California Teachers Association of Berryessa
888 S. Capital Avenue, San Jose, CA 95127
Website: www.sjteach.org/ctab
REP COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
May 13, 2008 3:30-5:35PM at Mt. Hamilton CTA
I Come to Order 3:34PM
Assign Timekeeper & Parliamentarian
Review Norms: 1)Go through the chair 2) One person speaks at a time
2) Hard on the issues and soft on the people
II Approval
Minutes from April Rep Council – Secretary (Rob) - 5 min.
Treasurer’s Report – Treasurer (Julie) – 5 min.
Recent Transactions
2008-09 Budget Discussion – Approval will be sought at June Rep Council
Election Co-Chair stipend
Motion made (Julie Zlatunich) and seconded (Peter Davis) to pay the 2 election chairs $150 each per election and to pay each helper $60 each. Approved Unanimously 21-0
Summer Institute – Julie – 3 min.
Motion made (Julie Zlatunich) and seconded (Peter Davis) to fully fund up to 8 members plus cover air fare for the 3 members going through Mt. Hamilton (which does not pay for air fare.) Approved Unanimously 21-0
III Building Concerns --- Write down on form provided – 20 min.
Summerdale (Pat Park): Under the new custodian plan, there are 2 hours of no coverage during the school day. When kids get sick, either in the bathroom or in the classroom, the lack of a quick response causes unsafe conditions for students and staff.
Response: Beth Hansen said she will bring it up at the May 13th BUSD Board of Trustees Meeting
IV Old Business
Organizing Team – Jill – 5 min.
We still need members from Sierramont, Ruskin and Laneview
Committee meets at least 1 X per month
Plan is for teachers to wear ribbons EVERY DAY
Special School Board meetings April 24th and May 13th – Joyce – 5 min.
Negotiations Bargaining Chair Dave Singh – 10 min.
3 meetings so far
So far, the only agreement is on how to conduct negotiations, which is to caucus in order to craft and speak uniformly in response rather than individually which would possibly divide our team
CTAB opened with Article 12 Clarification needed especially for reassignment and rotating combination classes, etc.
District opened with Article 16 (Leave / PNS)
Special Ed Issues: Both sides agreed to look at Special Ed issues and see where in the contract it should be covered.
Elections – Katie and Sandra -15 min.
Packets with ballots and other materials for election distributed to the Reps.
Site reps have the option of tallying ballots before delivering them to the Elections Committee.
Rally
District May 2nd Low turnout. Consensus seemed to be it was a Friday
CTA Bay Area May 14th at Eastridge, Various other sites SHIRTS to take back to your sites. Push for a good turnout.
Letters to the Editor Joyce – 5 min.
Continue to contact legislators. Suggestion was made to have members contact relatives in GOP districts to lobby their legislators.
Information also included in State Council report
V New Business
PAC : School Board Interview Time line for Nov. Election– Joe – 5 min. We are now looking for new interview members. Joe said that Mike Keita may chair it for 2008-09
October Leadership Conference – Joyce – 3 min.
Motion (Rob Curry) and second (Pamela Thomasson) for CTAB to fully fund up to 15 members to attend the Oct17-19 Region 1 Leadership Conference. Passed unanimously by voice vote.
State Council Update – Joe – 5 min. We need to fight for public education Written report distributed by reps to distribute at sites
CTAB Resolution to Governor – Joyce – 5 min.
Motion (Peter Davis) and seconded (Mark Owens) to approve the Resolution to the Governor. Approved Unanimously by voice vote
VI Other – 10 min.
1. Retirement: No party at CTA Mt Hamilton. We will give our retirees a $100 American Express gift card
Announcements
School Site Visit by Exec Board: 5/20=Brooktree and DO 5/27=Toyon
BUSD Board of trustees meetings May 13 (Special) and May 20th
VII Adjourn
Sites Not Represented: Morrill MS and District Office
Reminders
Treats: May 13th Sierramont 7 schools needed for a quorum Treats on June 10th: Summerdale
Newsletter items: email to rdcurry@sjteach.org by May 25th
