President C. SantaMaria called the meeting to order at 4:02 PM.
J. Hemingway made a motion to accept the October General Membership meeting minutes - sec by L.Scavito. - Passed.
Officer’s Reports:
President’s Report: C. SantaMaria gave the report that followed the items in his President’s Report at the March Executive Council meeting from March 9th. See the minutes from that meeting for more detailed information. New items in C. SantaMaria’s report are below:
- Thursday June 18 is now a work day for professional staff. Members are cautioned not to arrange travel for that date. It’s never a good idea to arrange travel for dates immediately following the last professional day in case days need to be made up. Please be mindful of this in the future.
- Heating/AC system replacement update – officers made decision to replace the system. We took 4 bids for the job and the equipment. The lowest bid was from L. Giaquinto. We hope to have the new system installed by May.
VP Support: V. Fedeli reminded about support professional evaluations. If you are a support professional and have received an ‘unsatisfactory’ evaluation after March 1, 2009 please contact an officer immediately.
1st Vice President: NR
VP Professional: NR
Secretary Support: NR
Secretary Professional: NR
Treasurer: NP but V. Fedeli made a motion to move the Treasurer’s report sec by A. Avellino. The annual budget will be voted on at May General Membership Meeting. C. SantaMaria made motion to approve the Treasurer’s report for February. - Approved.
Committee Reports: Members may refer to the March EC minutes for these committee reports since our meeting was just 2 days earlier.
Election for NEA-RA:
C. SantaMaria explained the procedure for the nominations and election.
C. SantaMaria made motion to start taking nominations from the floor – sec by A. Flicker.
R. Taylor added his name to the ballot. No other nominations from the floor. C. SantaMaria moved to close nominations – sec by A. Flicker. – Nominations closed.
L. Giaquinto made motion that the secretary cast the ballot for the Support nominees since 4 support members may attend and we only had 4 support nominees. Second by G. Rosazza.
Brief speeches were made by the Professional candidates prior to voting.
Members voted.
There was a tie between 2 nominees on the Professional ballot – a runoff election was held.
Congratulations to the following Support Professionals and Professionals for being elected to represent the LMEA at the NEA Representative Assembly this summer: Vic Fedeli, Jan Hemingway, Deb Williams, and Joanne Ruse, Mike Stettner, Chris SantaMaria, Arlene Flicker, Jackie Gaines, and Rodney Taylor. Aimee Avellino is 1st alternate.
V. Fedeli made a motion to adjourn - second by D. Williams. The meeting was adjourned at 4:40 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Michael Stettner, Secretary Professional |
