December 13, 2018
FSU Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
December 13, 2018
Members Present: Marlene Kim; Jeff Melnick; Monique Fuguet; Peggy Walsh; Jessica Holden; Emilio Sauri; Tim Sieber; Joe Ramsey; Joseph Brown; Jason Rodriquez;
Others Present: Lorenzo Nencioli, FSU Membership Coordinator; Mickey Gallagher, MTA Consultant; Caroline Coscia, FSU NTT Grievance Officer and FSU Parliamentarian; Jeff Keisler; FSU Grievance Officer; Peter Taylor, FSU rep to Academic Technology Committee; Jenn Kearns Fox, FSU member
- Approval of the agenda: Motion to amend agenda to add Vice Presidential Spring 19 special election. Motion seconded. Motion approved unanimously.
JASON ENTERS
2. Approval of the 12/5/18 Ex Com meeting minutes: MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. MOTION SECONDED. MOTION PASSES. Motion to approve version of 12/5/18 Ex Com meeting minutes with item #6 in executive session. Motion seconded. Motion does not pass.
JOE RAMSEY ENTERS
Motion to approve version of the 12/5/18 Ex Com meeting minutes with item #6 not in executive session. Motion seconded. Motion does not pass
TIM SIEBER ENTERS
Motion to table vote on 12/5/18 Ex Com meeting minutes. Motion seconded. Motion passes.
3. FSU Role in Academic Technology Committee: Peter Taylor: role of FSU rep could be to give downsides of role of technology (i.e. high volume of work put in to make DL courses that don’t run). Asking FSU Ex Com to ponder this. Committee will be meeting next in February. Emilio: like idea of a survey re technology issues/questions for members. Marlene: Like idea of evaluations. I will follow up with Peter re next steps.
PETER TAYLOR LEAVES
4. Grievance Committee Request for arbitrations: MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. MOTION SECONDED. MOTION PASSES.
EXECUTIVE SESSION ENDS
Motion to recommend to the JCC that Jenn Kearns Fox’s Step II grievance be brought to arbitration. Motion seconded. Motion passes unanimously.
Motion to recommend to the JCC that Shawna Butler’s Step II grievance be brought to arbitration. Motion seconded. Motion passes unanimously.
5. FSU Vice Presidential Special Election: Options: John Hess resigned his position as VP on 12/13/18. In the past the union has looked at the previous election in which the person ran; but John Hess ran unopposed. Marlene: Looking at bylaws; makes sense to have the person elected to start early.
Section 5 of Bylaws: in case of vacancy (1) choose replacement from among those who were candidates; (2) allow seat to remain empty until next election; (3) have a special election
Discussion about having the person elected start early.Jeff M. began as soon as he was elected.We can have the election for special VP replacement position and permanent position run concurrently.
MOTION: Move that VP vacancy be filled by a special election to take place concurrent with the regular election, thereby adding extra two months to the two-year term.
Motion seconded. Motion passes (8 yes-0 opposed-0 abstentions)
6. FSU Meetings Proposal (see below): Caroline: The intent was to distinguish, clarify and to put procedures (where lacking) for the Annual Meeting of the General Assembly, General Membership Informational Meetings, and Special General Assembly Meeting (special, single-issue meetings).
Most of what is included is already in the bylaws.
Joe: friendly amendment: change name of B to “GENERAL MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION MEETING”
Joe Q: regarding “C. Special General Assembly Meetings”: the way in which the scope of an issue would be defined;
Caroline A: if a conversation is way off, you would need a way get back to the topic at hand
Monique: is C.and B. in the bylaws?
Caroline: No, but I was informed by looking at the bylaws of other organization
Jason Q: of all that’s in this policy proposal, what’s in it that’s new and not in our bylaws
Caroline A: (1) clarifying B.; (2) clarifying C.
Monique: Change C. To “Special Meeting of the General Assembly”
Joe: How would people who weren’t involved in calling the special meeting have a motion added to the agenda?
Caroline: When the agenda comes out, you can make a motion at the meeting as long as it is germane
MOTION: To make FSU Policy Proposal as amended effective immediately. Motion seconded. Motion passes (6 yes-0 no-2 abstained- see revised motion below).
7. Procedural reforms: Agreed to table until next meeting. Joe Brown, Jessica Holden, Caroline, and Mickey interested in working on this issue.
8. Refugee letter: Motion for Ex Com to endorse statement (see below). Motion seconded. Motion approved unanimously.
MEETING ADJOURNED
FSU POLICY PROPOSAL
This document is to clarify and delineate the types of meetings of the FSU including meeting definition, notification procedures and meeting actions.
Policy on FSU Member Meetings
A. Annual Meeting of the General Assembly
1. The Annual Meeting is held for the purpose of hearing committee reports, be updated
on FSU activities, adopt an annual budget, adopt bylaws, establish dues rates and
other business as needed.
2. The meeting shall take place between April 1st and the end of the semester.
3. All members in good standing are eligible to attend and vote on items before the
meeting.
4. The FSU Executive Committee shall set the date and time of said meeting.
a. The date shall be set no later than Spring Break.
b. Members shall be notified no less than 30 days prior to the meeting.
c. The notification shall call for new business agenda items which must be
submitted no less than 21 days prior to the meeting.
1. All new business items are to be submitted in the form of a motion.
2. All new business items are to be submitted to the President and FSU
Executive Committee via the FSU email account.
5. New Business is a Budgetary or Financial Item
a. The FSU Treasurer’s responsibility to is to provide the membership with
advice on matters that impact the FSU budget.
b. If the agenda item affects the FSU budget and/or financials then the FSU
Treasurer must also receive the new business item. The request is
to be via the FSU email account.
c. The Treasurer will review said request and provide a recommendation for the
body. A recommendation will be, if possible, made prior to the meeting.
6. The meeting agenda will be forwarded to all eligible members no less than 14 days
prior to the meeting.
a. The meeting agenda will be included in the notification.
b. All relevant materials will be included in the notification.
B. General Membership Meetings
1. The FSU Executive Committee may from time to time call for a membership meeting
for the purpose of providing specific information to the members. Meetings may
include but not limited to bargaining updates, change in University policies, review
FSU financials and MTA actions.
2. These meetings are informational and do not include member voting.
3. All members in good standing are invited to attend.
4. Members will be notified of such meetings.
a. Members will be notified of such meeting no less than fourteen days prior.
b. The nature of providing timely information to members may result in a meeting
being called less than fourteen days prior to the meeting date.
C. Special General Assembly Meetings
1. A Special General Assembly Meeting purpose is:
a. To address an issue that needs immediate attention or
b. To meet on a specific issue that requires more time and discussion than can
be handled in a General Membership or Annual Meeting.
2. The meeting is limited to the specific issue and motion that needs to be addressed.
a. The meeting agenda states the specific issue and motion to be voted on.
b. Only items in the form of motions on the meeting agenda may be discussed.
c. No action can be taken on any item not on the meeting agenda.
3. All members in good standing are invited to attend and vote on items before the
meeting.
4. Calling for a Special General Assembly Meeting
a. The President may call for a meeting or
b. FSU Executive Committee may call for a meeting or
c. The signature of ten (10) unit members may call for a meeting
1. No less than one of the ten unit members must come from each
constituency (tenures, pre-tenure, non-tenure track and librarian).
5. If the President calls for a meeting then
a. The President informs the FSU Executive Committee
b. The President provides a rationale to the FSU Executive Committee.
6. If the FSU Executive Committee calls for a meeting then
a. The FSU Executive Committee votes to hold a meeting.
b. The FSU Executive Committee includes a rationale as to why hold the
meeting.
7. If unit members call for a meeting then
a. The meeting request must be in writing and contain the exact issue to be
discussed.
1. The request is to be in the form of a motion.
2. Any supporting documentation is to be included in the request.
b. Request is to be submitted to both the President and the FSU Executive
Committee via the FSU email account.
c. The request must be received no less than ten (10) business days prior to
when desire to hold the meeting. Whenever possible, a longer time from
request to meeting date should occur so as to secure a meeting location.
8. Budgetary and Financial Items
a. The FSU Treasurer’s responsibility to is to provide the membership with
advice on matters that impact the FSU budget.
b. If the agenda item affects the FSU budget and/or financials then the FSU
Treasurer must also receive the meeting request information. The request is
to be via the FSU email account.
c. The Treasurer will review said request and provide a recommendation. A
recommendation will be, if possible, made prior to the meeting.
9. Member notification
a. A meeting announcement and a meeting agenda shall be sent to members as
early as possible and no less than five (5) business days prior to the meeting.
b. The notification shall indicate who called for the meeting.
FSU POLICY PROPOSAL (amended and adopted December 13, 2018)
This document is to clarify and delineate the types of meetings of the FSU including meeting definition, notification procedures and meeting actions.
Policy on FSU Member Meetings
A. Annual Meeting of the General Assembly
1. The Annual Meeting is held for the purpose of hearing committee reports, be updated
on FSU activities, adopt an annual budget, adopt bylaws, establish dues rates and
other business as needed.
2. The meeting shall take place between April 1st and the end of the semester.
3. All members in good standing are eligible to attend and vote on items before the
meeting.
4. The FSU Executive Committee shall set the date and time of said meeting.
a. The date shall be set no later than Spring Break.
b. Members shall be notified no less than 30 days prior to the meeting.
c. The notification shall call for new business agenda items which must be
submitted no less than 21 days prior to the meeting.
1. All new business items are to be submitted in the form of a motion.
2. All new business items are to be submitted to the President and FSU
Executive Committee via the FSU email account.
5. New Business is a Budgetary or Financial Item
a. The FSU Treasurer’s responsibility to is to provide the membership with
advice on matters that impact the FSU budget.
b. If the agenda item affects the FSU budget and/or financials then the FSU
Treasurer must also receive the new business item. The request is
to be via the FSU email account.
c. The Treasurer will review said request and provide a recommendation for the
body. A recommendation will be, if possible, made prior to the meeting.
6. The meeting agenda will be forwarded to all eligible members no less than 14 days
prior to the meeting.
a. The meeting agenda will be included in the notification.
b. All relevant materials will be included in the notification.
B. General Membership Informational Meetings
1. The FSU Executive Committee may from time to time call for a membership meeting
for the purpose of providing specific information to the members. Meetings may
include but not limited to bargaining updates, change in University policies, review
FSU financials and MTA actions.
2. These meetings are informational and do not include member voting.
3. All members in good standing are invited to attend.
4. Members will be notified of such meetings.
a. Members will be notified of such meeting no less than fourteen days prior.
b. The nature of providing timely information to members may result in a meeting
being called less than fourteen days prior to the meeting date.
C. Special Meetings of the General Assembly
1. A Special General Assembly Meeting purpose is:
a. To address an issue that needs immediate attention or
b. To meet on a specific issue that requires more time and discussion than can
be handled in a General Membership or Annual Meeting.
2. The meeting is limited to the specific issue that needs to be addressed.
a. The meeting agenda states the specific issue.
b. Only items on the meeting agenda may be discussed.
c. No action can be taken on any item not on the meeting agenda.
3. All members in good standing are invited to attend and vote on items before the
meeting.
4. Calling for a Special General Assembly Meeting
a. The President may call for a meeting or
b. FSU Executive Committee may call for a meeting or
c. The signature of ten (10) unit members may call for a meeting
1. No less than one of the ten unit members must come from each
constituency (tenures, pre-tenure, non-tenure track and librarian).
5. If the President calls for a meeting then
a. The President informs the FSU Executive Committee
b. The President provides a rationale to the FSU Executive Committee.
6. If the FSU Executive Committee calls for a meeting then
a. The FSU Executive Committee votes to hold a meeting.
b. The FSU Executive Committee includes a rationale as to why hold the
meeting.
7. If unit members call for a meeting then
a. The meeting request must be in writing and contain the exact issue to be
discussed.
1. The request is to be in the form of a motion.
2. Any supporting documentation is to be included in the request.
b. Request is to be submitted to both the President and the FSU Executive
Committee via the FSU email account.
c. The request must be received no less than ten (10) business days prior to
when desire to hold the meeting. Whenever possible, a longer time from
request to meeting date should occur so as to secure a meeting location.
8. Budgetary and Financial Items
a. The FSU Treasurer’s responsibility to is to provide the membership with
advice on matters that impact the FSU budget.
b. If the agenda item affects the FSU budget and/or financials then the FSU
Treasurer must also receive the meeting request information. The request is
to be via the FSU email account.
c. The Treasurer will review said request and provide a recommendation. A
recommendation will be, if possible, made prior to the meeting.
9. Member notification
a. A meeting announcement and a meeting agenda shall be sent to members as
early as possible and no less than five (5) business days prior to the meeting.
b. The notification shall indicate who called for the meeting.
Refugee Letter
Omni Air International, LLC
3303 N Sheridan Road, Hangar 19
Tulsa, OK 74115
Dear Omni Air International,
The Faculty Staff Union at University of Massachusetts Boston is deeply concerned about Omni Air International’s participation in the deportation of 46 beloved Cambodian community members on December 17, 2018 - the largest deportation flight of Southeast Asian refugees in United States history. After arriving in the 1980s as infants fleeing genocide, most have never set foot in Cambodia and no longer have surviving family there. Over the past year, the Trump administration has heavily targeted Cambodian refugees for deportation and conducted ICE raids every few months on the Cambodian community in the United States. We call on Omni Air International to stop separating families and remove itself from further collaboration with ICE.
Union families have felt the pain of ICE raids targeting Cambodian communities. On September 11, 2018, ICE agents arrested Sene Sem as he came home from work as his 10-year-old daughter and mother-in-law watched. Sene had a deportation order to Cambodia as a result of a 28-year-old assault conviction from when he was a teenager. A member of Teamsters Local 251, Sene worked at Bradford Soap in Providence, Rhode Island and was his family’s primary provider.
Pilots with Airline Professionals Association, Teamsters Local 1224 and a flight crew with the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA have been asked to staff the Omni Air International deportation flight. As educators at a thriving majority-minority urban public research university we especially abhor the way this order will interfere with the educational missions of so many residents.
We stand with union families and Cambodian community members and demand Omni Air International to stop the deportations.
General Public Sign-on Version
Omni Air International, a charter international air service, is contracted to operate the deportation flight of 46 beloved Cambodian community members on December 17, 2018 - the largest such flight of Southeast Asian refugees in United States history. Omni has asked pilots who are members of the Airline Professionals Association, Teamsters Local 1224, and flight crew with the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA to staff this deportation flight.
We are calling on members of these unions to show up in solidarity with these Cambodian Americans who are being targeted for deportation. Union families have felt the pain of ICE raids targeting Cambodian communities. For example, on September 11, 2018, ICE agents arrested Sene Sem as he came home from work as his 10-year-old daughter and mother-in-law watched. Sene had a deportation order to Cambodia as a result of a 28-year-old assault conviction from when he was a teenager. A member of Teamsters Local 251, Sene worked at Bradford Soap in Providence, Rhode Island and was his family’s primary provider.
After arriving in the 1980s as infants fleeing genocide, Cambodian American refugees like Sene often have never set foot in Cambodia and no longer have surviving family there. Over the past year, the Trump administration has heavily targeted Cambodian refugees for deportation and conducted ICE raids every few months on the Cambodian American community.
We call on Omni Air International to stop separating families and remove itself from further collaboration with ICE.
We stand with union families and Cambodian American community members and demand