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U. S. Chamber of Commerce Initiative

November 2011

Welcome to Colorado ESGR. Our purpose is to have an informative newsletter that will edu-cate, inform, and promote service by and to ESGR while fulfilling our mission of supporting

Employers, Guard/Reserve members, and COESGR Volunteers.

Inside this Issue

Freedom Award Nominations..1Freedom Award Process......2Awards...3USERRA Information.......4SOS Information....5Events/Contacts.........6

Colorados ESGR Electronic Newsletteris published not only for the information and benefit of the members of theColorado ESGR but most importantly to our Guard and Reserve members and their employers.

The contents of this newsletter highlight activities and events conducted by Colorado ESGR.

Send comments regarding this publication to the Newsletter Editor: James Garrett at [email protected]

National Site News andInformation

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Colorado

Click on any photo or icon in theClick on any photo or icon in theNewsletter for website link.Newsletter for website link.

http://www.freedomaward.mil/HomeView.aspx

Past Colorado Recipients:

2011 - Qwest Communications, Denver

2010 - Newmont Mining Corporation, Denver

2009 - First Data Corporation, Greenwood Village

2006 - Fred Fletemeyer Company, Colorado Springs

2004 - Coors Brewing, Golden, CO

The Secretary of Defense Employer

Support Freedom Award is the highestrecognition given by the U.S.

Government to employers for theirsupport of their employees who serve

in the Guard and Reserve. The 2011nomination period saw over 4,000

Guard and Reserve membersnominating employers for exceptional

support.

Only 145 companies have been

presented the Freedom Award since it was first instituted 1996. Freedom Award recipients distinguish themselves

going to extraordinary lengths to support their militaemployees. 2011s honorees ranged from a small church

South Dakota, to two sheriffs departments, to majautomotive, technology, and banking corporations.

The 2012nomination

season will

open Monday

November 1

2011.
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November 2011Freedom Award - Process

How to complete the nomination process: all applications are submitted online to ESGR

Fill out the nomination form fully and accurately at:http://www.freedomaward.mil

Once in the nomination form, your information will not be saveduntil you hit Submit. You may want to print out these instructions

prior to entering the nomination form for reference. Do not hit theBackspace key or the Back button arrow in your web browserunless you are OK with losing the information you have alreadyentered.

Ask your employer or HR representative for clarification if you areunsure of the best answer to the questions. You can even printout the nomination and discuss with your HR representative for

assistance.

For each question, please provide supporting information in thetext box below each question. This is your chance to enhance yournomination by providing thorough explanations of why youremployer deserves to be considered for this award (for example:elaborating on pay and benefit policies, service member and familysupport provided).

Information to include in text boxes:

What sets your employer apart from others?

Do they make it easy for you to meet your military serviceobligations?

Did they provide free childcare while you were deployed, or takecare of your lawn while you were gone?

Do they check up on your spouse, family members, or perform home repair in a time of crisis in yourabsence?

Elaborating on all of the ways in which your employer supports you, your family, other service membersand the military community will ensure the strongest nomination possible. For more information on what ittakes to be a Freedom Award recipient, please select an option from the Recipient dropdown menu tosee the contributions made by current and previous recipients.

What happens next?..

After your nomination is submitted, it will go to a review committee in yourstate. Once the nomination period closes in January, the state will selectsemifinalists to move on to the next round of competition. A review boardat HQ ESGR, a Department of Defense agency, considers allsemifinalists for selection to the next round (finalists). The group offinalists goes before a National Selection Board comprised of senior

Department of Defense officials, representatives from each of the sevenReserve Components, employer associations and past recipients of theFreedom Award. This selection committee makes recommendations forup to 15 recipients to the Secretary of Defense for final approval.Recipients are finalized by early summer. The annual award ceremony isheld each September.

The 2012

Freedom Award

nomination period

will close on thethird Monday in

January 2012.

Who is eligible to nominate?

Onlya Guard or Reserveservice member can nominate

their employer.

If a service member does nothave online access to submit anomination, a family membercan nominate the servicemembers employer on theirbehalf.

Who is eligible to receive theaward?

Small, large (500+) and publicemployers can be nominated.The employer MUST be theservice members current

employer.

Nominations for friends, family,schools, stores, etc. that are notthe service members employerwill not be considered.
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The Douglas County Board of Commissers underscored the Countys leaders

role as an employer of National Guard aReserve service men and women by plactheir individual signatures on a specienlarged version of ESGRs StatementSupport certificate.

Commissioners Jill Repella, Chair, SteBoand and Jack Hilbert joined ShWeaver in signing this document, which be prominently displayed in Commissioners Office, Philip S. MBuilding, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock.

Each of the Commissioners spappreciatively about the national serv

performed by National Guard and ArForces Reserves service men and womand especially about those in the Coun

Front row (l to r): DCSO Deputy Mark Barela; Lorin Ricker, ESGR Douglas Countyarea co-chair; county commissioners Steven Boand, Jill Repella, chair, and JackHilbert; Douglas County Sheriff David Weaver. Back row (l to r): Douglas CountyUndersheriff Tony Spurlock; DCSO Deputy John Compton; Scott Mace, ESGRvolunteer; and DCSO Deputy Mark Tracy.

November 2011Patriot Award and Statement of Support recipients

Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) volunteers from Douglas County gathered at the Septem13, 2011 meeting of the Douglas County Board of Commissioners to bestow two important awards; 1) prestigious ESGR Patriot Awardto Sheriff David Weaver on behalf of the Douglas County Sheriffs office and 2) aESGR Statement of Supportwas presented for official signatures by members of the Board of Commissioners.

Pictured left to right: Deputy Mark Tracy, Undersheriff Tony Spurlock, Lorin Ricker,Sheriff David Weaver, Deputy John Compton, and Deputy Jeffrey Burke.

The Douglas County Sheriffs Office anSheriff David Weaver were nominated fan ESGR Patriot Award by Deputy MaTracy, who also is a Staff Sergeant in tColorado National Guard.

Deputy Tracys nomination cited sevecritical employment policies implementeby the Sheriffs Office and DouglCounty which make possible the lengtdeployments of himself and other deputiwho serve in the Armed Forces ReserComponent, including differential pa

benefits coverage and direct support their families during deployments.

Deputies Barela, Compton andTracy are U.S. military Reserv

Component (RC) servicemembers.

SSgt Mark Tracy who submitted the nomination wrote, We have many Guard and Reserve members in agency and many have been on deployments over the past 5 years. The Douglas County Sheriff's Ofnot only supports the soldiers, sailors, airman and marines as they are called up, but also continu

paying them a differential, and maintains all benefits for a period of 12 months. Sheriff Dave Wearemembers his employees that are called to fulfill their nation's duties, and treats us well. I was on anmonth deployment and the sheriff's office took very good care of my family, and made my transition bato work very smooth. I am grateful for an employer like DCSO and a boss like Dave Weaver. Thanks.
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November 2011Basic USERRAFAQs

The Uniformed Services Employment andReemployment Rights Act of 1994(USERRA, 38 U.S.C. 4301 4335) is afederal law intended to ensure thatpersons who serve or have served in theArmed Forces, Reserves, National Guardor other uniformed services: (1) are notdisadvantaged in their civilian careersbecause of their service; (2) are promptlyreemployed in their civilian jobs upon theirreturn from duty; and (3) are notdiscriminated against in employment basedon past, present, or future military service.The federal government is to be a model

employer under USERRA (38 U.S.C. 4301).

(Click on the picture to download the poster)
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The new Statement of Support includes an extra bullet targetingemployment.

Employers, if you have not signed a statement of support in 2011 or youhave one that you signed in a previous year, please let us know and wewill present the new one to sign and display proudly your continuing

support. If in your professional network you know of an employer thatwould like to sign a Statement of Support and be a part of ESGRs

network, please contact us at 720.250.1176, or email

[email protected]

The focus of ESGR is four-

fold:

Promote an understanding ofGuard and Reserve service.

Enlist support of employersin development of humanresource policies and practicesthat support and encourageemployee participation in Guardand Reserve programs.

Disseminate information toimprove knowledge of, andvoluntary compliance with, theUniformed Services Employmentand Reemployment Rights Act(USERRA) among Reservecomponent leaders, members,and their employers.

Sustain willingness ofemployers to support theiremployees called to militaryservice for the Global War onTerrorism over potentially longerperiods of time and greaterfrequency.

The ESGR Statement ofSupport Program seeks toinform and educate employersabout their rights andresponsibilities towards theiremployees who serve in theNational Guard and Reserve,and to also recognize andreward those employers whogo over and above therequirements of the law.

November 2011New Statement of Supportis out..
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November 2011 STAFF AND CONTACT INFORMATIONPat OFlaherty Staff Director

[email protected]

Kathleen Dorram Program Support [email protected]

720.250.1195 FAX: 720.250.1199

Chandra Hance Program Support [email protected]

720.250.1189 FAX: 720.250.1199

COESGR Business Office

12200 East Briarwood Avenue, Suite 160Centennial, Co 80112

State ESGR ChairRichard E. Young, RADM, USN(Ret)

[email protected]

COLORADO ESGR

DIRECTORS

Military OutreachMary [email protected] [email protected]

Employer OutreachBev Skinner

[email protected]

Dave Pruett - [email protected]

Ombudsmen

Bill Belz

[email protected]

TrainingLynn [email protected]

Special ProgramsKip Cherouteskcheroutes@ Emgacommunica-tions.com

Speakers BureauMartin [email protected]

Public Affairs

Iris Fontera

[email protected]

EMPLOYER OUTREACH

AREA CHAIR COORDINATOR

Lorin Ricker

[email protected]

NEWSLETTER EDITOR

James [email protected]

State ESGR Vice ChairTom Mills, Brigadier General,CONG (Ret).

[email protected]

EMPLOYER OUTREACHAREA CHAIRS

Boulder/Longmont

Brad Gallup

[email protected]

Colorado Springs

Willie Jones

[email protected]

Cortez Area

Robert [email protected]

Denver Area South

John Weksler

[email protected]

Denver Area North

Michael Mitchel

[email protected]

Douglas County Area

Lorin Ricker

[email protected]

Bob Rotruck

[email protected]

Estes Park Area Chair

Gary Brown

[email protected]

Fort Collins

Robert Fryer

[email protected]

Grand Junction

Lou Brackett

[email protected]

Pueblo

Harry Vogel

[email protected]

EVENTS CALENDARNOVEMBER

4-6 88TH RSC Yellow Ribbon Event

Denver, CO

DECEMBER

3 New Volunteer Training

Centennial, CO

16-18 88th RSC Yellow Ribbon Event

Guardsmen and Reservists, Say

Thanks to Your Employer!

Would you like to recognize your employer forsupporting your military service? ColoradoESGR can help! We offer a variety of recogni-tion for your employer. The first step in havingyour employer considered for recognition as anoutstanding employer is to submit a PatriotAward nomination. Tell us why your employeris great! When completing the employerrecognition form, take a few moments toexplain why your employer deserves to be rec-ognized. Colorado ESGR volunteers will reviewyour nomination when they select nominees forhigher-level employer support awards.

For more information, visit ESGR Patriot AwardNomination.

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