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Appendix B: Sample Local Meeting Minutes

Minutes of the meeting of April 12, YYYY.
President Linda Jansen called the meeting of Local 1234 to order at 6 p.m.

  1. Roll call of officers was taken by Recording Secretary Charles Westover. All officers were present.
  2. The minutes of the previous meeting were distributed, read and approved.
  3. The president asked the recording secretary to read the local’s correspondence. Letters were read from the committee on political education asking for participation in the voter registration drive and from the council president concerning the upcoming Education Conference.
  4. Good and Welfare: Education Committee member Mary Williams recapped the key points made by guest speaker Rev. James Robinson of the Community Coalition regarding the upcoming demonstration against privatization. Leonard Lee informed those present that Shirley Goodman was still confined to County General Hospital after her surgery, but could now receive visitors.
  5. Reports of the Officers:
    1. The president reported on the executive board meeting held on April 5, YYYY.
    2. It was moved by Jack Ely, seconded and carried that the report be accepted.
    3. Secretary-Treasurer Rudy Martinez distributed and reviewed the monthly financial report for March (a copy is attached). It was moved by Arlene Smith, seconded and carried that the report be accepted.
  6. Committee Reports:
    1. Organizing Committee. Chairperson Leroy Gordon reported that 22 new members had been signed up in March.
    2. Steward Committee. Vice President Mary Weiss reported that a group grievance was being filed over the recent change in the dress code.
    3. Women’s Rights Committee. Chairperson Veronica Bennett reported that the committee was conducting a survey to gather information on what kinds of programs the membership would be interested in.
    4. Education Committee. Chairperson Richard Marsh recommended that the local send two members to the public speaking training offered by the council. The matter was referred to new business.
  7. Unfinished Business:
    The issue of free parking spaces for county employees was discussed. Tony Valentino moved that stewards and the MAT circulate a petition to members that would be presented to the county executive. The motion was seconded and carried.
  8. New Business:
    Brenda Reid moved that the recommendation of the education committee be accepted, that the local send the committee’s chairperson and the vice president to attend the program, and that the local pay the participants’ expenses, up to $200. The motion was seconded and carried.
  9. It was moved, seconded and carried that the meeting be adjourned.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:20 p.m.; minutes were submitted by Charles Westover, recording secretary.

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