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Committee meetings and debateare open to all delegates and alter-nates.
Three committees will handle theproposed constitutional amendmentsand resolutions at 9 am at the RedLion Hotel at the Park:
Constitutions and By-Laws Com-mittee A - Riverfront Ballroom A.
Constitutions and By-Laws Com-mittee B - Riverfront Ballroom B.
Legislative Committee - Corbin.
All Convention Committees are
meeting at 9 am in meeting rooms atRed Lion Hotel at the Park.
See pages 21-22 of the Delegate
Guide for details.
Convention Workshops will beconducted at 1 pm and 2:45 pm, alsoat the Red Lion Hotel at the Park.
See pages 23-25 of the Delegate
Guide for details.
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Convention DailyCongressman Inslee headlines banque
Friday, Oct. 7, 2011
REGISTRATION & INFO
8:00 AM - 5:30 PMin the RIVERFRONT LOBBY
Committee meetings, workshops the focus ofFridays pre-convention action
The main business of the conven-ion is debate and action on proposedmendments to the Council 28 Con-
titution and resolutions setting outother goals and objectives.
This convention, more than adozen resolutions and proposedonstitutional amendments will come
before you.
The rst step is for the proposedmendments and resolutions to goefore committees of delegates.
Committee members will listeno arguments for and against each
mendment and then craft recom-mendations that will go to the fullonvention.
Delegates on Saturday and Sun-day will have the opportunity todebate each recommendation on theonvention oor.
Todays Schedule
The convention on Sunday will homembers who have passed away ithe past two years. If you would lia deceased member to be recognizplease submit his or her name, ageand local number to the Public Af-fairs/Communications table locatein the convention hall by 4 pm onSaturday.
7:30 am Committee Chairs Mtg8 am Registration Opens
Exhibit Hall Opens
9 am Convention Committee
Noon Lunch - on your own
1 pm Workshops
2:45 pm Workshops
4:15 pm Green Walking Tour
6:30 pm Social & Banquet
See page 29 for Agenda Highli
Remember departedmembers
Biennial Convention
Our featured speakers at tonights Convention Banquet 2011 are U.S. Cogressman Jay Inslee and Oregon AFSCME Council 75 Executive Director KeAllen. The social hour and banquet begins at 6:30 p.m. in Ballroom 100 B-C the Spokane Convention Center.
Inslee, who represents the 1st Congressional District, is a candidate forgovernor who graciously agreed to address convention delegates as you cosider the important choice of who our next governor should be. The other vited candidate, Attorney General Rob McKenna, declined to attend becauof travel commitments.
Also speaking is Ken Allen, a longtime friend of the Federation whoserves on the AFSCME Executive Board alongside WFSE/AFSCME ExecuDirector Greg Devereux.
The banquet will include many other special presentations, including tawarding of the 2011 WFSE/AFSCME Medal of Valor Award.U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee
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Brown Bag Lunch Meetings(Sat. Noon recess) are new thistime around and provide an in-
formal setting for members withsimilar interests to mingle andshare information.
Purchase your lunch beforeyou go because this is BYO.Groups include Communications,Green Caucus, Next Wave, PublicSafety and WSECU.
See page 9 for locations orBrown Bag meetings; and page
11 for food options.
REGISTRATION & INFO
8:00 AM - 5:30 PMin the RIVERFRONT LOBBY
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Access to some events limited; others wide
open. Heres what you need to know:
Some of the events scheduledat convention are limited to twodelegates from each local. The goal
is for every local to send delegatesand then share the informationback with the delegation. Localpresidents distribute tickets tothese events:
Womens Committee WorldCafe Breakfast (Sat. 7:30 am).
Next Wave Breakfast (Sun. 7:30am).
The Conservative CaucusBreakfast (Sun. 7:30 am) is restrict-
ed to members of the ConservativeCaucus.
See page 9 of the DelegateGuide for details.
The PEOPLE High RollersReception (Sat. 8 pm) is open to allPEOPLE contributors at the MVPlevel or above. If you are not surewhat your status is - or want tostart or change your monthly con-tribution, visit the PEOPLE Booth
in the Riverfront Lobby of the RedLion Hotel at the Park (Fri.) or theConvention Center Lobby (Sat. andSun.)
See inside front cover an page8 of the Delegate Guide for
details.
If you use Twitter, youll nowhave more to tweet about.
Follow our Twitter feeds launch-ing at Convention:
@WFSEc28 for news;
@greenc28 for all thingsgreen;
@VMOc28 for volunteerorganizer info; and
@NextWavec28 for news ofinterest to members 35 andyounger.
Learn more about how to joinand use Twitter at the Commu-nications workshop titled NextMedia today at 2:45 pm (Sky-line-2).
Watch for feeds before and after oor sessions.
LIKE US (WFSEc28)ON SOCIAL MEDIA:
Facebook | Twitter
YouTube | Flickr..
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DELEGATE
Take note of changesto voting process!
New this year - everyone votesfrom 7 am - 9 am on Sunday morn-ing prior to the convention recon-vening at 9 am (Room 102 A-D).
Delegates must present boththeir badge and photo ID in orderto vote. Council 28 Ofcers to beelected (two-year terms) are Presi-dent, Vice President,Secretary and Treasurer.
Booths and Exhibits
Find the amazing PEOPLEbooth in the lobby again this year.Visit them to purchase great mer-
chandise and much much more.Joining PEOPLE in the lobby thisyear is the Organize for Powerbooth.
Committee booths and largegroup of vendors and organiza-tions are in the Exhibit Hall. Pleasemake time to stop by.
See page 26-27 for locations
and a complete listing.
Please wear your
badge to all conventionactivities. Badges are
required for entrance
to the Convention
foor.
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7 am World Cafe Breakfast
7:30 am Registration Opens8 am Exhibit Hall Opens
9 am Convention Convenes
9:30 am Jeff Johnson, WSLC
9:45 am Lee Saunders, AFSC
10:30 am Nomination of ofcer
11:45 am Lunch - on your ownBrown Bag gathering
1 pm Convention Reconve
1:15 pm William Lucy, CBTU
3 pm Danny Donohue, CS
4 - 6 pm Medical Lake Rally
Buses will takedelegates to rally siteimmediately afterconvention recesses
7 pm Candidates Forum8- 11 pm PEOPLE Event
See page 30 for Agen
Highlights
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Inslee: You are bulwark againstattacks on the middle class
Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011
REGISTRATION & INFO
7:30 AM - 11 AMCONVENTION CENTER LOBBY
Todays Schedule
The convention on Sunday will homembers who have passed away ithe past two years. If you would lia deceased member to be recognizplease submit his or her name, ageand local number to the Public Af-fairs/Communications table locatein the convention hall by 4 p.m. tod
Remember departed
members
Biennial Convention
Congressman Jay Inslee, aDemocratic candidate for gover-nor, told WFSE/AFSCME Con-vention delegates Friday nighthat state employees are a bul-
wark against attacks on the mid-dle class and collective bargainingis a basic right of democracy.
Inslee said as governor heddefend collective bargaining and
public services.He said we shouldnt elect can-
didates who paint state employeess sort of the piata of our state,nslee said.
He referred to his experienceworking bulldozers and jack-
hammers as he worked his waythrough school.
If anybody tries to takeaway your collective bargainingrights, theyre going to have togo through my bulldozer, Insleesaid.
Delegates join
Occupy Spokanemarch
About 100 WFSE/AFSC-ME Convention delegateswere part of the 250 who
joined the Occupy Spo-kane march Friday to local
banks. Its inspired by the
Occupy Wall Street move-ment endorsed by AFSC-ME and other unions.
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Constitutional amendments:
The two Constitution and Bylaws Committees on Fridayconsidered what recommendations to make to the fullconvention on the proposed constitutional amendments.
The respective Constitution and Bylaws Committee will
explain these and other recommendations in their report tothe convention.Here is a summary of recommendations they made:
Constitutional and Bylaws Committee A
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 5: The committeerecommends a Yes vote.CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 6: Recommends No.CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 7: Recommends No.CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 8: Recommends Yesas amended.CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 9: Recommends No.
Constitutional and Bylaws Committee B
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 1: Recommends No.CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 2: Recommends Yesas amended.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 3: Recommends Yes.CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 4: Recommends No.CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 11: RecommendsNo.CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 12: RecommendsYes.
Resolutions:
The Legislative Committee made the followingrecommendations:
LATE RESOLUTION 1: Recommends NoLATE RESOLUTION 3: Recommends Yes as amended.
The Constitution and Bylaws Committee A made thefollowing recommendation:
LATE RESOLUTION 2: Recommends No.
The Constitution and Bylaws Committee B made thefollowing recommendation:
LATE RESOLUTION 4: Recommends No.
Convention committees deliberate, make recommendations on amendments, resolutions
Mary Donnelly, the longtime exec-utive assistant who retired in Augustafter 38 years working for WFSE/AF-
SCME, was honored at the Conven-tion banquet Friday night.The Federation has been my
home for a long time, she said.The thing that really warms
my heart tonight as I look out at thisaudience and see so many new faces,people who are stepping up, peoplewho are taking an active role in thisunion, which is what we need to keepmoving forward and I wish you allthe best.
Mary Donnelly honored for 38 years with WFSE
Donnelly (right) with WFSE/AFSCME Presi-
dent Carol Dotlich.
Medal of Valor AwardStatewide Parks Local 1466 mem-
bers Tor Bjorklund and Dean Lambertreceived the unions Medal of ValorAward at Friday nights banquet. Theywere honored for the quick action andbravery during a deadly gang-relatedgunfght at Lake Sammamish StatePark in July 2010. Without their ac-tions under fre, there could have beenmore victims.
Allen: Time to ght
Oregon AFSCME Council 75 Executive Direc-tor Ken Allen said all members in the NorthwestRegion must band together in the battle againstattacks on public services.
We cant allow Wisconsin to happen here inOregon, Washington and Alaska...., Allen toldConvention delegates at Fridays banquet.
Nows the time to fght and fght hard.
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7-9 am Elections (102 A-D)
7:30 am Conservative Caucus 7:30 am Next Wave Mtg
8 am PEOPLE booth8 am VMO booth
9 am Convention Reconven
State of the Union
Committee Reports InstallationofOfcers
AFSCME 2012 DelegaElection
Noon PEOPLE Auction/Lunc
1 pm Convention Reconven
In Memoriam
Organize for Power
Adjourn
See page 31 for Agen
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Convention DailySunday, Oct. 9, 2011
PEOPLE AUCTION
NoonGet your silent auction bids in!
Todays Schedule
Biennial Convention
Delegates on Saturday nominatedhe following candidates for the four
Council 28 ofcer positions:
President:
Carol Dotlich, Local 793
ohn Frazier, Local 1488
Vice President:
Sue Henricksen, Local 53 (only nominee,elected by acclamation)
Delegates get down to business
The 44th Biennial Conventionof the Washington Federation ofState Employees got off to a rousingstart Saturday with action on nineconstitutional amendments andresolutions, nominations for Federationofcers, speeches from four of the mostrespected labor leaders in the nation,awards of recognition and a rally innearby Medical Lake centering onprotecting safety in the face of budget
cuts at Eastern State Hospital andLakeland Village.
Some 413 delegates and 15alternates from 41 locals debated morethan half the measures before them inthis convention.
Delegates adopted the followingamendments to the WFSE/AFSCMEConstitution:ConstitutionalAmendment3(Representation)ConstitutionalAmendment12
(Allowing Non-State EmployeeMembers).
Delegates also adopted oneresolution:
Resolution3(PsychiatricandForensic Patients Assaulting Care
Givers).
Delegates rejected (did not adopt)four other proposed constitutionalamendments (1, 2, 4 and 11) and tworesolutions (1 and 4).
Delegates today consider vemore proposed constitutionalamendments and one resolution.
Candidates nominated Secretary:Judy Kuschel, Local 313Anna Inthavong, Local 53
Treasurer:
Don Hall, Local 1466
Rosemary Sterling, Local 1381
Elections take place today from 7 to9 a.m.
HOWARD JORGENSON ORGANIZIAWARD. Narscisa Hodges of Interprers Local 1671 accepts the award on bhalf of the successful campaign to bri
union rights to state medical interpre
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Time to stand up for public service, for America
Delegates stand up for safety in Medical Lake, home of EasternState Hospital and Lakeland Village
Saturdays convention speeches from four strong allies red up delegates.
Top - Former AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer and current CBTU President William Lucy; Above
(from left) - Washington Labor Council President Jeff Johnson; AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Lee
Saunders; and Danny Donohue, president of CSEA Local 1000 in New York.
ROSELLA CHARVET
LEADERSHIP AWARD
Rebecca Withrow, Local 1326,Corrections, was honored withthe unions 2011 Rosella Char-vet Leadership Award SaturdayWithrow, called the go to per-son in Yakima Local 1326, wascredited with being a leader inbuilding workplace solidarity.
Scenes from Satur-days rally (clockwise
from top): Hundreds ofconvention delegatesgather in a highly vis-
ible Medical Lake shop-ping center parking lot;
WSLC Secretary-Trea-surer Lynne Dodson
addresses crowd; signsof solidarity.
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