NAPS 105 General
Meeting Minutes
January 21, 2010
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Attendance-51
Meeting began at 6:30
Pledge of Allegiance led by Alan Conca.
Welcome given by Dean Ambosino, President of
Branch 105. Dean recognized first time meeting attendees, Joe
Quaglietta, and Donna Pratt and past president Steve Sondler.
Roll Call:
Officers and eboard members in attendance, President Dean
Ambrosino, Vice President Michaela Saccoccio, Treasurer Norma
Johnson, Legislative Representative Pam Monroe, Secretary Rebecca
Brown, Alan Conca, Dan Guennette, Sue Evans, Brad Fish, Roberta
Menard, and Brady Sullivan. Joanne Keeling was excused.
Kathy McKenna from EAP spoke about the need to
give employees the time to vent in this stressful work environment.
She reminded us that EAP is available for both craft employees and
EAS and asked us to give her a call if we need help in how to go
about referring someone.
Sue Evans gave her last treasurer’s
report. We came under budget for 2009. We currently have $124.93 in
our checking acct. $183.30 in our savings acct. and $40,513.80 in
our money market acct. We had income last year of $34,959.34 and
expenses of $27,364.51. A motion was made by Rick Laporte to accept
the treasurer’s report and was seconded by Gail Gagne. Sue then
presented the budget for 2010 and explained that expenses will be
higher this year because it is a national convention year. Dean
thanked Sue for her eight years of hard work as treasurer for our
branch.
Secretary’s Report given by Rebecca
Brown: We currently have
243 members in Branch 105 including 29 associate members.
Legislative Report was given by Pam
Monroe: We are in the process of planning for the Legislative
Training Seminar in
Washington,
DC this March. Pam was then sworn
in for her current term by Cy Dumas who said she is the best
legislative rep. in the
United States.
Break for Dinner.
Cy Dumas, guest speaker, was
introduced by Dean:
Branch 105 has the best meetings, the best officers and he tries to
never miss one of our meetings. Jay Killackey, Ted Keating, and
Louis Atkins send their greetings. Cy spoke about NPA and urged all
members that feel they were cheated to file an appeal in eRecourse
and to do the best you can in presenting your case. Ann Mailloux
agreed that this is important and explained some of the nuances of
NPA. On 12/29/09, 3,000 EAS vacancies were posted nationwide.
Headquarters and NAPS will be meeting to revamp the Associate
Supervisor Program. We are in the era of the
RIF. Maintenance restructuring is coming up in the near
future as well as a sales RIF. Cy thanked Kathy McKenna for coming and said how
important EAP is right now. He also discussed SOX and said that as
officers and advocates for NAPS, we need to bone up on our knowledge
of SOX. Dean said that it is our responsibility to follow financial
procedures and if you don’t know how, you need to get help from
someone that does.
Jeanne Delsesto gave the
report from the audit committee. All accounts were
reconciled.
New Business: A suggestion was made to form a
committee to take a look at the constitution and by-laws to see if
they need updating. It was also suggested that they be posted on our
website so that all members have access to them. Gail Gagne and
Joanne Keeling were nominated to be the scholarship committee
because they did such a great job last year.
Bob McCall won the 50/50 raffle of $122.00. He
donated $70.00 to SPAC.
A motion to adjourn was made at 8:30. Have a
safe drive home.
Respectfully submitted,
Becky Brown, Secretary, NAPS 105
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