2007-2008 Minutes
Sultan Education Association
Rep Council Meeting Minutes
June 6, 2007
Meeting was called to order at 4:50.
Officers Present: Andrea Fuller, Darci Murphy, Heidi Harder, Mike Lynch, Mary Sifferman, Sarah Harkins, and Kris Hatfield.
Minutes from May 23, 2007 were read. Mary made a motion to accept the minutes, Mike seconded and the motion passed.
Old Business:
- The negotiators met with the School Board and they exchanged proposals. 3 more meetings were scheduled for June.
- Rally Squad meet with Pilchuck advisor, John Morrill. Role of Rally Squad is to see what members are willing to do if no agreement is being met. They need to collect home and email addresses in order to keep members informed on negotiation. Next Rally Squad meeting will be August 9th at 10:00, Pilchuck office. Volunteers present were Angie Nelson for SMS, Kevin Gilman for GBE, Russ Dean for SHS, and Mary Sifferman for SES.
- Elections for 2007-2008 SEA officers were held. SES has Brook Boury and Joan Kossian as their representative, and SHS has elected Shannon Haugstad as their buiding rep. In all other offices the incumbents ran unopposed.
New Business:
- WEALA is Aug 1, 2, and 3rd at Shoreline. Anyone interested in going, please let Andrea know.
- Retirement party for retirees will be next Tuesday, June 12th at SMS. More information will follow.
- Mike made a motion to pay each building $150 for end of the year party, Heidi seconded and the motion passed.
Treasurers report:
Sarah went over details of reimbursements and paid officers. She requested SEA approve the 2007-2008 budget in August so she can go over expenses.
Building Reports:
SES Process and sequence issues for reassignment. Executive session.
GBE Executive session.
SMS No report
SHS No report Meeting adjourned at 5:38 p.m.
Sultan Education Association
Rep Council Meeting Minutes
August 27, 2007
Meeting was called to order at 3:30.
Officers Present: Andrea Fuller, Heidi Harder, Mike Lynch, Brooke Boury, Shannon Haugstad, and Joan Kossian.
Minutes from June 6th were read. Mike made a motion to accept the minutes as amended, Joan seconded and the motion passed.
Old Business:
- Andrea gave a bargaining update.
New Business:
- Darci Murphy has left us without a Co-President or Vice President. Andrea is checking the bylaws to see how we go about filling her spot.
- General membership meeting will be on September 4th, after the district barbeque.
- WEA- PAC drive happens in September. WEA-PAC is the political action committee for WEA.
- Two committees that we need to be involved with are:
PUB- Pilchuck Unified Bargaining and PIC Pilchuck Involvement Committee. PIC interviews candidates regarding educational issues. We need two reps for each committee. They meet about once a month.
- New teacher luncheon will be Thursday, August 30th at Dans.
- Tonight teachers are going to show their support for the negotiating team by going to the school board meeting. Andrea will read a statement.
- Kris Hatfields brother died in a car accident. Andrea made a motion to send flowers to Kris, Heidi seconded the motion and it passed.
Building Reports: No reports from buildings.
Heidi made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Joan seconded it and it passed.
Meeting adjourned at 4:30.
Sultan Education Association
Rep Council Meeting Minutes
September 12, 2007
Meeting was called to order at 4:45.
Officers Present: Andrea Fuller, Heidi Harder, Sarah Harkins, Mike Lynch, Brooke Boury, Shannon Haugstad, and Sadie Brumley.
Minutes from August 27th were read. Mike made a motion to accept the minutes, Brooke seconded and the motion passed.
Old Business:
- Andrea was pleased to announce that the contract had been ratified with a 77 to 2 membership vote. The contract will go to publishers and we hope to have copies by the end of October.
New Business:
- President Fuller declared the Co-Presidents position as vacant by Darci Murphy.
- VEBA meeting will be in the middle school library on September 26th at 4:00. Building reps need to let their people know about it.
- Building WEA-PAC drive is NOW! Building reps need to get people signed up.
- SEA still needs a representative to attend the PIC meetings. Next one is Thursday, September 13, 2007.
- Sweet 16 diner will be held on September 26th at 6:00. The idea is to get 10% or more of the membership more involved. We would like four people per building to make the commitment. Andrea will be sending out invitations soon.
- Heidi made a motion to buy John Morrill a gift for all his help and expertise during negotiations. Andrea suggested a golf shirt. Mike seconded the motion, and it passed.
Building Reports: No reports from buildings.
Budget Report: Sarah gave us a copy of the SEA 2007-2008 budget. She also paid negotiators and reimbursed expenses.
Heidi made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Brooke seconded it and it passed.
Meeting adjourned at 5:45.
Sultan Education Association
Rep Council Meeting Minutes
November 15, 2007
Meeting was called to order at 4:15.
Officers Present: Andrea Fuller, Heidi Harder, Mike Lynch, Brooke Boury, Joan Kossian, Sadie Brumley andShannon Haugstad.
Minutes from October 17th were read. Mike made a motion to accept the minutes, Joan seconded and the motion passed.
Old Business:
- Andrea announced the appointment of Kimbra Smith to the Vice President position. Mike made a motion to accept Kimbra Smith as VP and Joan seconded and the motion passed.
- Our WEA-PAC numbers are at approximately 50%.
- Contracts have been received and distributed to members.
- Prop 4204 DID pass!!!
New Business:
- Pilchuck requested that all Presidents write a letter to Governor Gregoire, requesting smaller class size and increase compensation.
- Look for postcards coming in mail. Each member needs to send in to governors office. Pilchuck, Take the Lead has funding for stamps.
- People interested in attending the WEA Rep Assembly are Shannon Haugstad, Brooke Boury, Andrea Fuller, and Kimbra Smith.
- Andrea Fuller is interested in going to the NEA Rep Assembly.
- Mike, Brooke, Shannon, and Andrea are attending the building rep training tonight in Everett.
- We need to find people interested in being a part of the Contract Evaluation Committee . Brooke is interested.
- We discussed Newsletter items.
Building Reports:
SMS- No grievance filed or additional information.
SHS No report
SES- Executive session
GBE- No report
Meeting was adjourned at 5:30.
Sultan Education Association
Rep Council Meeting Minutes
December 18, 2007
Meeting was called to order at 3:45 p.m.
Officers Present: Andrea Fuller, Heidi Harder, Mike Lynch, Brooke Boury, Joan Kossian, Sadie Brumley, Kimbra Smith, Sarah Harkins and Shannon Haugstad.
Minutes from October 18th were read. Kimbra made a motion to accept the minutes, Sara seconded and the motion passed.
Old Business:
- Welcome to Kimbra Smith as our new VP.
- Members will be receiving postcards to send to the governors office. Building reps, please let members know that we will collect cards, and provide stamps.
- NEA and WEA rep assembly ballots will be sent to building reps. Please have members vote by January 11, 2008.
- A Contract Evaluation Committee is being formed. If anyone is interested in participating, please let us know. Brooke Boury and Dr. Snow have volunteered to be part of the process.
New Business:
- Andrea shared a letter of thanks from the Simple Majority Campaign for our donation.
- Rep Council discussed if we should continue to be a part of PUB (Pilchuck Unified Bargaining). Many felt that it was effective during our last round of negotiations and wanted to continue. Heidi made a motion to be a part of PUB and Mike seconded the motion. It passed.
- Andrea let each building know if anybody had unused overload. Mike will let Holly VanWeeendonk know that she has dollars available.
- Starting in 2008, December paychecks will come on December 31, 2008 and not the last working day of the month.
- The district office made a mistake in Septembers paychecks by overpaying people who qualify in the medical insurance deficiency column. This will be recouped in the February paycheck and notices went out to members affected.
- Rep Council discussed the flooding disaster that hit the Chinook Uni-serve area. Heidi made a motion to purchase four $25 gift cards for those teachers to buy lost supplies. Mike seconded the motion and it passed.
- Take the Lead is looking for volunteers willing to present some basic facts to the parents at each building. A power point presentation will be provided and training will be given on January 16th from 5 6:30 pm at Pilchuck. Volunteers are: Brooke Boury, SES; Kimbra Smith and Heidi Harder, SMS; Andrea Fuller, SHS; and Sadie will ask at Gold Bar.
- We discussed Newsletter items.
Building Reports:
SMS- No report
SHS No report
SES- No report
GBE- Addressed overload issues.
Meeting was adjourned at 4:45
Sultan Education Association
Rep Council Meeting Minutes
March 13, 2008
Meeting was called to order at 3:55.
Officers Present: Andrea Fuller, Kimbra Smith, Mike Lynch, Brooke Boury, Joan Kossian, Sadie Brumley, Sarah Harkins, and Shannon Haugstad.
Minutes from February 12th were read. Mike made a motion to accept the minutes, Joan seconded and the motion passed.
Old Business:
- WEA Rep Assembly ~ Andrea, Brooke, and Kimbra will be attending. The assembly is May 14-18 in Spokane.
- NEA Rep Assemby ~ Andrea is waiting to hear back to see if she will be attending this summer.
- December paychecks in 2008 ~ REMINDER!
New Business:
- Spring WEA-PAC mini-drive ~ the goal is for each building to sign up at least two new members.
- WEA Drive
- Our association will make a resolution asking to remove Terry Bergeson from her position based on the high costs of WASL testing
- WEA board will also make a resolution
- Time to get the Sweet 16 involved
Newsletter Items:
- December Paychecks
- American Federation Insurance
- They want to present to the Association regarding other options for insurance, specifically short-term disability insurance
Building Reports:
SHS- No report
GBE Executive session
SES- Executive session
SMS- Executive session
Meeting was adjourned at 5:15.
Sultan Education Association
Rep Council Meeting Minutes
March 27, 2008
Meeting was called to order at 4:00.
Officers Present: Andrea Fuller, Kimbra Smith, Mike Lynch, Brooke Boury, Sadie Brumley, Sarah Harkins, and Heidi Harder.
Old Business:
- WEA PAC mini-drive: Each building rep will get two more people signed up from each building. We went over who hasnt signed up yet.
- Building reps will put The WASL: Did You Know flyer in boxes on Tuesday. Then Friday, send out the WASL/OSPI Temperature Check survey.
- WEA is pushing for anyone but Terry drive to take place throughout Washington State.
New Business:
- March payday will be the last day of the month. The district doesnt get funding until last day and it would put the district in a bind if they passed out paychecks the Friday before, due to spring break.
- PUC is looking for offices that house 50 60 people and 5 to 6 individual offices at a better price then what they are spending now. They would like to look at building or buying a place instead of continuing to rent.
- Andrea asked us to look at WEA-RA and NEA-RA budgets.
- Newsletter to go out: reminder of Dec paychecks date of Dec. 31, 2008; American Federation Insurance; budget benefits
Building Reports:
SHS- No report
GBE No report
SES- Executive session
SMS- Executive session
Meeting was adjourned at 5:20.
Sultan Education Association
Rep Council Meeting Minutes
April 23, 2008
Meeting was called to order at 4:00.
Officers Present: Andrea Fuller, Mike Lynch, Sadie Brumley, Sarah Harkins, Shannon Haugstad and Heidi Harder.
Heidi passed out minutes to the March 13th and March 27th meetings. Sarah made a motion to accept the minutes and Andrea seconded the motion. It passed.
Old Business:
- WEA PAC mini-drive: SES has two new members.
- WASL/OSPI Temperature Check survey was returned by Gold Bar and Sultan Middle School. SHS and SES need to return surveys to Andrea as soon as possible.
- From the Temperature Checks that were returned it looks like our membership would support an Association Resolution. Andrea will draft one to look over for the next meeting. Then we would present it to the Board and hope that they will create a resolution too.
New Business:
- Calendar changes: Thursday the 12th of June will be the last day of school for the snow make-up day. Friday the 13th of June will be the Waiver Day.
- High School ASB requested a change in the fall conference days because they conflict with Homecoming possibilities. They want to have conferences a week later, October 16-17th, 2008. Mike requested that we go back and look at calendars for individual buildings and see how that will effect the district. Building reps should be ready to discuss this at the next meeting.
- Sarah moved to adopt the rates provided by the GSA for WEA-RA and NEA-RA to our budget. They are:
WEA-RA per diem of $49.00
NEA-RA per diem of $64.00
Mike seconded the motion and it passed.
- Sunshine fund reminder went out to all members today. Everyone needs to have their paperwork into District Office by May 1, 2008/
Building Reports:
SHS- No report
GBE No report
SES- No report
SMS- No report
Meeting was adjourned at 5:20.
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