Let's Do NAPS Together

Let’s Do NAPS Together
By Richard Green
NAPS Eastern Region Vice President

One thing I have come to know is that we, as humans, are not meant to do life alone. We are meant to walk through life in community, working together for the common good of all.

NAPS is a management association built on those principles of a community of leaders in the U.S. Postal Service with a common goal of pursuing a better life for all EAS employees. Our purpose has been something on which we have stood for over 100 years NAPS has been in existence.

Those are the ideals on which NAPS was founded in 1908. A group of supervisors met in Louisville, KY, understanding the concept of strength as a community. They had a vision of improving the lives of supervisors who were not receiving proper representation. They set out to build an organization that would work together for the betterment of supervisors across the nation.

If only they could see what we have become! NAPS is an organization of just under 30,000 members representing a multitude of different managerial, postmaster and supervisory positions in the Postal Service.

What does “doing NAPS together” look like? It’s taking care of every member across the nation and being responsive to their issues, no matter how big or small the problem. It’s advocating collectively for our members when they may feel they are standing alone.

It’s providing opportunities to come together across the country, providing network and information-sharing opportunities. It’s meeting at the local level to let our members know NAPS national and local officers hear their concerns and are fighting to address them.

It’s being on Capitol Hill, advocating for issues that impact the Postal Service and the membership. It’s representing members when they feel there is nowhere else to turn and no one understands the issues they are facing.

NAPS understands! We are ready to walk with our members through the ups and downs of working for the Postal Service.

Doing NAPS together is a lifestyle. That lifestyle’s first step is signing to become a member. If you’re reading this magazine, I thank you; you’re already a member.

We know there are many EAS employees out there who are not; you may have a relationship with a non-member. Be proud of your organization and share with nonmembers the benefits of membership. We have membership packets at NAPS Headquarters we would be glad to send to you to help you with your efforts to grow membership.

Remember, you are not in this alone. The same building blocks our organization was built on over 100 years ago remain today.

Fighting for membership!