Executive Council Meeting – 04.22.2020

Virtual via Zoom

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

 

Call to Order at 4:04pm

 

Review of Meeting Minutes from March 11, 2020

Motion made to accept minutes from March 11, seconded, and voted to pass unanimously

 

Officer’s Reports

Vice President

• Not present

 

Secretary

• • Elections
    • ALL officer positions are open as well as most committee seats

 

• Motion made to postpone elections to September due to COVID-19 school closure, seconded, and voted to pass unanimously

• Elections will be held when we return to school in September, tentatively on the first day when we are all together at CHS

• All elected positions due to expire July 1 to be tentatively extended to September 8.

 

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• Mentor Steering needs to work over summer (New Hire trainings)
  • Confirm with Admin about their summer plan

 

Treasurer

• Budget update, currently $62,000
  • Saved money without MTA Annual expenses
  • Investment: CD rolled over with pretty low rates, Kim to shop around
• Tax forms for new members
• Will process payroll for stipended positions in mid-May
• Negotiations (COVID-19) team should be compensated
  • Motion made to pay COVID-19 negotiation team $500 stipend for their work on both MOAs, seconded, and voted to pass unanimously
• Motion made to make a one-time $1,000 donation to Canton Food Pantry, seconded, and voted to pass unanimously

 

Membership

• Nothing to report

 

Unit E

• • GMS EAs told they could hold 1:1 tutoring Zooms if face-covered or use just audio
    • Others told a second adult had to be CPS employee
    • Seems to differ building-to-building

 

• Need clear language of Zoom meeting expectations for entire district

 

 

Committee Reports

 

Mentor Steering

• Nothing to report

 

Scholarship

• CTA Scholarship
  • Deadline is Friday, May 1
  • Google Form application but also accepting scanned/emailed paper applications
• Future Educator Scholarship, 1 x $1,000
  • Deadline for students was extended to Thursday, April 16, 2020.
  • Applications will be emailed to Committee this week
  • Notify Anne Murray of scholarship recipient by Wednesday, May 6, 2020 (original deadline).  
  • Scholarship Night is scheduled for Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 7:00 PM in the Morse Auditorium. MORE INFORMATION TO COME.
  • Award presentation will follow the order in which CHS is notified of each recipient.

 

NCTA

• Dues increasing from $8 to $12
• Annual Banquet is canceled

 

Negotiations

• Negotiations Committee members will receive their $500 stipend
• Plus COVID-19 team members will now receive $500 stipend as well

 

Old Business

• MTA Annual Meeting of Delegates
  • VIRTUAL MEETING on Saturday, May 2 from 9:00am – 12:00 noon
    • Focus on Budget and election

 

New Business

• MTA dues increasing by $3
• COVID-19 Equity
  • Seems like doing more work

 

Other Items

• Building-based issues/updates

 

Adjournment at 5:53pm