​Representative Council Meeting Minutes
February 29, 2016
Education Center Room #205 3:30 PM
 
 
Executive Board Members Present: President-Linda Hansen; Secretary-Ginger Dunne; Director-of-Communications-Mike Willmarth; Grievance Chair/State Council-Patty Wyman
 
Representatives Present: ACHS-Dave Hollman; ACMS-Steve Dierker, James Landis; Alta Heights-Ginger Dunne; Bel Aire-Lauren Riendeau; Browns Valley-Angela Oster; Canyon Oaks-Kristen Pruitt; Donaldson Way-Maureen McCullough; El Centro-Corey Morton; Harvest-TBD; Independent Studies-Florence Whisenant; McPherson-Kathleen Nichols; Napa Junction-Alan Miller; Napa High-Maria Vega, Sharon D Anderson; NVLA-Sarah Miller; New Tech-Erin Reilly; Northwood-Kim Vichi; Phillips-Ann Brown; Pueblo Vista-TBD; Redwood-Kathy Newman, Lorna Dekker; Salvador-Barb Noll; Silverado-Debbie Kmiec, Lourdes Caravantes; Snow-Courtney Garcia; Valley Oak-John Mautner; Vichy-Debbie Cates; Yountville-Carl Elias
 
 
  1. Welcome and Adoption of the Agenda.  Agenda adopted.
  2. Adoption of the Minutes from January 25, 2016:  Minutes approved; available on the NVEA website.
  3. Treasurer’s Report—Dave Estes
  4. NVEA Budget Review:  No report due to absence.
  5. President’s Report—Linda Hansen: 
a.     Friedrichs vs. CTA Link:  With the passing of Antonin Scalia, it is expected that the case will not be heard at the Supreme Court level, meaning the ruling in our favor of the lower court will stand.
b.     Monday, March 28th:  Site rep +1 meeting will be at Compadres.  Site reps are encouraged to bring someone from their site who may be interested in learning more about involvement in NVEA.  CTA president Eric Heins will be at the meeting as well following visits to schools during the day.
c.     Teacher Scholarship Forms:  Available online through CTA for any teacher to pursue further education.
d.     STRS Counseling Appointments:  Counseling appointments for April can be had in the Napa NVEA office.  Call STRS for appointments 1-800-228-5453.  There will also be a large group presentation in April.
e.     Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll:  March 15 in Cordelia.  Great presentation for all members by CTA attorneys.  Great for new(er) teachers to attend.
f.      IBPS:  Site reps make sure to complete feedback surveys that were emailed out.
g.     Elections Dates for NVEA Officers: 
                        2-29-16  Nominations open, forms at meeting and online at nvea.org
                        3-18-16  Nominations closed
                        3-28-16  Candidates’ statements due
                        3-28-16  Nominations read at site rep meeting
                        4-25-16  Ballots out
                        5-13-16  Ballots return, election committee count ballots
  1. First Vice President/Chief Negotiator—Gayle Young: 
  2. Negotiations:   Stipends Committee working to make stipends more consistent.  Salary Schedule working to adjust the schedule so there are no frozen cells, etc.  Workload committee to present at Council meeting tomorrow.  Main purpose of workload survey was not to bring about an immediate reduction in workload nor an extra increase in pay, but rather to bring administration’s attention to all teachers are doing and get them to realize the importance of not bringing on new initiatives and programs without being able to fully resource them (time, money, materials, etc.).  Clarification around the district working with Schools by Design to explore prep time options at secondary level; elementary schools will also be looked at for prep time options at some point.  Budget Committee meeting this week to discuss one-time monies coming to the district.
  3. Membership:  How accurate was voting roster used for RA election?  Email any changes needed.
  4. Directors-At-Large: 
  5. Elementary—Laura Zinser:  Per Linda, Read Across America coming up.
  6. Middle—John Burns, Benefits:  No report due to absence.
c.     High:  No representative.
  1. Director of Human Rights—Mary Duenow:  No report due to absence.
  2. State Council—Patty Wyman:  Want to keep promoting sharing our stories to each other about how we became part of the union to create camaraderie among members.
  3. Director of Communications—Mike Willmarth:  Encourage people to “Like” our FB page as a means of keeping up on current  information.
  4. CTA Update—Diana Lisi:  No report due to absence.
  5. Technology Rep—Kendall Shomura:  His group is working on the Homeroom project (intranet site with all resources in one place).  They have had focus groups with all stakeholder groups about what resources and information people want before they go to vendors.  They are now trying to gather input from teachers; they really need teacher input/feedback.  How do they get teacher input?  Go to sites (30-40 mins)?  Surveys?  Email ideas to Kendal at kshomura@nvusd.org.
 
Meeting Adjourned at 4:30 PM
Next Meeting:  March 28, 2016
 
Ginger Dunne
NVEA Secretary