January 2013 Quarterly Meeting Minutes

AFGE Local 2718 Quarterly Meeting of the Membership

Minutes                             January 30, 2013                                12:30 p.m.                       , Room 5701, 101 W. Congress Pkwy., Chicago, IL

MEETING CALLED BY:     President Andre Jones

TYPE OF MEETING:          Quarterly Membership Meeting

NOTE TAKER:                     Brenda Treml

ATTENDEES:                       President Andre Jones, Secretary Brenda Treml via teleconferencing

                                                Janet Eng, Nancy Krumpolz, Jennifer Sienko, Maribel Martinez

                                               

Opening

Call to Order at 12:36 p.m.

Reading of the Previous Minutes

Waived.       

Agenda Items

Budget

·         Treasurer Bruce Allen was called away for a family emergency just before the meeting, so the 2013 budget vote and discussion is postponed to a later date.

Legislative Conference

·         President Andre Jones plans to attend the AFGE Legislative Conference in Washington DC from Feb. 10-13, 2013.

·         Vice President Michael Ortiz may attend as well. 

·         President Jones announced a special meeting to be held on Feb. 6 at 12:30 to further discuss the conference and budget items, because of Treasurer Allen’s absence today.

Local Supplemental Agreement

·         The union and management are working on a joint training, while waiting for the agreement to be returned from LER with the final edits.

Question from Member:

A member questioned the need for President Jones to attend the legislative conference, and the length of time he will be attending.  President Jones will provide details at the Feb. 6, 2013 follow-up meeting mentioned above.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:33 p.m.