VSEA Central Vermont Chapter Official Meeting Notes
June 12, 2013
Sparrow Conference Room, National Life
Call To Order
12:00 p.m. The President delegated for the duration of this event the task of recording
the meeting to Mr. Paul Flint, Vice President of the Central VSEA, due to the temporary
absence of the Chapter Secretary.
Annual Meeting Announcement
The first order of General Business, was ad-hoc recognition by the Chair of Ms. Shelley
Martin part of the VSEA events coordination committee on the upcoming VSEA Annual
Meeting to be held this year at Jay Peak on September 14. She discussed the general
framework of the event, including a brief introduction to the Friday evening “Pajama
Party”. Shelley was very clear about the required registration form needed to obtain
lodging for the VSEA Annual Meeting. All attendees who wish to participate in the
block of rooms purchased for use of the VSEA Annual Meeting membership shall have a
properly completed registration form delivered to the VSEA office no later than
Wednesday, July 31st. Otherwise attending members must make their own arrangements
for lodging at Jay Peak for the meeting. The VSEA Annual Meeting registration form
will be distributed to the membership by Tuesday 18 June. It is the responsibility of the
attending member to properly complete and submit this form to the VSEA office.
Shelley observed that space is limited.
Secretary’s Report
The Chairman next called for approval of the Secretary’s Report of the April 11th
meeting.
Motion:
Approval Of The Secretary’s Report Of The
April 11th Meeting
Moved:
Ms. Slobhan Perricone
Seconded:
Mr. Paul Flint
Disposition:
Approved by show of hands
Treasurer’s Report
The Chairman next called for the Treasurer’s Report to be approved. Mr. Arthur Hamlin
asked for discussion of the need to include the names of all members attending the
meeting, and further indicates that all that is needed is the recordation of a quorum of
seven (7) members present according to the bylaws.
Motion:
Approval Of The Treasurer’s Report
Moved:
Mr. Arthur Hamlin
Seconded:
Ms. Bonnie Kynoch
Disposition:
Approved by show of hands
VSEA Central Vermont Chapter Official Meeting Notes
June 12, 2013
VSEA 2013 Northfield Labor Day Parade
The 2013 Northfield Labor Day Parade will be held Monday September 2 at 10:30 AM.
The Chairman noted that this has been only lightly attended by the VSEA in past years.
The Chapter Vice President pointed out that last year the Central Vermont Chapter of the
VSEA was the only union organization participating or represented. Ms. Louisa Tripp
mentioned the “Winter Wonderland” theme of the parade and there was discussion of a
C-VSEA float. Discussion concluded without a motion, and the Chairman noted the
appointment of Paul Flint to the Labor Day Committee.
Employee Appreciation Day (EAD)
The goal of the Employee Appreciation Day (EAD) is to increase VSEA and Chapter
membership. The Central Vermont chapter has sponsored these for the last several years
during the summer on the state house lawn and recently at Natl. Life. About 75-100
people participate in this event.
AJ suggested that this year in addition to ice cream as done in year past, we incorporate
into the EAD event tickets to the Mountaineers games held in Montpelier. Bonnie
Kynoch suggested that the VSEA pint glasses that the Chapter has given out in the past
seem like successful keepsakes to give away at the EAD. Arthur Hamlin suggested that
we should also consider covering the National Life building as part of this event. After
some further discussion, this was subsequently expressed as the following motion.
Motion:
Employee Appreciation Day shall be
conducted at both the State House and
National Life sites.
Moved:
Ms. Bonnie Kynoch
Seconded:
Ms. Sheila Lapoint
Disposition:
Approved by show of hands
After further discussion, and some friendly amendments a motion was made to not
include the tickets and include a specific not to exceed cost.
Motion:
Moved:
Seconded:
Disposition:
EAD setups shall include Ice Cream, Glasses,
Tee-Shirts and shall not to exceed cost of
$1000.00 for both events.
Ms. Bonnie Kynoch
Ms. Slobhan Perricone
Approved by show of hands – three nays
recorded.
Workplace Issues due to move
Arthur Hamlin reported about the results of the National Life Workplace Survey which
was presented to management June 3rd at a meeting with management and VSEA
representatives. Affected employees are from Agency of Natural Resources, Agency for
Human Services and Agency of Transportation.
VSEA Central Vermont Chapter Official Meeting Notes
June 12, 2013
State Administration
Kate Duffy
Michael Obuchowski
Mike Clausen
Wanda Minoli
BGS Project Managers
VSEA
Steve Howard
Susan
Art Hamlin
Leslie Matthews
Suzanne Arrand
Jill Remick
Sigrid Olsen
Rebecca Otis
The meeting was originally called by Agency of Education employees who were
concerned that mistakes made in the transition to Natl. Life would surely be repeated in
the AOE move to Barre. The results of the AOE survey were also presented at this
meeting.
Adm. officials were presented with a list of items that needed attention at Natl. Life.
Obuchowski charged the project managers involved to determine who would be
responsible for making these changes and to add to their “punch list” items in their
purview that were from this list. Bonnie Boyce indicated that based upon her experience
with the Montpelier parking issue that Arthur Hamlin press management representatives
to respond as soon as possible. Flint pointed out that a standard management tactic at this
point would be to “bury” this report and take no action.
Another meeting with administration will be held to discuss health and safety issues in
the AOE Barre move.
The Chairman suggested that Labor/Management committees be instituted.
Call to Adjourn
Adjourned at 1:00pm.
Minutes recorded by Central Vermont Chapter Vice President and acting recording
Secretary, Paul Flint
Edited and respectfully submitted by Suzanne Arrand