MINUTES

 

CCCUE General Membership Meeting

 

Thursday, September 20, 2001

 

3:00 to 4:00 pm

 

1.                 Steve Marinelly presented the Treasurer’s Report outlining the dues and other income received and expenses through June, 2001. See handouts for breakdown.

 

2.                 Terry Elverum has resigned from Cuesta College. He has taken a position with AFT as a Union Liaison in Northern California.

 

3.                 Membership Drive – Mike Terman and Terry Elverum have offered to help with a membership drive on campus. They will visit our work sites over a 2-3 day period. An AFT Membership Specialist will be with them. The date is to be determined.

 

4.                 Human Resources is initiating a new orientation procedure for new employees. All new employees will start work on a Tuesday and will be given a full campus orientation on that day. Included in the orientations will be an informational presentation for the Union. The Union representatives will be Delfina Medina-Maloney and Catherine Werst.

 

5.                 Delfina has proposed that the Sno Cone Machine owned by CCCUE be offered to ASCC for their use. We would give them usage at a discounted rate if they would store the machine. All members voted in favor of offering ASCC the machine to store and use.

 

6.                 Delfina presented information on The CFT Women’s Conference on October 12 and 13, 2001 in San Francisco. All members interested in attending should contact Beth Wimer to get a copy of the flyer.

 

7.                 Budget & Planning – Ahnawake noted that during a recent Budget & Planning Meeting information was distributed indicating that there is a $10,000 surplus in the Self-insurance Fund. Mike Hargett noted that these funds might be used for lowering premiums. That decision is yet to be made.

 

8.                 Calendar Committee – Eric McDonald presented the options for the 2002-03 school year.

 

1.     February holiday options are either one 4-day weekend or two 3-day weekends. Which would staff prefer?

2.     Spring Break – The options are April 14 – 18 or April 21 - 25. Paso Robles Unified is going with April 14 – 18. If we choose that week the Board Holiday would be April 18 and Easter is on the 20th.

3.     Faculty Union is negotiating a 16-week semester. How will that impact classified staff? **Note – this was presented as information only – the change in semester has not been agreed upon by either party as yet.

 

Please contact Eric to let him know which options you would prefer so he can take that information back to the Committee.

 

9.                 Classified Negotiations will start on September 26, 2001. The negotiating team includes Peggy Hudson, Bill Ryan, Leon Carver, Ilene French and Catherine Werst.

 

Question – How will we know what the issues are?

Answer – The negotiation items will be listed in the next newsletter. Also, a joint mailing from the negotiating team and administration will be sent out prior to each meeting.

 

10.             Retirement Workshop – Linda Brizzolara reminds everyone that the Workshops will be on October 11 for Employees with less than 10 years and on October 12 for Employees with more than 10 years. There is no cost, but need supervisor’s approval to attend. Workshops will be held in the Humanities Forum.

 

11.             Ahnawake suggested that when we hold general meetings that we videoconference with NCC. We will need to coordinate with ITS and NCC for use of rooms and equipment.

 

Meeting adjourned at 3:50.

 

Thanks to the Hospitality Committee for the great refreshments.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Beth Wimer

CCCUE Secretary