Meeting of the NASE Executive Committee
Tuesday, June 11, 2024, 4:00
JFK Middle School
APPROVED 9/10/2024
In Attendance: (31 participants)
Vanessa Coates-Cooney, Tammy Cook, Veronica Douglas, Paula Rigano-Murray, Kate Fontaine, Erica Lamanna, Andrea Egitto, Kim Bowler, Jennifer Hayden, Kira Henninger, Sharon Carlson, Heather Brown, Laura St. Pierre, Karen Schiaffo, Harrison Wallace, Ellen Brown, Sara Simmons, Xristina Warren, Sara Churchill-Winsor, Mareatha Wallace, Madyson Mackenzie, Sandy Bombard, Helen Woods, Danielle Kowal, Hana Zayatz, Laila Copperansky, Daria Steward, Jamie Lawrence, Brian Bagdon, Jake Gallant, Erica Caron
Excused:
Kevin Schmith,
Andrea calls the meeting to order at 4:00 pm.
Item I: Call to Order & Check in
- Welcome new delegates
- Nomination
Item II: New Business
- A Unit F delegate, Kevin, wanted to have a platform around universal insurance → is this the right platform?
- propose to MTA at 2025 annual meeting, a new business item advocating for universal health care
Item III: Secretary’s Report
MOTION: to accept the Secretary’s Report
Entertained by: Andrea
Moved by: Sharon
Seconded by: Mareatha
Motion Approved: unanimously
Item IV: Treasurer’s report
- budget for FY24
- Present budget for FY25
- Additional money to new member socials, conferences, appreciation, mileage parking, MTA annual meeting, and contingency lines
- Suggestion to add a line item for printing → $600
- Type under new member liaison paid mta → change to $350 NOT $3500
MOTION: to accept the FY25 budget with noted amendments
Entertained by: Andrea
Moved by: Erica
Seconded by: Jennifer
Motion Approved: unanimously
Item V: Resolution for a Cease Fire
- Review survey → Kira
- 60 total responses
- Overall result 72% in favor of NASE signing resolution
- Less than 11% of NASE have responded to the survey
- MTA has already signed this resolution, November 2023
- Thoughts: If we are signing onto this resolution, then we should be 100% in with all political items & if we don’t sign this resolution, then we should 0% in with all political items
- Thoughts: Have heard communication from members that would leave union if signed, would leave union if joined, and would do what majority feels
- Thoughts: Is this the focus we want to have right now with our current budget crisis, our current administration crisis, and upcoming negotiation year?
- Thoughts: Is this making a statement or doing actions? What is the follow up if we sign? This seems to be just a statement that we do.
- Thoughts: Why are some so negative around this that have communicated with delegates? Takes focus away from local members, too political, why are we focusing on just one area of international conflict, why are we not focusing on all international conflicts
- Thoughts: If MTA signed this and nothing changed then this seems very performative if we do so
- Resolution directly read to this CE by Kira for the record
- Thoughts: It is very far away but it does impact families locally
- Thoughts: We need to be very careful about thinking about people only losing their jobs when people are losing their lives
MOTION: NASE to sign on to the Cease-Fire Resolution by the Labor Movement
Entertained by: Andrea
Moved by: Laila
Seconded by: Hana
Motion Approved: Majority Vote in Favor
16 in favor, 13 opposed, 4 abstentions
Item VI: NPS Budget season
- City Council Meeting on 6/20/24
- Proposed to create a special education for the future, currently is being slated in the general city fund
- Cuts that were proposed on Monday night do not add up to the cuts that are proposed, seem to still be $400,000 short of cuts
- Moving towards to have level services funding
- Have huge support from the community
- Have support from neighboring locals
- Have support from MTA president
- June 17th finance committee meeting to (Quaverly) present the budget
- June 20th city council meeting to vote on the budget
- Follow the Save Our School Facebook page
Item VII: VONC
- Meetings in each school for voting
- 406 possible voters
- 89.6% response rate
- 96.4% in favor
- 13 people voted no
- MTA conservation communicated that we can move forward
- Names on ballots will not be shared
- Next step → release a press release around Wednesday night and read at school committee meeting
- Is there a way to get this introduced/released so that School Committee can’t ignore/miss it
- School committee meeting on Thursday at 6:30 and the NASE party ends at 7:00 so what is the plan?
- Evaluation has not happened yet so this information has to be released before the evaluation occurs
MOTION: Plan to release the press release and share press release at the school committee on Thursday
Entertained by: Andrea
Moved by: Kate
Seconded by: Sara
Motion Approved: unanimously, 1 abstention
Item VIII: Adjourn
MOTION: to adjourn
Entertained by: Andrea
Moved by: Karen
Seconded by: Tammy
Motion Approved: unanimously
Upcoming meetings:
June 13 3:00 – 7:00 – NASE End of Year Party, Look Park – Dow Pavilion