Annual Statewide Meeting 2020

12:00pm, Friday, November 15, 2019 Fitchburg State University, Fitchburg, MA Hammond Main Lounge

Present

• Sherry Horeanopoulos – APA Statewide President/Fitchburg APA President
• Kathi Bradford – APA Secretary
• Maria Brunelle – APA Treasurer
• Jim Murphy – APA Past Treasurer
• Aaron Childs – APA Membership Coordinator
• Alan Jackson – Vice Chair and APA Rep to and Vice Chair of Health and Welfare Fund
• Mark Powers – Chair, APA Employee Relations Working Group
• Catherine Santiago – MTA Field Representative
• Seth Bean – Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts APA Chapter President
• Brian Cahillane – Westfield APA Chapter President
• Jane Decatur – Framingham APA Chapter President
• Mike Pelletier – Salem APA Chapter President
• Mike Storey – Bridgewater APA Chapter President
• Edward Vacha – Massachusetts Maritime Academy APA Chapter President
• 36 members of Fitchburg APA Chapter
• Kirkland Albrecht & Frederickson LLC (Auditors)

Call to Order

12:15 pm by Sherry Horeanopoulos, APA President

Approval of Minutes

Approval of Minutes from November 16, 2018 – Minutes held until December Executive Board meeting due to lack of quorum.

Treasurer’s Report

• Treasurer’s Report by Maria Brunelle, Treasurer
• Report from the Auditors with an A+ for Jim Murphy, outgoing Treasurer for his efforts.

President’s Report – Sherry Horeanopoulos

• Sherry discussed the year in review including Janus vs. AFSCME/Freedom to join. Thanked the group for the number of calls, letters, etc regarding this.
• Evaluation check-in. Timeline was 11/1/19.
• Reminder about the vacation cap at 375 by June 30, 2020.
• Alliance with MCCC and MSCA
• Introduced Catherine Santiago, MTA who explained the Paid Family Medical Leave.
• She shared the upcoming Higher Ed conference on January 10-11 – winter skills program.
• Higher Ed Advocacy Day
• Fund our Future Campaign continuous
• Upcoming items:
  • Bargaining for 2020-2023
    • PFML items
    • Regaining lost accrual
    • Not waiting for faculty to come to the table
  • Member survey – please do it to share your bargaining ideas.
• Sherry updated her members regarding the Turkey Program and Grievance Officer

Membership and Data – Aaron Childs

• 1431 members – same as last year
• 112 non-paying, 9 since last year

Health and Welfare Report – Alan Jackson, Representative to the Health and Welfare Fund Committee

• Dental program/eye glass stipend update
• They have 6 months operating expenses budget. Worked hard to accomplish this.
• Still barebones. Might be time for management to listen to new plans/ideas.

Old/New Business

• Contract – Employee relations working group update –Mark Powers
  • Explained group and asked for negotiation ideas for March negotiations.
• Website
• Open Q and A from the floor

Announcements

Adjournment

• Motion to adjourn at 12:54pm by Mark Powers, second by Reba DuRoti. Unanimous.