The 2019 Paul Aylward  Education Conference will be held on August 16th and 17th at the Huron Event Center. There will be a welcome social at the hotel on Thursday, August 15th from 6-9pm for those that are arriving that evening. 

The conference will begin on Friday, August 16th at  9am and will continue until 4pm. Social hour will begin at 5:30 and the banquet will be from 6:30-9pm. During the banquet, two awards will be given- the Joel Plienis Award and the Taylor/Morsching Award. The nomination forms can be found at the bottom of this page. Please email your nominations for these awards to [email protected] or mail them to the AFSCME St. Cloud office:

                                                           3335 W St. Germain St, Suite 107

                                                                St. Cloud, MN 56301

The conference will continue on Saturday, August 17th at 9am and will end at noon. 

The registration fee for the conference is $50, which includes dinner and the awards ceremony on Friday evening. If you are only planning to attend the banquet, the fee is $25. To RSVP for this event, please call 218-885-3242 or click the link below. 

https://actionnetwork.org/events/2019-south-dakota-education-conference

Hotel accommodations are available at the Crossroads Hotel. There will be a block of rooms for AFSCME Council 65 members in the amount of $87.99. A continental breakfast will be included. Members will need to make their own hotel reservations. Please call 605-352-3204 and be sure to ask for the AFSCME 65 room rate.  

 Taylor/Morsching Award form

 Joel Plienis Award Nomination form

2019 Paul Aylward Education Conference Flyer