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July 1, 2002

July Meeting Schedule

July 1Contract Negotiating Team, 12-1pm
July 2Business Meeting, Elliott Bay Bookstore Café, 12-1pm
July 3TEA-WTD / KC Contract Negotiating Session, 9-4pm
  
July 8Contract Negotiating Team, 12-1pm
July 9TEA-Transit / KC Contract Negotiating Session, 9-4pm
July 11TEA-WTD / KC Contract Negotiating Session, 9-4pm
  
July 15Contract Negotiating Team, 12-1pm
July 16Business Meeting, Elliott Bay Bookstore Café, 12-1pm
July 17Monthly Meeting - Elliott Bay Bookstore Cafe, 12-1pm
July 18TEA-Transit / KC Contract Negotiating Session, 9-4pm
  
July 22Contract Negotiating Team, 12-1pm
July 23TEA-WTD / KC Contract Negotiating Session, 9-4pm

All members are encouraged to attend the Monthly Meeting on Wednesday, July 17.

AGENDA:

  • Contract Negotiations Update
  • Treasurers Report
  • Vote on Proposed Bylaw Amendments

Proposed Bylaw Amendments

In accordance with Article XII, Amendments and Revisions, the following Amendments to the TEA Bylaws have been proposed and will be voted on by the TEA membership at the monthly meeting on July 17th:

  1. PROPOSED ACTION: Modify Article IV, Section C.2, to read: ELIGIBILITY FOR OFFICE - Any Full Member within the TEA shall be eligible to be a candidate for any office in TEA.

  2. PROPOSED ACTION: Modify Article V, Section A.2, to read: EFFECTIVE DATE - Each Employee meeting eligibility requirements will become a Full Member upon the effective date of the initial collective bargaining agreements between TEA and King County or upon signing the Authorization for Wage Deduction to Cover Union Dues, whichever comes first.

  3. PROPOSED ACTION: Modify Article VI, Section C.2.c. to read: Term of Office - The President shall be elected initially for a three-year term and thereafter for two-year terms. The First Vice-President and Secretary shall be elected initially for a two-year term, subsequently for a one-year term, and thereafter for two-year terms. The Second Vice-President shall be elected initially for a four-year term and thereafter for two-year terms. The Treasurer shall be elected for two-year terms.

  4. PROPOSED ACTION: Modify Article VIII, Section A.2 to read: Each Annual Meeting shall be held on the third Wednesday in September, or at a time and place determined by the TEA Board, and announced at least one month in advance of that meeting.

  5. PROPOSED ACTION: Modify Article IX by adding a new Section:
        Section E. VOTING BY PROXY
            1. Each Full Member will be allowed to assign his/her vote for any General or Special Election to a Proxy vote by submitting:
                a. Properly filled out, dated and signed standard TEA Proxy form.
                b. Filed with the TEA Secretary prior to obtaining the ballot represented by the Proxy
                c. Vote presented by the Proxy to the Secretary at the General or Special Election Meeting before the election votes are counted.

The TEA Bylaws that were ratified at the Annual Meeting on September 19, 2001 can be reviewed at the TEA website www.teaseattle.org Look for the link to "Bylaws (in pdf format)."