Naps Branch 105
Meeting Minutes
General Meeting #4-2010
Lancellota’s 9/16/2010
Attendance: 48
Pledge of Allegiance:
Alan Conca
Meeting called to order at 6:32 PM by
Dean Ambrosino and a moment of silence took place for the victims of
9/11.
Dinner Served
Dean Ambrosino began meeting at 7:08
by recognizing Andy Sozi,
Cy Dumas, Mike Haggerty, and Mike Powers and thanked them for
attending. He then took roll call of officers and eboard members.
Mike Powers
said a few words about the upcoming
50th anniversary of the
Dean introduced Andy Sozi
who thanked us for inviting him and
congratulated Mike Powers on the job he is doing in the district. He
went on to say that Branch 105 is one of the best run NAPS branches
in the country and that NAPS has done a good job making sure that no
members get laid off. Andy talked about NAPS position on PFP and
said NAPS wants out of it. There is an on-going investigation of PFP
by the OIGs office. “What sort of compensation will take it’s place
is anyone’s guess.” Dean presented Andy with a thank-you gift and
asked Cy to come up and speak.
Cy said Andy is the smartest person
he knows that is an active NAPS representative.
He said our district has done a good job in terms of SWCS thanks to
Anne Mailloux and thanked Mike Powers and Mike Haggerty for
attending the meeting. Cy encouraged all members to get active in
the current legislative campaigns. Cy ended by saying he would be at
his first consultation with the new area VP.
Dean spoke briefly about the national
convention that he attended in August.
“At the national convention I had the honor of nominating Cy for
area VP and I had to follow the Michael Jackson impersonator. We are
fortunate that for the most part there are positions for people to
go to when their job is abolished. Anne has done a good job of
keeping people informed and giving them an answer. At the convention
the most talked about topic was SWCS and the formula.” Dean
encouraged everyone to donate to SPAC and get more members to come
to meetings.
Norma Johnson gave the treasurer’s
report. A motion to accept
it was made by someone whose name I did not get and seconded by Brad
Fish.
Becky Brown gave the secretary’s
report. A motion to accept
was made by Alan Conca and seconded by someone whose name I did not
get.
Pam Monroe gave the legislative
report. “The bill that
addresses overpayment of CSRS has not gotten too far because
Congress just started back in session after summer break.” Pam
encouraged all members to go to NAPS National website and send
letters to our congressman in support of the bill. She told us to be
sure to do this from our personal computers and to sign up on that
site to get legislative updates from Bruce Moyer. A motion to accept
Pam’s report was made by Rick Laporte and seconded by Brad Fish.
Joanne Keeling presented the changes
to the Constitution and By-Laws of NAPS Branch 105.
I will give only the results. The actual changes were included in
the minutes from the last meeting in May.
Changes to numbering of Constitution and By-Laws-passed
Changes to Article 6-defeated
Changes to Article 8-passed with amendments
Changes to Article 9- passed
Changes and Amendments to Article 4-defeated
The following By-Laws
Recommendations will be voted on at the November meeting:
Art. 1 Meetings
The Association shall meet during the months of January, March, May,
September, and November. The meeting in Nov. shall be the Annual
Meeting.
Recommendation:
The association shall meet during the months of January, May,
September, and November. The November meeting will be the Annual
meeting.
Art. 2 Dues
Recommendation- Add new Sec. 2
Any dues increase by the National
Office will automatically increase NAPS Branch 105 dues by the same
amount.
Art. 2 Old Sec. 2 will become Sec. 3
(renumber)
Art. 3 Elections
Recommendation- Add Sec. 4 (c)
Any nominee not present at the
September meeting must submit a letter, in writing to the president,
accepting the nomination within 10 days of the meeting.
50/50 Raffle was drawn at 9:25. The
winning ticket belonged to Mike Haggerty who generously donated the
$112.00 back to SPAC.
Motion to adjourn was made at 9:28 by
Alan Conca.
Respectfully submitted by,
Rebecca Brown
Secretary Branch 105
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