent House, Hyannis

Unit 7 Annual Meeting and lunch

Lunch, exhibits (closing at 2) and silent auction

Business Meeting

President's Reception

Fun event featuring Act Four, Region 3 craft fair and member activities

Silent auction closes, Registration, Breakfast

MNA PAC Meeting

Break

Trauma: Children and Families

“Boston Strong, MNA Proud”, Nurses from Tufts, BWH, BMC, NWH, Norwood and Faulkner.

2013 SPEAKERSREGISTRATION FORM Registration is now available online. Go to www.massnurses.org. SCHEDULE

Three Convenient Packages/Business MeetingThursday-Only Package: Includes events on Thursday: keynote, plenary session, all meals, exhibits

q MNA Members $45 q Reduced Members* $35 q All Others $60 q MASNA students n/c $

Friday-Only Package: Includes events on Friday: keynote, plenary session, breakfast

q MNA Members $35 q Reduced Members* $30 q All Others $50 q MASNA students n/c $

Two-Day Convention Package — Thursday and Friday:

Includes events on Thursday and Friday with the exception of the Awards Dinner

q MNA Members $75 q Reduced Members* $70 q All Others $100 q MASNA students n/c $

q Business Meeting Registration (only) • Thursday, 2:00 p.m.

* includes full-time students (minimum 12 credits), unemployed and retired.

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Manuel Cortes is the General Secretary of the Transport

Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA), the union for

people in travel and transport in the United Kingdom

and Ireland with approximately 22,300 members. He is

a forceful voice against the privatization of transporta-

tion and of the austerity measures that have dramati-

cally failed in the UK and advocates for actions as the

financial transaction tax. He recently attended the

Harvard Trade Union Program.

is the National Director of Nursing

Practice and Patient Advocacy for the California Nurses

Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee.

are co-

authors along with Professor Robert Pollin of the

landmark study "The Austerity Agenda and the Erosion

of Social Protections" which challenges the austerity

hawks' attempts to eviscerate the public sector, labor

unions, and basic social protections.

is a licensed educational

psychologist with degrees in counseling and human

development. She is the Director of the Child Witness

to Violence Project and coordinates all training provided

by the Project. Maxine provided assistance and

training to early childhood professionals in New York

after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. She

has presented nationally about the issues of childhood

stressors, especially those related to exposure to

violence.

Hedy Dumpel RN, JD

Professors Michael Ash and Thomas Herndon

Maxine L. Weinreb, Ed.D

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q Non-member q MASNA students (free), call to register: 1-781-830-5727

Please mail this completed form with check made payable to MNA at:

Massachusetts Nurses Association • 340 Turnpike Street • Canton, MA 02021

Payment may also be made by: q VISA q MasterCard q American Express q Discover

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For Credit Card registrations you may fax this form to: 781-821-4445; please call to verify receipt at 781-830-5727.

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Optional Events

Total Convention Fees: $

Please register below if you plan to attend the following events:

q Awards Dinner • Wednesday, 6:00 - 9:00 Dinner options: q Native Cod q Turkey q Vegetarian

q Unit 7 Annual Meeting/Lunch (Unit 7 members only) • Thursday, 12:30 - 1:30

q Reception • Thursday, 7:00 - 8:00

q Fun Event • Thursday, 8:00 - 11:00

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