Brothers and Sister,

It is that time of the year again, pursuant to ARTICLE 18 - SUMMARY OF THE VACATION AGREEMENT, section 1;

1.                  Between September 1^st and November 30^th of each year an Engineer must schedule his vacation in the designated computer screen provided for this purpose.  They will declare on this screen at that time his intent to convert one or two weeks of earned vacation to daily vacation.  This information will be taken into account for scheduling and planning purposes.

Remember that all Employees will be placed on a Supply Point Roster based on where they have worked a preponderance of the time in the preceding year. Preponderance of service for the purposes of craft will be defined as the majority of the time spent in the craft between April 1^st and September 30^th of each year. Preponderance of service for the purposes of work location will be defined as the location where the employee worked the majority of the time between April 1^st and September 30^th of each year. Please let the membership know that the bidding process for 2017 vacations will be opened beginning tomorrow (09/01/2016)and they need to place bid by November 30^{th .}