2012 MAPE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIONS
To Delegates and Alternates:
The Constitution and Rules Committee has reviewed all resolutions that were received by July 6, 2012. All resolutions, in the order in which they will be considered, and the committee’s opinions, are below.
The primary order in which the resolutions are presented is:
1. Governing Documents (Constitution, Election Rules, Bylaws) resolutions
2. Policy resolutions
3. All other resolutions (Titles of negotiations-related resolutions are italicized. There are three this year: Resolutions 18, 19, and 20.)
Factors used in determining the order of consideration were:
1. Document. As only the Delegate Assembly can change the Constitution and Election Rules, amendments to them are considered before other resolutions.
2. Support for the resolution. (A resolution from a local or committee has more evidence of support than does one from an individual.)
3. Impact. (A resolution affecting many members has more impact than does one affecting a few members.)
4. Cost. (When the cost of implementation is known)
In determining the Constitution and Rules Committee’s opinion, the following questions were considered:
1. Does the change have a ripple effect in any other governing document or another place in the same document that is not covered in the resolution?
2. Are the changes clearly explained and understandable? Are the changes properly marked?
3. Does the resolution actually change something or document current practice?
4. Would adoption of the resolution cause a contradiction?
5. Resolutions deemed deleterious or that could cause a liability issue for MAPE are discussed with the president. If the president rules the resolutions out of order, they are not included in this report. This year, all resolutions submitted by the deadline are included in this report.
Please study these resolutions and discuss them with your local’s members prior to the Delegate Assembly.
Thank you for the opportunity to serve you.
Michael Harralson
Kyle Johnsen
Sharon LeMay
Larry Souther
Royce Tyre
Constitution. 1
1. Delegate Assembly Timing. 1
Election Rules. 4
2. Membership Secretary. 4
3. Extend Statewide Nomination Acceptance Deadline. 6
Bylaws. 9
4. Local Presidents Committee. 9
5. Selection Committee. 12
6. Location of Delegate Assembly. 14
7. Presidential Succession. 16
8. Associate Membership. 18
9. Term Limits for Statewide Officers. 20
10. Regional Director Absence. 22
11. Harmful Bylaws-Changing Resolutions Submitted to the Board of Directors. 23
12. Harmful DA Resolutions. 25
13. Correct Steward Scope. 27
Policies. 28
14. Reassign a Worksite. 28
15. Basic Steward Training. 31
16. Lost Time/Reimbursement Appeals. 33
Other Items. 34
17. Board to Publish Draft Minutes. 34
18. Non-confidential Portions of Negotiations Reports to be Published on Open Website. 35
19. Improved Conditions of Awarded MAPE Scholarships. 36
Negotiations. 38
20. Long Term Disability Insurance Coverage through Voluntary Reduction of Sick Leave Hours. 39
21. Sick Leave Pool Establishment for Minnesota State Employees. 44
22. State Employee Tuition and Fee Waiver Program.. 51
Constitution
1. Delegate Assembly Timing
Whereas, MAPE’s constitution currently states “The Delegate Assembly shall meet at least annually in the fall;” and
Whereas, Moving MAPE’s Delegate Assembly closest to one of the last two weekends in March, where weather typically shifts away from snow to rain would avoid fall family plans (i.e. fall colors) and hunting seasons (i.e. waterfowl opener) currently interrupted by the scheduling of the Delegate Assembly in the fall. This would move the fall 2014 Delegate Assembly closest to one of the last two weekends in March of 2015 to allow time for hotel reservations to be arranged. The fall 2013 Delegate Assembly would not be affected by this resolution, since hotel reservations have already been arranged for next year;
Whereas, Adjusting MAPE’s Delegate Assembly from September to March requires MAPE bylaws to be adjusted and shift the calculation date of the number of MAPE Delegates to be assigned to each local for Delegate Assembly based on membership from April 1 to October 1; therefore, be it
Resolved, MAPE’s constitution shall be amended and state, “The Delegate Assembly shall meet at least annually closest to one of the last two weekends in March starting in 2015 and beyond. The 2014 fall Delegate Assembly will be held instead closest to one of the last two weekends of March 2015, thus waiving the annual requirement to meet for this scheduled shift of the Delegate Assembly;” and
Resolved, MAPE’s bylaws shall be amended and state, “Delegates shall be allocated to each Local by dividing total membership by 100 and dividing the membership of each Local by the quotient obtained and rounding off to the nearest whole number. Each Local is guaranteed at least one Delegate and one Alternate. The first Delegate shall be the Local President. Calculation of the number of members for this purpose shall be done annually by the Second Vice President, using data effective October 1.”
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Name/Number
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Date
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Local
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1702
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6-27-2012
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Contact Name
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Contact E-mail Address
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Contact Phone
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Nicholas Snavely
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NicholasSnavely@gmail.com
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763-232-4921
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Constitution Amendment
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Resulting Language
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ARTICLE IV
Structure
Section 1. Delegate Assembly. All sovereign powers of MAPE shall be vested in the Delegate Assembly, when in session. Its powers include, but are not limited to, the authority to establish MAPE policies, approve budgets, levy dues, amend the governing documents, and adopt procedures for statewide, regional and local officer elections. The Delegate Assembly shall meet at least annually in the fall closest to one of the last two weekends in March starting in 2015 and beyond. The 2014 fall Delegate Assembly will be held instead closest to one of the last two weekends of March 2015, thus waiving the annual requirement to meet for this scheduled shift of the Delegate Assembly.
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ARTICLE IV
Structure
Section 1. Delegate Assembly. All sovereign powers of MAPE shall be vested in the Delegate Assembly, when in session. Its powers include, but are not limited to, the authority to establish MAPE policies, approve budgets, levy dues, amend the governing documents, and adopt procedures for statewide, regional and local officer elections. The Delegate Assembly shall meet at least annually closest to one of the last two weekends in March starting in 2015 and beyond. The 2014 fall Delegate Assembly will be held instead closest to one of the last two weekends of March 2015, thus waiving the annual requirement to meet for this scheduled shift of the Delegate Assembly.
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Bylaws Amendment
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Resulting Language
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ARTICLE X
DELEGATE ASSEMBLY
Section 1. Composition. The Delegate Assembly shall consist of the members of the Board of Directors and the delegates elected by Locals.
Delegates shall be allocated to each Local by dividing total membership by 100 and dividing the membership of each Local by the quotient obtained and rounding off to the nearest whole number. Each Local is guaranteed at least one Delegate and one Alternate. The first Delegate shall be the Local President. Calculation of the number of members for this purpose shall be done annually by the Second Vice President, using data effective April October 1. The Second Vice President shall be responsible for completing this calculation and for notifying Locals in writing of the number of delegate and alternate positions.
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ARTICLE X
DELEGATE ASSEMBLY
Section 1. Composition. The Delegate Assembly shall consist of the members of the Board of Directors and the delegates elected by Locals.
Delegates shall be allocated to each Local by dividing total membership by 100 and dividing the membership of each Local by the quotient obtained and rounding off to the nearest whole number. Each Local is guaranteed at least one Delegate and one Alternate. The first Delegate shall be the Local President. Calculation of the number of members for this purpose shall be done annually by the Second Vice President, using data effective October 1. The Second Vice President shall be responsible for completing this calculation and for notifying Locals in writing of the number of delegate and alternate positions.
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The Constitution and Rules Committee believes this resolution is Ready for Debate. However, the committee needs to point out that this resolution will change the statewide election cycle to the spring with officers seating in January. Also, regional/local elections would coincide with statewide elections.
Election Rules
2. Membership Secretary
Whereas, MAPE's strategic plan includes goals of promoting membership and member activism; and
Whereas, Although all officers and stewards should recruit new members, MAPE’s bylaws do not designate a local officer to lead the effort; and
Whereas, A local office of membership secretary (even if vacant) emphasizes the importance of membership recruitment, retention, and involvement; and
Whereas, A member who wants to be more involved--but not hold a traditional office--may be an excellent recruiter; and
Whereas, Locals are not penalized for having vacant offices; and
Whereas, Having five officers instead of four would facilitate a local executive committee’s having a majority and avoid ties (Three is a majority of both four and five.); and
Whereas, Having a local membership secretary can make a difference. (Local 2101 began in December 2005 with 80.4% membership and no membership secretary. Within three years, the membership percentage dropped to below 77%. The local then added a membership secretary. Within three years, the membership percentage reached 85% of 600+ represented employees.); therefore
Resolved, That the governing documents be amended, as described below, to provide for a local membership secretary.
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Passed by
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Name/Number
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Date
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Committee
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Membership Committee
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4-26-2012
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Contact Name
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Contact E-mail Address
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Contact Phone
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Royce Tyre
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rtyre@mape.org
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(651) 431-5860
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Election Rules Amendment
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Resulting Language
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Article IX Elections at a Meeting
3. Consecutive Voting. This method can be used only when more than one position is open. Positions are voted on consecutively in the order listed below:
President,
Vice President,
Treasurer,
Secretary,
Membership Secretary,
Other Local Officers,
Delegates and Alternates,
other.
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Article IX Elections at a Meeting
3. Consecutive Voting. This method can be used only when more than one position is open. Positions are voted on consecutively in the order listed below:
President,
Vice President,
Treasurer,
Secretary,
Membership Secretary,
Other Local Officers,
Delegates and Alternates,
other.
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Bylaws Amendment
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Resulting Language
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ARTICLE VII
REGIONS AND LOCALS
Section 4. Local Officers. All Locals shall have a President, Vice President, Secretary, Membership Secretary, and Treasurer. Locals may also elect any other officers deemed necessary. The Local officers comprise the local executive committee. The terms of these offices shall be two years. Officers of newly formed Locals shall be elected as part of the formation process and shall serve until the normal expiration date of other Local officers in their Region.
Section 5. Local Officer Duties.
The SECRETARY shall maintain a record of the Local's proceedings and the Local’s membership records.
The MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY shall maintain a record of the Local’s membership records and promote member recruitment, retention, and involvement.
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ARTICLE VII
REGIONS AND LOCALS
Section 4. Local Officers. All Locals shall have a President, Vice President, Secretary, Membership Secretary, and Treasurer. Locals may also elect any other officers deemed necessary. The Local officers comprise the local executive committee. The terms of these offices shall be two years. Officers of newly formed Locals shall be elected as part of the formation process and shall serve until the normal expiration date of other Local officers in their Region.
Section 5. Local Officer Duties.
The SECRETARY shall maintain a record of the Local's proceedings.
The MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY shall maintain a record of the Local’s membership records and promote member recruitment, retention, and involvement.
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The Constitution and Rules Committee believes this resolution is Ready for Debate.
3. Extend Statewide Nomination Acceptance Deadline
Whereas, The current practice of requiring statewide officer and trustee nominees to accept the nomination by the last day of the Delegate Assembly puts a severe hardship on the nominees not at the Delegate Assembly; and
Whereas, The 2011 Delegate Assembly voted unanimously to extend the deadline in 2011; and
Whereas, The Election Rules defines “days” as “calendar days, unless otherwise stated”; and
Whereas, ”Free Distribution” and “Free Mailing” are inconsistent and misleading, as, although MAPE pays postage for distribution of statewide officer and trustee candidates’ literature, the candidates pay for the printing; therefore
Resolved, That the MAPE Election Rules be amended as shown below.
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Passed by
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Name/Number
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Date
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Member
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Royce Tyre
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7-3-2012
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Contact Name
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Contact E-mail Address
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Contact Phone
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Royce Tyre
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rtyre@mape.org
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(651) 431-5860
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Election Rules Amendment
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Resulting Language
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Article V Campaign Conduct
7. Free Postage-Paid Distribution. Candidates for statewide positions shall be allowed to participate in a single, combined distribution of campaign literature to members. The distribution shall be at no cost to the candidates, except candidates shall supply, at their own expense, sufficient copies of the literature to be distributed.
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Article V Campaign Conduct
7. Free Postage-Paid Distribution. Candidates for statewide positions shall be allowed to participate in a single, combined distribution of campaign literature to members. The distribution shall be at no cost to the candidates, except candidates shall supply, at their own expense, sufficient copies of the literature to be distributed.
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Amending Language
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MAPE ELECTION TIMETABLE
Appendix A
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Last Possible
Date
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Statewide Officer & Trustee Election Timelines
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No Later Than
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Membership deadline to be eligible as candidate
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120days prior to close of nominations
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Announce Opening of Nominations
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60days prior to Delegate Assembly
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Membership deadline to be eligible to vote
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2 weeks prior to ballot mailing
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Nominations Close
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Delegate Assembly
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Candidates accept or decline nomination
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7days after Delegate Assembly
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Affirm and/or Protest Candidate Eligibility
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57 days after Delegate Assembly
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Provide Proof of Bondability (where required)
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57days after Delegate Assembly
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Candidate Eligibility Report
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712 days after Delegate Assembly
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Free MailingPostage-Paid Distribution Submission Deadline
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7days prior to free mailing postage-paid distribution
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Free MailingPostage-Paid Distribution
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7days prior to ballot mailing
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Ballots Mailed
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21days after Candidate Eligibility Report
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Ballots Returned
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21days after ballot mailing
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Ballots Tabulated
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5days after ballots returned
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Election(s) Committee Report
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5days after ballots tabulated
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Results posted on the website
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As soon as practical after Election(s) Committee Report
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Protests
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5days after the results are posted on the website
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Seating
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Officers: First Board of Directors meeting after January 1.
Trustees: Immediately after the Election(s) Committee Report.
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Financial Report
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10days after ballots tabulated
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Resulting Language
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MAPE ELECTION TIMETABLE
Appendix A
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Last Possible
Date
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Statewide Officer & Trustee Election Timelines
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No Later Than
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Membership deadline to be eligible as candidate
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120days prior to close of nominations
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Announce Opening of Nominations
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60days prior to Delegate Assembly
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Membership deadline to be eligible to vote
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2 weeks prior to ballot mailing
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Nominations Close
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Delegate Assembly
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Candidates accept or decline nomination
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7days after Delegate Assembly
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Affirm and/or Protest Candidate Eligibility
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7days after Delegate Assembly
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Provide Proof of Bondability (where required)
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7days after Delegate Assembly
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Candidate Eligibility Report
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12days after Delegate Assembly
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Postage-Paid Distribution Submission Deadline
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7days prior to postage-paid distribution
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Postage-Paid Distribution
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7days prior to ballot mailing
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Ballots Mailed
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21days after Candidate Eligibility Report
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Ballots Returned
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21days after ballot mailing
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Ballots Tabulated
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5days after ballots returned
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Election(s) Committee Report
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5days after ballots tabulated
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Results posted on the website
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As soon as practical after Election(s) Committee Report
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Protests
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5days after the results are posted on the website
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Seating
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Officers: First Board of Directors meeting after January 1.
Trustees: Immediately after the Election(s) Committee Report.
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Financial Report
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10days after ballots tabulated
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The Constitution and Rules Committee believes this resolution is Ready for Debate.
Bylaws
4. Local Presidents Committee
Whereas, Local Presidents have a broad base of unique and valued experience from working with their local membership; and
Whereas, Formal opportunities for sharing this experience do not currently exist in MAPE’s bylaws
Whereas, There are 39 Locals (25 metro and 14 greater MN) and, if the 2013 DA is in the Twin Cities, the cost for lodging ($90 per night, per room, 14 Local Presidents), expenses ($25/Meals per person) and lost time ($200/day), is approximately $10,035 (a Board of Directors’ Meeting costs approximately $18,000); therefore be it
Resolved, That a Local Presidents Committee be created that will meet at least once annually, and
Resolved, That the 2013 budget be adjusted to allocate funds for lost time and expenses for the Local Presidents Committee ($18,000) to meet all day the day before the first day of the 2013 Delegate Assembly.
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Passed by
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Name/Number
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Date
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Local
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601
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6-6-2012
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Contact Name
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Contact E-mail Address
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Contact Phone
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Andrew Bahn
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Andrew.bahn@state.mn.us
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651-201-2249
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Bylaws Amendment
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Resulting Language
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Article VI
STATEWIDE STANDING COMMITTEES
Section 1. Committees. MAPE shall have Statewide Standing Committees as defined below.
· Affirmative Action Committee
· Constitution and Rules Committee
· Elections Committee
· Employee Rights Committee
· Executive Committee
· Finance Committee
· Government Relations Committee
· Job Action Committee
· Local Presidents Committee
· Meet and Confer Committee
· Membership Committee
· Negotiations Committee
· Women’s Caucus
Good faith effort shall be made to see that statewide committees are comprised of members from Greater Minnesota in proportion to their membership in MAPE as of January 1 of each year. Committee vacancies shall be filled following the same procedures as for the committee appointments.
Appointed committee members serve for a term corresponding to that of the Statewide Officers and continue their duties until their successors have been appointed.
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Article VI
STATEWIDE STANDING COMMITTEES
Section 1. Committees. MAPE shall have Statewide Standing Committees as defined below.
· Affirmative Action Committee
· Constitution and Rules Committee
· Elections Committee
· Employee Rights Committee
· Executive Committee
· Finance Committee
· Government Relations Committee
· Job Action Committee
· Local Presidents Committee
· Meet and Confer Committee
· Membership Committee
· Negotiations Committee
· Women’s Caucus
Good faith effort shall be made to see that statewide committees are comprised of members from Greater Minnesota in proportion to their membership in MAPE as of January 1 of each year. Committee vacancies shall be filled following the same procedures as for the committee appointments.
Appointed committee members serve for a term corresponding to that of the Statewide Officers and continue their duties until their successors have been appointed.
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Article VI
STATEWIDE STANDING COMMITTEES
Section 10 Local Presidents Committee. There shall be a Local Presidents Committee that will meet, at least once, annually. The meetings will be called by the Chair or at the request of at least 10 local presidents.
The Local Presidents Committee shall consist of each Local President from all MAPE Locals.
The Local Presidents Committee will share information between Locals in regard to Local policies and issues. The Local Presidents Committee may make recommendations and offer assistance to the Delegate Assembly, Statewide Officers and the Board of Directors.
The Local Presidents shall elect a Local President to chair the Local Presidents Committee for a one-year term. The election will occur at the annual meeting. The Chair must be a Local President for the entire one-year term.In the event of a vacancy in the chair the Statewide President, with concurrence from the Board of Directors, will appoint a Local President to chair the committee for the remainder of the one-year term.
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Article VI
STATEWIDE STANDING COMMITTEES
Section 10 Local Presidents Committee. There shall be a Local Presidents Committee that will meet, at least once, annually. The meetings will be called by the Chair or at the request of at least 10 local presidents.
The Local Presidents Committee shall consist of each Local President from all MAPE Locals.
The Local Presidents Committee will share information between Locals in regard to Local policies and issues. The Local Presidents Committee may make recommendations and offer assistance to the Delegate Assembly, Statewide Officers and the Board of Directors.
The Local Presidents shall elect a Local President to chair the Local Presidents Committee for a one-year term. The election will occur at the annual meeting. The Chair must be a Local President for the entire one-year term. In the event of a vacancy in the chair the Statewide President, with concurrence from the Board of Directors, will appoint a Local President to chair the committee for the remainder of the one-year term.
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Article VII
REGIONS AND LOCALS
Section 5 Local Officer Duties
The PRESIDENT shall conduct the affairs of the Local and preside at Local meetings. The President shall be a member of the Local Presidents Committee.
The VICE-PRESIDENT shall preside at Local meetings at which the President is not in attendance and shall chair the Local Job Action Committee.
The SECRETARY shall maintain a record of the Local's proceedings and the Local’s membership records.
The TREASURER shall be responsible for any funds received or disbursed directly by the Local, and shall maintain a record of the Local's financial transactions.
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Article VII
REGIONS AND LOCALS
Section 5 Local Officer Duties
The PRESIDENT shall conduct the affairs of the Local and preside at Local meetings. The President shall be a member of the Local Presidents Committee.
The VICE-PRESIDENT shall preside at Local meetings at which the President is not in attendance and shall chair the Local Job Action Committee.
The SECRETARY shall maintain a record of the Local's proceedings and the Local’s membership records.
The TREASURER shall be responsible for any funds received or disbursed directly by the Local, and shall maintain a record of the Local's financial transactions.
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The Constitution and Rules Committee believes this resolution is Ready for Debate.
5. Selection Committee
Whereas, The MAPE Selection Committee (aka Hiring Committee) is defined in the Hiring Policy but not referenced anywhere in the Bylaws; and
Whereas, The committee is defined as composed of the Executive Committee, the Chair of the Affirmative Action Committee and two members appointed by the President; and
Whereas, The selection committee creates the vacancy posting, creates the interview questions, reviews all resumes that are submitted to MAPE, reduces the pool of applicants down to a manageable number for interviewing, interviews and then selects/ranks the final 3 candidates to move forward for a second interview; and
Whereas, The selection committee obviously has great influence over the entire hiring process; and
Whereas, Statewide officers, even if recused from the selection committee, could have considerable influence on members of the committee by the nature of their positions and unfettered physical presence at the MAPE office, and
Whereas, Even if not on the selection committee, a statewide officer could get access to applicants’ information and potentially interfere with the process, and
Whereas, Trustees and Elections Committee members are required to resign their positions before seeking another MAPE position, and the same high standard should be set for statewide officers seeking a MAPE staff position; therefore
Resolved, That the Bylaws be amended as shown below to prevent a candidate for a MAPE staff position from serving on or inflicting undue influence on the selection committee for that position by retaining their position of power within the organization.
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Passed by
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Name/Number
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Date
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Local
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2101
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6-12-2012
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Contact Name
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Contact E-mail Address
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Contact Phone
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Jill Hiatt
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Jill.hiatt@state.mn.us
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651-431-2943
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Bylaws Amendment
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Resulting Language
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ARTICLE VIII
ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES
Section 1. Eligibility.
E. Selection Committee. The composition of MAPE’s selection committee is defined in policy. A member of the selection committee for a MAPE staff position who intends to apply for the staff position must resign from their statewide officer position or if not a statewide officer, recuse themselves from the selection committee before interview questions are compiled or before the first resume is reviewed, whichever comes first. The vacancy will be filled in accordance with the governing documents.
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ARTICLE VIII
ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES
Section 1. Eligibility.
E. Selection Committee. The composition of MAPE’s selection committee is defined in policy. A member of the selection committee for a MAPE staff position who intends to apply for the staff position must resign from their statewide officer position or if not a statewide officer, recuse themselves from the selection committee before interview questions are compiled or before the first resume is reviewed, whichever comes first. The vacancy will be filled in accordance with the governing documents.
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The Constitution and Rules Committee believes this resolution is Ready for Debate.
6. Location of Delegate Assembly
Whereas, Holding the DA outside of the Twin Cities metro area exceeds the metro DA costs by $60,000; and
Whereas, Currently MAPE traditionally holds the Delegate Assembly two years in the metro and then one out of the metro; and
Whereas, The cost of hosting a Delegate Assembly out of the metro is becoming increasingly difficult due to not having many out of metro union hotels or with sufficient facilities to choose from; and
Whereas, Upon implementing this resolution, the savings would benefit the organization as a whole; and
Whereas, It is not the intent to ignore the wishes of the delegates, so this is being brought before the body that it affects for a vote; therefore,
Resolved, That the Bylaws be amended as shown below.
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Passed by
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Name/Number
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Date
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Committee
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Finance Committee
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6-8-2012
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Contact Name
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Contact E-mail Address
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Contact Phone
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Michelle Doheny
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Michelle.doheny@state.mn.us
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651/431-3049
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Bylaws Amendment
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Resulting Language
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ARTICLE X
DELEGATE ASSEMBLY
Section 2. Meetings. The annual Delegate Assembly will begin on a Friday. The Delegate Assembly will always be held in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Times and places of meetings of the Delegate Assembly shall be established determined by the Executive Committee. The President may call meetings other than those required by the Constitution with the concurrence of a majority of the Board of Directors or on petition of 25% of the delegates eligible for attendance to the last-held Delegate Assembly and representing no less than 80% of the Locals. The President shall be the presiding officer of the Delegate Assembly.
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ARTICLE X
DELEGATE ASSEMBLY
Section 2. Meetings. The annual Delegate Assembly will begin on a Friday. The Delegate Assembly will always be held in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Times and places of meetings of the Delegate Assembly shall be determined by the Executive Committee.
The President may call meetings other than those required by the Constitution with the concurrence of a majority of the Board of Directors or on petition of 25% of the delegates eligible for attendance to the last-held Delegate Assembly and representing no less than 80% of the Locals.
The President shall be the presiding officer of the Delegate Assembly.
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The Constitution and Rules Committee believes this resolution is Ready for Debate.
7. Presidential Succession
Whereas, The bylaws require automatic succession of the statewide second vice president to fill a vacancy in the office of statewide first vice president; and
Whereas, The skill set of the second vice president--whose duties are primarily to promote member recruitment, retention, and involvement--may be different from the skill set of the first vice president, whose primary duties are to chair the Employee Rights Committee (ERC) and the Job Action Committee and to coordinate training of stewards, steward curriculum and policy; and
Whereas, Members deserve the most qualified leader available to chair the ERC, and that person may not be the second vice president; therefore
Resolved, That the bylaws be amended as indicated below.
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Passed by
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Name/Number
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Date
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Committee
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Membership Committee
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4-26-2012
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Contact Name
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Contact E-mail Address
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Contact Phone
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Royce Tyre
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rtyre@mape.org
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(651) 431-5860
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Bylaws Amendment
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Resulting Language
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ARTICLE VIII
ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES
Section 3. Vacancies.
D. Vacancies in Statewide Offices. When the office of statewide President or First Vice President becomes vacant, the office shall be filled by automatic succession of the First Vice President(s), and the vacancy is then in the office of Second First Vice-President.
When the position of statewide First Vice President, Second Vice President, Secretary, or Treasurer becomes vacant, and an election for that office is scheduled to be held within the same calendar year, the office shall be filled by a majority vote of the Board of Directors. Otherwise a special election shall be held to fill the vacancy.
If the office of statewide First Vice President becomes vacant, and until such time as an election or appointment by majority vote of the Board of Directors, the statewide Second Vice President shall perform the duties of the statewide First Vice President.
If the office of statewide Treasurer becomes vacant, and until such time as an election or appointment by majority vote of the Board of Directors, the statewide First Vice President or Second Vice President, in respective order, shall prepare and sign checks for such purposes as are required by the governing documents or are authorized by the Delegate Assembly, the Board of Directors, or the statewide President.
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ARTICLE VIII
ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES
Section 3. Vacancies.
D. Vacancies in Statewide Offices. When the office of statewide President becomes vacant, the office shall be filled by automatic succession of the First Vice President, and the vacancy is then in the office of First Vice-President.
When the position of statewide First Vice President, Second Vice President, Secretary, or Treasurer becomes vacant, and an election for that office is scheduled to be held within the same calendar year, the office shall be filled by a majority vote of the Board of Directors. Otherwise a special election shall be held to fill the vacancy.
If the office of statewide First Vice President becomes vacant, and until such time as an election or appointment by majority vote of the Board of Directors, the statewide Second Vice President shall perform the duties of the statewide First Vice President.
If the office of statewide Treasurer becomes vacant, and until such time as an election or appointment by majority vote of the Board of Directors, the statewide First Vice President or Second Vice President, in respective order, shall prepare and sign checks for such purposes as are required by the governing documents or are authorized by the Delegate Assembly, the Board of Directors, or the statewide President.
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The Constitution and Rules Committee believes this resolution is Ready for Debate.
8. Associate Membership
Whereas, Associate Members have much to offer as participants in meetings and on committees; and
Whereas, “Suspension” of membership is meaningless; and
Whereas, Associate members may wish to remain at large rather than choose a local; therefore
Resolved, That the bylaws be amended as described below.
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Passed by
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Name/Number
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Date
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Committee
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Membership Committee
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4-26-2012
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Contact Name
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Contact E-mail Address
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Contact Phone
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Royce Tyre
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rtyre@mape.org
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(651) 431-5860
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ARTICLE III
MEMBERSHIP
Section 2. Associate Membership.
B. Benefits. Associate members shall receive MAPE publications, may participate in Local meetings, and shall have such other benefits as may be determined by the Board of Directors. May serve as non-voting associate members on local, regional, and statewide committees, with expenses—but not lost time—paid. (They will not be included in the required number of committee members.) Associate members may attend the annual Delegate Assembly at their own expense, except MAPE will pay for breakfasts and lunches. However, associate members serving in volunteer positions at the Delegate Assembly such as teller, timer, etc., will have mileage and lodging paid for by MAPE. Associate Members have no voting rights in MAPE.
Section 4. Application for Membership.
B. Associate Members. Application for associate membership shall be on forms established by MAPE. Associate membership shall continue for the period that dues are paid, until membership is suspended terminated, or until a written resignation is received. Written resignations shall become effective 30 days after receipt of resignation.
Section 5. Dues.
B. Associate Members. The dues amount will be $25.00 per year, which will be credited to the associate member’s local if one is chosen. Associate members shall initially be billed a prorated dues amount and shall thereafter be billed annually.
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ARTICLE III
MEMBERSHIP
Section 2. Associate Membership.
B. Benefits. Associate members shall receive MAPE publications, may participate in Local meetings, and shall have such other benefits as may be determined by the Board of Directors. May serve as non-voting associate members on local, regional, and statewide committees, with expenses—but not lost time—paid. (They will not be included in the required number of committee members.) Associate members may attend the annual Delegate Assembly at their own expense, except MAPE will pay for breakfasts and lunches. However, associate members serving in volunteer positions at the Delegate Assembly such as teller, timer, etc., will have mileage and lodging paid for by MAPE. Associate Members have no voting rights in MAPE.
Section 4. Application for Membership.
B. Associate Members. Application for associate membership shall be on forms established by MAPE. Associate membership shall continue for the period that dues are paid, until membership is terminated, or until a written resignation is received. Written resignations shall become effective 30 days after receipt of resignation.
Section 5. Dues.
B. Associate Members. The dues amount will be $25.00 per year, which will be credited to the associate member’s local if one is chosen. Associate members shall initially be billed a prorated dues amount and shall thereafter be billed annually.
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The Constitution and Rules Committee believes this resolution is Ready for Debate.
9. Term Limits for Statewide Officers
Whereas, The goal of any member driven organization is to recruit more members to participate, share in the workload and contribute new ideas; and
Whereas, Although it is sometimes difficult to find people to participate, the rewards for encouraging this participation is a stronger, more vibrant organization; and
Whereas, Forced term limits may be the impetus that convinces new people to step forward and accept the challenge; therefore
Resolved, That the bylaws be changed as shown to establish term limits for statewide officers; and
Resolved. That this change will be effective as of the 2014 statewide elections.
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Passed by
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Name/Number
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Date
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Member
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Gretchen Scharmer
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7-3-2012
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Contact Name
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Contact E-mail Address
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Contact Phone
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Gretchen Scharmer
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gretchen.scharmer@state.mn.us
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507-537-7180
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ARTICLE VIII
ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES
Section 1. Eligibility.
B. Position-Specific Eligibility.
1) Statewide Officer Term Limits. A member shall not serve in any combination of statewide offices for more than three consecutive 2-year terms, plus time served to fill a vacancy in a statewide office. After serving three consecutive terms, a member may again serve after one complete term not serving as a statewide officer.
2)Statewide First Vice President. Candidates must have completed Advanced Steward Training or agree to complete it within the next two offerings after being elected and must complete it before chairing the ERC.
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ARTICLE VIII
ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES
Section 1. Eligibility.
B. Position-Specific Eligibility.
1) Statewide Officer Term Limits. A member shall not serve in any combination of statewide offices for more than three consecutive 2-year terms, plus time served to fill a vacancy in a statewide office. After serving three consecutive terms, a member may again serve after one complete term not serving as a statewide officer.
2) Statewide First Vice President. Candidates must have completed Advanced Steward Training or agree to complete it within the next two offerings after being elected and must complete it before chairing the ERC.
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The Constitution and Rules Committee believes this resolution is Ready for Debate.
10. Regional Director Absence
Whereas, Bylaws language addressing a regional director’s absence in a Board of Directors meeting is confusing in that it could be misunderstood to also be addressing an actual vacancy in the office; and
Whereas, The absence of a regional director at a Delegate Assembly is not addressed; therefore
Resolved, That the bylaws be amended as shown.
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Passed by
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Name/Number
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Date
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Member
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Royce Tyre
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6-20-2012
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Contact Name
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Contact E-mail Address
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Contact Phone
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Royce Tyre
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rtyre@mape.org
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(651) 431-5860
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ARTICLE V
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 2. Substitutions. In the an absence from a Board of Directors meeting or Delegate Assembly of an elected a Regional Director, the Regional Director shall select his/her substitute by rotation among the Local Presidents from his/her Region followed by Local Vice Presidents in the Region. If no Local President or Vice President is available to substitute, the Regional Director must select a member from his/her Region.
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ARTICLE V
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 2. Substitutions. In an absence from a Board of Directors meeting or Delegate Assembly of Regional Director, the Regional Director shall select his/her substitute by rotation among the Local Presidents from his/her Region followed by Local Vice Presidents in the Region. If no Local President or Vice President is available to substitute, the Regional Director must select a member from his/her Region.
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The Constitution and Rules Committee believes this resolution is Ready for Debate.
11. Harmful Bylaws-Changing Resolutions Submitted to the Board of Directors
Whereas, Robert’s Rules of Order includes a motion (Objection to the Consideration of the Question) that, if passed by a two-thirds vote, drops--without debate--a motion that is believed to do harm if even discussed; and
Whereas, A written method to handle harmful resolutions is desirable; and
Whereas, Bylaws Article XV Amendments, Section 2 requires proposed amendments to the bylaws for Board action to be presented at a Board of Directors meeting prior to being posted on the Web”; and
Whereas, “Presented” can be, and has been, interpreted and implemented differently by different statewide presidents; therefore
Resolved, That the bylaws be amended as shown below to provide a method to deal with proposed changes to the bylaws that are submitted to the Board of Directors when discussion of the proposed amendment would be harmful to MAPE:
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Passed by
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Name/Number
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Date
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Member
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Royce Tyre
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5-9-2012
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Contact Name
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Contact E-mail Address
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Contact Phone
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Royce Tyre
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rtyre@mape.org
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(651) 431-5860
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ARTICLE XV
AMENDMENTS
Section 2. Notice of Amendment by Board of Directors. Written notice containing copies of all proposed amendments to the bylaws must be sent electronically to the members of the Board of Directors and posted on the MAPE website at least 30 days prior to the Board of Directors meeting at which they will be considered. The proposed amendments must be presented at a Board of Directors meeting prior to being posted on the Web.
Before a proposed resolution is sent to the members of the Board of Directors and posted on the MAPE website, any member of the statewide Executive Committee can object by motion to the consideration of the question. If the objection motion is passed by a two-thirds vote of the Executive Committee, the resolution will be dropped, not sent, and not posted, and the resolution’s submitter will be notified as soon as possible.
The submitter of a resolution rejected by the Executive Committee may appeal to the Board of Directors in a Board meeting. A two-thirds vote of the Board members present and voting would sustain the Executive Committee’s action. If less than two-thirds of the Board members present and voting vote to sustain, the resolution will be posted on the website and the Board of Directors will consider it after the 30-day notice period.
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ARTICLE XV
AMENDMENTS
Section 2. Notice of Amendment by Board of Directors. Written notice containing copies of all proposed amendments to the bylaws must be sent electronically to the members of the Board of Directors and posted on the MAPE website at least 30 days prior to the Board of Directors meeting at which they will be considered.
Before a proposed resolution is sent to the members of the Board of Directors and posted on the MAPE website, any member of the statewide Executive Committee can object by motion to the consideration of the question. If the objection motion is passed by a two-thirds vote of the Executive Committee, the resolution will be dropped, not sent, and not posted, and the resolution’s submitter will be notified as soon as possible.
The submitter of a resolution rejected by the Executive Committee may appeal to the Board of Directors in a Board meeting. A two-thirds vote of the Board members present and voting would sustain the Executive Committee’s action. If less than two-thirds of the Board members present and voting vote to sustain, the resolution will be posted on the website and the Board of Directors will consider it after the 30-day notice period.
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The Constitution and Rules Committee believes this resolution is Ready for Debate.
12. Harmful DA Resolutions
Whereas, Robert’s Rules of Order includes a motion (Objection to the Consideration of the Question) that, if passed by a two-thirds vote, drops--without debate--a motion that is believed to do harm if even discussed/debated; and
Whereas, Harmful DA resolutions have been removed and not posted on the website or given to delegates in the past; and
Whereas, A written method to handle such resolutions is desirable; therefore
Resolved, That the bylaws be amended as shown below to provide a method to deal with resolutions that are submitted to the Delegate Assembly when mere discussion/debate of the resolution would be harmful to MAPE:
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Passed by
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Name/Number
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Date
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Member
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Royce Tyre
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5-9-2012
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Contact Name
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Contact E-mail Address
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Contact Phone
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Royce Tyre
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rtyre@mape.org
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(651) 431-5860
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ARTICLE X
DELEGATE ASSEMBLY (DA)
Section 5 Resolutions Submitted to the Delegate Assembly. (This section does not apply to resolutions modifying a governing document.)
Before the mailing and posting of proposed resolutions to the DA, any member of the statewide Executive Committee can object by motion to the consideration of the question. If the objection motion is passed by a two-thirds vote of the Executive Committee, the resolution will be dropped, not mailed, and not posted, and the resolution’s submitter will be notified as soon as possible.
The submitter of a resolution rejected by the Executive Committee may appeal to the Board of Directors at the next Board meeting. A two-thirds vote of the Board members present and voting would sustain the Executive Committee’s action. If less than two-thirds of the Board members present and voting vote to sustain, the resolution will be posted and mailed.
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ARTICLE X
DELEGATE ASSEMBLY (DA)
Section 5 Resolutions Submitted to the Delegate Assembly. (This section does not apply to resolutions modifying a governing document.)
Before the mailing and posting of proposed resolutions to the DA, any member of the statewide Executive Committee can object by motion to the consideration of the question. If the objection motion is passed by a two-thirds vote of the Executive Committee, the resolution will be dropped, not mailed, and not posted, and the resolution’s submitter will be notified as soon as possible.
The submitter of a resolution rejected by the Executive Committee may appeal to the Board of Directors at the next Board meeting. A two-thirds vote of the Board members present and voting would sustain the Executive Committee’s action. If less than two-thirds of the Board members present and voting vote to sustain, the resolution will be posted and mailed.
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The Constitution and Rules Committee believes this resolution is Ready for Debate.
13. Correct Steward Scope
Whereas, Because the labor agreement between MAPE and the state specifies in Article 7, Section 7A, “The Association may designate bargaining unit employees in regions to function as Association Stewards in all departments located within the boundaries of their region,” stewards serve a region, not a local; therefore
Resolved, That .the bylaws be amended as shown.
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Passed by
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Name/Number
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Date
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Member
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Jamie Fitzpatrick
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5-22-2012
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Contact Name
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Contact E-mail Address
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Contact Phone
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Jamie Fitzpatrick
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jamie.fitzpatrick@state.mn.us
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651-259-7575
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ARTICLE VII
REGIONS AND LOCALS
Section 3. Locals. All Regions are organized into one or more Locals. Each Region by default forms one Local. Locals are geographic subdivisions of Regions. A Local’s purpose is to provide for direct delivery of member service through regular membership meetings, Local officers and Local stewards. Locals provide grassroots membership direct access to information and services such as contract negotiations, grievance handling and MAPE-provided training and education.
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ARTICLE VII
REGIONS AND LOCALS
Section 3. Locals. All Regions are organized into one or more Locals. Each Region by default forms one Local. Locals are geographic subdivisions of Regions. A Local’s purpose is to provide for direct delivery of member service through regular membership meetings, Local officers and stewards. Locals provide grassroots membership direct access to information and services such as contract negotiations, grievance handling and MAPE-provided training and education.
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The Constitution and Rules Committee believes this resolution is Ready for Debate.
Policies
14. Reassign a Worksite
Whereas, MAPE has a “New Locals” policy on forming a new local but not on reassigning a group of MAPE-represented employees to a different, existing local; and
Whereas, Employees at a worksite may want to be assigned to a local that has meetings closer to them than their local does; and
Whereas, The Board of Directors has occasionally reassigned a worksite; and
Whereas, A written policy is needed to standardize the process; therefore
Resolved, That the new policy, below, be adopted.
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Passed by
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Name/Number
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Date
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Committee
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Membership Committee
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4-26-2012
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Contact Name
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Contact E-mail Address
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Contact Phone
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Royce Tyre
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rtyre@mape.org
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(651) 431-5860
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Policy-Procedures Summary
Reassign a Worksite
Related Information
Policy-Procedures
Part of a Local may be reassigned to a different, existing Local in the same or a different Region following these procedures:
1. Submit a petition to the Board of Directors signed by a minimum of 30 percent of the MAPE members who would be reassigned to the other Local. This will constitute the initiation of a request.
2. The petition must contain the following:
a. Geographical boundaries, including all existing and proposed MAPE worksite locations of the gaining and losing Locals. All areas within the boundaries must be contiguously connected;
b. Names, permanent work locations, work email addresses, and work phone numbers of the petitioners.
3. Within 90 days of receiving a valid petition, the Board of Directors will approve or deny it. If it denies the petition, the Board of Directors must give reasons for the denial. The Board of Directors must take into account the following factors when considering the petition:
· The functioning of the Local losing members is not crippled.
· The losing Local would have at least 100 members after the reassignment.
· Whether different boundaries would better serve affected members.
· Objections, if any, of either affected Local.
4. After the Board of Directors accepts the petition, officers and chief stewards of the affected Locals and Region(s) must be notified and given the opportunity to address the Board of Directors when the petition is being considered.
5. The Board of Directors may approve variances from this policy.
6. If the Board of Directors approves the petition:
a. All members who would be reassigned must be given an opportunity to vote electronically or by mailed ballot. An explanation of the proposed reassignment of members must accompany the ballot. A majority of members voting is required to pass. (Exception: If the Board of Directors approves the petition as presented and a majority of members to be reassigned had signed it, a vote is not required.)
b. If a majority of members who would be reassigned approves the move and the number of members to be reassigned is greater than the number of members already in the gaining Local, members of the gaining Local must also be given an opportunity to vote electronically or by mailed ballot. An explanation must accompany the ballot. If the gaining Local votes, a majority vote of its members voting to approve the reassignment is necessary for the reassignment to occur.
The Constitution and Rules Committee believes this resolution is Ready for Debate.
15. Basic Steward Training
Whereas, Currently, any member can attend basic steward training, with the local paying 50 percent, without approval by anyone; and
Whereas, Members should not be able to obligate their local’s funds without approval; and
Whereas, Local officers may have valid reasons to not want a member to be a steward and gain access to confidential and sensitive information; therefore
Resolved, That the Steward Policy be amended to require approval of a local’s officers for a member to attend basic steward training.
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Passed by
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Name/Number
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Date
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Member
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Royce Tyre
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6-21-2012
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Contact Name
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Contact E-mail Address
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Contact Phone
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Royce Tyre
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rtyre@mape.org
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(651) 431-5860
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STEWARD CERTIFICATION AND REVOCATION,
MAPE COMMUNICATOR AND STEWARD
TRAINING NOTICE POLICY
Training Notice
• Soon after registration for basic steward training is closed, the Statewide First Vice President will inform the local officers of the member’s local. The registrant will be able to attend the training only if a majority of the local officers of the member’s local approve. If a member attends basic steward training without the approval of a majority of the local officers of the member’s local, the local will not be responsible for any of the costs.
• At the point that members register for steward training of any level, the Statewide First Vice President will inform the Chief Steward of the member’s region. At the end of the scheduled training, the Chief Steward will again be informed of the members who completed training.
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STEWARD CERTIFICATION AND REVOCATION,
MAPE COMMUNICATOR AND STEWARD
TRAINING NOTICE POLICY
Training Notice
• Soon after registration for basic steward training is closed, the Statewide First Vice President will inform the local officers of the member’s local. The registrant will be able to attend the training only if a majority of the local officers of the member’s local approve. If a member attends basic steward training without the approval of a majority of the local officers of the member’s local, the local will not be responsible for any of the costs.
• At the point that members register for steward training of any level, the Statewide First Vice President will inform the Chief Steward of the member’s region. At the end of the scheduled training, the Chief Steward will again be informed of the members who completed training.
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The Constitution and Rules Committee believes this resolution is Ready for Debate.
16. Lost Time/Reimbursement Appeals
Whereas, The Statewide Treasurer is the chair of the Finance Committee; and
Whereas, The Statewide Treasurer has the authority to deny a request for lost time or expenses; therefore it is a conflict of interest for the Finance Committee to be involved in an appeal to a denied request; and
Whereas, The Board of Trustees is an impartial body responsible for overseeing MAPE’s financial matters
Resolved, That the following changes be made to the Reimbursement Policy
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Passed by
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Name/Number
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Date
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Committee
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Michelle Doheny
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6-8-2012
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Contact Name
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Contact E-mail Address
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Contact Phone
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Michelle Doheny
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Michelle.doheny@state.mn.us
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651/431-3049
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Requests
Decisions on the validity of any reimbursement shall be the responsibility of the Statewide Treasurer. The determining factor regarding the validity of the reimbursement shall be based on the direct benefit to MAPE being greater than the benefit to the individual. The Treasurer’s decision may be appealed to the Board of Trustees Finance Committee. Any reimbursement decision still questioned may be appealed to the Board of Directors for final determination. Anyone with authority to approve MAPE expenses shall not approve their own expense reports.
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Requests
Decisions on the validity of any reimbursement shall be the responsibility of the Statewide Treasurer. The determining factor regarding the validity of the reimbursement shall be based on the direct benefit to MAPE being greater than the benefit to the individual. The Treasurer’s decision may be appealed to the Board of Trustees. Anyone with authority to approve MAPE expenses shall not approve their own expense reports.
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The Constitution and Rules Committee believes this resolution is Ready for Debate.
Other Items
17. Board to Publish Draft Minutes
Whereas, MAPE needs to be transparent to its members; and
Whereas, in order to inspire involvement, our members must know what the board is doing; and
Whereas, currently members can only see the board’s minutes more than a month after the meeting; and
Whereas, with more openness there will be more participation;
Therefore Be it Resolved, That the 2012 Delegate Assembly orders the Board of Directors to post its draft minutes on the members’ only section of the MAPE website no later than one week after each board meeting. By a majority vote of the Board of Directors or Executive Committee, portions of the draft minutes may be modified or removed prior to or after posting. The board, by a majority vote, may make changes to the posted draft minutes up to the time the Board approved minutes are posted. By January, 2013 the Board of Directors will make a policy to ensure that this directive is followed.
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Passed by
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Name/Number
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Date
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Local
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1202
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6-13-2012
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Contact Name
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Contact E-mail Address
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Contact Phone
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Andy Bindman
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mape1202@gmail.com
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651-366-5405
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The Constitution and Rules Committee believes this resolution is Ready for Debate.
18. Non-confidential Portions of Negotiations Reports to be Published on Open Website
Whereas, MAPE wants to be more open and transparent to its members; and
Whereas, 99% of Information in Negotiations Reports are non-confidential; and
Whereas, posting the reports on the members’ only portion of the website does not keep non-members from seeing the information; and
Whereas, by posting the reports on the members’ only website does keep many MAPE members from seeing the information; and
Whereas, AFSCME often posts their Negotiations Reports on their open website; and
Whereas, with more openness there will be more participation;
Therefore Be it Resolved, That the MAPE Negotiations Committee will post its negotiation reports on the public portion of the MAPE website so anyone can view them. Any information deemed inappropriate for the public portion of the website can by a vote of the negotiations committee, the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee can continue to be placed in the members’ only section of the website or not be posted at all. The Board of Directors and/or the Executive Committee can always overrule any decision by the Negotiations Committee to place or not to place any information on the MAPE public or members’ only portions of the website.
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Passed by
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Name/Number
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Date
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Local
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1202
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6-13-2012
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Contact Name
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Contact E-mail Address
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Contact Phone
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Andy Bindman
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mape1202@gmail.com
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651-366-5405
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The Constitution and Rules Committee believes this resolution is Ready for Debate.
19. Improved Conditions of Awarded MAPE Scholarships
Whereas, Professional employees need ongoing training to maintain their competency and fulfill their continuing education requirements. MAPE scholarships for professional employees should be administered with as few barriers as possible to enable each scholarship recipient’s professional development; and
Whereas, MAPE scholarship recipients typically have completed an undergraduate program, but may not have taken a graduate entrance exam or been accepted to a graduate program when receiving a MAPE scholarship.
Whereas, MAPE scholarship funds are usually paid out as a reimbursement of actual expenses once coursework has been completed. MAPE scholarships are typically awarded during the last weeks of September each year at MAPE’s Delegate Assembly after the Fall semester has already started. Currently, the Membership Committee has set criteria that such awarded scholarships can only be used up to December 31 of the following year. Additional time should be allocated for MAPE scholarship recipients to utilize scholarship funds to ensure they are actually benefiting from the MAPE scholarship they were awarded; therefore, be it
Resolved, MAPE scholarship funds must be used by December 31 of the fifth year following their award to the scholarship recipient; and
Resolved, That MAPE scholarship recipients may use scholarships for college entrance exams, such as the Graduate Records Exam (GRE), to further assist their objective of continuing their education and reaching their professional development goals.
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Passed by
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Name/Number
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Date
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Local
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1702
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6-27-2012
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Contact Name
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Contact E-mail Address
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Contact Phone
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Nicholas Snavely
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NicholasSnavely@gmail.com
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763-232-4921
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CONDITIONS FOR AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS
• Before receiving payment, scholarship recipients must first provide verification of receipts of actual costs (may include tuition, course materials, travel, and lodging and college entrance exam expenses) and acceptance to a training facility. Scholarship money is usually paid out as a reimbursement of actual expense. Only in a rare case (e.g., extreme financial need), may a scholarship be paid in advance. (If you have an extreme need, email the Membership Committee at
Scholarships@mape.org.)
• To receive payment for group training funded, or partially funded, by a Ralph Cornelia Scholarship, the recipient must email a copy of the sign-in sheet to the Membership
Committee at Scholarships@mape.org.)
• Awarded scholarship awards funds must be used by December 31 of the fifth following year following their award to the scholarship recipient. Only in extreme cases will the Membership Committee consider an extension. (If you have an extreme need, email the Membership Committee at Scholarships@mape.org ).
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CONDITIONS FOR AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS
• Before receiving payment, scholarship recipients must first provide verification of receipts of actual costs (may include tuition, course materials, travel, lodging, and college entrance exam expenses) and acceptance to a training facility. Scholarship money is usually paid out as a reimbursement of actual expense. Only in a rare case (e.g., extreme financial need), may a scholarship be paid in advance. (If you have an extreme need, email the Membership Committee at
Scholarships@mape.org.)
• To receive payment for group training funded, or partially funded, by a Ralph Cornelia Scholarship, the recipient must email a copy of the sign-in sheet to the Membership
Committee at Scholarships@mape.org.)
• Awarded scholarship funds must be used by December 31 of the fifth year following their award to the scholarship recipient. Only in extreme cases will the Membership Committee consider an extension. (If you have an extreme need, email the Membership Committee at Scholarships@mape.org ).
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The Constitution and Rules Committee believes this resolution is Ready for Debate. The committee needs to point out that scholarships are awarded and recipients are notified in July. This resolution modifies language at http://www.mape.org/sites/default/files/Scholarship_Program%202012.pdf.
Negotiations
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Local
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1702
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6-27-2012
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Local
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1903
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7-10-2012
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Nicholas Snavely
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NicholasSnavely@gmail.com
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763-232-4921
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Motion was made, seconded, and approved by the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE) Local 1702 on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 to reaffirm support of three 2012 MAPE Delegate Assembly resolutionstitled:
“Long Term Disability Coverage Through Voluntary Reduction of Sick Leave Hours,”
“Sick Leave Pool Establishment for Minnesota State Employees,” and
“State Employee Tuition and Fee Waivers.”
These three resolutions were supported and passed by MAPE Local 1702 on June 24, 2009, recommended by the MAPE Constitution and Rules Committee on July 24, 2009 to be referred to the Negotiations Committee,as well as supported and passed by MAPE’s 2009 Delegate Assembly on September 25, 2009 to refer these three resolutions to the Negotiations Committee to be negotiated as part of MAPE contracts with the State of Minnesota. The State Employee Tuition and Fee Waivers resolution was also recommended by the Constitution and Rules Committee to be forwarded to the Government Relations Committee on June 24, 2009. On September 10, 2010, the Government Relations Committee reviewed the State Employee Tuition and Fee Waiver resolution and recommended the resolution be referred to the Negotiations Committee. Motion was made, seconded, and approved by MAPE Local 1702 on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 to reaffirm support of three MAPE 2011 Delegate Assembly resolutionstitled: “Long Term Disability Coverage Through Voluntary Reduction of Sick Leave Hours,” “Sick Leave Pool Establishment for Minnesota State Employees,” and “State Employee Tuition and Fee Waivers.” In 2011, the Constitution and Rules Committee’s opinion was that these resolutions were ready for debate and anticipated these resolutions would be handled with the 2011 Delegate Assembly negotiations resolutions survey. On September 23, 2011 at MAPE’s 2011 Delegate Assembly, Delegates were instructed to use the form provided to them to rate the resolutions on a scale of 1 (not important) to 10 (strike) and to turn their rating form into the Credentials Committee where the Credentials Committee collated results and provided the results to the Negotiations Committee Co-Chairs.
The resulting language of these three resolutions read as follows:
20. Long Term Disability Insurance Coverage through Voluntary Reduction of Sick Leave Hours
Whereas, Currently Long Term Disability (LTD) Insurance is offered to and voluntarily paid by Minnesota state employees through premium payments taken on a bi-weekly basis from their full-time 80 hour paycheck or on a pro rata basis from part-time employees; and
Whereas, The EMPLOYER (State of Minnesota) could establish and maintain a Long Term Disability Insurance program which on a voluntary basis, is paid for by participants (EMPLOYEES) through sick leave reduction like that which is currently offered to employees of Three Rivers Park District in Minnesota; and
Whereas, Said benefit is contingent upon EMPLOYER's ability to secure successful bids from a competent bidder providing benefit levels as specified by the EMPLOYER at reasonable premium rates and upon attaining a satisfactory participation level as specified by the successful bidder; and
Whereas, Three Rivers Park District (Suburban Hennepin Regional Park District or formally known as Hennepin Parks) located in the west suburbs of Hennepin and surrounding counties under labor agreement with the Minnesota Teamsters Public & Law Enforcement Employees Union, Local 230 (Maintenance Agreement), offered this Long Term Disability Insurance (under Article 35) paid by employees through sick leave reduction from January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2005 and likely in later labor agreements up to the present. At that time, it was set up that 3/4th of one hour of sick leave per month was voluntarily reduced by request of the employee from their sick leave earnings, thus acting like a monthly premium payment, to obtain Long Term Disability Insurance. For example, an employee would earn four hours of sick leave on every bi-weekly paycheck, so the total would be reduced by 3/4th of one hour once per month, resulting in the employee receiving a remaining balance of 3 and 1/4th hours of sick leave in the first bi-weekly paycheck, a full 4 hours of sick leave on any remaining bi-weekly paychecks that month and full coverage paid for their Long Term Disability Insurance by their employer. Thus, eliminating the out of pocket costs to cover Long Term Disability Insurance through a private insurance agency or payment withdrawals from bi-weekly paychecks from an employer; and
Whereas, Since sick leave can build up very easily over an employee’s career, this would be a great opportunity to voluntarily reduce out of pocket cost for State of Minnesota employees from having to pay for Long Term Disability Insurance through gross salary reductions or purchasing outside Long Term Disability Insurance. Instead, this slight reduction of 3/4th of one hour of sick leave per month helps utilize these sick leave hours that would still likely build up over time, but just a little slower and provide the State of Minnesota employees under MAPE contract Long Term Disability Insurance if they voluntarily enrolled in this opportunity; and
Whereas, This would reduce the EMPLOYER’s sick leave balance, which recorded on its books as a “liability” through slightly lowering sick leave balances for state employees they cover; and
Whereas, Long Term Disability Insurance is typically cheaper than short term disability insurance, but it may be worth looking into seeing if something similar could be worked out to provide short term disability insurance utilizing the same idea of voluntary employee sick leave reduction payments on a bi-weekly basis. Likewise, the possibility of Accidental Death and Dismemberment Coverage being covered through voluntary employee sick leave reductions might make sense; and
Whereas, Chris DeLisi, Director of Human Resources at Three Rivers Park District (3000 Xenium Lane North, Plymouth, MN 55441) could provide additional details on how this program works to the benefit of its employees and it as an employer. Chris Delisi’s work phone number is 763-559-6732. Likewise, Chris DeLisi stated on June 30, 2009 that “The Park District budgets to pay for the benefit on an annual basis for employees who carry this in the organization. The employee pays for this benefit so it is non-taxable by a reduction in sick leave by 3/4th an hour per month. Contract language is below:
ARTICLE 35 - LONG TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE
35.1 The EMPLOYER shall establish and maintain a long term disability insurance program which on a voluntary basis, is paid for by participants through sick leave reduction. Said benefit is contingent upon the EMPLOYER'S ability to secure successful bids from a competent bidder providing benefit levels as specified by the EMPLOYER at reasonable premium rates and upon attaining a satisfactory participation level as specified by the successful bidder.”
Therefore, be it Resolved, That the EMPLOYER (State of Minnesota) shall establish and maintain a Long Term Disability (LTD) Insurance program which on a voluntary basis, is paid for by participants (Minnesota State EMPLOYEES) through sick leave reduction; and
Resolved, That Long Term Disability Insurance coverage through reduction in sick leave hours shall occur for each department or agency of the State of Minnesota which has authority to adopt rules governing the accumulation and use of sick leave for employees and which maintains accurate and reliable records showing the amount of sick leave which has been accumulated and is unused by employees may, in accordance with guidelines which shall be established by the Minnesota Management & Budget, adopt rules for the establishment of a plan allowing participating employees to reduce sick leave hours and allowing any sick leave hours thus reduced to be used to obtain Long Term Disability Insurance coverage through the EMPLOYER maintained program; and
Resolved, That employees shall be eligible for participation in their EMPLOYER established Long Term Disability Insurance coverage immediately for new hires and following state employees voluntary participation during open enrollment for those employees having employment with the state or agency of the state; provided that such employee has voluntary selected to reduce sick leave, which minimum shall be established by rule; and
Resolved, That participation in the sick leave hour reductions shall, at all times, be voluntary on the part of the employees; and
Resolved, That any sick leave hour reductions shall be removed from the personally accumulated sick leave balance of the employee contributing such leave; and
Resolved, That a participating employee who uses their Long Term Disability Insurance coverage shall not be required to continue reductions in sick leave during that time, except as otherwise provided in this section; and
Resolved, That an employee who cancels his or her voluntary sick leave reductions shall not be eligible to withdraw the earlier hours of sick leave contributed by that employee for the Long Term Disability Insurance coverage; and
Resolved,That alleged abuse of the use of Long Term Disability Insurance coverage through voluntary sick leave hour reductions shall be investigated, and, on a finding of wrongdoing, the employee shall be subject to such other disciplinary action as is determined by the agency head; and
Resolved, That an employee who transfers from one position in state government to another position in state government may maintain EMPLOYER established Long Term Disability Insurance coverage through continued voluntary reduction of sick leave hours; and
Resolved, That the EMPLOYER shall establish and maintain a Long Term Disability Insurance program which on a voluntary basis, is paid for by participants through sick leave reduction. Said benefit is contingent upon the EMPLOYER'S ability to secure successful bids from a competent bidder providing benefit levels as specified by the EMPLOYER at reasonable premium rates and upon attaining a satisfactory participation level as specified by the successful bidder; and
Resolved,That Long Term Disability Insurance coverage shall be established by the EMPLOYER through a voluntary reduction in Minnesota state employee’s sick leave hours as indicated and pursued as a long term negotiated priority by MAPE to influence support for this resolution from the EMPLOYER.
21. Sick Leave Pool Establishment for Minnesota State Employees
Whereas, Establishing a Sick Leave Pool similar to the one set up for Florida state employees would be beneficial for Minnesota state employees; and
Whereas, A Sick Leave Pool would help alleviate the issue Minnesota state employees have today when they use up all their sick and vacation (annual) leave, as well as compensatory time and can only rely likely on those few individuals near them that are also state employees that may be willing to donate up to forty (40) vacation leave hours each. After those hours are used up by the sick employee, the state employee is, in many ways, out of any ability to keep their health insurance without having to pay both employee’s and employer’s share of health insurance premiums to obtain COBRA health insurance coverage for up to 18 months when they are no longer working and hope for the best after that or leave employment with the State all together. Even with that, the increased expense of health care, loss of income, and likely loss of health benefits for family members or other dependents when a state employee becomes chronically ill and cannot work for a period of time can be devastating. This has resulted in e-mail requests to state employees to donate vacation time to these individuals, but due to the cap on hours employees can donate per year, there is a limitation to how much and for how this can help the sick employee until they have exhausted all their earned or donated leave hours; and
Whereas, Minnesota does not currently have a Sick Leave Pool for state employees to voluntarily enroll eight (8) hours initially of sick leave and potentially more thereafter if the sick leave pool is drained low enough for another donation into the Sick Leave Pool from voluntary participants. This Sick Leave Pool is open just to those that voluntarily enroll and donate sick leave hours into the Sick Leave Pool with rules setup like Florida's Sick Leave Pool to prevent abuse and provide oversight to ensure the Sick Leave Pool is fiscally sound for its participants that may need to someday utilize it as a backup plan; and
Whereas, lack of medical coverage due to a chronic illness and the inability to work to make premium payments for health insurance has led to medical coverage being lost for entire families, as well as causing home foreclosures and bankruptcies; and
Whereas, Currently Minnesota State Employees have access to Vacation Leave Transfer Requests, but no additional option like Florida’s to voluntarily enroll in a Sick Leave Pool; and
Whereas, The following links provide additional details on Florida’s voluntary Sick Leave Pool program for reference:
Florida Statute 110.121 Sick Leave Pool
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0100-0199/0110/Sections/0110.121.html
University of Florida Sick Leave Pool Policy
http://www.hr.ufl.edu/leave/sickleavepool/Sick_Leave_Pool_Policy.pdf
Sick Leave Pool Enrollment Form
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/admin/forms/Personnel_Forms/DEP_54-201.doc
Sick Leave Pool and Sick Leave Transfer Plan
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/admin/depdirs/pdf/433.pdf
Department of Juvenile Justice Sick Leave Pool Request Form
http://199.250.17.10/forms/personnel/Request_to_Use_SLP_rev1-25-11.pdf
Request to Use Sick Leave Pool or Sick Leave Transfer Hours
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/admin/forms/Personnel_Forms/DEP_54-225.doc
Sick Leave Pool Operation Procedures
http://199.250.17.10/policies_procedures/Admin/Personnel/SLP_Procedures_FDJJ1002_12_revised10-5-09.pdf
http://199.250.17.10/policies_procedures/Admin/Personnel/SLP_Policy_FDJJ-1002_12_signed9-30-09.pdf
Sick Leave Pool Medical Certification
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/admin/forms/Personnel_Forms/DEP_54-202.doc
Optional Donation of Sick Leave to Sick Leave Pool or Other Employee at Termination with State Government
http://dep.state.fl.us/admin/forms/Personnel_Forms/DEP_54-601.doc; and
Whereas, As outlined at http://www.mmb.state.mn.us/vacationthe State of Minnesota’s vacation donation program started in the 1990s when the Minnesota Legislature created two "Vacation Donation" programs. These programs were designed to help critically ill state employees who are burdened with excessively high medical bills, and critically ill employees who have used up all sick and vacation time due to their illness. The Legislature authorized the Minnesota Management & Budget to administer these programs; and
Whereas, The first “Vacation Donation” program was created in 1990 under M.S. 43A.181and can be found at https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=43A.181&format=pdfor https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=43A.181with additional administrative policies at http://www.mmb.state.mn.us/doc/proc/18a.pdf. Its purpose is to provide for payment of unreimbursed medical costs in excess of $10,000. Rather than providing a direct appropriation for this purpose, the program allows all state employees to donate up to twelve (12) hours of accrued vacation leave each fiscal year, which is converted to monetary value and placed in an account established for the benefit of critically ill employees who have applied to receive assistance through the program. The accounts established under this program are administered and controlled by Minnesota Management & Budget; and
Whereas, The second “Vacation Donation” program was created in 1996 under M.S. 43A.1815and can be found at https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=43a.1815&format=pdfor https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=43a.1815with additional administrative policies at http://www.mmb.state.mn.us/doc/proc/18b.pdf.This program was created to assist state employees who have used all of their available sick and vacation leave due to a critical illness (life-threatening). The program allows all state employees to donateup to forty (40) hours of accrued vacation leave each fiscal year, to be converted to sick leave that may be used by one or more critically ill state employees who have applied to receive assistance through the program. Minnesota Management & Budgetis authorized to establish administrative procedures for this program, including development of eligibility criteria; and
Whereas, For information about how state employees may donate a portion of their vacation time to help fellow state employees, call Nancy K. Erickson at 651-259-3625 and review the vacation donation program contribution form at http://www.mmb.state.mn.us/doc/vacation/pe665.pdf. Vacation donation program application form can be found at http://www.mmb.state.mn.us/doc/vacation/pe664.pdf, as well as additional return from leave information at http://www.mmb.state.mn.us/doc/vacation/return-leave.pdf; therefore, be it
Resolved, Sick Leave Pool establishment for each department or agency of the State of Minnesota which has authority to adopt rules governing the accumulation and use of sick leave for employees and which maintains accurate and reliable records showing the amount of sick leave which has been accumulated and is unused by employees may, in accordance with guidelines which shall be established by the Minnesota Management & Budget, adopt rules for the establishment of a plan allowing participating employees to pool sick leave and allowing any sick leave thus pooled to be used by any participating employee who has used all of the sick leave that has been personally accrued by him or her; and
Resolved, Although not limited to the following, such rules shall provide; and
Resolved, (1) That employees shall be eligible for participation in the sick leave pool after one year of employment with the state or agency of the state; provided that such employee has accrued a minimum amount of unused sick leave, which minimum shall be established by rule; and
Resolved, (2) That participation in the sick leave pool shall, at all times, be voluntary on the part of the employees; and
Resolved, (3) That any sick leave pooled shall be removed from the personally accumulated sick leave balance of the employee contributing such leave; and
Resolved, (4) That any sick leave in the pool which leave is used by a participating employee shall be used only for the employee's personal illness, accident, or injury; and
Resolved, (5) That a participating employee shall not be eligible to use sick leave accumulated in the pool until all of his or her personally accrued sick and vacation (annual) leave compensatory time has been used; and
Resolved, (6) A maximum number of hours of sick leave in the pool which any one employee may use; and
Resolved, (7) That a participating employee who uses sick leave from the pool shall not be required to recontribute such sick leave to the pool, except as otherwise provided in this section; and
Resolved, (8) That an employee who cancels his or her membership in the sick leave pool shall not be eligible to withdraw the hours of sick leave contributed by that employee to the pool; and
Resolved, (9) That an employee who transfers from one position in state government to another position in state government may transfer from one pool to another if the eligibility criteria of the pools are comparable or the administrators of the pools have agreed on a formula for transfer of hours; and
Resolved, (10) That alleged abuse of the use of the sick leave pool shall be investigated, and, on a finding of wrongdoing, the employee shall repay all of the sick leave hours drawn from the sick leave pool and shall be subject to such other disciplinary action as is determined by the agency head; and
Resolved, (11) That sick leave hours may be drawn from the sick leave pool by a part-time employee on a pro rata basis; and
Resolved, That Sick Leave Pool(s) be established for Minnesota state employees as indicated and pursued as a long term legislative and negotiated priority by MAPE to influence support for this resolution from legislative representatives and the State of Minnesota as the employer.
22. State Employee Tuition and Fee Waiver Program
Whereas, A Minnesota State Employee Tuition and Fee Waiver program for all Minnesota state employees could be set up very similar to Florida’s beneficial state employee tuition and fee waiver program, otherwise known as the State of Florida Employee Educational Assistance Program. For more details on how Florida's state employee tuition and fee waiver program is setup and could be offered to all Minnesota state employees, please visit http://www.justiceadmin.org/documents/Tuition%20Waiver/Tuition%20Waiver%20Q&A.pdfor http://www.charlottechd.com/employee/documents/Tuition_Waiver_QA.doc, as well as http://www.djj.state.fl.us/docs/department-forms/ed_assist_prog.pdf?sfvrsn=2; and
Whereas, Enrolling up to six (6) credits a semester/term on a space-available basiswould be sufficient, as the State of Florida Employee Educational Assistance Programis currently setup, since most Minnesota state employees that would be eligible for this program would be working full time and likely not be able to take on more than six (6) credits a semester/term with family life, work, and other personal commitments; and
Whereas, For example, as a previous Florida full time state employee, I was able to utilize the State of Florida Employee Educational Assistance Programover the period of one year while taking a total of nine (9) graduate credits during two semesters. The way the tuition and fee waiver program reads in Florida singles out state employees like those working at educational institutions, such as Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MNSCU), by making them not eligible for this type of tuition and fee waiver program, but since MNSCU has already negotiated a tuition waiver in their supplemental agreementto the current MAPE contract, they would continue to be covered under that existing policy, which reads:
“M. Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MNSCU)
VII. Tuition Waiver.
Full-time unlimited, full-time seasonal, part-time unlimited and part-time seasonal employees, classified and unclassified, shall upon completion of three (3) years of continuous employment (without a break in service) in the MNSCU system be entitled to enroll on a space-available basis in credit courses without paying tuition. The employee will pay all applicable fees. Such enrollment shall not exceed twenty (20) semester credits per year. For purposes of tuition waiver, the year is considered to run from the start of the fall session through the end of the summer session. Employees of a State University may have tuition waived at any State University. Employees of a Community College or Technical College or co-located College may have tuition waived at any Community College or Technical College or Co-located College. Employees of the MNSCU System Office may have tuition waived at any State University, Community College, Technical College, or Co-located College by making a choice once each contract period to use the tuition waiver for one of the various systems. The employee’s spouse or dependent children may share this right up to sixteen (16) credits. The tuition waiver benefit shall not apply to any courses that are part of an applied doctorate program."
However, this Minnesota State Employee Tuition and Fee Waiver resolution includes all state employees, thus providing MNSCU employees another option to attend other schools they might not be able to under their current negotiated supplemental tuition waiver agreement. This MAPE resolution is specifically written to ensure MNSCU employees do not lose their current negotiated supplemental tuition waiver agreement by putting an emphasis that it should be pursued as both a long term legislative and negotiated priority by MAPE to influence support for this resolution from legislative representatives and the State of Minnesota as the employer; and
Whereas, A summary of the State of Florida Employee Educational Assistance Program (Florida’s tuition and fee waiver program) is available at http://www.myfloridacfo.com/aadir/cm0/cm020306_attachment.htmwith additional resources listed below:
· See the 2010 Florida Statute 1009.265 State employee fee waivers http://www.flsenate.gov/laws/statutes/2010/1009.265with the entire chapter listed at http://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2010/Chapter1009/All
· Online verification of state employee full time status: http://www.myfloridacfo.com/aadir/bosp/DFSBPmemos/docs/2002-33.pdf
· State Employee Tuition Waiver Program - Intent to Apply form:
http://www.djj.state.fl.us/docs/department-forms/tuition_waiver_formB12890ADDB5F.pdf?sfvrsn=4 http://www.djj.state.fl.us/docs/department-forms/tuition_waiver_form-doc.doc?sfvrsn=4
· State Employee Tuition Waiver Program, Program Participation Template Form:
http://dms.myflorida.com/dms2/content/download/46041/196468/version/2/file/Tuition+Waiver+Form_04-08.doc
· How FL integrated the Tuition Waiver program with current training required/offered by employer: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/admin/depdirs/pdf/430.pdf
· Tuition Waiver Application for FL State Employees through the school of choice (example provided here is the University of Central Florida, which I took nine (9) tuition and fee waived graduate credits through):
http://www.registrar.ucf.edu/forms/employee_waiver/stw.pdf
· Additional University of Central Florida resources on the state employee tuition waiver program: http://www.registrar.ucf.edu/forms/employee_waiver/http://www.hr.ucf.edu/web/forms/benefits/tuitionwaiver.pdf; and
Whereas, Minnesota state employees utilizing the state employee tuition and fee waiver program to stay current in their fields of expertise is a benefit for the State of Minnesota as the employer to be able to continue providing vital services efficiently to Minnesota citizens utilizing an innovative and well educated workforce;therefore, be it
Resolved, (1) As a benefit to the employer and employees of the state, subject to approval by an employee's agency head or the equivalent, each state university, community and technical college shall waive tuition and fees for state employees to enroll for up to six credit hours of courses per semester/term on a space-available basis; and
Resolved, (2) The Chief Financial Officer, in cooperation with the state universities, community and technical colleges, shall identify and implement ways to ease the administrative burden to state universities, community and technical colleges, including, but not limited to, providing easier access to verify state employment; and
Resolved, (3) From funds appropriated by the Legislature for administrative costs to implement this section, state universities, community and technical colleges shall be reimbursed on a pro rata basis according to the cost assessment data developed by the Department of Education, and
Resolved, (4) The Auditor General shall include a review of the cost assessment data in conjunction with his or her audit responsibilities for state universities, community and technical colleges, and the Department of Education; and
Resolved, (5) For purposes of this section, employees of the state include employees of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government; and
Resolved, (6) That State Employee Tuition and Fee Waivers be established for Minnesota state employees as indicated and pursued as a long term legislative and negotiated priority by MAPE to influence support for this resolution from legislative representatives and the State of Minnesota as the employer.