Agenda Item #7

ASSOCIATION OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS-CWA, AFL-CIO

FORTY SIXTH BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

APRIL 9 – APRIL 11, 2018

ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY

SUBJECT:    Council Representatives – Adding or Eliminating a Position (Article III.C.1.c.)

STATEMENT OF QUESTION:

Should the current requirement that a Resolution from a Local Council Membership Meeting is required to eliminate a Council Representative position be included in the Constitution?

SOURCE AND DATE SUBMITTED:       Strategic Planning Committee – March 9, 2018

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

Article III.C.1.c., is clear that the decision to add a Council Representative position(s) within a Local Council is determined during a Local Council membership meeting, but does not provide guidance with regard to eliminating a position(s).  Our past practice has been that the decision to eliminate a Council Representative position(s) also occurs during a Local Council membership meeting.

Amending this Article simply codifies the existing practice.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION:

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Article III.C.1.c. be amended as follows:

c. For any Local Council, additional Officers may be elected and designated as Local Council Representatives in accordance with c. (1) and (2) below. The decision to elect additional representatives or to reduce the number of representatives to be elected shall be made by the Local Council at a regular membership meeting where the business is included on the advanced agenda.

(1)    Local Councils with membership of two thousand (2,000) or less shall be limited to a maximum of two (2) Local Council Representatives.

(2)    One (1) additional Local Council Representative may be elected for each additional increase of one thousand (1,000) members, or portion thereof.

2018 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION FORM 

Agenda Item              7

Committee                 7

Subject:    Council Rep – Adding or Removing – Clarification

(Article III.C.1.c.)

The Committee recommends the resolution be adopted as proposed.

Signature:      Tim Hopkins, Committee Chairperson

Action Taken by the Board:            

Voice   X           Division of the House            Roll Call      

__X___Adopted Unanimously     Date: 4/10/18       Time: 1:38 pm

_______Adopted as Amended

_______Not Adopted

_______Tabled

_______Recommitted to Agenda Committee

_______Withdrawn