EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING, November 17th, 2003President D. Pendino called the meeting to order at 4:12 pm. D. Pendino introduced Dr. Tobin to begin the meeting. Dr. Tobin briefly addressed and greeted the members. Auditors from Brownstein Teti & Kelly were introduced and presented their annual report. C. SantaMaria made motion to accept the October minutes. Second by L. McDevitt – approved. Officer’s Reports: President’s Report: D. Pendino gave the following report: 1. The Professional Meetings Committee submitted a report on the funds/allocations for this year. Any unused funds will carry over to the next year. $2263 remained from 02-03 and the $35,000 annual amount for 03-04. The committee approved 8 presenter applications, 18 of 23 national applications, and 19 of 19 local applications. There is $8829 remaining for local conferences in the 03-04 year. 2. ICC/SDC – Appointments to these committees were discussed. Professional members are appointed by the LMEA. Staff should be asked if they want to be your building’s ICC representative. SDC members are elected. Building reps should run the election for SDC rep in your building. SEAC committee meets monthly – those reps are appointed. Minutes should be reported or posted from these meetings. 3. Applecore items were discussed. Question about Act 48 hours – if you find a discrepancy between the hours you’ve completed and the hours recorded by PDE contact D. Galarza. The next unit meeting will be on December 1 at Merion. VP Support: V. Fedeli gave the following report: 1. Collective bargaining conference in Hershey Oct 31-Nov 2 – V. Fedeli attended and he, with others, walked picket line in support of PSEA staff’s contract negotiations with the PSEA board. Talks have been nonproductive so far and hopefully this will be resolved soon. Workshops at these conferences were helpful. 2. PSEA Fall Leadership Conference in Avalon Nov 7-9 – main topic was ESEA. Important note for instructional assistants – they should be sure to enter any continued training on to mylearningplan.com. PSEA will also offer a similar service by offering a portfolio that will be managed free to PSEA members. Members can receive a portfolio by emailing Dawn Gochenaur dgochenaur@psea.org. Contact V. Fedeli for more information. D. Pendino reminded reps to check their membership lists – membership percentages are high – some buildings are at 100%. Also, reps have flyers to distribute on mortgage VP Professional: A. Flicker reminded that those who attend conferences must submit a brief 1st Vice President: NR Secretary Support: NR Secretary Professional: NR Treasurer: Motion to approve treasurer’s report for October. Approved. Committee Reports: Constitution: P. Dawson said they will meet regarding the new business item, which was presented at the October EC meeting. Elections: NR IPD: NP CNC: B. Young reported that CNC is/has been creating a database of information and looking at the contract in detail in preparation for negotiations. FAC: NR Health & Safety: A. Flicker reported that they are dealing with spill kits at Harriton. A meeting is scheduled for November 18. D. Pendino made the following appointments – Jim Alvord, Health and Safety rep., and Maria Wells, Cynwyd Building Rep. J. Alvord gave some information on spraying for insects, etc. and reminded that food should be kept in sealed containers to minimize infestation. Legislation: G. Rosazza stated he is adding names to the email database to receive legislative updates. If interested, give Glenn your personal email address instead of your school email address. D. Pendino added that we should have an email list for members as we enter negotiations. PACE: C. SantaMaria reported on PACE contributions. Lists of contributors are available to building reps. All members are strongly encouraged to participate in these contributions. All payroll deduction forms are due to C. SantaMaria by December 1. We will possibly have recognition in June of the building reps from the building with the highest percentage of contributions. PR&R: P. Dawson reported on AESOP grievance – recent meeting was productive – lack of substitutes is the root of the problem according to the district. Moira Egan will visit each building to help explain this system. AESOP problems should still be reported to A. Flicker. D. Pendino reported that more absences were filled by subs this year than last year. It appears the administration is trying to fix problems and they are listening to our concerns. Concern about supervision plan – some administrators may not be familiar with this plan – will be monitored. Public Relations: NR Social: NR Special Services: NR Sunshine: NR Membership: D. Grumbine asked reps to verify building lists. Contact him for any corrections/changes.Minority Affairs: NR Blue Ribbon: NR Job Descriptions: NR Career Paths: NR Special Ed Task Force: D. Pendino reported that lack of movement on administration’s part will likely result in a grievance. Building Reports: Belmont Hills: Concerns about AESOP – continue to send concerns to A. Flicker. Cynwyd: NR Gladwyne: NR Merion: NR Penn Valley: Thanked LMEA for mugs. Penn Wynne: NR Bala Cynwyd: Concern about Eboards – if mandated from principal – need mandate in Writing. Issue will be investigated. Welsh Valley: Concern about AESOP and security – why use SS #s/phone #s to identify yourself? Website is allowed to do this. Also, ventilation problems in some classrooms. – Will be investigated. Concern about copiers not working. Concern about loosing tech staff to low salary. Concern about postings of long term sub positions. All will be investigated. HH: NR LM: NR B&G: Concern about CNC rep – is rep appointed or elected? CNC Support chair is Appointed. CNC Rep is elected to a 3-year term. Concern about cessation of benefits if injured on job. Contact rep or B. Young if any concerns. Transportation LM: Concern about job descriptions – no response from administration. Concern about where money for monthly drawing comes from. –Money comes from dues. Transportation Harriton: NR Administration: NR D. Mandarino made a motion to adjourn – seconded by V. Fedeli. The meeting was adjourned at 5: 49pm. Respectfully submitted, Michael Stettner, Secretary |