Good Morning ZSE!
Devin, Drew, and I just returned from our four Region Meeting, including Northwest Mountain, Western Pacific, Southwestern, and Region X. We reviewed the proposed constitutional amendments, participated in training, and got briefings from our national leadership. The two days were fully packed, as always but I’ll give you a quick rundown below.
All Member’s Meeting
This is the big meeting, that we need your input to ensure we are representing your interests at Convention in a couple of weeks. Please join us in the East/West conference room at 12:30 for lunch (yes, there will be tacos), and the meeting will start at 1 pm. We will be going over all the amendments and getting your input. If you would like to join us virtually, here is the LINK.
Facility Elections
This is an election year. All positions are up for re-election (FacRep, VP, Secretary, Treasurer, and all the Area Reps). The notice of elections will be coming out soon and nominations will be coming out shortly after that. All the election notices and ballots are required by the Department of Labor to be sent out via mail, so if you have moved in the past two years, you must let us know so we can update your address in the system. There is a QR code in the bulletin board, or you can also email Chico (stjames2@gmail.com), and he can get that updated too.
Angie McMahon has volunteered to head up the elections but is always looking for help. If you’re interested, contact her or let us know, and we’ll get you in touch!
Regional Meeting
Drew and two other constitution committee members taught a Robert’s Rules class. If you don’t know what Robert’s Rules are, it is the parliamentary process used while discussing and voting on the constitutional amendments to ensure that all people are equitably heard and order is kept. If you are interested in learning more about this process, even if you’re not going to Convention, you can sign up for this virtual class on the PORTAL. It’s June 8th at 1pm.
We went through the amendments, I won’t go through all of them now, we’ll do that at the All Members Meeting on Monday.
John Bratcher, ARVP from the Southwestern Region, briefed us on UNUM disability insurance and announced that we’d have an open season starting June 20th! This is one of the better additional benefits that NATCA has negotiated for us. Details will be coming out shortly.
We also got training from Finance, Union Synergy, ATSAP, Disaster Relief, and many other committees that traveled out to take advantage of the four regions, all in the same place. These face-to-face meetings allow a critical avenue to educate both the newer and more seasoned Reps.
In Solidarity,
Amy