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EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING AGENDA Saturday, March 28, 2015, Start Time Saturday: 9:30am (with Regional Meetings) 9:30am – 10:15am – Region Meetings – Individual Regions Meet Regional Meeting Packets - (blue legal documents – Regional Meetings Packet – separate packet) . Status of Membership Numbers: Member Counts, Member Participation, Leaders, Certified Stewards, Stewards, Members/Non-Members. 10:15 – 10:45am – Report Back to Executive Board from Region Meetings 10:45am – Call Meeting to Order 10:45 – 11:00am – Open Forum 15 minutes may be used for an open forum for members who wish to comment on issues of concern or describe union victories in their workplace (maximum of 2 minutes addressing items not on the agenda except under special circumstances). Meeting will start when all speakers are completed or at 11:15 whichever comes sooner. If members arrive before 11:15 and the general meeting has begun, it will be suspended for the members’ comments. If Board action is requested, the Board may place the matter on a future agenda. All statements that require a response will be referred to staff for reply in writing. 11:00 – 12:30 – BUSINESS MEETING FLAG SALUTE AND QUORUM: ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. Executive Session during Lunch if necessary; Trustee Meeting at lunch if desired. 2. Resignation of Veronica Rodriguez as a delegate – she has been hired as staff. - (pages 5-6) 3. Swearing in of any unsworn members - (pledge at back of the packet) RESPONSES: to Last Executive Board Meeting Open Forum Issues and other pertinent issues: None CONSENT AGENDAS / Related Motions and Information: Motion A – Report Consent Agenda Approval - (pages 7-8) REPORT CONSENT AGENDA: If there is anything you wish to discuss prior to approval of Motion A, please pull the item from the Agenda for discussion. What is not pulled from the Consent Agenda is considered approved without discussion when Motion A is passed. 1. Approval of Executive Board Meeting Minutes – December 6, 2014 - (pages 9-18) 2. Budget & Finance Committee Report of March 18, 2015 and January 2015 Financials – A quorum was present for the meeting - (light purple legal documents – Budget & Finance Meeting Packet – separate packet) 1 of 98 3. Good & Welfare Committee Expenditures Report – None for March 2015 Any Requests for Assistance – please send them to both RoseAnn Dominguez at [email protected] and Karen Summers at [email protected] 4. Items Pulled from the Report Consent Agenda RoseAnn Dominguez – Request for Region 1 volunteers to the Budget & Finance Committee. Political Agenda 1. Motion B – Political Consent Agenda: Motions B/1 – B/6 - (pages 19-32) 2. Motion B/4 – Chicago Mayoral Election – Call to April Verrett Executive VP of SEIU Healthcare in Illinois 3. Items Pulled from the Political Consent Agenda 4. Motion B/7 – Political Priorities – Riko Mendez, Political Director - (30 minutes) - (pages 33-36) Bylaws Consent Agenda 1. Motion C and C/1 – Bylaws Consent Agenda: City of East Palo Alto - (pages 37- 40; Actual Bylaws - pink documents – separate packet on tables to share) 2. Pulled Items from the Bylaws Consent Agenda NEW BUSINESS: Motion D – Approval for 2016 Executive Board Election Committee Advertisements - (pages 41-42) Motion E – Potential Appointments to the Budget & Finance Committee - (pages 43-44) UNFINISHED BUSINESS: none WRITTEN REPORTS & CORRESPONDENCE REQUIRING NO ACTION – They may be pulled for discussion if desired. Officers’ Reports st 1 Vice President Report – (oral) Regional VP Reports . Region 1 - (pages 45-46) . Region 2 - (pages 47-48) . Region 3 - (none) . Region 4 - (pages 49-50) . Region 5 - (pages 51-54) . Region 6 - (pages 55-56) Education and Training Report - (none) Organizing Report - (pages 57-58) Communications Report - (none) 2 of 98 IT Report - (pages 59-60) Admin/Building Report - (pages 61-62) Contract Enforcement Department Reports - (pages 63-68) PAC/PACE Totals Report - (pages 69-70) Trustee Report - (pages 71-72) Industry, Caucus and Committee Report Nurse Alliance Report - (pages 73-80) Retirement Security Committee Report - (pages 81-86) SEJ Committee Report - (pages 87) . AFRAM Report - (pages 88-90) . APALA Caucus Report - (pages 91) . Latino Caucus Report - (pages 92) . Native American Indian Report - (pages 93) . Women’s Caucus Report - (pages 94) . PWD Caucus Report - (pages 95-96) Correspondence - none Other Oral Reports: 12:30pm – 1:15pm – Lunch (Executive Session if necessary and Trustee Meeting) 1:15 – 2:30pm – Kristy Sermersheim with the International Blueprint Workshop 2:30 – 3:30pm – External Organizing Presentation - (pages 97) 3:30 – 4:15pm – PRESIDENT’S REPORT: President Gwyn Harshaw - The Ignite Conference - (oral) CHIEF ELECTED OFFICER’S REPORT: Luisa Blue - (oral) 1. Any Updates . Chief of Staff Announcement . Immigration Reform . Monterey Bay CLC Withholding per capita Payments . IHSS Jurisdictional Update 2. SEIU International Executive Board Reports . Appointment to the SEIU International Racial Justice Task Force - (yellow letter documents – Racial Justice Task Force Packet – separate packet) . Organizing Report Fight for $15 – National Day of Action on 4/15/15 in San Jose Childcare Civil Disobedience in Sacramento on 4/29/15 3. “Forward Process” for Objectors 4. Member Complaint in Region 4 4:15 – 5:15pm – Local 521 Transformation Plan: Robert Li and Catherine Balbus - (oral) Informational Items - (none) 3 of 98 Adjournment LB/kns SEIU 521 CTW/CLC Dinner to go will be available at the end of the meeting 4 of 98 2/19/2015 Dear Fellow Union Brothers & Sisters Please accept this letter as my resignation from the Executive Board effective immediately. As of January 26th 2015 I began my employment with SEIU 521 as an Internal Organizer, therefore I can no longer service on the governing board. It has been a pleasure working with all of you, I am grateful for all the opportunities I received and everything I have learned. I will continue to support, represent and fight for working families and the betterment of my community. Si Se Puede Veronica Rodriguez 5 of 98 THIS SHEET IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 6 of 98 SEIU Local 521 Executive Board Motion * Motion Letter: A Date: March 28, 2015 Motion Title: Report Consent Agenda The Following Reports have been placed on the REPORT CONSENT AGENDA for approval/confirmation without discussion. If you wish discussion pull the report from the REPORT CONSENT AGENDA – NO Motion is required to remove a report from the Report Consent Agenda. Committee Reports Requiring Approval/Confirmation: (as noted below) 1. Approval of the Minutes for the Executive Board Meeting of December 6, 2014 - (pages 19-28) 2. Budget & Finance Committee Report – RoseAnn Dominguez, Local 521 Treasurer - (Violet/Purple Documents – separate from packet) March 18, 2015 Meeting – The Committee reviewed the January 2015 Financials, and the Revised Document 2 from December 2014 - no questions were asked. B&F Item 1 – Approved - the January 2015 Financials and the Revised December 2014 Document 2 with explanation Report Back – on whether or not the Financials could be given to the Budget & Finance Committee in a more timely manner for review and approval. At this time it does not seem possible. 3. Good and Welfare Committee Report – donations in March 2015 None Please submit all Good & Welfare requests to both RoseAnn Dominguez and Karen Summers. * Motion A: To approve/confirm as presented ALL Reports on the Report Consent Agenda EXCEPT those pulled and listed below which will be held for discussion: LB:kns SEIU 521 CTW/CLC 7 of 98 Follow Up: Moved by:__________________________ __ Second :____________________________ Pulled:______________________________________________________________ Votes in Favor:____________ Votes Opposed:___________ Abstentions:_____________ Motion: Carries Fails: Tabled Until: Date:_________ Signatures ____________________________________________ LB:kns SEIU 521 CTW/CLC 8 of 98 Minutes December 6, 2014 – Executive Board Meeting All business completed Saturday; no meeting Sunday Saturday 9:30am for Region Meeting and Reports Back Business Meeting from 9:55am – 2:13pm Executive Session: 12:45pm – 1:30pm Call to order by President Gwyn Harshaw 10:00am. Regional Meetings were held prior to call to order. Officers in Attendance at the Meeting: Gwyn Harshaw President Vacant Region 3 Vice-Pres. John Gutierrez 1st Vice President Alysia Bonner Region 4 Vice-Pres. RoseAnn Dominguez Treasurer Vacant Region 5 Vice-Pres. Karen Nakatani Secretary Tonya York Region 6 Vice Pres. Muriel Frederick Region 1 Vice-Pres. Luisa Blue CEO Matt Nathanson Region 2 Vice-Pres. Executive Board Delegates and Alternates in Attendance at the Meeting: REGION 1: REGION 4: REGION 6: Rosemary Romo Jennifer Jensen Myrna Bravo Lesbia Reclosado Marcela Bonilla Dolly Clemente Lori Niepoth REGION 5: CAUCUS DELEGATES: REGION 2: Rudy Plaza Arvelia Cooper-Whigham Luisa Aguilar Carmen Morales Rachel Subega Linda Krolnik Javier Sanchez Regina Kane Veronica Rodriguez RETIREE DELEGATES: Herman Williams Victoria Rodriguez Carol Garvey Sonja Bennett Diane Goldwasser Gary Linsner REGION 3: none Executive Board Officers, Members and Alternates – Excused: Muriel Fredricks Valerie Pickering OC Santiago Lydia Torres Adam Gintz Josh Wallace Laura Basua Executive Board Members and Alternates – Unexcused: Donna Nielsen Delia Herrera George Preston Huong Chung Tammy Dhonato Imelda Ceja-Butkiewicz Sergio Garcia Jennifer Stegman Greg Gomez Local 521 Trustees in Attendance: William Ragland Connie Chew Melanie Martinez Local 521