1. Improving Your Use of NARFE.ORG & NARFEWA.NET
Work Smarter – Not Harder

2. Sign Up For GEMS This is for Everyone
Go to
Click on ‘Members’ – red button near the top
Sign in using last name and member ID
Click on ‘Join GEMS’, blue left side bar
Enter your member ID and birth date and click ‘submit’
Complete the form, click ‘submit’
Done – Now you’ll receive GEMS messages

3. Legislative eMail NARFE Legislative Action Center
The Slow Boat
Go to
Sign in using your last name and Member ID
At mid-page, under Legislation, click on Legislative Action Center
Enter you ZIP+4 Code – you can choose what you want to do – follow directions for , etc.

4. Legislative eMail NARFE Legislative Action Center
The Fast Boat
From a GEMS Message, click where it says
You are now in the NARFE Legislative Action Center.
The message to be sent is displayed
Complete the form with your information
Click Send
Note: Some Congressional Districts split a county and will require your ZIP+4 Code

5. Completing The F-7 Chapter President or Assignee
Go to
Place cursor on Leadership, Click on Forms
Sign in using your name and member ID
Go to list of Interactive Forms
Click on Chapter (Officer Roster) F-7
Sign in on your ID if you’re the President or the President’s ID and name (otherwise)

6. Completing The F-7 Chapter President or Assignee
Click “yes” if you get a dialog box asking if you want a Secure Connection.
Here’s your F-7
Click “Yes” to receive paper reports
You can make entries as to your chapter’s meeting place, date, & time, etc.
Make sure the Federation President and Secretary receive a copy by completing their information
Complete the form and review for accuracy “before” sending. Be sure every position is addressed, either with change, no change, or vacant.

7. Using M-114 & M-112 Reports
Chapter President sets user name and password
Go to
Place cursor on Leadership, Click on Online Reports
Click on Chapter Reports
Enter User Name and Password

8. Using M-114 & M-112 Reports You’ll see a screen with options to:
M-111 – State Officer Roster
M-112 – Issued Monthly about the 8th of the month Three formats. HTML, Excel or Text. Click on desired format and month. (note: only 3 months are available for any online report)
M-114 – Issued semi-annually with M-112 updates included. Three formats. HTML, Excel or Text. Click on desired format .
Note: A-220 (dues activity), M-130 (recruiting fee), M-131c (AFE bonus recruiting fee) and W-101 (chapter dues advance payment) reports are also available

9. Using M-114 & M-112 Reports
You can print directly from this page or save to your computer or disk.
Instructions for printing address labels are available from this page.
Look around to see which documents you need and in what format.

10. Change Chapter Passwords
Requires Chapter President’s approval
Usually given to Chapter Officers
Passwords are automatically reset when Form F-7 is submitted with new Chapter President

11. Change Chapter Passwords
New Page
Change Chapter Passwords
Go to
Go to NARFE Leadership on the red bar
Click on ‘Online Reports’
On the Reports Log-in Page, go to the bottom paragraph where it says retrieval or change of name and password, click on the underscored word
Enter you President’s ID and Mother’s Maiden Name
Make the change and click ‘Submit’

12. Chapter & Federation WEB Sites
Does your Chapter have web site?
Find out and periodically check out what’s there
The WSFC web site is
Go take a look. Thigs Change!
We used the NARFE.ORG and WSFC web sites a lot including, general information and downloadable forms, etc.
Discuss the following points.

13. Order Forms Go to www.narfe.org Go to NARFE Leadership, click on Forms
New Page
Order Forms
Go to
Go to NARFE Leadership, click on Forms
Sign in with your name and Member ID
Under Forms, go to F-18
Complete the information requested
Enter number of items for each form requested
Leave the rest blank (no zeros)
Click ‘Submit’ , you’ll receive an receipt
Note: On Forms page below F-18 are a number of choices including a list of interactive & downloadable forms, etc.

14. Any additional questions???
Summary
We’ve covered:
Signing up for GEMS
Legislative , slow and fast
Completing Form F-7 and its importance
Using the various reports and the formats available.
Chapter & Federation Web Sites
Order Forms
Any additional questions???