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September 16, 2008
Region 10

MDE, Roseville – Conference Room 13

Stan Karcz called the meeting to order at 11:37 a.m.

Roll call of officers by Stan Karcz:

• Judi Holloway, Treasurer
• Ken Kalamaha, Membership Secretary
• Stan Karcz, President
• Mike Landers, Chief Steward and Regional Director
• Todd Maki, Vice President
• Lochlan Stuart, Recording Secretary

Also in attendance – Kelly Ahern, MAPE Business Agent

Approval of Minutes
Ken Kalamaha made a motion to approve the minutes of the August 2008 meeting. The motion was seconded. No discussion followed. A vote was taken. The motion passed, and the minutes from the August 2008 Local 1001 meeting were approved as written.

Treasurer’s Report
Judi Holloway reported there was $16,315.00 in our local treasury as of August 31, 2008.

Membership Report
Ken Kalamaha reported that there are currently 299 full members representing 69% of membership with 137 fair share members representing 31% of the membership.

New Business
Stan Karcz, Ken Kalamaha, and Mike Landers provided a tribute to Jim Mortenson, who is leaving employment with the state.

Chief Steward’s Report
Mike Landers stated there is one ongoing grievance, and there will be one investigation next week. MDE management has agreed that it will add in the investigation letter sent to employees that employees have the right to union representation at the meeting.

Board of Directors Report
Mike Landers reported there was not a Board of Directors meeting since our last local meeting, so he had no report. A question and answer period followed about the resolutions for the Delegate Assembly. Next, a question and answer period followed regarding MDE’s proposed cancellation of employees’ 403B plans. The group formed a plan of action to address this in the near future.

Old Business
Stan Karcz asked Brenda Tantow to report on the Backpack Project. Brenda reported the project was very successful, and the following were collected and given to the Roseville school district: 38 full backpacks; enough supplies to fill seven more backpacks; four boxes of supplies; two other bags of supplies; and, enough protractors, rulers, and calculators for a new math teacher’s classroom.

Mike Mitchell reported that we will have a guest speaker at our October 2008 meeting: a doctor from the Minnesota Health Care Coalition, who will provide an update about the single-payer health care legislation that is currently in the works.

Door Prize
Mary Weigel conducted the drawing for the door prize, and Terri Yetter won $25.00.

Adjournment
Stan Karcz adjourned the meeting at 12:30 p.m.

 

Lochlan Stuart
Recording Secretary Local 1001