PCCFFAP Minutes

Executive Council Meeting Summaries:

Summary of minutes from August 8, 2009 meeting

PUBLICIST
Our long time Publicist, Tim Flanagan, will be leaving that position. He’ll still be working with Jobs for Justice and a part of federation activities. Because of his membership status and the need to follow the constitution of our federation, Tim can no longer serve as the publicist. Karl Steady will take on the duties until a new person is designated.

FEDERATION RETREAT
The retreat, scheduled for 9/15/09 will feature the AFT Oregon Political Action committee; a presentation by Frank Goulard on reading budgets; Linda Blanchette from Staff Development; and a team building exercise led by Dick Schwarz.

CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS
The Federation has asked for support from AFT Oregon in order to protect members from unwarranted criminal background checks. The Council was asked to review and made recommendations. We will be reviewing other federations to get model language and proceed from there.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Health Care Reform and Employee Free Choice are both national and local campaigns. Our work with the Political Action Committee will be very important this year in light of ballot measures coming up. These ballot issues coming in January will have a profound effect on college funding. Now is the time to get involved supporting these issues.

AFL-CIO Convention
There will be a local delegate election for the State AFT convention in October. We can send up to 6 delegates. Nominate yourself or someone else and then exercise your membership privilege and vote.
Need more information? Check with your local Federation representative.

Summary of minutes from April 3, 2009 meeting

The negotiating team reported that the college wants to avoid any staff cuts, which is our goal as well. Both management and the federation are working to clarify options. It is important that we remain optimistic and not give up – or give in – during these tough economic times.

The Federation would like to identify students who could go to Salem to testify about the value of an education from PCC. If you have any candidates, please contact Michael Morrow.

The Federation is also working with State Representative Michael Dembrow to improve health benefits for part time faculty.

Tim Flanagan reminded us that the Federation newsletter lists training opportunities for members, and we have a tab on the Federation web page as well.

BULLETIN FROM THE AFT CONVENTION IN SUN RIVER
David Rives, local 2277, Portland Community College is the AFT’s new state President!
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!

And congratulations to Mark Schwebke, new AFT Executive Vice President, and Deborah Hall, new Vice President, both from PCC’s Classified federation.

Summary of Minutes from the March 3, 2009 Meeting

Guest Mariko Newton, Director of Programming, ASPCC Rock Creek, spoke about a new credit program to lessen the carbon footprint at each campus. The program will have a board of directors selected from the student body, physical plant, food service, IT, and Faculty. She asked for suggestions from the council for a representative. Frank Goulard suggested April Fong from Sylvania campus.

The Council accepted the appointment of Rick Willebrand, Department Chair of Trades and Industry at Cascade campus as a representative to the Northwest Oregon Labor Council (NOLC).

Spring flings – a time to talk about federation issues - are scheduled for Sylvania, 3/7/09; SE 3/14/09, Cascade 3/22/09.

Federation members elected the following representatives to the AFT state convention at Sun River:
David Rives                                         Sandra Ferguson
Alan Cordle                                           Frank Goulard
Ed Degrauw                                          Eddie Lincoln
Linda Eby                                             Michael Morrow
Barry Edwards                                      Katy Nadal

A resolution will be presented at the convention relating to PERS coverage for PCC employees at Coffee Creek.

A proposed constitutional amendment covering the number of campus representatives for Academic Professionals was presented. A recommendation will be voted on at the April meeting.

Kendi Esary was appointed and accepted as the Full time VP for Cascade campus. She replaces Roberto Suarez who deserves all the wonderful thank you notes he received from various federation members.

Contract negotiations are still in the early stages. There are currently 60 non-monetary issues. Salary and benefits negotiations will be negotiated jointly with classified and monetary negotiations will kick into high gear in May to coincide with the legislative budgeting process.

Summary of Minutes from the February 6, 2009 Meeting

Welcome and Introductions: Karl Steady, Frank Goulard, Minoo Marashi, Ed DeGrauw David Rives, Richard Lazere, Jaime Rodriquez, Michael Morrow, Caralee Angell, Tim Flanagan, Michael Cannarelli, Eddie Lincoln, Mandy Ellertson, Maureen Wright

MOTIONS PASSED DURING THE MEETING

Treasurer’s Report – Karl Steady/Shawna Rock
Balance sheet looks good, and budget should balance out by July.
MSP –Frank Goulard/Ed DeGrauw

MSP: Michael Morrow/Caralee Angell: Fund federation office staff health coverage at the same cap that our members receive.

MSP: Michael Morrow/Caralee Angell - Buy a laptop for staff up to $1000, no Dell!

MSP: Michael Morrow/Caralee Angell – Contribute $250 as seed funding toward a federation scholarship and ask Federation members to make additional contributions to create a $1,000 scholarship. Classified federation will be invited to participate.

New Business
2009 Faculty/AP Negotiations Team Update
In meetings last week ground rules were established: teams will meet each Thursday beginning February 12th. Salary and benefits scheduled for June discussions. Our bargaining team is pleased with the management team and report the first session was cordial.

Federation Training
After much discussion the following suggestion was made: put together a module to train union members to discuss insurance assignment rights, etc. and eventually use our website for trainings.

Constitutional Amendment: Academic Professional VPs. Include constitutional amendments in the June election. David Rives suggested Vice Presidents for full time faculty, part-time faculty and AP representatives. Currently Full time faculty is represented by either a faculty member or an AP. Council was asked to review the idea and come back with language for next meeting.