AMO membership meeting to be held November 8 at union headquarters in Dania Beach

American Maritime Officers will resume in-person monthly membership meetings on Monday, November 8 at AMO headquarters. The November 8 meeting is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. eastern time.

Please note: Sunday, November 7 is the end of Daylight Saving Time for 2021 and clocks will be rolled back one hour early on Sunday morning across the U.S.

For the in-person membership meeting November 8, the AMO Executive Board has set appropriate, practical and effective health safeguards - including proof of vaccination OR confirmation of a negative COVID test from the clinic operated by AMO Plans at STAR Center or another qualified testing source after five days in South Florida prior to the meeting.

Testing at the AMO clinic will be by appointment throughout the morning of the meeting because each result - positive or negative - takes 15 minutes following each test.

AMO members nearby in South Florida have until November 5 at the latest to make an appointment for this diagnostic procedure at the clinic for the morning of the November 8 meeting if the clinic is able to accommodate them. The clinic hours on the STAR Center campus are 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. eastern time and the direct line to the clinic during these business hours is 954-927-5213.

AMO members attending class at STAR Center on the meeting date will have been vaccinated or tested. Unvaccinated students on campus for more than a week are tested weekly.

These requirements are already in place for all union officials, representatives and support staff at AMO headquarters and are similar to protocols in place at STAR Center.

The AMO Executive Board has also approved temperature checks at sign-in, and AMO boarding representatives will be checking AMO member documentation of vaccine or testing status beginning at 1200 at AMO headquarters.

We expect substantial membership participation, given the return to on-site meetings, but we would encourage social distance in the meeting hall as conditions permit. Masks will be available for optional use.

Mindful of the unprecedented, unpredictable nature of the pandemic, the Executive Board will be alert to all developments and will adapt and adjust its strategy and restrictions if necessary. Because Florida no longer provides COVID-19 data as public information, we will continue to rely exclusively on what Florida reports nearly each week to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

We have much important union business to discuss, and we are anxious to get the conversation underway on November 8.