Monday, April 7, 2025

Time Event Location
7:30 AM Golf Tournament Registration/Breakfast The Club at Indian Springs
8:45 AM Announcements The Club at Indian Springs
9:00 AM Golf Tournament – Shotgun Start The Club at Indian Springs

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Time Event Location
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Steward School Registration and Packet Pickup Local 798 Training Center (Upper Level)
12:00 PM Lincoln Electric BBQ (Sponsored by Lincoln Electric)  Local 798 Training Center
12:00-2:00 PM Steward School Registration and Packet Pickup Local 798 Training Center (Upper Level)
1:00 PM COMET Class (Organizing Department) Local 798 Training Center (Upper Level)
1:00 PM Advanced Organizing Class (Organizing Department) Local 798 Union Hall
5:00-8:00 PM 798 Night at Boot Barn Boot Barn
6:00 PM Inside Guard Meeting Grand Ballroom V-IX
6:00-8:00 PM Steward School Registration and Packet Pickup Seville Room I & II
6:00-8:00 PM Pipeline Industry Benefit Fund Office Open Seville Room III

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Time Event Location
6:30 AM Local 798 Office Open/Registration and Packet Pickup Seville Room I & II
6:30 AM Pipeline Industry Benefit Fund Office Open Seville Room III
7:30 AM Health Screenings Madrid I
8:00 AM Call to Order/Prayer/Pledge of Allegiance/Star Spangled Banner (Shannon Jackson – President) Grand Ballroom V-IX
8:10 AM Opening Remarks/Announcements (Danny Hendrix – Business Manager) Grand Ballroom V-IX
8:30 AM Ladies Breakfast Grand Ballroom I-IV
8:30 AM Responsibilities of a Job Steward (Charlie Yates – Business Agent)  Grand Ballroom V-IX
9:30 AM Jay Vincent – Outreach Experts (Guest Speaker) Grand Ballroom V-IX
9:40 AM Scott Seedorf – UA General Counsel (Guest Speaker) Grand Ballroom V-IX
9:55 AM Angela Tarwater – Helper Member (Guest Speaker) Grand Ballroom V-IX
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM Lindsey Mattson – Truckers Against Trafficking (Guest Speaker) Grand Ballroom V-IX
10:30 AM National Pipeline Agreement Session Grand Ballroom V-IX
12:00 PM Lunch Break Grand Ballroom I-IV
1:00 PM National Pipe Line Agreement Session Grand Ballroom V-IX
3:00 PM Prize Drawings/End Session (Shannon Jackson – President) Grand Ballroom V-IX
5:00 PM Ladies of 798 Basket Auction (Pipeline Pride Across America Theme) Grand Ballroom V-IX

Thursday, April 10, 2025

Time Event Location
7:00 AM Local 798 Office Open/Registration and Packet Pickup Seville Room I & II
7:00 AM Pipeline Industry Benefit Fund Office Open Seville Room III
7:30 AM Health Screenings Madrid I
8:00 AM Call to Order/Prayer/Pledge of Allegiance (Shannon Jackson – President) Grand Ballroom V-IX
8:10 AM Remarks/Announcements (Danny Hendrix – Business Manager) Grand Ballroom V-IX
8:15 AM Chad Gilbert – UA Director of Pipeline & Gas Distribution (Guest Speaker) Grand Ballroom V-IX
8:30 AM National Pipeline Agreement Session Grand Ballroom V-IX
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM National Pipeline Agreement Session Grand Ballroom V-IX
11:45 AM Prize Drawings/End Session (Shannon Jackson – President) Grand Ballroom V-IX
12:00 PM Lunch Break Grand Ballroom I-IV
1:00 PM Call to Order (Shannon Jackson – President) Grand Ballroom V-IX
1:05 PM Pipeline Industry Benefit Fund (Renée Vause – Director) Grand Ballroom V-IX
1:15 PM PIBF/PIPF/401(k) Year in Review, Reminders, Commonly Asked Questions, and Prize Drawings Grand Ballroom V-IX
1:45 PM

Guest Speakers

  1. Arkansas Best Federal Credit Union – Katie Shewmaker
  2. Sav-Rx – PIBF Pharmacy Benefit Manager – Kristin Bogenreif
  3. Navigating Social Security and Medicare – Sara Shaklee/James Maddux – Trust Company of Oklahoma
  4. 401(k) Plan Overview and Market Outlook – Stacey Curtis/Jim Savage – Trust Company of Oklahoma
 Grand Ballroom V-IX
3:30 PM Additional Prize Drawings Grand Ballroom V-IX
4:00 PM End Session (Shannon Jackson – President) Grand Ballroom V-IX
6:00 PM Cocktails Hotel Atrium
6:00-6:30 PM Retirees Enter Ballroom for Portraits and Seating Retiree Entrance
7:00 PM Retiree Banquet Grand Ballroom I-IV

Friday, April 11, 2025

Time Event Location
8:30 AM Local 798 Office Open/Registration and Packet Pickup Seville Room I & II
8:30 AM Pipeline Industry Benefit Fund Office Open Seville Room III
9:30 AM Call to Order/Prayer/Pledge of Allegiance (Shannon Jackson – President) Grand Ballroom V-IX
9:40 AM Announcements/Opening Remarks (Danny Hendrix – Business Manager) Grand Ballroom V-IX
9:45 AM Dispatch Policies (Jimmy Dick – Dispatcher) Grand Ballroom V-IX
11:00 AM Prize Drawing/End Session (Shannon Jackson – President) Grand Ballroom V-IX
12:00 PM Miller Crawfish Boil (Sponsored by Miller Electric) Local 798 Training Center
12:00-3:00 PM Slick Rig Contest Local 798 Training Center
6:00 PM Ladies Hospitality Grand Ballroom I-IV
7:00 PM April Regular Membership Meeting – SPECIAL BUSINESS: Nomination and Election of an Election Committee. The Election Committee will oversee the 2025 Election of Officers and 2025 UA Convention Delegates election for the 2026 UA Convention Grand Ballroom V-IX
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