CHSSA Executive
Meeting
January 5, 2011
Beacon
Middle School
The meeting was in progress when the secretary arrived.
DSEA Uniserv
Representative – Charlie Shaffer has taken a new position with the
Pennsylvania State Education Association.
In the interim our Uniserv Representative will be Wendy Kupcha. Her
contact email is Wendy.Kupcha@dsea.org.
Treasurers Report
– Bank balance $4399, General fund $7554, CD-CAL
fund $6,155, Scholarship fund $2,895.
Total assets $21,004.
Para Overtime
Grievance – Due to the fact that in one building all Para’s were told
they would no longer be able to attend staff meetings due to this grievance, it
was decided that Ed will need to follow up with Mr. Fulton on Para attendance
requirements, and how that will be communicated.
Communication
within Local: Ed and Peggy both
addressed a need for improved communication within our local. We have had 3 different issues in which we
have had success in reaching our goals and we need to make sure our members and
non members are aware of that. It was
discovered that some of the miscommunications occurred from members outside,
ie: dsea, when responding to issues they have not always copied everyone
necessary. It was agreed by all present
that everyone will be more diligent to check each mailing to make sure all
necessary personnel have received information.
DSEA Winter
Retreat: Ed advises anyone who
is interested in attending. He has
attended several and has always learned much and enjoyed the venue. This years retreat is in Rehoboth February
11-13th, at the Atlantic Sands Hotel. The Union
will pay for any members registration fees. The focus of the weekend will be
Race to the Top, and “Unionism in a Changing Education and Political
Environment”. Registration deadline is
Friday January 14th. Members
can register at www.dsea.org .
For the Good of
the Cause –All agreed that a gift will be purchased for Charlie in
appreciation for all that he has done for our local. Because there have been
some new guidelines put in place for treasurers of locals, Mary Beth will follow up on questions as to how
to process a gift from local funds.
It was mentioned that bus drivers are interested in
attending meetings; however, our meeting time of 4pm
is not convenient. It was discovered
that we would have to meet after 7pm
or on weekends to allow the most drivers to attend. Joan reminded all that a survey was taken of
all building reps and officers at the beginning of this school year listing a
variety of times including evenings and that 4 pm was the most convenient for
the most members. A suggestion was to
have one rep serve as a liaison for all drivers. This will be investigated further at our
February meeting.
Meeting was adjourned at 5:35pm. Next meeting is February 2nd @
CHHS Library @ 4pm.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Joan Williamson.
