March 2005
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MINUTES OF THE YC-AFT LOCAL 4952
EXECUTIVE BOARD, March 12, 2005
I. The meeting of the executive board of Yuba College-American Federation of Teachers, Local 4952 was called to order by President Dan Salamone at 12:15 pm in Williams, CA. Members present: Dan Salamone, Dave Althausen, Doug Harris. Jeff Freitas of CFT and Linda Day were also present.
II. Motion to Approve minutes of YCAFT meetings held 2/25/05 in Marysville, CA was made with the following addition to item IX: "Linda Day also was asked and agreed to serve as membership chair." Motion was seconded and passed.
III. Site Council Reports:
There were no site council meetings.
IV. President’s Report:
The overture to Yuba College full-time faculty regarding affiliation with AFT was discussed. There has not been a response to initial requests from CFT to meet with full-time faculty leaders to discuss this possibility.
V. Academic Senate:
Dave reported that the Academic Senate approved designation of a position on District Council for adjunct faculty. This will be taken up at the 3/15/05 District Council meeting. Dan will go to that meeting and advocate for that outcome.
Dave also reported that Student Outcomes have been passed by the senate without much change.
VI. New Business:
Dan opened discussion of hiring a payroll contractor to handle compensation for YCAFT compensation/W-2s, etc. This generated a discussion about how much complexity would be involved in making officers and other compensated members employees of the union, including job descriptions, pay scales, etc. Another option was discussed that involved simply hiring a booking firm to maintain the financial records for YCAFT. Dan reported that Lynda Peters indicated 1099s would be issued shortly to compensated members. Dan will explore the need for timely 1099s with Lynda and also the possibilities of employing a book keeping service.
VII. Negotiations:
Dave reported negotiations are proceeding. The 3/17/05 meeting was cancelled and the next meeting will be 3/31/05. Salary, step increases for experience, office hours and space for adjunct, are issues on the table.
VIII. Members Comments/Reports from Executive Committee Members:
Dave indicated he will prepare a story for the newsletter about Jim Kitchen’s term as president of YCAFT.
IX. Next Meeting Dates:
The Executive Committee amended the next meeting dates to 4/23/05 at noon in Clearlake, 5/28/05 at noon in Woodland, and 8/13/05 at noon in Marysville.
X. Meeting adjourned at 2:15 pm.
Respectfully Submitted by Doug Harris, Secretary