IN PRAISE OF JAMBALAYA<\/p>\n
I. THE MEETING
\nII. ELECTION BOARD RESULTS
\nIII. RESOLUTION DETAILS
\nIV. THE ELECTION BOARD
\nV. NOT ALL WENT WELL, BUT THIS WAS A MAJOR VICTORY FOR
\nTHE MEMBERS VOICE!
\nVI. PLEASE WRITE WITH YOUR IMPRESSIONS!<\/p>\n
DEAR LOCAL 47 COLLEAGUES!,..<\/p>\n
If you feed them they will come!, or if their voice is in serious
\ndanger. We had a great turnout for our Cajun dinner before the
\nmeeting! A big thank you to the FMA and other volunteers for
\nsupplying a great meal!<\/p>\n
I. THE MEETING<\/p>\n
The meeting itself was attended by approx. 404 members! We\u2019d
\nnever seen so many members at a meeting! The RMA had sent
\n5-6 emails, at least one snail mail and even made phone calls to
\ntheir members to be at the meeting. One person even joked that
\n\u201cEven the 6-figure July Check people came out! We had never
\nseen such a call out of their troops before,\u2026.. BUT,\u2026..<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
-It was close, but RESOLUTION I WAS DEFEATED!, we still have
\nour quorum of 50!
\nBRAVO TO THE RANK AND FILE! <\/p>\n
-It was close here too, but RESOLUTION II FAILED! The Board still
\nhas to call a meeting on the spot if there is no quorum
\nand a resolution is on the ballot!
\nBRAVO TO THE RANK AND FILE AGAIN!<\/p>\n
The RMA pulled out ALL the stops and the rank and file STILL
\nDEFEATED THE RESOLUTIONS THAT MATTERED THE MOST!!
\nBRAVO! THIS, if nothing else, should prove once and for all to
\nthe general membership that you CAN make a difference if you
\ncome to our meetings! The closeness of the votes should prove
\nhow vital every single vote is!<\/p>\n
Resolution III, which concerns whether those running for Officer
\npositions should also be listed in the Delegate portion PASSED.
\nBut we can fix that later.<\/p>\n
II. ELECTION BOARD RESULTS<\/p>\n
Brian O’Connor – 239
\nVictoria Miskolczy – 171
\nPeter Quesada – 126
\nPhil O’Connor – 108
\nRachel Berry \u2013 93<\/p>\n
We believe the two who won the positions: Brian O\u2019Connor,
\nformer President of the RMA, and Victoria Miskolczy, are certainly
\nin the RMA camp, but they are more than balanced by the other
\nthree members of the Election Board. <\/p>\n
III. RESOLUTION DETAILS<\/p>\n
Resolutions required a 2\/3 majority to win.<\/p>\n
Resolution I –
\nYes – 263
\nNo – 141
\nResolution FAILED!
\nWe still have our quorum of 50!<\/p>\n
THIS RESOLUTION WAS DEFEATED BY 4 VOTES! ONLY 4 VOTES!
\nThis should re-enforce how important each and every vote is!
\nIt was similarly close on the 2nd resolution.<\/p>\n
Resolution II –
\nYes – 255
\nNo – 137
\nResolution FAILED!
\nThe board still has to open the meeting on the spot if there is no
\nquorum AND if a resolution is on the ballot!<\/p>\n
Resolution III –
\nYes – 275
\nNo – 95
\nResolution PASSED
\nThis was the least important of the three, and we can fix this later.
\nYou can also tell how many people had left by this time.<\/p>\n
IV. THE ELECTION BOARD<\/p>\n
We applaud the Election Board for their tireless work this evening!
\nTHEY TRIPLE CHECKED ALL THE RESULTS TO MAKE SURE THEY
\nWERE ACCURATE AND SO THEY COULD NOT BE CHALLENGED ON
\nTHEIR VALIDITY! While the meeting ended around 11, the board
\ndid not announce it\u2019s results until 12:45!,.. and they had already
\nspent hours tallying the votes repeatedly to make sure their
\ncounts were good.<\/p>\n
IV. NOT ALL WENT WELL, BUT THIS WAS STILL A MAJOR VICTORY
\nFOR THE RANK AND FILE MEMBER\u2019S VOICE!<\/p>\n
1) As the evening wore on, the RMA took control of the room.
\nA motion was passed that: forces all delegates to vote as a block,
\nwith no deviation from the majority. This was brought up SOLELY
\nbecause David Schubach won a delegate spot and was done to
\nattempt to silence his possible disagreement with their positions,..
\nlike, say, Voting for HAL as President of the AFM!!<\/p>\n
2) They also voted to name the auditorium for Serena Williams
\nand her husband. After working for the Local for over 22 years,
\nthis seemed more than appropriate.<\/p>\n
3) They also rammed through a disjointed non-binding
\nresolution to try to force the AFM and the AFM president to
\nconsult them on future contracts and to NOT allow them to
\nmake back room deals without their input. Their statement was
\nmuch longer, but this was the gist. They can certainly send us
\na copy if they want it printed verbatim.<\/p>\n
This resolution of theirs seemed odd, considering the RMA
\nadministration has NO trouble leaving RMA members who don’t
\nmake above a certain about of money out of all RMA negotiations
\nthemselves. Rather a double standard, wouldn’t you say? <\/p>\n
There were other aspects to it, but at this point the room was
\nowned by the RMA and they was rubberstamping anything Phil
\nAyling or Mark Sazer brought up.<\/p>\n
VI. PLEASE WRITE WITH YOUR IMPRESSIONS!<\/p>\n
We hope other members will write in with their impressions of
\nthe meeting, we know there are things that were left out in our
\ndescription, and welcome members to \u201cfill in the blanks\u201d.<\/p>\n
Hopefully the RMA will give it a rest. But if they don\u2019t, now you
\nsee how vital EVERY VOTE IS and how important it is you show up
\nat meetings!<\/p>\n
BRAVISIMO, LOCAL BROTHERS AND SISTERS! BRAVISIMO!
\nWe all deserve a slap on the back for our work tonight!<\/p>\n
Until Next Time,<\/p>\n
THE COMMITTEE FOR A MORE RESPONSIBLE LOCAL 47<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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