1. NOW READS:

ARTICLE III.
MEETINGS

Section 1 - The regular meeting of Branch # 226 shall be held on the first (1) Thursday of each month at the designated address posted on the Branch website, at 7:00 pm. If a conflict should arise an alternate meeting place will be chosen by the Executive Board.

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ARTICLE III.
MEETINGS

Section 1 - The regular meeting of Branch #226 shall be held on the first (1) Wednesday of each month at the designated address posted on the Branch website, at 7:00 pm. If a conflict should arise an alternate meeting place will be chosen by the Executive Board.

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2. NOW READS:

ARTICLE III.
Meetings

Section 3 - A Quorum shall consist of twenty-five (25) members in good standing.

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ARTICLE III.
MEETINGS

Section 3 - A Quorum shall consist of twenty (20) members in good standing

Banquet will be held on Saturday, October 18, 2025 from 6:30 pm through 8:30 pm. This year’s banguet will be held at the:

LOGANS ROADHOUSE
948 NE LOOP 820
HURST, TX. 76053

Each Officer, Steward, and Retired member is entitled to two (2) reservations at no charge. Each additional reservation will be at a cost of $30.00 per reservation. We ask that you please RSVP to Branch Office and leave message or talk with Miranda, Director of Retirees at 817-284-5131 by no later than October 3, 2025.

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In accordance with Article V of the National Constitution, this is official notice to all members of the Panther City Branch #226, Fort Worth, Texas, that nominations for all elected officers for the term 2026-2028 will be accepted at the October 2nd Branch Meeting. The nominations will be open for the following positions: President (full-time), Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, HBR/MBA Representative, Sergeant-At-Arms, Director of Retirees, and five (5) Trustees.

The election of officers will be by mail-out ballot according to Article V of the Branch By-Laws. All candidates for Branch Office and/or for a delegate position must certify in writing that he/she has not voluntarily or otherwise held, accepted, or applied for a supervisory position in the Postal Career Service for any period of time, whether one (1) day or a fraction thereof, either detailed, acting, probationary or permanently, anyone serving in this capacity shall be ineligible to run for any office or to be a delegate for a period of two (2) years after termination of such supervisory status.

Nominations for delegates to the 2026 — 74th National Convention, which will be held in Los Angeles from August 3-7, 2026, will also be accepted at the October 2nd Branch Meeting; the election for delegates will be held at the November 6th Branch Meeting. All candidates for the position of officer and/or delegate must be current in payment of their dues in order to be eligible to be a candidate.

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At the June 6, 2025, Branch Meeting the name of Amanda Bruce was drawn She was not present so she could not claim the amount of $195.00. The next drawing will be at the August 7 2025, Branch Meeting for $200.00. Be there, who knows, YOUR NAME could be drawn!!!

Congratulations to our brother Lee (downtown station Rt.#424) and wife upon the birth of their baby boy.

There will be NO June 26th Executive Board meeting or a July 3rd branch meeting and the July Executive Board meeting is moved July 24, 2025

Nastassia Alcius, Uniqua Hall, Reese A Smith, La Darous Cunningham, Quincy Ealy, Gabriel Shuemaker, Abhishek Shrestha, Leon Smith and Lawrence Turner

Congratulations and best wishes to our Brothers and Sisters who have retired since the last newsletter: Horace Ivory, Lupe Farias, Ronald Wesley. May you all enjoy a very long and very happy retirement!

Those Brothers, Sisters and family members reported ill and/or injured these past months were all of the following: Shane Mitich, Billy Arnold, Michael Hunt, Tristian Carew, Tiffany Hall. Bruce Finister’s mother is ill. We wish all a speedy recovery!

We take this time to extend our prayers and sympathies to our following Sisters / Brothers, and their family, upon their recent loss Tony Allbright upon the loss of his father, Shevetta Smith upon the loss of her husband, Patrick woods upon the loss of his grandson, Angela Brown upon the loss of her mother-in-law, Clarence Surer, Corey Carter, Frank Beber, Daniel Tobar, Johnny Bunch, John Stonitsch upon the loss of family members. May God be with you and yours in your time of sorrow.

1. NOW READS:

ARTICLE XII.
SHOP STEWARDS

(B) There will be a meeting of Shop Stewards prior to the Regular Meeting each month. Those attending will be all Shop Stewards and the President of the Branch. The Chairman of this meeting will be the Shop Steward who is elected to attend the Executive Board Meetings by the other Shop Stewards.

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ARTICLE XII.
SHOP STEWARDS

(B) At the Discretion of the President there will be a meeting scheduled for veteran Shop Stewards each quarter and New Stewards will have six (6) training meetings scheduled.

Stewards will be required to attend the training meetings when scheduled unless excused by the President.

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2. NOW READS:

ARTICLE XIV.
OFFICERS AND SHOP STEWARDS EXPENSE MONEY AMOUNTS AND DISBURSEMENT

(B) RULES FOR DISBURSEMENT OF EXPENSE MONEY

4. In the event a combination of nine (9) meetings are not attended by the Shop Stewards, they will be paid at the rate of ten ($10.00) a meeting beginning 1/1/85.

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ARTICLE XIV.
OFFICERS AND SHOP STEWARDS EXPENSE MONEY AMOUNTS AND DISBURSEMENT

(B) RULES FOR DISBURSEMENT OF EXPENSE MONEY

4. In the event a combination of nine (9) meetings are not attended by the Shop Stewards, they will be paid at the rate of ten ($50.00) a meeting.

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We take this time to extend our prayers and sympathies to our following Sisters / Brothers, and their family, upon their recent loss Mariana Aldana upon the loss of her father, Felix Tijerina upon the loss of this brother, Hagen Watkins upon the loss of his aunt and Patrick Woods upon the loss of his Brother.   May God be with you and yours in your time of sorrow.

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Nastassia Alcius, Unigua Hall and Reese A Smith

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Congratulations to our sister Loreena Sanchez from the Riverside Station who attended her first Branch Meeting was initiated and received membership pin.

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At the May 1, 2025, Branch Meeting the name of  David Winters, Jr was drawn he was not present so he could not claim the amount of  $190.00.  The next drawing will be at the June 5, 2025, Branch Meeting for $195.00.  Be there, who knows, YOUR name could be drawn!!!

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We will vote on the two (2) proposed By-Law Changes at the June 2025 branch meeting.

Those Brothers, Sisters and family members reported ill and/or injured these past months were all of the following: Billy Arnold — Foot Surgery and Clarence Suber   In Hospital w/pneumonia. We wish all a speedy recovery!

At the March 6, 2025, Branch Meeting the name of Marcus L Johnson was drawn he was not present so he could not claim the amount of $180.00. The next drawing will be at the April 3, 2025, Branch Meeting for $185.00. Be there, who knows, YOUR name could be drawn!!!

We take this time to extend our prayers and sympathies to our following Brother, and his family, upon their recent loss of Retired member Robert Briseno on February 21, 2025. May God be with you and yours in your time of sorrow.

Tony Atkinson, Karla Guevana, Roscani Hernandez, Damian Martinez, Vinne A Phelps, Darwin K Smith, Jr, Virgil J Smith and Nathaniel J Young.

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