d)
PEF Retirees Dues Payment 2003
e)
Travel Expenses – Kersten
f)
Progress Executive Board Mailing Opt-out – Sachs
g)
Progress Report on MIS – new staff member, etc. – Sachs
h)
PEF Expense Voucher Form – Goldstein
i)
Division Mailing List
j)
Membership Lists
7.
Committee Reports
a)
Convention Travel Policy amendment
b) Constitution and By-Laws
Committee Report
1)
Constitutional Amendment
2)
Adoption of Policy Regarding Retirees on Committees
8.
Member Items
a)
Follow-up on Executive Board reapportionment committee – Sachs
b)
Get Active Products – Matrazzo
c)
Resolution and Proposed Donation to ALSC - Keenan
President Benson introduced and welcomed new PEF Stenographer, Jim
Covey.
ADOPTION
OF THE MINUTES
A motion was made to approve
the minutes from the March 2003 Executive Board meeting.
It was seconded.
Charles Kelefant stated that
he requested to be excused from the March Board meeting.
President Benson agreed to amend the attendance list to indicate that
Mr. Kelefant was excused.
The minutes were adopted as amended.
PRESIDENT’S
REPORT
Priorities Update
President Benson thanked the
leadership of the union and stated that PEF’s proposals, 007 and closing
corporate loopholes resulted in an override of the Governor’s proposal and
vetoes. $50 million more was
given for state agencies and $1.8 billion was restored to the state budget.
The President reported that PEF spent $1.6 million on the campaign and
other unions such as 1199, CSEA and the AFL-CIO supported PEF’s proposal,
spending a combined $25 million.
The President announced that in order to strengthen PEF’s ability to
research and publicize effectively, there will be a realignment of staff
within the Civil Service Enforcement unit.
Two members of the staff will be deployed to a new sub-unit that will
deal exclusively with privatization and contracting out.
President Benson reported that PEF
has moved from 50 percent to 66 percent of divisions being fully mobilized and
noted that PEF was well on its way to achieving its goal of 75 percent by the
end of the fiscal year.
The President stated that Job
Security continues to be a priority for the union and thanked Vice President
Pat Baker for her leadership in the Job Security campaign.
He also thanked Regional Coordinators Cliff West, Dave Stallone, Neila
Cardus, Jennifer Faucher, Alan Schulkin and
Dee Dodson
, whose regions were under attack by the proposed cuts.
Finally, he acknowledged the Executive Board members, Council Leaders
and PEF staff who made this campaign their top priority.
President Benson added that although
PEF was successful in this campaign, the state is facing another five to ten
billion dollar deficit next year and the possibility of layoffs continues to
be a threat to the membership.
He noted that if the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, currently in Congress
passes, there will be a $350 million reduction in federal funding to the Labor
Department in
New York
State
. Preventing this legislation is
a top priority for PEF right now. The
President thanked Dan Steen for his leadership in this struggle.
The President stated that the Budget
Work Group will continue to meet throughout the summer to investigate other
sources of revenue and PEF will continue to explore coalitions with other
labor and social groups in
New York
State
in preparation for next year’s budget proposals.
President Benson announced that PEF will be introducing legislation that
would require a one-year notice for the closure of any facility in
New York
State
.
He also added that they would be
reconvening the OMH Strategic Leadership group, as PEF has been advised by
political leaders that certain OMH facilities will be targeted for closures.
The President reported that now is the time to concentrate on contract
negotiations. PEF will focus on
comparability, and the fact that not a single public sector union in
New York
State
has accepted a zero in negotiations since9/11.
He also asked Vice President
Baker and Vice President Brynien to lead a group of members from the Job
Security Committee and the Contract Team to develop a mobilization campaign
around waste in state government from privatization to contracting out.
Regarding Retirement Reform, the President reported that state
management contribution has increased from zero to $480 million and will
increase to $1.1 billion next year. As
a result, there will be strong opposition to any increase in retirement
enhancements at this time.
President Benson noted that the stock
market increases will help to restore the $30 billion to our pension fund that
was lost, but due to the current status of the fund, it would be a struggle to
enact any pension reforms at this time.
He added that 25/55 will continue to be a priority for PEF, with a goal
of making it permanent. PEF will
also continue to focus on obtaining service credits for tiers three and four
for members that pay in after ten years,
and converting leave credits for service credits for late tier one and tier
two members.
The President stated PEF will also continue its fight to achieve a Heart
Bill for Parole, as PEF members are one of the few groups of criminal justice
employees in
New York
State
that do not have this benefit.
President Benson reported
that at the last SEIU Executive Board meeting, a resolution was passed that
the number one priority in 2004 would be their involvement in defeating George
Bush. They will be
activating 2004 members, leaders and staff to be involved in campaigns in the
swing states. President Benson
asked the Board if anyone would be opposed to PEF being involved in such a
campaign and there was no response.
The President then reported
that AFT is currently involved in two corruption scandals, one in
Washington
and one in
Florida
, causing enormous “black eyes” not just for AFT, but the labor movement
as well. He stated that a lack of
guidelines, lack of enforcement, lack of auditing and “looking the other
way” has allowed for this to happen and noted that corruption is the fastest
way to put the labor movement in a negative light.
President Benson announced that the Labor/Management Issue File will
return and will be available on the website.
As a result, it will be possible to access any agenda item of any other
Labor/Management committee by topic. He
thanked the PEF MIS Department, Josephine Rice and Margaret Wexler for their
work on the project.
The President responded to
several questions and introduced Contract Chair, Vice President Ken Brynien,
Chief Negotiator Roger Scales and Bob Carrothers, Director of Contract
Administration to discuss Contract Negotiations.
Contract
Negotiations Update
Vice President Brynien
introduced the members of the Contract Team and reported that they are meeting
with the state every week and are being very vocal in fighting on behalf of
PEF’s demands.
He reported that at this time, they
have reached agreement on 20 articles that neither side would like to open in
these negotiations. In addition,
PEF has submitted hard language on 25 contract articles.
He added that they are now getting fuller participation from the
management team in the form of attendance and feedback, which was not
happening initially. Mr. Brynien
stated that by the end of June, they will have presented hard language on
every article they are interested in addressing, with the exception of Article
7, Compensation. He noted that at
this time, they are in the process of reviewing information from the federal
government, other state employee and local government units to compare what
they have received in contract negotiations.
They are also examining the cost of living differences between upstate
and downstate locations.
The Vice President reported that they
have opened negotiations for the Schools for the Deaf and Blind and will be
opening discussions with
Roswell
Park
in the next few weeks.
He added that PEF has been
meeting with other unions, including DC 37 and UUP concerning Health Benefits.
The group is trying to improve their position in negotiations by
sharing information about what they are discussing and what the State is
demanding.
Vice President Brynien responded to
several questions from members of the Board regarding his report.
Resolution:
AFT Solidarity Fund
President Benson entertained
a motion to establish an AFT Solidarity Fund (see Attachment A).
Establishment of the fund would allow for a rebate of a quarter per
member per month to locals. As
part of the agreement, the fund must be put into a segregated account
identified as the AFT Solidarity Fund. Expenditures
would be made only in an emergency fight-back situation and would require a
two-thirds approval of the Executive Board.
The motion received a second and debate ensued.
Bill Sachs called the question and debate was closed.
A vote was taken on the motion and it carried.
President Benson entertained a motion that any expenditure from the AFT
Solidarity Fund be approved by the Executive Board by a two-thirds majority.
The motion received a second and carried.
Article 12.17 and
Transit Chek Update
President Benson asked Roger
Scales and Bob Carrothers to update the Board on the 12.17 Arbitration and
Transit Chek.
Mr. Scales reported that the hearing process has concluded in the 12.17
Arbitration and they are waiting on a decision from the arbitrator.
Once a decision has been received, the Executive Board will be notified
immediately.
Mr. Carrothers reported that regarding the Transit Chek program, the
State had identified a sub-agency of the Federal Department of Transportation
that would permit them to “piggy back” onto a previously established
contract with a vendor to administer the program.
Unfortunately, security
issues arose but before they could be addressed, an audit of the DOT
sub-agency determined that they did not have the authority to allow other
entities to “piggy back” onto that contract.
As a result, the state has no alternative than to develop an RFP and
put the program out to bid, which will slow down the implementation of the
program far beyond what they anticipated.
He added that on a positive note, the state would only issue the RFP
once, which would allow for the company that implements the pilot program to
administer the whole program, allowing for an easier expansion of the program.
PEF Colors
President Benson introduced
Vice President Brynien to discuss PEF Colors.
The Vice President explained that June Edwards submitted a motion at
the last Board meeting to establish set PEFcolors to be used at PEF events.
He put together a small committee consisting of Pat Baker, Joe Fox,
Mike DelPiano,
Dee Dodson
and Joyce Degenhardt to address this proposal.
They have begun discussing various options and have asked the Public
Relations department to create some ideas for colors.
The committee will bring final recommendations to the next Board
meeting.
The meeting was recessed for lunch.
The meeting reconvened at
1:10 pm
.
SECRETARY-TREASURER’S
REPORT
Budget Amendments
Secretary-Treasurer Hallum
entertained a motion to approve the upgrade for Martin O’Connor.
The motion was seconded and debate ensued.
Alan Schulkin called the question and debate was closed.
A vote was taken on the main motion and it carried.
The Secretary-Treasurer entertained a motion to upgrade the officers as
described in the Board packet (see Attachment [B]
C). The motion was
seconded and debate ensued. Mike
Keenan moved to defer consideration of this motion until a contract has been
ratified by the membership and requested a roll call vote.
The motion received a second and after debate, Joe Fox called the
question. A vote was taken to
close debate and it passed. The
Secretary-Treasurer stated that it was necessary to vote on whether or not a
roll call vote would be taken. A
standing count was conducted and the motion proceeded to a roll call vote.
The results of the vote to defer consideration of the motion were 62
“no” votes and 32 “yes” votes (see Attachment C).
Debate continued on the main motion and Alan Schulkin called the
question. He received a second
and debate was closed. A vote was
taken on the main motion and it carried.
The Secretary-Treasurer announced
that she and President Benson will not implement their salary increases until
after the contract has been ratified.
Ron Manuli requested to be recorded
as voting “no” on the motion.
Charlie Kelefant requested to
be recorded as voting “no” on the motion.
John Duengfelder requested to be
recorded as voting “no” on the motion.
Dan Steen requested to be recorded as
voting “no” on the motion.
Michael DelPiano requested to be
recorded as voting “no” on the motion.
Dick Collins requested to be recorded
as voting “yes” on the motion.
Jim Kersten requested to be recorded
as voting “no” on the motion.
Joe Lewis requested to be recorded as voting
“no” on the motion.
Lou
Ferrone requested to be recorded as voting “no” on the motion.
Carlos Garcia requested to be
recorded as an abstention on the motion.
Funding
for Executive Board Travel
Secretary-Treasurer
Hallum reported that she was directed by the Board to look at
a way we could help Executive Board members, especially when they had
concerns about having to meet with their members
when members were not in their area.
She stated she had found a way to accomplish this and intended to be
liberal and flexible. Ms. Hallum
wanted to propose if someone needed to access some travel funds or some EOL
time, they could call the Secretary-Treasurer and make their case and she
would be very flexible and very liberal in trying to accommodate their needs
to meet with their constituency. She
stated the requests could be done verbally.
The funds would come from the budget funding for the full Executive
Board being there two full nights and that does not always happen, so there
would be funding available. This
was to take effect immediately.
It was suggested that a policy be put into place to indicate this.
Secretary-Treasurer stated she would be willing to come back to the
Board with a written policy.
Bill Sachs moved that the Secretary-Treasurer put together a written
defined policy and bring it back to the Board in August.
There was a second to this motion and it carried.
Election
Rule Amendments
Secretary-Treasurer
Hallum stated she was asked to report on the expenses of changing the way we
did elections in regional offices. She
reported the total as of May 30th was approximately $12,000.
Ms. Hallum went over the election process stating it was difficult
because there was a new procedure. She
reviewed the new election process and some of the issues where there were
problems with the old system in MIS and the timeliness of
lists being provided by labor/management chairs.
Ms. Hallum stated when we got onto the new system more information
would be available.
After answering questions regarding her report, Ms. Hallum proposed that
if there was a data processing error, it should not invalidate your seat or
make your petition invalid. She
stated the Committee had the authority to look at this and to correct it
without having a grievance filed. She
stated if it was a data processing error, it should just be corrected.
This proposal was so moved by a Board
member from the floor and received a second.
The motion, that anyone who was
disenfranchised from being on the ballot or being seated by acclamation and
they were the only one running, and they were disenfranchised as a result of
data processing error, that they be seated by this Board today.
Secretary
Treasurer reported Pat Wilson was put in the wrong constituency, and had no
opponent and should be seated.
Robert Varano had a data entry error
as Audit and Control
dropped his first name and put in his first name as a middle initial, he had
no opposition and should be seated.
Michael DelPiano questioned did the Board have the authority to do this?
Ms. Hallum responded, that the Election Committee told Mr.Varano that
if he filed a grievance they would look favorably on him.
The committee also told Pat Wilson we’ll correct this if you file a
grievance.
Ms. Hallum reported that Robert Rules Of Order
would consider this a small technical error like the misspelling of a
word or name, would not make a vote illegal.
On
a point of order, “does this body have the power to interpret the
Constitution as saying this minor clerical error should be overlooked?”
Ms. Hallum responded, yes.
Ms. Hallum also reported John Kohler
was not seated due to a data processing order.
Michael DelPiano moved to amend the motion, that they be seated subject
to verification of petition signatures. This
amendment received a second.
After debating the issue, a Board
member moved for a substitute motion that the Board amend the Election
Committee rules so that any person who was denied an E-Board seat due to a
data processing error, that this E-Board could now rule on that matter.
Secretary-Treasurer Hallum questioned
the substitute motion as to whether it would be
Legal
as it was being amended in retrospect.
General Counsel advised that the substitute motion was a cleaner way to
accomplish this by amending the election rules that anyone who was
disenfranchised as a result of a data processing error be seated if they
otherwise met all the requirements, and the motion was in order to amend the
rules. (This is for uncontested
races)
A Board members on a point of order,
is that changing rules after the game is over?
Secretary-Treasurer responded, yes,
it was an interpretation of election rules by the Board.
After debating this issue, June Edwards called the question to close
debate, received a second and debate was closed.
There
was a call for a roll call vote that was seconded and failed to receive the
one third requirement.
The substitute motion carried to
interpret the rules to mean that date processing errors do not invalidate a
person’s candidacy or petition. And that if people have been harmed by this
were the only people and were unopposed and otherwise met all other criteria
of the election, that they be seated on August first by this Board.
Bernie Kahn, for the record voted
against the motion.
The
amended that they be seated subject to verification of petition signatures
also carried.
The main motion, by substitution and
amended was adopted.
Ms. Hallum continued on with her
report and spoke of problems that had incurred with logging and staff
involvement and many other issues.
Bill
Sachs spoke on misinterpretation of the correct spelling of slate designation
regarding 1st vs. First, and stated a grievance had been filed for
his steward.
Neila
Cardus, Region 9 Coordinator spoke on behalf of Cindy Bartley Horn regarding
petitions being returned and never sent to Kimberly due to the 1st
vs. First issue, stating she felt the Board should interpret not the
committee.
A motion that the two petitions that the Election Committee disallowed
Cindy Bartley Horn for indicating Members F-i-r-s-t be sent to Kimberly and
checked, and if she had enough valid signatures, then an election be held as
soon as possible. There was a
second to the motion (This being
Robert’s Rules imposed)
A Board member asked to amend the rules to include omissions.
Ms. Hallum stated that was an entirely different issue and would be
handled separately.
There was an amendment to the motion to include using your social
security number in place of the PIN, to be deemed a small technical error,
under the interpretation of Robert’s Rules.
(This was the
Bob Purtell
issue)
There
was an amendment to the amendment to include the name and four digits as a
small technical error. (This is
the Robert Varano issue)
After discussion, a Board member
called all matters before the house.
On a point of order, a Board member
stated, “what you are telling people is that if the second amendment
passes is don’t bother putting in the first five letters of the PEF code.
I don’t think that is something we want to start as a general
practice. I really think the last
part should be voted down.
The
motion carried to close debate.
The amendment carried to expand the
members ID to give more information than first initial, four letters of the
last four digits of the social security number be determined a small technical
error.
The second amendment carried, that
members use their Social Security number in place of their PIN, would be
deemed a small technical error.
The main motion as amended, also
carried, that this Board interpret the Election Rules to be part of the
Robert’s Rules of Order which says that, modeled on the Roberts Rules of
Order, small technical errors like a misspelling of a word or name do not make
a petition invalid.
Ms. Hallum continued on with her
report regarding the petitions being unavailable to look at unless it was your
own.
It was moved that it be the interpretation of the election rules, that
access to records, be interpreted as all records.
There was an amendment to this motion that staff be present during the
review of the records.
A
Board member moved for a substitute motion that the President appoint a
committee to handle all election grievances against the Election Committee and
determine that the Election Committee be obligated to turn all records
requested to that body.
Secretary-Treasurer Hallum stated
that was not germane and she was actually withdrawing the motion as far as
amending all the rules as it would be dealt with when we address the Special
Election Rules at the next meeting.
The
motion on the floor was that it is the interpretation that the policy of PEF
that access to all records, means including the election records with the
appropriate safeguards.
At this time Joe Lewis moved to recess and received a second.
The meeting recessed at
4:50 p.m
, Thursday, June 19th.
President Benson called the meeting to order at
9:10 a.m.
, Friday, June 20th.
Members joined in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
President Benson asked to amend the
agenda to address the Convention Travel and By-Laws reports as the first items
and then continue with the Election Amendments and also reviewed the agenda.
COMMITTEE
REPORTS
Convention
Travel
Vice
President Fox moved to amend the convention travel policy to include air
travel for Regions 1, 2, 3 and 4 in addition to 9, 10, 11 and 12.
This motion was seconded and carried.
Charlie Kelefant moved to amend the convention travel policy to read,
that the delegates receive 18 cents a mile or half the federal rate, which
ever is higher; and if they transport one or more delegates, they will receive
36 cents a mile or the full federal rate, whichever is higher.
This motion was seconded and received two-thirds vote to carry.
Constitution
and By-Laws
Michael
Harrigan, Chair of the Constitution and By-Laws Committee referred to the
report and moved for adoption of Amendment #1 – to change the title of
“Regional Coordinator” to “Regional Vice President” and “Vice
President” to “Executive Vice President.”
This amendment was seconded.
Charlie
Kelefant moved to amend the amendment to add caveat that the committee exam
the definition and duties especially in the constitution of the vice
presidents and look at reorganizing the regional set up.
President
Benson ruled the amendment out of order as it was not germane to the motion on
the floor.
Mike DelPiano moved to amend under
Article IV h, to delete “no vice presidents except” and just leave in
“the Executive Vice President shall be full-time salaried employees”.
The
amendment was seconded.
After debating the amendment, it was
decided to change the wording “employees” to “Officers” in Article VI
H.
Mike
Keenan moved to close debate and received a second.
The motion carried to close debate.
The amendment carried as well as the
main motion as amended.
Mike Keenan, on a point of order asked for an explanation as to why
proposed amendment #2 was withdrawn. General
Counsel Seamon responded that to change
PEF’s
petition requirement of ten percent may potentially raise another review by
the U.S. Department of Labor. This
was reviewed in the mid nineties and found to be acceptable.
Mike
Keenan moved to address Resolution #2 but was told it would not be in order
until
Amendment
#3 was addressed.
Amendment #3 would make the
Trustees
independent.
There shall be three (3)
Trustees
elected by vote of their appropriate
constituency. The constituencies
are defined as one representative from Regions 1 – 7; Regions 8-9; and one
representative from Regions 10 – 12. Except
for
Trustees
elected in 2006, which would be a
two-year term.
After debating the issue, Jennifer
Faucher moved to close debate, received a second and debate was closed.
Amendment #3 was adopted.
Retirees
Serving on PEF Committees
Mike
Harrigan moved the following policy, “Retirees participation on
any PEF Committee is limited to one-third of the committee members.
Further, a committee member who retirees while serving on a PEF
Committee can maintain his or her membership on that committee after
retirement providing it does not exceed the one-third limit.”
Jennifer Faucher moved to amend the
motion that the PER retirees be limited to one per PEF Committee and received
a second.
After debating the issue, the amendment carried as well as the main
motion. The policy is that
Retirees participation on any PEF Committee is limited to one per committee.
Further a committee member who retirees while serving on a PEF
Committee can main his or her membership on that committee.
Mike
Keenan, moved that the Executive Board recommend the following amendment.
that nominations for all elections shall require a petition signed by
five percent of the membership of the appropriate constituency.
This motion received a second.
After considerable debate, Secretary-Treasurer Hallum moved that anyone
who wanted to run for office submit their name to PEF.
There would be no petitioning requirement whatsoever.
There was a second to this motion.
A board member moved to close debate,
received a second and debate was closed.
The amendment to eliminate petitioning was defeated.
The main motion to change the nominating petitioning to five percent
was also defeated 41 to 33. There was a call for a division of the house and
the motion was defeated 45 to 35.
Election
Rules Amendments
- continued
Lou
Matrazzo moved the following, “that the Board determine the 2003 Election
Rules to mean that appeals at the Election Committee are for violations of the
rules as it relates to other than Election Committee behavior.
The actions of the Elections Committee are subject to ethics appeal.
There was a second to this motion.
Ron Goldstein inquired as to why this was necessary at this time.
Mr. Matrazzo explained that all the grievances that had been filed were
regarding the conduct of the committee. They
were asked to committee to rule on their conduct.
So there was need for another group of people to look at it.
Alan Schulkin moved for an amendment
that the President appoint a committee to look into this and received a
second.
After debate, Bernice Jones moved to
close debate on all matters, received a second and debate was closed.
The
amendment that the President appoint a Special Committee to deal with the
Election Committee’s behavior was defeated
The main motion that the Board interpret the 2003 Election Rules to mean
that appeals to the Election Committee are for violations of the rules as it
relates to other than the Election Committee behavior.
The action of the Election Committee are subject to ethics appeals.
The motion was defeated.
Rosemary Williams
moved that the Board interpret the
2003 Election Rules to mean that the omission of checking a box for state
designation is a minor technical error, and in as much as the designation has
been included in the slate acceptance forms and published in the Communicator
and therefore not grounds for invalidation.
There was a second to the motion, and after discussion it was defeated.
Delegate
Election
Mike
Keenan brought up the issue of one of his potential delegates who lost the
election to become a delegate and had the misspelling of the name and was
given the option of another election and the person opted not to.
Mr. Keenan felt that if there was another election it could jeopardize
the other members that were already elected.
She felt that she should be able to attend the convention due to the
error. Ms. Hallum explained
that if she won, she would be the additional delegate to
attend and if she lost she would not go.
At this time President Benson
announced that former Secretary-Treasurer Patricia Ford was found guilty of
receiving a bribe and would be sentenced in mid to late October.
Travel
Expenses
Secretary-Treasurer
Hallum reported that Jim Kersten felt that the policies passed here for PEF
committees and PEF travel are applicable to regional budgets and consequently
will be applicable to division budgets.
Jim
Kersten moved that the Executive Board interpret the rules regarding travel
reimbursement when conducting official PEF business and that the participants
be reimbursed the current rate allowed through Executive Board policy of the
federal travel rate.
After
debating this issue the motion failed.
Meeting recessed
Meeting resumed
President Benson called the meeting
back to order and reviewed the agenda.
Quality
Service Award
Ted
Ricciardelli, a civil engineer one at the Department of Transportation and who
also has been a volunteer EAP Coordinator for the last seven years was awarded
the PEF Quality Service Award. Mr.
Riccardelli accepted the award and thanked everyone.
President Benson announced the following members would be leaving the
Executive Board and thanked them for all their assistance in the past:
Alan Schulkin; Pat Mulvey; Sally Dixon; and David Perez.
They all received a plaque.
Endorsements
Vice
President Ken Brynien moved to endorse Michael Benjamin for the 79th
Assembly District. The motion was
seconded and carried. (Mr.
Benjamin had been endorsed by the Region 10 PAC)
PEF
Retiree’s Dues Payment 2003
Secretary-Treasurer
Hallum moved that PEF fund the first year’s dues of all retired PEF members
who retire during the 2003 calendar year.
The estimated costs will be $60,000 and will be
funded from the reserve (contingency fund).
An
evaluation of this program will occur in the first quarter of 2004 and a
report issued to the Executive Board on options for continued funding.
The motion was seconded.
Ron Goldstein moved to amend to add
the words, “and filled out a pension deduction authorization form.”
After
debate, the amendment was defeated.
The main motion carried.
A motion that if a PEF retiree has already paid the dues, PEF would just
pay the next year’s dues and them in the organization.
A
Board member moved to amend the motion to the point where the retiree will
have a choice to either have their money put towards the next year’s dues or
be reimbursed at their request to the Secretary-Treasurer.
There was a second to the amendment.
After debating this amendment, there
was a motion to close debate. Debate was closed.
The amendment was defeated.
The main motion carried that they be
funded for the following year if they already paid for their membership.
Progress
Executive Board Mailing Opt-out
Secretary-Treasurer
Hallum reported she would continue to look at this, but stated she was advised
by the MIS Department that they feel right now the cost savings would not be
justified. (There was a show of
hands – not one third of Board willing to receive electronic format and not
mailed format) There was a motion
to postpone this until the data was converted, received a second.
Bill Sachs moved that we have a pilot project of the e-mail opt out for
Executive Board members available starting
January 1, 2004
and deliverable at the March
Executive Board meeting. Ms.
Hallum agreed to that.
Progress
Report on MIS – new staff member
Secretary-Treasurer
Hallum announced Christopher Allen had been hired in the MIS Department.
PEF
Expense Voucher Form
Ron
Goldstein asked if the voucher would be available on line as an option.
Ms. Hallum replied after the data base conversion as well as priority
tasks.
Division
Mailing List
Ron
Goldstein asked a list of every division, where it was, which agency and
telephone number, be available on the mail server where it could only be
accessed by the Executive Board and staff.
Ms. Hallum said it had to be put into a motion, which Mr. Goldstein did
and it did not receive a second.
Get
Active Products
Secretary-Treasurer
Hallum stated the MIS Department had already been working on this and referred
to the material in the Board kit.
Resolution
and Proposed Donation to ALSC
Mr.
Keenan spoke on the brochure on the
American
Labor
Studies
Center
and asked for support of the
resolution.
President Benson stated the motion would be that PEF donate $500
additional dollars to the American Labor Studies Group,
as well as adopt the resolution.. There
as a second to the motion and it was adopted.
(See attachment (D) Resolved,
that PEF support the
American
Labor
Studies
Center
by promoting awareness of it among its members to contribute appropriate
curriculum materials and contribute financially to support the operation and
maintenance of the Center.
Executive
Board Apportionment Committee
President
Benson stated it was his intention to appoint that committee for the next
term, and they were not in place as yet.
There was a motion to adjourn,
seconded and carried.
The meeting adjourned at
2:10 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Jane
Hallum
Secretary-Treasurer
Attac.
MINUTES
AS ADOPTED BY THE
AUGUST
7, 2003
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING.