EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: the Convention Will Come Back to Order
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P R O C E E D I N G S (General Session - Thursday, April 13, 2006) (On record 9:00 a.m.) EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: The convention will come back to order. We have a couple of announcements. First of all, we got word from the wait staff at the party at Jillian's last night that you all drink a lot of beer. But considering how much you drink, you're also well-behaved. So starting a new tradition with that. (Laughter) EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: Operation Candy Cane. We'll be having a charity golf tournament held in Dallas Fort Worth May 22nd. We're calling it Tee-it-up for the Troops at Fair Creek Golf Course near DFW Airport. The goal is 140 golfers. This charity was founded by Michelle Foster and Susan Conely at Fort Worth Center. They send care packages to our military troops deployed in the Middle East. So fly in, play golf, fly out the same day and support America's men and women in uniform on Page 35 of your program. The Sergeant-at-Arms have asked that you remember to wear your badges. For delegates, the rules require that you wear your badges, Rule 3B, in case anybody is reading. Very important, if you don't have a badge and we have to go into a division or a roll call vote, you will not be able to vote. If it's a standing vote, you won't be able to vote, and if you're a delegate and don't have your badge, you shouldn't be voting even by voice, so wear your badges. Speaking of badges. David Carmichael has a really nice picture. And he probably wants his keys. So if anybody knows David Carmichael and can return his ID to him, he's going to need this to get back to work. AUDIENCE: Auction it off. (Laughter) EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: It was just delivered to the front. At 5:30 in the Gardner Room there will be a co-location consolidation team meeting, and there will be no central region breakout today. The National Legislative Committee is selling these shirts. There's about 100 left. All of the proceeds go to the PAC. They are $20 and the back says, the beatings will continue until morale improves. So get your shirts, the NLC -234- doesn't want to have to take any home, 20 bucks, it all supports the PAC. One last announcement. Keep in mind there are a lot of people taking care of us here at this hotel that work for a living. You've got people cleaning up your rooms after you. People helping you with your cars and your luggage. Make sure you take care of them the way the way they're taking care of you, and that means cash, so don't forget to tip your staff. We will resume with the yellow book in A06-009, but first we are ready for our report of the Credentials Committee. Do we have Mike Palumbo? MR. MIKE PALUMBO: Let's see. NATCA Charitable Foundation auction closes today. Section 1 at lunch, Section at the close of business. Be sure to check at the NCF table to see if you're a door prize winner. Unofficially, 352 delegates, 147 alternates, 318 members, 14 staff, 119 guests. Attached is a list of the names of the voting members of the 2006 Convention and their alternates who have been registered up until 8:48 this morning, Thursday, April 13th, 2006. 352 delegates, 147 alternates, representing a total -235- of 13,502 votes. On behalf of the committee, I move that the role of delegates hereby submitted be the official role of the voting members of the convention at this time. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: Is there a second? AUDIENCE: Yes. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: It is moved and seconded to adopt the report of the Credentials Committee. Is there any discussion? AUDIENCE: (No audible response) EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: The question before you now is on the adoption of the Credentials Committee. Those in favor of the report say aye. AUDIENCE: Aye. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: Those opposed say no. AUDIENCE: (No audible response) EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: The Credentials Committee report is adopted. Thank you, Mike. We now move to consideration of A06-009. MICROPHONE 6: Point of information. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: Point of -236- information, Mike 6. MICROPHONE 6: (Indiscernible - away from microphone) EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: I think Mike Palumbo needs to be aware of that. And now, if locals want to line up for buying Red Bulls for Mike Palumbo, I'm sure he'll accept them all. All right. The question before you A06-009. Is there a second? AUDIENCE: Second. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: And do we have a representative of the Constitution Committee to speak, or the author? Mike 5. MICROPHONE 5 (Bill Buvens): Bill Buvens, DFW TRACON. I probably should have let Bill McGowan do it since I'm having a real good record so far on my passage of my stuff. (Laughter) MICROPHONE 5 (Bill Buvens): This doesn't have anything to do with giving retired members anything other than the rights that we already gave them in our rules, which is that they can come and speak at the convention. What it does do is restrict the people that can speak at our -237- convention to only retired and active members in good standing. It would preclude associate members or corporate members. Not that a corporate member would want to speak, but it would preclude associate and corporate members from being able to speak at the convention, that's all it does. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: Is there additional debate? AUDIENCE: (No audible response) EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: Seeing no one at the microphone, debate is ended, and we are on the question. The question is on the adoption of Amendment A06- 009. Those in favor of the amendment say aye. AUDIENCE: Aye. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: Those opposed say no. AUDIENCE: No. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: Let me do it by voice one more time, so I don't have to make you stand up so early in the morning. It does take two-thirds. Those in favor of the adoption of A06-009, signify by saying aye. AUDIENCE: Aye. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: Those opposed say no. -238- AUDIENCE: No. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: The ayes have it, and the Amendment 06-009 is adopted. We move on to consideration of A06-010. Is there a second? AUDIENCE: Second. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: It is moved and seconded. The author is standing at the microphone. Mike 5. MICROPHONE 5 (Bill Buvens): Bill Buvens, DFW TRACON. Whoo-hoo, got one through. (Laughter) MICROPHONE 5 (Bill Buvens): There is some confusion as far as active members in our constitution or definition of members. All this does is, is this is three separate amendments to three separate articles in Section -- it just adds the word active in front of members in good standing, basically for the same reason as the other one. It would preclude anybody except for an active member in good standing from doing this. There is actually, for those that don't know, four classes of members in our association; retired, active, associate, and corporate. So this just, clean the language -239- up is really all it does. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: Is there additional debate? AUDIENCE: (No audible response) EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: Seeing no one at the microphones, the question is before you. The question is on the adoption of A06-010. All in favor signify by say aye. AUDIENCE: Aye. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: Those opposed say no. AUDIENCE: No. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: The ayes have it, the motion is adopted. We'll move on to A06-010. Is there a second? AUDIENCE: Second. AUDIENCE: 011. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: I'm sorry. 06-011. AUDIENCE: Second. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: Is there discussion? Mr. McGowan, is someone speaking on behalf of your committee? -240- MICROPHONE 2 (Steve Merlin): Yeah, I'll do it. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: I have a point of information? MICROPHONE 2 (Steve Merlin): Come on up, Bill. MICROPHONE 4 (Unidentified): Point of information, please. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: Point of information, Mike 4. MICROPHONE 4 (Unidentified): What is the reason we need to legislate this? EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH MARLIN: That would be debate. Let's get started and let the author speak, and then you can bring those points up. MICROPHONE 2 (Bill McGowan): Bill McGowan, Boston Center. One of the problems we're having with the generic local constitution is that most locals adopted some years and years ago, write-in votes are not addressed. We're not trying to conclude them from locals, we're trying to answer the question we get frequently asked on the Constitution Committee how to handle a vote where the write-ins become an issue. Since we don't have a tie-breaker, and DOL will let you do it either way, we have to have -- it has to be settled someway. -241- By putting it into the national constitution it's answered, it's not preventing you from using write-ins, you can allow them by putting them in your local constitution, but if the local constitution is silent on the issue, at least we'll have some way to determine where we're going to go with the local rather than having to get the DOL involved and whether we're going to do a coin flip or where we're going to go with it.