Planning Retirement Workshop-SAVE THE DATE

From Karen Ayala, Chapter 327 President:


Good Morning:

As promised, there will be a "Planning Retirement" Workshop on February 28, 2017 from 4:00 - 6:00 pm in the Marin Room at the Marin County Office of Education.
Please email Vicki Ascher (vascher @ marinschools.org) to sign up.  If you have any questions before the Holiday break, please go ahead and email me (kayala @ marinschools.org).
Happy Holidays to all of you and be safe!

Union Steward Training: There's still time to sign up for this Saturday's training

From Karen Ayala, Chapter 327 President:


PLEASE COME IF YOU CAN EVEN IF IT IS JUST FOR THE EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE.  THANK YOU SO MUCH.  SEE FLYER BY CLICKING HERE.

Good Morning All,

This is a quick reminder that there is still time to sign up for the upcoming Union Steward Level I training scheduled for this coming Saturday, December 10, 9-3pm at MCOE.  The training has once again been revised to make it as relevant to your current workplace situations as possible.  The training is also designed to help each participant have a successful experience and walk away with tools to help guide them through potential workplace challenges.

If you are interested in participating please contact Shawna Hawkins to register by calling 800 464-7717 ext. 1154 or by emailing her at northbay @ csea.com.

A light breakfast and lunch will be provided.  Your help in spreading the word about this training is greatly appreciated.

I look forward to seeing you there!

Markey Lees
Labor Relations Representative
California School Employees Association

Chapter meeting 12-14-16 Reminder to RSVP

From Karen Ayala, Chapter 327 President:


Good Morning Everyone:

Just a reminder our last Chapter meeting of this year is on December 14, 2016 from 4-6pm.  RSVP's are required by Dec 7 in order to reserve the table at Hopmonk for our meeting.  You can email me at kayala @ marinschools to let us know.  Hope you are able to make it and meet your new President as of January 2017.  Thanks.

Best Wishes and a Safe Journey to ALL of you~

CSEA Area B November 2016 Newsletter

From Nancy Malcolm, Area B Communication Committee Member:


Greetings Area B members,

Happy Holidays!  Here's the November 2016 Area B Newsletter.

Click here

Minutes Chapter meeting 11-16-16

From  Karen Ayala, Chapter 327 President:


Good Morning Everyone:

Please find below the minutes from our 11/16/16 CSEA Chapter 327 meeting. We have a new president for the 2017 year! Thank you Vicki Ascher for running this year and being willing to learn in this new and exciting adventure. Vicki has the amazing support of the rest of the Executive Board who consist of the same folks as our previous year(s):

Terri Nadell, VP
Nancy Duns, Treasurer
Debbie Aviron, Secretary
Alex Young, Communications Officer
And newly appointed Adriane Lommel, Chief Union Steward as of our last Chapter meeting.

A HUGE thank you to all of you for your past, present and continued future support. While these volunteer jobs seem so easy from the outside, it is only because the Board puts so much work, time and hard effort into making our lives, the membership, so much better. It is a lot of hard work and much time spent on making sure everything runs smoothly. So again, thank you very much for your time, care and devotion! “You are appreciated!” (2-PAC)
As stated in the minutes, our last chapter meeting for this year is on December 14, 2016 from 4-6 pm. RSVP’s are a must by DECEMBER, in order to reserve our table at Hopmonk.


Best Wishes and a Safe Journey to ALL of you~

Chapter Meeting 

November 16, 2016
Marin Room  -  2:30 pm-3:20 pm MINUTES

At 2:30 pm, President Karen Ayala opened the meeting.  Present were: Karen Ayala, Terri Nadell, Nancy Duns, Debbie Aviron, Adriane Lommel, Vicki Ascher, Luz Lopez, Catherine Brady and Alex Young

Hand-outs:

·         Chapter Meeting Agenda

·         Minutes of October 26, 2016 Chapter Meeting

·         Treasurer’s report

·         Meeting Schedule for 2017

Approval of Agenda: The agenda was approved by Terri Nadell, seconded by Nancy Duns with no changes.

Secretary’s Report: The chapter minutes were approved by Adriane Lommel, seconded by Nancy Duns with no changes.

Treasurer’s Report: The treasurer’s report was approved by Terri Nadell, seconded by, Karen Ayala with no changes.

Scholarship Fund: Set up timeline next year to advertise the scholarship fund to spend the money in the fund.

Elections: Karen Ayala has nominated Terri Nadell for Vice President, Karen Ayala nominated Alex Young as our Communications Officer. Terri Nadell nominated Nancy Duns as Treasurer, Nancy Duns nominated Debbie Aviron as Secretary. Karen Ayala nominated Vicky Ascher as the 2017 CSEA President. All nominations are now closed.  Since there was only a single nomination for each office, the single nominee in each category has been declared elected to that particular office and no balloting or other action is required.

Meeting Schedule for 2017: New schedule has been handed out and reviewed by the Chapter. We will change the February meeting to February 15, 2017.

December Meeting/Celebration: The Chapter meeting on December 14, 2016 will be held at Hopmonk from 4:00-6:00pm. Each person can spend $20.00 excluding alcohol.  Karen will email the Chapter for RSVP’s after the Executive Board Meeting.  RSVP is a must to attend. Please do so by December 5th so we are able to secure our table. This can be done via email to any of the board members. Thank you.

Good of the Order: Karen thanked the Board for all their support and help during her terms of service.  Karen thanked Catherine for always attending our meetings.

Adjournment was at 3:21 pm

Short Chapter Meeting 11-16-16 Elections-Catastrophic leave

From Karen Ayala, Chapter 327 President:


Good Morning Everyone:

Please find the agenda below for the very short Special Chapter meeting on 11/16/16 from 2:20 - 3:20 for Elections.

Also, thank you very much to the membership who donated hours for the catastrophic leave member.  We received 115 hours and if possible, would love to get the maximum hours which means we need 45 more hours.  If anyone is interested, please read the information below which I originally sent out.  In reading this, you can see if you are eligible to donate.  Thanks much.

"In accordance with Article 8 section 8.15 of the CSEA contract the CSEA leadership has received a request for donations to help a member who qualifies for support under the catastrophic leave provision. The amount being requested is 160 hours.   On the member’s behalf, CSEA is asking for you to consider making a donation of your sick leave to help this member in need.

In order for you to make a donation,  you must maintain a minimum of 160 hours or 20 workdays of sick leave in your personal sick leave bank. The minimum donation is 4 hours and the maximum is 40 hours per school year.

If you are interested in giving a donation please respond email me (kayala@marinschools) with the amount that you are interested in donating.  The personnel department will verify that you have adequate leave available for this request."

Chapter Meeting Agenda

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

2:20 pm - 3:20 pm

Marin Room

• Approval of Agenda

• Secretary's report

• Treasurer's report

• Chapter business
• Elections
• Meeting Schedule for 2017
• December Meeting/Celebration

• Good of the Order

• Adjournment

Chapter minutes-Prof Growth funds

From Karen Ayala, Chapter 327 President:


Hello Everyone:

Please find the minutes from the last chapter meeting below.  You can also click THIS LINK to obtain the new form for the Professional Growth funds.  Please use the correct form when you turn it in along with the original receipt(s).
You can send them to MCOE or put them in the CSEA box in shipping.  See you on November 16, 2016 for the special chapter meeting from 2:30 - 3:30 pm for a possible vote for the vacant office for 2017.
I'll send out the agenda next week.
Thank you.
Have a great day.

Chapter Meeting

October 26, 2016

Marin Room 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

MINUTES

At 2:36 pm, President Karen Ayala opened the meeting.  Present were: Karen Ayala, Terri Nadell, Nancy Duns, Alex Young, Debbie Aviron, Vicki Ascher, Frank Rodriguez, Nick Rhodes, Adriane Lommel, Catherine Brady, Liliana Nazarian, Aracelli Castaneda

Hand-outs:

·         Chapter Meeting Agenda

·         Minutes of August 16, 2016 Chapter Meeting

·         Treasurer’s report

·         Professional Growth Form

Approval of Agenda: The agenda was approved by Nancy Duns, seconded by Terri Nadell with no changes.

Secretary’s Report: The chapter minutes were approved by Nancy Duns, seconded by Alex Young, with no changes.

Treasurer’s Report: The treasurer’s report was approved by Adriane Lommel, seconded by Terri Nadell, with no changes.

Constitution and By Laws: We reviewed the Constitution and By Laws for a second time before the Chapter.

Below is the actual changes reviewed and to be voted on:

o   Article II, C-Lifetime retired Dues: changed from $24.00 to $36.00 per year o  Article III, Section 2-Chapter Dues: changed from $20.00 to $40.00 per year o  Article IV, Section B- delivery of information changed to be via email.

o   Article VI, Section 1-Meetings changed from monthly to be held every other month during August through June, including November

We submitted the above changes for Chapter approval and they were unanimously approved by our Chapter. We will submit them to the State for amendment.

Professional Growth Funds: The form has been updated with the current approved amount.  The approved amount previously was $150 for the first half year and $150 for the second half year. We have updated the amount to $200 for this year and $200 for next year on a first come first served basis as per usual and as per stated on the form.

Elections: The current board members holding the office of Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary and Communications Officer/Webmaster will run for office again for the term of January through December 2017 except for the office of President, which is currently held by Karen Ayala until her term is up December of 2016.  Vicki Asher has requested to run for the President’s position. The term starts in January of 2017 and runs through December 2017. Yolanda Simons has resigned as Union Steward. Adriane Lommel is considering filling the position of Union Steward. She has requested the Executive Board discuss ways strengthen the role of Union Steward by cultivating the program so others can carry on the work for the future. Adriane will give us her answer in writing.

Good of the Order: Frank Rodriguez our area director attended our Chapter meeting and made the announcement about the vacant Union Steward position.  He is a maintenance specialist at Windsor Unified School District as well as our Area B Director which is an elected position. Between February and May, he will be doing an Area B Institute, to bring members together and give trainings to benefit the local unions. These are open to the general membership. They have been working on Prop 55 passage and it is looking favorable to pass.  Karen thanked everyone for coming and Vicki and Adriane for considering filling the positions. Terri wants to thank Vicki for stepping forward.  We will confirm the next year Chapter and Board meeting dates at the Special and very short November meeting which is designed only for election purposes.

Adjournment was at 3:40 pm