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Back Row: Cliff Berkley (Secretary), Carl Groves (Treasurer), Michael Wener (President), Christopher Mazzulli (Vice President), Karl Osterhout (Director at Large); Front Row: Eva Sirman (Executive Director), Kelly Blad (Director at Large), Carol Balderree (Director at Large), Sherrell Rodgers (Director at Large), Dr. Carletta Griffin (Director at Large)
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A NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT What a busy last few months NADR has had!
effectively communicate with the payment centers has been a big issue and has made already slow payment of representative fees even slower. OCS listened to our concerns as well as expressed their challenges over the last 2 years. We are scheduled to meet with them soon and I will update everyone then.
We had a very exciting and successful conference in Puerto Rico that saw many new faces and a lot of familiar ones as well. Getting together in person with a large group for the first time in 3 years highlighted how important it is to see each other in person. The personal connections you make and sharing of ideas is not the same when you aren’t physically together.
Our legislative team has been hard at work always trying to improve the representative and claimant experience with Social Security. Keep an eye out for our legislative update soon.
The other exciting news is of course the fee cap raise to $7,200 which takes effect on November 30, 2022. It was a long hard fight taken on by many organizations over the last 13 years and I’m proud to say NADR played a major part in the effort and was recognized by the acting commissioner for our role.
I hope to see even more familiar faces and some new ones at our Fall Networking Weekend in St. Petersburg, FL!
The reopening to the public of field offices began back in March and so far, the reports have been mostly positive. The reopening was vital to those that are unable to conduct business with SSA via the internet or phone effectively. The reopening has also taken some pressure off the fragile phone system that has been so heavily burdened since the start of the pandemic. SSA says they are still working on replacement of all 3 major phone systems and that they hope to have this in place by the end of the year.
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NADR recently met with OCS (Office of Customer Service) regarding the overdue unpaid representative fees to express our memberships concern. The inability to NADR NEWS
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PUERTO RICO CONFERENCE…
A room with a view!
Leading up to the conference in April, I know I sounded exhausted and ready for this one to be behind me. In my defense, it was 5 years in the making! That’s a long-time folks, especially when you throw a global pandemic into the mix. Needless to say, we started out planning this conference as our 20th Anniversary Celebration and while later than expected, it was a celebration indeed, for many reasons.
Over 100 of our NADR colleagues gathered at the Wyndham Grand Rio Mar in Puerto Rico in early April for the first “back to normal”, in-person event we’ve held since 2019 and boy did it feel great! The resort was a beautiful backdrop for learning, networking, and most importantly for the rest and relaxation that we’d all been craving. The week was spent celebrating togetherness as well as some VIPs within our NADR family. For starters, we honored our Immediate Past President C. Greg Cates with the Al Gonzales Distinguished Service Award. Greg saw this organization through one of the most trying and least flexible times in NADR’s history as we navigated the pandemic together. His steadfast leadership and dedication to this association was unparalleled and for that reason he was the obvious recipient of this honor. My dear podcast co-host, J. Shay Guess, was awarded Member of the Year! Not only is Shay dedicated to the success of the NADR Let’s Get into It podcast (and the brainchild behind it), he is also a true champion of NADR; he sings our praises and encourages members to be engaged. Speaking of being engaged… long time NADR member Shirley Jenks is ENGAGED to NADR President Michael Wener!!! Michael popped the question in Puerto Rico - talk about a reason to celebrate!! I couldn’t be more excited for my friends and wish them a lifetime of happiness together. Aside from the big celebrations, I saw people celebrating all the small things too. Being able to shake hands and hug each other, grabbing coffee or dinner together, walking the grounds and smelling the sea breeze. This business can be tough (not made any easier by delays in fee payments). It’s refreshing to be reminded that we have to celebrate ALL the small things, not the least of which is this amazing organization of disability advocates, fighting the good fight every single day for those who can’t fight alone. I celebrate each and every one of you. Thank you, as always, for being a member of NADR and sharing your expertise with us. Eva Sirman, CAE NADR Association Manager
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