2025 Annual Meeting
Sept. 12–14, 2025

USMS to Host Hybrid Annual Meeting in 2025

Attendees can attend the meeting virtually or in person at the Kansas City Airport Marriott (airport code: MCI). When they determine how to attend, we encourage LMSCs and delegates to consider attendees’ personal/vacation time and how funds used to attend in person could be used locally in support of USMS member programming and benefits.  

By late summer, we’ll announce a tentative schedule, which will include meetings to be held via Zoom in advance of the annual meeting and the agenda for the annual meeting. The 2025 annual meeting webpage will be updated as information becomes final, and we will link to the annual meeting schedule in Sched. Should you have immediate questions regarding the 2025 annual meeting, please contact Volunteer Services.

Resources for Delegates

Below are resources, important updates, in addition to all annual meeting information to ensure attendees will be prepared to fully participate.

• Location - Virtually or in person at the Kansas City Airport Marriott

  • Address: 775 Brasilia Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64153

  • Airport: Kansas City International Airport, Code: MCI

• Dates - Sept. 12-14, 2025

• Helpful Guides Coming Soon

  • Helping LMSCs Plan

  • In Person Delegate Guide - Reminder: A device with the ability to connect to Zoom and Wi-Fi will be required to bring.

  • Virtual Delegate Guide

• USMS Community - The most important element in making our annual meeting effective is delegates being thoroughly prepared. We encourage you to stay connected through the USMS Annual Meeting forum (must be logged into your USMS My Account to access).

Annual Meeting Delegate Packet

The packet and individual sections are subject to revision, please be sure to check back frequently to see if any sections have been updated.

Sections of the Annual Meeting Packet

• Annual Meeting Schedule

• House of Delegates meeting agendas

• Consent Agendas and Order of Consideration

• National Office - CEO Report to House of Delegates

• 2025 Elections

  • Candidates for Office

  • Consolidated Election Packet

• Committee Reports

  • Executive Committee

  • Standing Committees 

  • Committees of the Board of Directors

  • Zones

  • Liaisons and Special Assignments

• Proposed Amendments

  • Legislation

  • Long Distance

  • Rules

• 2026 Financial Planning

  • 2026 Business Plan Assumptions 

  • 2026 Budget Preparation Timeline 

• Administrative Documents

  • Proposed Rules of the USMS Annual Meeting

  • USMS Leadership and Staff - An Abridged Directory

  • Roberts Rules of Order - The Basics

Meeting Minutes

Read minutes from all meetings held in conjunction with the 2025 annual meeting.

Resources for Committees

• Committee report template (pre-annual meeting)

• Instructions for meeting minutes

• Meeting minutes template (MS Word document)

• Example of a completed meeting minutes document

Post Annual Meeting

• 2026 Committee Request (opens 9/14/2025)

• 2026 Annual Meeting Participant Survey Questions (opens 9/14/2025)