Follow up from yesterday

From:nbudzinski@hillaryclinton.com To: slatham@hillaryclinton.com CC: mfisher@hillaryclinton.com, john.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2015-12-09 13:27 Subject: Follow up from yesterday

Hi Sara I wanted to follow up with some notes from John and I's meetings yesterday. Some of this is just to make you aware and a few items I'd appreciate your help. I thought they all went very well and it was very helpful to have John with me. Thanks again! *NEA Meeting* 1. I am attaching below an event request that NEA would like President Clinton to surrogate. Its in March with 1200 of the paraprofessional members (those are the bus drivers, cooks, janitors and other support positions within school). The NEA considers these members their swing voters. The meeting will be in Orlando, FL. I just forwarded this along to Tina as well. John asked me to follow up with you on the request as well. Please let me know if you have any questions or if I can help. The details at the bottom of this email. 2. Victory Fund Follow Up-I think that NEA is open to doing the full $180K to the Victory Fund. They can do this amount in 2015 and the same amount in 2016. For 2015, our window is closing and they had a question about holding any of that money back for in kind work rather then direct contributions. Since we're in December, I'm doubtful the flexibility for in kind work is needed since we reset in 2016. I spoke with Mike Smith this morning and its definitely finance's preference to have the full money amount for 2015. John deferred to Robby on this decision but said we would circle back with a answer this week. Can you help me nail that down? Happy to start a email, etc. Just let me know how I can help. 3. Teacher shortage-John Stocks raised a issue about teacher shortage that he thought would be a good message for their members and the profession at large if the Secretary would want to weigh in. The NEA is going to send materials and I'll mention this issue to Ann O'Leary as well for background. 4. MA-The NEA State President of MA is very pro-Sanders. John Stocks suggested outreach to the former President Paul Toner. I spoke with Charlie Baker this morning and we're going to reach out to him together. Charlie knows him. We will try to engage. *Building Trades Meeting* 1. John mentioned to them that as we role out gun control we would appreciate their help as buffers around the issue. I'll be sure to loop them in as we roll out any gun control policy initiatives. 2. "Leaky pipes"-Terry O'Sullivan was in attendance and mentioned his sensitivity to using the term "leaky pipes" in HRC remarks and statements. I've already flagged this for our policy team. Bottom line: Our intention was not what they thought it was and moving forward we'll be sensitive to it. 3. I'm going to do follow up calls on the Victory Fund information that was circulated on Friday with attendees 4. I'm going to follow up with Monroe on next steps to plan for Hardhats events. *WJC Surrogate NEA request:* *MEMO* *TO*: State Affiliate Presidents *FROM*: Lily Eskelsen García *DATE:* November 13, 2015 *RE: *2016 NEA ESP National Conference: Registration and Nomination Process *2016 NEA ESP National Conference Theme* *Education Support Professionals: Uniting, Inspiring and Leading for the Whole Student* The 2016 NEA ESP National Conference will take place March 11-13, 2016, in Orlando, Florida. The ESP National Conference is NEA’s premier professional development event for ESP members nationwide. The conference program offers three pre-conference workshops and more than 50 breakout sessions that focus on elevating ESP careers and Association leadership development. In addition to providing networking and skill development opportunities, the conference is also the platform for announcing the recipient of the prestigious NEA ESP of the Year Award. We expect over 1,000 participants at this year’s conference! The conference will be held at the Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista (1751 Hotel Plaza Boulevard, Orlando, FL, 32830; (407) 827-4000). Additional information about the conference can be found at www.nea.org/espconference. Registration for the conference will open mid-late November. *State Affiliate Funding and Nominations for the 2016 ESP Pre-Conference* NEA provides full funding scholarships for two ESP members that are *nominated by their state president *as well as the state’s national ESP of the Year nominee (for those states that submitted a nominee). Nominees are funded to attend a pre-conference workshop in addition to the regular conference. Nominees are required to attend the pre-conference workshop and the conference in its entirety. Please visit https://form.jotform.com/51735041787964 to submit your state’s nominees.*The deadline for nominations is** Wednesday, January 6, 2016. * Once the nomination form is submitted, nominees will receive a special link to register for the conference. *The deadline for conference registration is Friday, January 22, 2016.* Please note: State affiliates are responsible for notifying members that they have been nominated and ensuring that they register online prior to the registration deadline. If you need additional information, please contact NEA ESP Quality at ESPConference@nea.org or call (202) 822-7529. 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