Hello Everyone,
Please find the minutes below from our 4/20/16 Chapter 327 meeting. It was really great to see such an awesome turn-out as well as some of our new hires at the meeting. It was a very informative meeting as well as a lot of fun! Thanks everyone for making it great and for your continued support as chapter members in all you do.
Since our Chapter meeting on June 8, 2016 is offsite, you will need to RSVP to me so I can give the correct number of people attending at HopMonk Tavern. I will send out a reminder and request for an RSVP as we get closer to the date.
I am also entering the information I received from Markey Lees, Labor Rep, regarding one of the questions discussed at the meeting regarding what would happen if our chapter didn't have a complete executive board in the upcoming elections in December, which I am certain will NOT be the case. In any event, it is good to be informed.
From Markey: "To clarify, if a chapter does not have an executive board then there are several supportive steps that would need to be taken to try and help the chapter get an executive board. With the Dixie chapter there were multiple meetings, notices and mailings in hopes of getting people interested in serving as chapter officers. It was a process that took several months and initially it was the Regional Representative who assumed the leadership role. The Regional Representative, Kathy Hokanson, also happened to be the San Rafael chapter president at the time. It was only after these extraordinary steps were taken that it was determined to amalgamate the Dixie chapter into the San Rafael chapter. However, the goal has always been to get the Dixie chapter back on its own. There is no automatic amalgamation into another chapter."
I would also again, like to thank the Executive team, Webmaster and Chief Union Steward who continually put their long hours of time, effort and work into our chapter voluntarily. We have become extremely well organized and feel honored to serve all of our members.
At 3:09pm, President Karen Ayala opened the meeting.
Present were: Karen Ayala, Terri Nadell, Nancy
Duns, Alex Young, Debbie
Aviron, Donna Prieto, Vicki
Ascher, Liliana Nazarian,
Erika Greene, Lorie Perez, Laura Keaton, Catherine Brady and Araceli
Castaneda
Chapter Meeting
April 20, 2016
Tech Center 3:00-4:00pm
MINUTES
Hand-outs:April 20, 2016
Tech Center 3:00-4:00pm
MINUTES
·
Chapter Meeting Agenda
·
Minutes
of February 24, 2016 Chapter Meeting
·
Treasurer’s report
·
Transfer forms
·
Professional/Personal Growth Fund forms
Approval of Agenda: The agenda was approved by Nancy Duns, seconded by Alex Young with no changes.
Secretary’s Report: The chapter minutes were approved
by Donna
Prieto, seconded by Alex
Young with no changes.
Treasurer’s Report: The
treasurer’s report was approved by Debbie Aviron, seconded
by Karen Ayala with no
changes.
June CSEA Chapter Meeting/End
of Year Celebration will be at Hopmonk:
The chapter meeting
will be June 8, 2016 at Hopmonk from 4:00-6:00pm. Karen will
send out a reminder
in May. Members will need to email (ONLY IF THEY
ARE ATTENDING) their RSVP by
May 31st
as it is required to reserve
a table. Our chapter
will be providing
a
$15.00 per person maximum
for
this meeting, excluding any alcoholic drinks. Again
RSVP’s are a must to attend
and greatly appreciated.
MCOE
End of
Year Celebration: The end of year celebration will be
June 2, 2016 at the old Dixie Schoolhouse from
3:30-5:30pm. We have not heard yet
if any CSEA employees are retiring at this time. Again,
this is MCOE’s event not CSEA’s and
Tracee Edmunds is in charge of this.
Professional/Personal Growth
deadline: The deadline to turn in final
reimbursement is May 15, 2016 due to PO cutoff dates set by
the MCOE Business office.
Karen explained the process to new employees and handed out the
correct 2015-16 forms needed.
Good of the Order: Paraeducators
were reminded of the
transfer form that would
need to be filled out IF they
are interested in any job
openings which come up during the year. These forms are
kept on file in Personnel
for 1
year! This will allow you to find out
about any openings during the year in the event
you are interested. Be sure to fill
out all details on the
form expressing you would
like to be notified of any openings
which may come up during the course of the year. You don’t
have to take the opening,
but this allows you to be
notified. For more information, you can check with
Tracee Edmunds, Personnel
Director.
Paraeducator Conference: Araceli and
Liliana reported on the annual Paraeducators conference they attended
this year. It was very informative and they will be sharing it with all the para’s when Janelle Campbell sets
up the meeting.
Erika asked about the CSEA Chapter 327 Executive
Board elections for next year and what
would happen if there was
an unfilled spot. Karen was going to clarify
with Markey Lees, Labor Representative regarding the process and will
let everyone know soon.
Adjournment was at
4:03pm
