General Membership Meeting Minutes

Meeting was called to order at 6:00 PM at 918 Benjamin NE, Grand Rapids.
Meeting was opened with the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance and Invocation.

Roll Call of Officers:

Present:

Jennifer Amos, President
Steve Lang, Maintenance Director
Amy Marcus, Executive Vice-President
Dan Quillin, Clerk Craft Director
Karen Hodges, Recording Secretary
Scott Larabel, MVS Director
Linda Chandler, Treasurer
Michelle Gregory, Sgt-at-Arms
Vacant:
Associate Office Director

February General membership meeting minutes were accepted as written. MSC

Point of order: Scutt, challenging chair in regards to this meeting be rescheduled per the constitution. MSD

Point of Privilege: Norman Requesting the board poll for the meeting change.

Point of order: Beemblossom: challenging chair as to the March General meeting was already done when the Board reconvene after there was no quorum. MSD

Applications for Membership

Michelle Wilson Grand Rapids
Bonnie Koperski Dorr
Joseph Schneider Grand Rapids

Officers’ Reports

Treasurer’s report : Chandler: Approved as read. MSC

Clerk Craft Director: Quillin: Dozens of PTF”s got preffed. Job summits are fairly regular. Trying to get CFS jobs posted. FDSM 100 slot this for the 1000.

MVS Craft Director: Larabel: 2 new mechanics were hired. Moving MVS operations from Downtown to the P-2. Schedules will have to be redone.

President: Amos: Thanks for making it to this meeting. Asking everyone to remain calm. Have a lot of changes that are mostly cosmetic to the Constitution to vote on tonight.

Committee Reports

A & E - Stoddard: Golf outing, we are projecting an $8000, donation. We have over $3000 worth of door prizes. We have a set amount of foursomes for this event. Register early. June 4th is the date.

Resolutions – Hodges; we have six resolutions to vote on for the state convention.

Correspondence

Thank from the family from the POWER Committee Wish upon a Star Tree.

Unfinished Business

Constitution changes. Ray Novakoski, chairperson of the committee will read them. Point of Information: Larabel, Origin of the changes were by the constitution committee.

Motion to recess for 5 minutes. Defeated

Motion Austin, Second, Pike: To extend meeting until close of business. Carried.

Article 3 Section 7 Carried

Article 5 Section 1 Carried

Article 7, Section 4 B Motion to do it in toto Carried

Article 7, Section 5 Defeated

Article 9, Section 2 thru 7 Carried

***** Section 8 Carried

***** Section 10 Carried

Article 10, Section 3 Carried

Article 11, Section 1 Carried

***** Section 2 Carried

***** Section 4 Carried

Article 13, Section 1 Carried

***** Section 3 Carried

***** Section 4 Carried

Article 15, Section 3 Carried

Article 17, Section 3 Carried

Article 18, Section 3 Carried

Article 21, Section 3 Carried

Board Recommendations

None

New Business

Resolutions for the state convention. Six of them. All six Carried

Point of Information: Hendricks Do you want me to continue as the retiree president? Carried.

Labor Management

Problem in the AO’s with defective equipment. Union phone lines at the NE station, having problems with them. Safety issues with overloaded APC’s Express contractors are non postal.

Drawings

COPA $27.50 Winner: Jim Stoddard $27.50 donate to COPA

$10.00 Drawings:

Glenda Novakoski, Michelle Gregory, Wilson Wong, George Hendricks, Chin Woo

Meeting adjourned at 8:30 PM.

Respectfully Submitted

Karen Hodges
Recording Secretary

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