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President’s Polar Cap Award
PEOPLE Recruiter of the Year Award
Congratulations to Madison County Local 1st Vice President Karen Bright for being named the 2020 PEOPLE Recruiter of the Year! The award was presented during Wednesday’s 110th Annual Delegates Meeting virtual plenary session, Every Vote Counts! Bright, Central Region PEOPLE Committee Chair, received the award from Statewide PEOPLE Committee Chair Betty Jo Johnson, who also serves as Madison County Local President and Central Region 1st Vice President. In this photo, Karen Bright takes a PEOPLE application from John Gray at a 2019 Central Region event.
Congratulations to the CSEA Central Region for receiving this year’s President’s Polar Cap Award, awarded to the CSEA region that raises the most money through Polar Plunges to benefit Special Olympics New York. Our Central Region, led by Central Region President Kenny Greenleaf, raised more than $13,000 for the Special Olympics New York. Statewide, CSEA members raised more than $28,000 through Polar Plunges during the 2019-20 Plunge season. CSEA President Mary E. Sullivan announced the award during the virtual Annual Delegates Meeting. In this 2019 photo, the Central Region’s CSEA Polar Peeps team, led by Greenleaf, front row, center, gathers together shortly before plunging into Oneida Lake.
110th ADM: Constitutions, By-Laws and Resolutions, as approved
Delegates to CSEA’s 110th Annual Delegates Meeting approved the following changes to our union’s Constitution & By-Laws, which will go into effect immediately:
• By-Laws Article II, Meetings, Section 1, changed the Resolution deadline to July 1.
• By-Laws Article II, Meetings, Sections 9 & 12, allows for electronic meeting notices
and virtual participation, and eliminates the appointment of a permanent Parliamentarian.
• By-Laws Article III, Statewide Elections, Section 2, changed the Statewide officer petitioning procedure to allow for identifying information to be used on petitions, eliminating the use of Social Security Numbers.
• By-Laws Article III, Statewide Elections, Sections 1, 2 & 5, clarifies that Board of Directors serve four-year terms, eliminates obsolete references to the year 2000 and 2004 elections, and adds that protests can be filed electronically.
• By-Laws Article V, Judicial Board, Section 3, requires
a suspended officer to surrender all union physical and intellectual property,
in addition to records and documents; eliminates the certified mail requirement for correspondence; and requires that the complaint contain the 10-digit CSEA ID number. By-Laws Article VI, Committees, Section 2(b), deleted the obsolete 10-day meeting requirement and the references
to a “November” budget Delegates approved the following meeting; and changed the Resolutions:
Budget Committee’s report • Number 1-20, supporting CSEA’s deadline to ten days prior to the effort to expand and develop annual budget meeting. its officer training to require
• By-Laws Article Vll, changed the cultural diversity and leadership By-Laws amendment proposal training programs.
deadline to June 15. • Number 2-20, calling on
Congress to legislate additional The delegates also approved the federal aid to New York’s state following changes to our union’s and local governments to help
Constitution with their first reading, them recover from the economic which will go to a second reading in effects of the COVID-19
2022: pandemic.
• Constitution Article XIII, • Number 3-20, recognizing the
Amendments, seeks to change efforts of “essential” workers the proposed amendment during the COVID -19 pandemic. deadline to June 15 and to • Number 4-20, paying tribute to eliminate the second reading the dedicated workers who lost requirement. their lives during the COVID -19
pandemic.
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