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Agenda7:15-8:20am ..................Registration [Rooms 325 & 326]

Continental BreakfastInformation Table [Rooms 325 & 326]Delegate Sign Up for 2008 AFT and AFT-W Conventions

8:00-8:20am ..................Delegate Q&A – Al Nettleton [Rooms 325 & 326]8:30am ..........................Call to Order – Greg Georg, WPEC President

Credentials Report – Gail MalyAdoption of Convention Rules – Al NettletonPresident's Report – Greg GeorgeFinancial Report – Phil DassoCommittee Reports:

• Audit – Gary Mertig• Budget – Ed Berry• Class and Comp – Art Foeste• Communications – Aaron Crandall• Constitution – Gretchen Davies• Contracting Out – Jill Hynum• Convention – Judy McAusland• Credentials – Gail Maly• Elections – Lowell Attoe• Membership – Ed Berry• Policies and Procedures – Layne Litwin• Public Employee Image – John Verberkmoes• Social – Diane Mandell• Stewardship and Grievance – Bill Franks• Bargaining Team – Gail Maly• Bargaining Support Committee – Kevin Steffens

10:00-10:15am...............Break (with refreshments)10:15am ........................Seating of Additional Delegates

Credentials Report UpdateContinuation of Convention Business with Constitutional

Amendments (3)Last Opportunity to Express AFT and AFT-W Convention

Delegate Interest11:30am-12:30pm .........Buffet Lunch [Dining Room]

Hall of Memories Presentation12:30pm ........................Final Credentials Report

Elections: Officers, At-Large Council Members, AFT and AFT-WDelegates

Continuation of Convention Business2:00-2:15pm ..................Break (with refreshments)2:15pm ..........................Continuation of Convention Business3:30pm* ........................Adjournment

*Time is approximate. Meeting will begin promptly at the times indicated and will conclude when conventionbusiness is completed.

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Officers & Executive Council 2006-2008

OFFICERS

President .....................................................Greg GeorgDepartment of Revenue

Vice President .............................................Jill HynumDepartment of Workforce Development

Membership Secretary...............................Ed BerryDepartment of Health & Family Services

Recording Secretary ...................................Larry KieckDepartment of Transportation

Treasurer .....................................................Phil DassoDepartment of Revenue

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

District 1 Representative ...........................VACANT

District 2 Representative ...........................Gary MertigDepartment of Workforce Development

District 3 Representative ...........................Jane SteffesDepartment of Revenue

Districts 4 & 5 Representative ...................Layne LitwinUW-Milwaukee

District 6 Representative ...........................John VerberkmoesDepartment of Workforce Development

At-Large Member .......................................Mike GentheUW-Madison

At-Large Member .......................................Karen GundersonUW-Madison

At-Large Member .......................................Steve MahoneyDepartment of Corrections

At-Large Member .......................................Diane MandellPublic Service Commission

At-Large Member .......................................Suzanne MurphyDepartment of Workforce Development

At-Large Member .......................................Rachel ZellmerDepartment of Public Instruction

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Peg Conrad .................................................Senior Staff Assistant

Rhonda Dittberner .....................................Senior Staff Assistant

Tom Ellett ....................................................Staff Representative

Gabe Kirchner ............................................Political Organizer

Jill Malak ......................................................Public Relations Coordinator

Scott Spector ..............................................Government Relations Director/Lobbyist

Doug Swanson ............................................Staff Representative

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PARLIAMENTARIANAllan Nettleton, Layne Litwin (alternate).

SERGEANTS AT ARMSNathan Jorgensen, Robert Kanack, Steve Mahoney.

TIMEKEEPERLowell Attoe, Fred McCabe (alternate).

BARGAINING TEAMChair Gail Maly (PSC), Edward Berry (DHFS), Gregory Georg (DOR), Jill Hynum (DWD),Philip Klein (DWD), Krista Knight (DNR), Layne L. Litwin (UWM), Stephen Mahoney(DOC), Fred McCabe (DWD), Wayne Mertens (DOR), Gary Mertig (DWD), JD Milburn(Commerce), Gail Pizarro (DRL), Margaret Schmelzer (DFI), Jane Steffes (DOR), JohnWilliamson (DOT).

BARGAINING SUPPORT COMMITTEEChair Kevin Steffens, Patrick Dooley, Art Foeste, John Fries, Michael Genthe, Linda Hilker,Joseph Kim, Mark Magnuson, Jennifer Maly, Kay Rock, Mary Jo Ryan, Louise Schmidt,Patricia Schmitz, Barbara Smith, Thomas Smith, John Verberkmoes, Tim Witcher, RachelZellmer.

AUDIT COMMITTEEChair Gary Mertig, Fred McCabe.

BUDGET COMMITTEEChair Ed Berry, Phil Dasso, Greg Georg (Ex-Officio), Carol Graham, Jill Hynum, KristaKnight.

CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION COMMITTEEChair Art Foeste, Joan Felton, Greg Georg, Gail Maly.

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COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEEChair Aaron Crandall (UW), Phil Anderson (DWD), Ron Blascoe (DWD), Bill Franks(DWD), Greg Georg (DOR), Carol Graham (UW-Ext.), Jill Hynum (DWD), CalvinKramer (DOA), Mark Kuechler (DNR), Layne Litwin (UWM), Barbara Smith (DOA),John Verberkmoes (DWD), Tim Wong (DHFS).

‘INSIDER’ EDITORIAL BOARDAaron Crandall (UW), Greg Georg (DOR), Jill Hynum (DWD), Layne Litwin (UWM),Tim Wong (DHFS).

WEB CONTENTAaron Crandall (UW), Bill Franks, (DWD) Jill Hynum (DWD), Layne Litwin (UWM).

CONSTITUTION COMMITTEEChair Gretchen Davies, Ed Berry, Larry Kieck, Phil Klein, Layne Litwin, Gail Maly, AlNettleton.

CONTRACTING OUT COMMITTEEChair Jill Hynum, Art Foeste, Merriel Kruse, Steve Mahoney, John Verberkmoes.

CONVENTION COMMITTEEChair Judy McAusland, Diane Mandell, Linda Daly.

CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE

ELECTIONS COMMITTEEChair Lowell Attoe, James Newton, Mary Kunkel, Kristen McDaniel.

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEEChair Ed Berry, Aaron Crandall, Bill Franks, John Fries, Matthew Halada, SuzanneMurphy, Mike Sadlier.

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES COMMITTEEChair Layne Litwin, Gretchen Davies, Greg Georg (Ex-Officio), Krista Knight, DianeMandell.

PROMOTION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES COMMITTEEChair John Verberkmoes, Suzanne Murphy, Phil Klein.

SOCIAL COMMITTEEChair Diane Mandell, Barbara Smith.

STEWARDSHIP AND GRIEVANCE COMMITTEEChief Steward Bill Franks (DWD), Karen Gunderson (UW), Larry Kieck (DOT), CalvinKramer (DOA), Diane Mandell (PSC), Fred McCabe (DWD), Kurt Miller (DOT), AlRabin (Commerce), John Verberkmoes (DWD).

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Wisconsin Professional Employees Council

AFT-WISCONSIN, AFT, AFL-CIO

Rules & Order of Business 1. The principle items of business for the WPEC Convention will be:

a. the consideration and adoption of proposed amendments to the WPECConstitution and Bylaws;

b. the consideration and adoption of proposed resolutions;

c. the election of officers and at-large council members; and

d. the election of WPEC delegates to AFT and AFT-Wisconsin Conventions.

2. Registration and seating of delegates will be allowed up to 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.In order to be seated and to vote, a delegate must be a member of WPEC and bepresent (i.e., no proxies).

3. A delegate who wishes to speak shall stand and be recognized by the chairpersonbefore he/she is granted the floor.

4. A delegate shall be recognized for one purpose only.

5. No question shall be subject to debate until it has been made, seconded, and statedfrom the chair.

6. If a delegate is called to order while speaking, the delegate shall, at the request ofthe chair, cease speaking and be seated until the question of order is decided.

7. Should two or more delegates rise to speak at the same time, the chair shall decidewhich one is entitled to speak first.

8. Speeches on matters of business shall be limited to one minute, but the time maybe extended by a majority vote of the delegates present and voting.

9. A delegate may not speak a second time on the same question until all delegateswishing to speak have had an opportunity to do so.

10. To appeal the decision of the chair shall require the support of not less than one-third of the delegates present and voting.

11. A call for a division of the house (standing or hand count vote) shall require thesupport of not less than one-third of the delegates present and voting.

12. A request for a roll-call vote on a main motion shall require the support of not lessthan one-third of the delegates present and voting.

13. When a roll-call vote has been ordered, no adjournment or recess shall be in orderuntil the vote has been taken and the results announced.

14. When a roll-call vote is to be taken, the Membership Secretary shall call each districtdelegation by number, announcing the number of votes to which each is entitled.If the votes cast by any delegate are questioned by another delegate from the samedistrict delegation, then he/she shall challenge the vote from the floor. TheMembership Secretary shall then poll the delegates from such district individually

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and such district’s votes shall be recorded in accordance with the votes cast by thedelegates individually.

15. A motion to reconsider shall not be entertained unless made by a delegate whovoted on the prevailing side, and shall be made and voted on no later than themeeting (session) next following the one in which the vote to be reconsidered wasoriginally taken.

16. Motions pertaining to reports of committees shall be subject to amendments fromthe floor of the Convention in the same manner as other motions and resolutions.

17. Amendments to the Constitution shall be adopted by 2/3 of those voting and Bylawsshall be adopted by a majority of those voting.

18. The chairperson of the Elections Committee shall call for nominations from thefloor for delegates to the AFT-Wisconsin Convention. Nominations shall be closedafter the chairperson has called three consecutive times for “other nominations”and the calls have been unanswered.

19. Nominees may have up to three minutes to address the Convention on their ownbehalf before the voting.

20. Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised, shall control in all cases in which they areapplicable.

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Proposed Constitutional Amendments

AMENDMENT #1: Submitted by WPEC Executive Council

ARTICLE VI – ELECTION OF OFFICERS

Section 3:Elected officers shall serve two-year terms of office. No officer may hold thesame office for more than three five (5) consecutive terms.

CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE Recommendation: Adopt

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Recommendation: Adopt

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AMENDMENT #2: Submitted by WPEC Executive Council

ARTICLE VII – DISTRICTS AND DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES

Section 3:In the event of a vacancy of a district representative seat on the ExecutiveCouncil, the seat will be filled by a special election as called by the Executive Council forPresident, with the approval of the Executive Council, shall appoint a qualified memberto serve the unexpired portion of the term.

CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE Recommendation: No Recommendation

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Recommendation: No Recommendation

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AMENDMENT #3: Submitted by WPEC Executive Council

ARTICLE VII – DISTRICTS AND DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES

Section 4:District representatives shall serve two-year terms. No district representativemay hold the same seat for more than three five (5) consecutive terms.

CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE Recommendation: Adopt

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Recommendation: Adopt

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Instructions for Submitting aConstitutional Amendment

Please use the form on the following page.

1. Amendment/Resolution #______ [to be assigned by committee]

2. Submitted by: your name and email address

3. Article/Section: of the constitution

4. X-ref Article/Section: some sections of the constitution affect others; please besure to list any cross references.

5. Subject/Purpose: explanation or description of what your change does.

Format: Strike thru current language. New language is to follow strike out and beunderlined. NO abbreviations or acronyms for committee names.

6. Date Received: by constitution the proposal should be submitted to the ExecutiveBoard 90 days before the convention, therefore, it must be submitted to theConstitution Committee 10-14 days prior to that.

7. Date Reviewed by Constitution Committee: authors are welcome to attend andparticipate in discussion with committee.

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Amendment Review Form

Amendment/Resolution #________ [For Committee Use Only]

Individuals proposing amendments to the Constitution or By-Laws are to provide thefollowing information via U.S. mail to WPEC office or email to:

Submitted by_________________________________

Article/Section__________________________________

Related Article/Section: does your proposal require a change to any otherArticle/Section/By-Law? If so, which one(s)_______________________________________

Please submit proposed language for the related Article/Section/By-Law.

Subject/Purpose_______________________________________________________________

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For Constitution Committee Use Only

Date Received___________________________ Deadline____________________________

Date Reviewed by Constitution Committee____________________________________

Constitution Committee Recommendation: r Accept r Not Accept r No Consensus

Explanation___________________________________________________________________

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Executive Council recommendation: r Accept r Not Accept r No Consensus

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Audit CommitteeCommittee chair: Gary Mertig. Committee members: Gary Mertig and Fred McCabe.

Committee duties: To assist the Executive Council in oversight of WPEC’s financialaccountability.

Committee accomplishments or highlights of 2007: The Auditors report showed thatWPEC’s statements of cash receipts and disbursements presents fairly, in all materialrespects, the cash receipts and disbursements of Wisconsin Professional EmployeesCouncil Local 4848 for the years ended June 30, 2007 and 2006.

Committee goals for 2008: We have been informed that the Federal Government hasincreased the risk assessments standards for this year and our Audit will have substantialchanges in the accounting and auditing field. This years audit will have comprehensiveprocedures and documentation than before.

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Balance Sheet

ASSETS

Assets

Checking- General Fund ..................................... $(56,340)

Savings- Money Market ......................................... 634,895

Savings- Share Account Deposit ..................................... 5

CD’s - Great Wisconsin CU .................................... 109,037

Savings - Great Wisconsin CU......................................... 5

Total Assets .............................................................................................................. $687,601

LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE

Liabilities

Affiliate Dues Payable ............................................. 127,341

Maintence of Membership Rebates Payable.......... 30,858

Total Liabilities .................................................................................. $158,199

Fund Balance

Fund Balance* ........................................................ 413,130

Income from current year ..................................... 116,272

Total Fund Balance .............................................................................. 529,402

Total Liabilities & Fund Balance .............................................................................. 687,601

* An undetermined amount of this is owed to the Half Time Rebaters 2008

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Income Statement

YTD Activity YTD Budget Difference*RevenuesDues Deductions $1,198,951 $1,555,690 ($356,739)Dues Returns- Errors (227) 0 (227)Dues Returns- Part Timers (694) 0 (694)Dues Rebates- MOMS (366) (31,100) 30,734Assistance From AFT 18,424 4,000 14,424Assistance from AFT-Wisconsin 0 2,000 (2,000)Interest Income 13,711 6,000 7,711Other Revenue 370 720 (351)Total Revenues 1,230,168 1,537,310 (307,142)

ExpensesNegotiations- Budget 0 37,000 37,000Negotiations- Mtg. Rooms 140 0 (140)Negotiations- Printing 62 0 (62)Negotiations- Lodging 1,570 0 (1,570)Negotiations- Transportation 5,369 0 (5,369)Negotiations- Food 4,727 0 (4,727)Negotiations- Meals 360 0 (360)Negotiations- Other 270 0 (270)Total Negotiations 12,499 37,000 24,501Grievances- Budget 0 16,000 16,000Grievances- Transportation 66 0 (66)Grievances- Food 236 0 (236)Grievances- Legal Fees 8,702 0 (8,702)Total Grievances 9,004 16,000 6,996Postage 932 9,000 8,068Photocopies 884 3,000 2,116Office Supplies 200 2,000 1,800Telephone 596 800 204Bank Service Charges 11 100 89Software 0 300 300Equipment & Computers 251 1,000 749Accounting Fees 3,200 3,500 300Subscriptions 218 250 32Office Rent 1,800 1,800 0Mass Media Information Srvcs 0 70 70Web Site-Hosting 0 100 100Religious Objecter- to Charity 0 499 499Remembrances, Donations, Gifts 500 1,000 500Miscellaneous Expenses 300 3,713 3,413Insider- Budget 0 7,800 7,800Insider- Postage 754 0 (754)Insider- Printing 3,704 0 (3,704)Fidelity Bond 50 50 0Total General and Office Expenses 13,401 34,982 21,581District Mtgs.- Budget 0 500 500Total District Expenses 0 500 500Exec. Council- Budget 0 4,500 4,500Exec. Council- Lodging 396 0 (396)Exec. Council- Transportation 1,074 0 (1,074)Exec. Council- Food 625 0 (625)Exec. Council- Meals 225 0 (225)Exec Council- Release Time 795 0 (795)

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Income Statement (cont'd)

YTD Activity YTD Budget Difference*Total Executive Council 3,114 4,500 1,386Committee Exps.-Lodging 70 0 (70)Committee Exps.-Transportation 88 0 (88)Committee Exps.-Food 355 0 (355)Committee Exps.-Other 54 0 (54)Orientation Exps.- Budget 0 750 750Orientation Exp.- Food 495 0 (495)Orientation Exp.-Misc 30 0 (30)Building Mtgs.- Budget 0 200 200Member Recognition-Budget 0 250 250Release Time- Steward Training 0 15,120 15,120Total Committee 1,091 16,320 15,229WPEC Convention- Budget 0 7,000 7,000WPEC Convention-Transportation 3 0 (3)WPEC Convention- Other 127 0 (127)Total WPEC Convention 130 7,000 6,870AFTW Convention- Budget 0 12,500 12,500AFTW Convention- Lodging 2,483 0 (2,483)AFTW Convention-Transportation 1,103 0 (1,103)AFTW Convention- Food 1,173 0 (1,173)AFTW Convention- Meals 140 0 (140)Total WFT Convention 4,899 12,500 7,601FPE Conference- Lodging 2,376 0 (2,376)FPE Conference- Transportation 2,697 0 (2,697)FPE Conference- Meals 337 0 (337)FPE Conference- Other 560 0 (560)Total FPE Convention 5,970 0 (5,970)Training- Budget 0 10,000 10,000Training- Transportation 43 0 (43)Training- Food 980 0 (980)Training- Meals 9 0 (9)Training- Registration & Fees 1,587 0 (1,587)Training 2,619 10,000 7,381Prof Dev Day- Budget 0 2,000 2,000Professional Development Day 0 2,000 2,000Per Capita- AFT 427,356 532,194 104,838Per Capita- State AFL-CIO 0 27,900 27,900Per Capita- WFT 623,527 828,354 204,827Per Capita- S Central Fed 10,285 11,220 935Payments to Affiliates 1,061,168 1,399,668 338,500Total Expenses 1,113,896 1,540,470 426,574Excess of Revs. Over Exps. $116,272 ($3,160) $119,432

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Bargaining TeamWPEC’s Bargaining Team has been meeting with management since July 2000, and wehave finally found some common ground. We hope to have a tentative agreement bythe time you read this.

The Bargaining Team members are: Chair Gail Maly (PSC - Public Utility Auditor), EdwardBerry (DHFS - IS Systems Development Services Senior), Gregory Georg (WPEC President,DOR - Revenue Field Agent), Jill Hynum (DWD - IS Systems Development Services CNS/ADMR), Philip Klein (DWD - IS Business Automation Specialist), Layne L. Litwin (UWMilwaukee – IS Technical Services Specialist), Stephen Mahoney (DOC - PurchasingAgent Senior), Fred McCabe (DWD - Auditor Senior), Wayne Mertens (DOR - RevenueAgent), Gary Mertig.

(DWD - Human Services Area Coordinator), JD Milburn (Commerce - Grants Specialist),Gail Pizarro (DRL - Licensing Examination Specialist), Maggie Schmelzer (DFI -Consumer Credit Examiner), Jane Steffes (DOR - Property Assessment SpecialistAdvanced), , John Williamson (DOT - Program and Planning Analyst), and Doug Swanson(Chief Spokesperson, AFTW - Staff Representative).

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WPEC Budget Worksheet – Fiscal 2009July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009

INCOME

Dues from Members/MOM’sFull: 3330 x ($42.00 x 12 months) ................................................................................ $1,678,320Half - AFT & AFT-W: 60 x ($23.15 x 12 months) ............................................................. $16,668Half - All: 10 x ($21.38 x 12 months) .................................................................................. $2,566 ............... $1,697,554

Rebate - WPEC Portion (210 x $5.50) ..................................................................................... ($1,155) ................... ($1,155)Rebate - AFT and AFT-W Portion (210 x $155.00) ............................................................... ($32,550) ................. ($32,550)Interest Income ........................................................................................................................ $10,000 .................... $10,000Assistance from AFT (Legal Fees) ............................................................................................. $4,000 ...................... $4,000Assistance from AFT-W .................................................................................................................... $0 ............................ $0AFT - Web Site Ads ($60 per month) ............................................................................................ $720 ......................... $720Miscellaneous Income ....................................................................................................................................................... $0TOTAL INCOME .................................................................................................................................................... $1,678,569

EXPENDITURES

Contract Negotiations prep for 09-11 bargaining .................................................................... $5,000 ...................... $5,000Grievance - Stewards ................................................................................................................. $1,000 ...................... $1,000Grievance - Legal Fees ............................................................................................................. $15,000 .................... $15,000Postage ........................................................................................................................................ $6,000 ...................... $6,000Copying ....................................................................................................................................... $3,000 ...................... $3,000Office Supplies ............................................................................................................................ $2,000 ...................... $2,000Telephone (conference calls) ........................................................................................................ $800 ......................... $800Bank Service Charges ...................................................................................................................... $50 .......................... $50Software ......................................................................................................................................... $300 ......................... $300Equipment & Computers ........................................................................................................... $1,000 ...................... $1,000Accounting Fees ......................................................................................................................... $3,500 ...................... $3,500Subscriptions (Union Labor News) .............................................................................................. $250 ......................... $250Office Rent ($150 per month) .................................................................................................... $1,800 ...................... $1,800Mass Media (Union Labor News Ads) ............................................................................................ $70 .......................... $70Web Site .......................................................................................................................................... $100 ......................... $100Religious Objection to Paying Union Dues 1 x ($42.00 x 12 months) ......................................... $504 ......................... $504Remembrances, Donations, Gifts ............................................................................................. $1,000 ...................... $1,000Miscellaneous and Contingencies ............................................................................................. $5,209 ...................... $5,209Newsletter (The Insider - 6 issues) ............................................................................................ $8,000 ...................... $8,000Fidelity Bond .................................................................................................................................... $50 .......................... $50District Meetings ........................................................................................................................... $500 ......................... $500Executive Council ....................................................................................................................... $4,500 ...................... $4,500Release Time (As approved by the Exec Council)

(45 days x $45 per hour) includes Stewards Retreat ....................................................... $16,200 .................... $16,200Presidents Release Time (500 hours - all paid by AFT first year) ................................................... $0 ............................ $0Committee Meetings .................................................................................................................. $2,000 ...................... $2,000Orientations ................................................................................................................................ $1,000 ...................... $1,000Building Meetings .......................................................................................................................... $200 ......................... $200Volunteer Recognition .................................................................................................................. $250 ......................... $250Social Activities ........................................................................................................................... $2,500 ...................... $2,500SEC Professional Development Day ......................................................................................... $2,000 ...................... $2,000WPEC Convention (Spring 2008) ............................................................................................... $7,000 ...................... $7,000AFT-Wisconsin Convention (Milwaukee 10/30 - 10/31 2008) - 45 people ............................ $10,000 .................... $10,000AFT-PE Conference (assume in June 2009) - 8 people ............................................................ $8,500 ...................... $8,500AFT Convention (Chicago 7/11 - 7/14 2008) - 12 people ...................................................... $12,000 .................... $12,000Training (includes $4000 for ULI, $2000 for Annual Stewards meeting, and ........................ $10,000 .................... $10,000

$2000 for Stewards Retreat)AFT Per Capita

(3330 x $14.70 x 12 months) minus Rebate amount ..................................................... $576,282(70 x $7.35 x 12 months) .................................................................................................... $6,174 .................. $582,456

State AFL-CIO per Capita (3190 x $.75 x 12 months) ............................................................ $28,710 .................... $28,710AFT-Wisconsin Per Capita

(3330 x $23.00 x 12 months) minus Rebate amount ..................................................... $901,230(70 x $11.50 x 12 months) .................................................................................................. $9,660 .................. $910,890

SCFL per Capita (1800 x $.55 x 12) ........................................................................................... $11,880 .................... $11,880 TOTAL EXPENSES ................................................................................................................................................. $1,665,219Excess (deficiency) ..................................................................................................................................................... $13,350

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WPEC Budget Worksheet – Fiscal 2010July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010

INCOME

Dues from Members/MOM’sFull: 3330 x ($42.00 x 12 months) ................................................................................ $1,678,320Half - AFT & AFT-W: 60 x ($23.15 x 12 months) ............................................................. $16,668Half - All: 10 x ($21.38 x 12 months) .................................................................................. $2,566 ............... $1,697,554

Rebate - WPEC Portion (210 x $5.50) ..................................................................................... ($1,155) ................... ($1,155)Rebate - AFT and AFT-W Portion (210 x $155.00) ............................................................... ($32,550) ................. ($32,550)Interest Income ........................................................................................................................ $10,000 .................... $10,000Assistance from AFT (Legal Fees) ............................................................................................. $4,000 ...................... $4,000Assistance from AFT-W .................................................................................................................... $0 ............................ $0AFT - Web Site Ads ($60 per month) ............................................................................................ $720 ......................... $720Miscellaneous Income ....................................................................................................................................................... $0TOTAL INCOME .................................................................................................................................................... $1,678,569

EXPENDITURES

Contract Negotiations (includes postage, copying, and printing) ......................................... $37,000 .................... $37,000Grievance - Stewards ................................................................................................................. $1,000 ...................... $1,000Grievance - Legal Fees ............................................................................................................. $15,000 .................... $15,000Postage ........................................................................................................................................ $6,000 ...................... $6,000Copying ....................................................................................................................................... $3,000 ...................... $3,000Office Supplies ............................................................................................................................ $2,000 ...................... $2,000Telephone (conference calls) ........................................................................................................ $800 ......................... $800Bank Service Charges ...................................................................................................................... $50 .......................... $50Software ......................................................................................................................................... $300 ......................... $300Equipment & Computers ........................................................................................................... $1,000 ...................... $1,000Accounting Fees ......................................................................................................................... $3,700 ...................... $3,700Subscriptions (Union Labor News) .............................................................................................. $250 ......................... $250Office Rent ($150 per month) .................................................................................................... $1,800 ...................... $1,800Mass Media (Union Labor News Ads) ............................................................................................ $70 .......................... $70Web Site .......................................................................................................................................... $100 ......................... $100Religious Objection to Paying Union Dues 1 x ($42.00 x 12 months) ......................................... $504 ......................... $504Remembrances, Donations, Gifts ............................................................................................. $1,000 ...................... $1,000Miscellaneous and Contingencies ............................................................................................. $5,209 ...................... $5,209Newsletter (The Insider - 6 issues) ............................................................................................ $8,000 ...................... $8,000Fidelity Bond .................................................................................................................................... $50 .......................... $50District Meetings ........................................................................................................................... $500 ......................... $500Executive Council ....................................................................................................................... $4,500 ...................... $4,500Release Time (As approved by the Exec Council)

(45 days x $45 per hour) includes Stewards Retreat ....................................................... $16,200 .................... $16,200Presidents Release Time (500 hours - one-third paid by WPEC) ............................................ $7,500 ...................... $7,500Committee Meetings .................................................................................................................. $2,000 ...................... $2,000Orientations ................................................................................................................................ $1,000 ...................... $1,000Building Meetings .......................................................................................................................... $200 ......................... $200Volunteer Recognition .................................................................................................................. $250 ......................... $250Social Activities ........................................................................................................................... $2,500 ...................... $2,500SEC Professional Development Day ......................................................................................... $2,000 ...................... $2,000WPEC Convention (Spring 2009) ............................................................................................... $7,000 ...................... $7,000AFT-Wisconsin Convention (Hayward/Cable 10/29-10/30 2009) - 45 people ..................... $15,000 .................... $15,000AFT-PE Conference (next one in 2011) ............................................................................................ $0 ............................ $0AFT Convention (in Seattle 7/07 - 7/11 2010) - airfare only - 5 people ................................. $2,500 ...................... $2,500Training (includes $4000 for ULI, $2000 for Annual Stewards meeting, and ........................ $10,000 .................... $10,000

$2000 for Stewards Retreat)AFT Per Capita

(3330 x $14.70 x 12 months) minus Rebate amount ..................................................... $576,282(70 x $7.35 x 12 months) .................................................................................................... $6,174 .................. $582,456

State AFL-CIO per Capita (3190 x $.75 x 12 months) ............................................................ $28,710 .................... $28,710AFT-Wisconsin Per Capita

(3330 x $23.00 x 12 months) minus Rebate amount ..................................................... $901,230(70 x $11.50 x 12 months) .................................................................................................. $9,660 .................. $910,890

SCFL per Capita (1800 x $.55 x 12) ........................................................................................... $11,880 .................... $11,880 TOTAL EXPENSES ................................................................................................................................................. $1,691,919Excess (deficiency) .................................................................................................................................................. ($13,350)

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Class and Comp CommitteeThe members of the committee are Art Foeste (Chair), Joan Felton, Greg Georg, GailMaly and Doug Swanson. Joan Felton resigned from the committee in July 2007 due towork and family matters. Since the last convention we have continued to work on thefollowing items:

1. Criminal Analyst. There were a number of positions classified as PPAs at theDepartment of Justice whose job duties did not fit the PPA classification specifications.Based on discussions with the employees and working with OSER and Justice it wasdecided to create a new class series that better fit the duties of these individuals. Thenew classification will be titled Criminal Analyst. The new class specs are complete andour members agree that they reflect their job duties. Implementation of the new serieshas been postponed until the bargaining team can bargain a pay range assignment.Based on the proposals currently on the bargaining table it appears as though aprogression series similar to the special agents will be agreed to and implemented.

2. Paralegal. The paralegal study was completed prior to settling our last contract andrevised class specs issued. The only remaining issue was a discussion on pay rangeassignment and other compensation issues. The paralegals did a market survey whichshows that they are under market. Based on the proposals currently on the bargainingtable it appears as though a market adjustment will be provided.

3. DFI Financial Examiners. The DFI Examiners questioned why they had not receivedthe market adjustment that other fiscal positions had gotten in the last contractsettlement. They also had concerns about their class specs because they had not beenreviewed or revised since 1992. Based on these concerns we have had an on going dialogwith OSER and DFI.

We met with OSER and DFI management regarding our concerns and had the initialsuccess of getting DCAs for the Senior and Advanced Financial Examiners to give themparity with the contract and how it treated other fiscal positions. Unfortunately, theConsumer Credit and Security Examiners were not given similar treatment in spite ofour arguments.

Our efforts to get our concerns addressed and have an open and on going dialog withDFI has been very frustrating. We met on a couple of occasions and they listened anddiscussed some of our concerns and then disappeared for months. In the end virtuallynone of our class issues were addressed. They did propose a market adjustment forExaminers with 15 or more years of experience and a 3 tiered add-on system. Theseitems are currently part of the state’s proposal and may become part of our finalagreement. Because OSER and DFI have not addressed our classification issues theExaminer issues will remain as one of our issues for the next contract cycle.

4. PPA Series. OSER agreed to do a class survey of the PPA series and rewrite the PPAclass specs to reflect the survey results. The survey process started in November of 2006and preliminary results were shared with the committee in August 2007. The resultswere not acceptable and OSER went back and did some additional surveys during

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September 2007. Those results and draft specs were shared with the committee and agroup of PPAs who had worked on this issue with the committee. OSER was proposingto break the series into PPAs and Urban and Regional Planners. The PPA series wouldcollapse from three levels to two and the URP series would be a two level series.

We agreed with the concept to create the two separate class series but didn’t agree onthe number of levels. Our PPA and potential URP team made a presentation with verycompelling arguments for creating either a 3 level or 4 level series for both classifications.They also provided market data and pointed out the state’s use of PUAs for new hiresinto the system. In the end the state became intractable in their position for a 2 levelseries for both.

The bargaining team took the position that if there was only going to be a 2 level seriesand the state was not going to address our concerns about market issues andopportunities for growth, then they would propose progression adjustments at the payrange 07-03 level. The state was unwilling to consider this option either. In the end itappears as though the 2 level series will be implemented with our new contract. Thiswill include a market adjustment for both PPAs and URPs. It appears that they are alsoagreeing to redo the survey between now and the next bargain.

5. Emergency Government Specialist – The committee and a number of theEmergency Government Specialists meet with OSER and Department of Military AffairsHR regarding our members concerns about additional job duties, opportunities forgrowth and compensation issues. The Regional Managers presented a compensationreview showing they were significantly under paid relative to their counterparts in countygovernment. As a result the employer provided a 4 step DCA for each of them.

Management responded that they believed the class specs adequately reflected currentjob duties including those added since 911. They also felt that they provided an adequatecareer path. No additional action is planned at this time.

6. Trust Fund Specialists – A number of Trust Fund Specialists came to us claimingthat the complexity of their jobs was not adequately reflected in both careeropportunities and compensation. Each of the various work groups met with OSER andETF and presented information about their job duties and the complexity of the workthey do. This was compared with the complexity of job duties in other WPECclassifications. Management found the information and arguments compelling andagreed to a wholesale change in how they do business.

As a result three distinct classifications will exist. They are Trust Funds Specialist, TrustFunds Specialist Senior and Trust Funds Specialist Advanced. The initial training andprobation period will be expanded to 1 year to better reflect the needed training andthe complexity of the work they do. The current series is limited to pay range 07-04. Thenew series will have the Trust Funds Specialists in pay range 07-04, the Trust FundsSpecialists Senior in pay range 07-03 and the Trust Funds Specialists Adv. at a higherlevel in pay range 07-03. The objective level will be Trust Funds Specialist Senior. Thisrepresents a significant change from the past and will provide a better career path at ETF.

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Communications Committee1. Communications Committee

2. Chair: Aaron Crandall, aaron.crandall@yahoo.com

3. Committee Members: Aaron Crandall, UW; Bill Franks, DWD; Barbara Smith, DOA;Mark Kuechler, DNR; Tim Wong, DHFS; Jill Hynum, DWD; Ron Blascoe, DWD; LayneLitwin, UWM; Calvin Kramer, DOA; Greg Georg, DOR; Karen Gunderson, UW.

Web Content: Aaron Crandall, UW; Jill Hynum, DWD; Bill Franks, DWD.

Insider Editorial Board: Aaron Crandall, UW – Editor; Greg Georg, DOR; Jill Hynum,DWD; Layne Litwin, UWM; Layout/Design: Rhonda Dittberner; AFT-W Liaison: Jill Malak.

4. Committee Duties

The Communications Committee is charged with internal and external communicationsfor the Wisconsin Professional Employees Council, AFT-WI Local 4848. Its mission is toserve the members of WPEC and communicate important issues to the members in atimely fashion. The committee utilizes the website, newsletter (Insider), and email tofulfill its mission.

External communications most commonly occur through the website. However, if apress release or comment or quote is required, the committee looks to either the AFT-Wliaison or the leadership of WPEC to act on that external communication need.

5. Accomplishments

A major accomplishment for 2007 was getting WPEC a new logo! The new logo is:

Beyond the logo, the committee successfully created, got published, and distributedInsider publications approximately every other month throughout the year.Improvements to the Insider included:

• New features, such as recipes

• Outsider, which is a fictional column of serious and real topics presented in acomical format to engage the readers, similar to the publication known as the Onion

• More pictures, cartoons, and graphics

• Reprinted key articles from past editions

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• More photos of members, made possible by the purchase of a digital camera

• Posted on-line version on web site, with color

The Committee also ran several eInsiders, made improvements to the website, andsurveyed members (WPEC Communications Survey). The first annual CommunicationsRetreat was held in Madison and inspired several new ideas and approaches tocommunications in general. Also, a member of the Committee (Barbara Smith) attendedthe Labor Voices media conference.

The Committee did an excellent job of communicating out to the members of WPECwith limited resources and volunteers to accomplish these tasks.

6. 2008 Goals

The Committee plans to hold a second retreat (1st was in 2007) to continue discussionson how WPEC could better communicate with the membership. The retreat willprimarily be a brainstorm session including analyzing current processes and methodsand then looking at ways to improve upon or change.

As part of how WPEC could better communicate with its members, the Committee willbe looking into making a recommendation to the Executive Council to purchase a newwebsite from the same vendor as AFT-W. The vendor, Unions-America, has a great systemthat would allow WPEC to much better utilize and update its website so that theinformation would be more useful and current.

It’s planned that the Committee will create, publish, and distribute approximately five(5) editions of the print Insider in 2008. The 1st edition was distributed in March. Inaddition to the print media, email communication will be utilized on an “as needed”basis.

And, as always, recruit more members to participate in the Committee and/or submitarticles. Rachel Zellmer at DPI has offered to assist with web updates and postings.

7. Other: Chair’s Perspective

It’s unfortunate that we were unable to recruit and/or retain more members to getinvolved in the Communications Committee but I’m glad I have my core group. We’veovercome significant hurdles through the year but ultimately were able to get thingsdone. I’m optimistic that 2008 will bring greater things and that we’ll makeimprovements through increased technologies, enhanced services, and better internalcommunication.

Finally, I’d like to thank Barbara Smith, Mark Kuechler, and Bill Franks for all their hardwork, enthusiasm, new ideas, and above all else, effort. They understand the importanceand significance of effectively communicating out to the members of WPEC and haveput forth the energy to make it happen.

Thank you.

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Constitution CommitteeConstitution Committee chair: Gretchen W. Davies. Members: Edward Berry, LawrenceKieck, Philip E. Klein, Layne L. Litwin, Gail Maly, Allan L. Nettleton.

Duties: meet annually to review proposed constitutional & by law amendmentssubmitted for the annual convention.

2008: met on 02/16/08, reviewed three timely submitted amendments, and one thatwas submitted at the meeting. Passed recommendations on to the Executive Board.

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Contracting Out CommitteeThe Committee hasn’t been meeting regularly. We’ve lost a couple of members due toretirement (Nelson Eisman and Mike Held) and at least one member had a newcommitment for the time we were meeting. I hope to find a new time and location thatwill be convenient for the remaining members, which include Art Foeste, Merriel Kruse,Steve Mahoney and John Verberkmoes. However, even though we haven’t been meeting,we’ve been busy just the same.

Cost Benefit Analyses (Act 89)

The passage of a new law in 2006 requiring cost benefit analyses (CBA) for contracts over$25,000 has greatly increased the paper flow to the union. Much of our time this last yearhas been spent reviewing these CBAs. Early on, we noticed a disturbing trend. Agencieswere often using the appointment max to estimate the cost for a state employee to dothe work. After our protests fell on deaf ears, we decided to make our point in a differentway, at the bargaining table. Our first economic proposal to OSER last summer includeda provision to move everyone in WPEC to the appointment max in their pay range. Naturally, we included some examples of the CBAs along with our proposal. OSER andthe agency reps seemed genuinely surprised by the use of the appointment max. Afterconferring with the higher ups at DOA, they agreed to have new instructions writtendirecting agencies to use a lower amount in the comparisons.

For awhile, the cost used for state employees came down. However, eight months later,DOA sent us three CBAs using the 2nd appointment max for estimating the cost of thestate employees. They also estimated that state employees would need from $84,000 to$126,000 in training to perform the necessary work. They piled on other overhead for thestate employees but listed none for the contractors, who they stated would be workingonsite. They probably viewed all this as necessary given that the amount they’re willingto pay a contractor is up to $190/hour. It’s pretty hard making $190/hour look like a deal,particularly given the budget crisis. These CBAs were part of the IBIS project whichmany of us fear will be one of the next IT debacles.

Annual Report to the Legislature (s. 16.705 (8))

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there was a clear savings identified to be realized by using state employees. His story,dated November 27, 2007 is available at http://tinyurl.com/yqbu29. The annual reportitself is available at http://doa.wi.gov/docview.asp?docid=6579&locid=12.

Meetings with Legislators

Members from the committee have met with some legislators regarding the problemswith the implementation of Act 89 and other ongoing concerns related to contractingout. We also provided examples of some cost benefit analyses.

Future Efforts

We’ve been trying to get some space available online to store the CBAs so more memberscan see them. We also want to work with groups at individual agencies so that they canmonitor contracting done by their agencies.

Since Act 89 has been law for over a year now, it may be time to pick a few contracts andcheck to see how the estimated vendor cost relates to the actual cost. We know that a lotof state employee time also gets sucked up in these efforts, particularly when there’sproblems. However, it’s hard getting a handle on those costs since agencies usually don’ttrack them.

The administration keeps reporting that contracting out has diminished but we don’tsee a lot of signs of that. Some high profile projects have been brought back in houseafter very public failures with vendors, but at the same time, other projects, such asIBIS, are ramping up their hiring of contractors. And DOA continues to say “we don’treally know how many contractors we have, but we’re sure there’s less of them thanbefore”.

Prepared by Jill Hynum, Chair

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Convention CommitteeConvention Committee members: Chair Judy McAusland, Linda Daly, Diane Mandell.

The focus of this committee continues to be on having the best convention possible bysetting up a tight agenda to make good use of delegates’ time and rewarding delegatesfor their service in making decisions for WPEC. Delegate gifts have been selected toserve a practical purpose and to stay within a reasonable budget. It has been difficult, ifnot impossible, to find appropriate items that meet these criteria and that are union-made within the U.S. Extra items were ordered in 2006 and 2007 to make sure that wehad enough gifts for all delegates and to obtain a better price point. No additional expensefor gifts was incurred this year as delegates will be offered a choice of the popularremaining items from the past two conventions. The committee felt that it is morefiscally responsible to use gifts we already have for the delegates rather than distributingitems for purposes other than what was intended and having to purchase somethingelse for the convention.

The cost of the convention is approximately $3500 per year for AV equipment, gifts, foodand beverages for the delegates. The per person expenditure for gifts, food and beveragesis approximately $45. By requesting that members confirm their attendance shortlybefore the convention, we are better able to estimate the number of attendees andminimize unnecessary food expense for delegates that do not attend.

The 2007 WPEC convention was held at the Pyle Center in Madison on May 5, 2007. Judyand Diane conferred with the UW Extension coordinator immediately after theconvention to discuss and resolve some issues prior to the next convention. A conferencecall between the committee members was done in early July to review the evaluationsand to begin planning for the 2008 event. Based on the evaluations received, everyonerated the overall convention as good or excellent. Most thought the food was good toexcellent and the tighter scheduling was appreciated to help the convention move alongmore quickly.

71 delegates have pre-registered for the 2008 convention at the Pyle Center on April 26.There are few changes from 2007. One new feature on the agenda this year is a Q&Asession just prior to the beginning of the day’s business to help both new and returningdelegates to understand how the convention works. A buffet luncheon is planned alongwith a continental breakfast and beverages and snacks throughout the day. The businessof the 2008 convention will include electing new officers and members of the ExecutiveCouncil, electing delegates to the fall AFT-Wisconsin and the summer AFT nationalconvention, and discussion and voting on any proposed resolutions and constitutionalamendments.

We hope to involve more members in the planning committee for 2009 to distribute theresponsibilities and promote more participation in WPEC.

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Elections CommitteeElections committee report.

Chair: Lowell Attoe. Members: James Newton, Mary Kunkel, Kristen McDaniel.

News: On March 1, the stewards met and new stewards were unanimously installed.

The chief steward election resulted in Bill Franks being elected by unanimousacclamation.

Items of business to attend to include:

Election of delegates to the AFT National Convention July 11 to 14 at Navy Pier, Chicago

Election of delegates to the AFT-Wisconsin Convention Oct. 29 to 31, in Milwaukee

Election of WPEC Officers

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Policies and Procedures CommitteeTo: 2008 WPEC Convention Delegates

From: Layne L. Litwin

CC: WPEC Executive Council, Policy and Procedure Committee

Date: April 26, 2008

Re: 2008 Policy and Procedure Committee Report

Committee Members

The committee is composed of the following members: Gretchen Davies, Greg Georg(ex officio), Layne Litwin (Chair), and Diane Mandell

Committee Purpose

The purpose of the Policy and Procedure Committee is to gather and record the presentand future duties, rules, regulations, and guidelines that WPEC uses to perform thebusiness of the local. This information will be placed within the Policy and ProcedureManual that will be used by WPEC officers, council members, committee chairs andmembers, and any other person designated to conduct the business of this local, sosuch business will be performed in a fair and legal manner.

Committee Report

The last major task completed by the committee was to formalize the financial sectionof the manual in response to suggestions from the previous financial audit. This year's

audit made no mention of fiscal policy irregularities.

During this term, as expected, this section was further modified to reflect changes toour fiscal policy and to clarify information in regards to finances and reimbursementpolicy, as directed by the Executive Council.

The current task being undertaken is to formalize the duties and responsibilities of thecommittees. While the members of the Policy and Procedure Committee will be thefocal point of gathering and producing the general duties of the committee, each WPECcommittee chair will be required to provide the necessary details of such informationwithin the realm of their responsibility.

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Promotion of Public EmployeesCommittee

Part of the charge of this committee is to build coalitions with other public employeeorganizations and unions. The committee has examined a number of ways and eventsto do this. These included, along with social events, a state employee calendar, a picnic,radio advertisements, sponsoring food drives, volunteer events, and a number of otheractivities. The social events in 2007 averaged 37 people per event and to date 17 unionshave been represented. The purpose is to get people from various unions to get to knoweach other and to build consensus around common issues. The funds for the socialevents come from the AFT-Wisconsin fund created partially for the purpose of buildingcoalitions between unions.

The committee members are Suzanne Murphy, Phil Klein and John Verberkmoes. Duringthis coming year we plan on continuing the social events and examining new ways to,as the convention resolution creating the committee says: “Create advertisementspromoting the value of public employees and to place the advertising before the public.”Anyone wanting to join the committee is welcome.

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Social CommitteeChair: Diane Mandell. Barbara Smith

The Executive Council approved the formation of a new ad hoc committee, currentlynamed the Social Committee, at its December 8, 2007, meeting. The primary purposeof the committee is to promote WPEC member participation. An additional goal is toincrease solidarity among the various locals and unions by planning and coordinatingvarious “outside-of-work” activities.

The activities that the committee has planned are intended to complement the activitiesof the Promotion of Public Employees Committee by appealing to a wide range ofinterests. Another goal is to coordinate “family-friendly” events in response to members’requests.

The Executive Council allotted $2,500 to the Social Committee for annual expenses. Todate, a little over $11.00 has been spent for popcorn for union members that attendedthe film showings in February.

Activities to date included three showings of the film “At the River I Stand” in Februaryand two wine tastings in March. The events were well attended and attendeescommented that they would like more of them. Upcoming proposed activities include:nature hikes, baseball game with tailgate, picnics, boat trip, just to name a few.

The committee hopes that the events that have been held only in the Madison area sofar will be duplicated in other parts of the state, so that all WPEC members may havethe opportunity to participate.

The committee would welcome any interested members in assisting with planning,coordinating, and hosting these events. We are looking forward to an eventful year!

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Stewardship and Grievance Committee7 new Stewards joined the ranks on February 29, 2008, at our New Steward Trainingevent at the Pyle Center in Madison, Wisconsin. This year we invited Stewards fromother AFT-W Locals to join us. AFT-W staff, Tom Ellett and I presented – a total of 11attendees including 2 PERSA Stewards and 2 WPEC Executive Council Members joinedus.

Stewards re-elected me Chief Steward March 01, 2008. Our goal of increasing the numberof WPEC Stewards was not met relative to those we lost. Between 2007 and 2008 we lost14 Stewards to retirement, securing jobs outside the public sector and resigning theircommissions as Stewards. Our legal limit is 150; we have about half that number.

I commented on the highlights and lowpoints of 2007’s activities in my March 2008Insider article. I’ll leave that discussion there.

WPEC’s Grievance and Stewardship Committee

The G&S Committee met on January 25th, June 12th and August 30, 2007. Two Committeemembers left us, Nelson Eisman to retirement and Keith Greene took a job outside ourbargaining unit. We’re recruiting for at least 2 new Committee members to replace thesededicated veterans and we thank them for their service.

Currently Committee members are Fred McCabe, Kurt Miller, Larry Kieck, Diane Mandell,Karen Gunderson, John Verberkmoes, Calvin Kramer and Greg Georg.

We continue to be challenged in the area of arbitrations. I reported to you last year, thatthere were more than 1,600 cases scheduled for arbitration of which 63 are WPECarbitrations. In 2007 we had 6 Arbitrations scheduled as of January 24, 2007. We lost 2,including the Me – Too Arb, (which we published on our website). We settled 2 and 2 arepending resolution. You can see how slowly this proceeds and why vastly improving thearbitration system is imperative.

We convened the Annual Steward’s Meeting on March 1, 2008. New Stewards inattendance received the blessing of the Grievance and Stewardship Committee. Thosenot present were still inducted as Stewards by proxy. The Chief Steward stood for andwithstood re-election. The President of the Wisconsin Science Professionals (WSP) andChair of the Grievance Committee participated in our meeting, as well

Session highlights included a review FMLA and ADA –Serious Medical Condition versusDisability with Tim Hawks, the Union’s Attorney. Tim has been providing relevantinformation and keeping us up to date on the latest trends in Labor Law for many years.An important part of what Tim provides is helping us determine when a lawyer is needed.We also reviewed and discussed strategies for dealing with Concentrated PerformanceEvaluation (CPE) or Performance Improvement placement for our members.

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Finally, we covered Settlements. We examined the factors and circumstances fordeveloping and completing settlement agreements. Stewards talked about theirexperiences in doing this type of work with our members.

Steward Retreat April 24, 2008 Pyle Center

The 4th, I believe, Annual Steward Retreat for AFT-W Public Employee Locals, is scheduledfor April 24, 2008 at the Pyle Center in Madison. We’re expecting at least 40 attendees.

For the Good of the Order

I want to thank Stewards, Barbara Smith and Diane Mandell for ensuring that WPECsponsored viewings of “By the River I Stand,” during Black History Month, February2008. It was truly inspiring and the kind of action that shows leadership and relevancein connecting Trade Unionism and the fight for Civil and Human Rights.

Again, we look forward to another challenging year and in typical WPEC fashion, intendto rise to meet each challenge and overcome.

Respectfully Submitted,

William A. “Bill” Franks, Jr.WPEC Chief StewardMarch 28, 2008

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2009 Convention Committee Volunteer

Please complete the form below and be part of the Convention Committee for 2009!Planning begins 4-5 months in advance and involves 3-6 meetings, mostly by phone.

Name _______________________________________________________________________

Email _______________________________________________________________________

Work Address ________________________________________________________________

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6602 NORMANDY LANE MADISON WI 53719 608-662-1444 FAX 608-662-1443

REIMBURSEMENT FORM CHECK NO. NAME: ADDRESS: ________ Purpose of expenditure: Date and location of meeting: From: To:

Travel Miles @ 0.40 per mile $

Lodging: $ ________

Airfare: $

Meals:

Breakfast $ _____________

Lunch $

Dinner $

Miscellaneous: $

Total: $

ATTACH RECEIPTS

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: SIGNATURE: DATE: APPROVED BY: Rev. 04/02/2008

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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS The following is the standard travel reimbursement policy for WPEC sponsored events. The Executive Council shall determine any changes to expense reimbursements for each event as required. Please contact the event facilitator for further information if needed.

Please make sure that the reimbursement form is filled out COMPLETELY, and LEGIBLY. ALL receipts need to be attached for processing. MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT: Reimbursement for personal vehicle

mileage will be made at the rate of $0.40 per mile, if traveling 40 miles or more one way to an event.

LODGING REIMBURSEMENT: The member must pay for the cost of

lodging and claim a reimbursement from WPEC. Reimbursement is based on the State Uniform Travel Code. Receipts must be provided in order to obtain a reimbursement.

MEAL REIMBURSEMENT: Meals will be reimbursed according to

the State Uniform Travel Code - Out of State Rates. No reimbursement will be allowed for meals already provided through an event.

As of 12/1/2007 the maximum daily

reimbursements are: Breakfast $10 Lunch $10 Dinner $20 Rev. 04/02/2008

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UW Pyle Center • Madison

Wisconsin Professional Employees Council • Local 4848 • AFT-Wisconsin • AFT • AFL-CIO

Table of ContentsAgenda...................................................................................................................................1

Officers & Executive Council 2006-2008 .............................................................................2

AFT-Wisconsin Staff for WPEC ............................................................................................3

Parliamentarian, Sergeants at Arms & Timekeeper............................................................4

Bargaining Team & Bargaining Support Committee .........................................................4

Committees ...................................................................................................................... 4-5

Rules & Order of Business ................................................................................................ 6-7

Proposed Constitutional Amendments ....................................................................... 8-10

Instructions for Submitting a Constitutional Amendment ........................................... 11

Amendment Review Form ................................................................................................. 12

Annual Reports

Audit Committee ............................................................................................... 13-16Bargaining Team ...................................................................................................... 17Budget Committee ............................................................................................ 18-19Class and Comp Committee .............................................................................20-21Communications Committee...........................................................................22-23Constitution Committee........................................................................................ 24Contracting Out Committee .............................................................................25-26Convention Committee ......................................................................................... 27Elections Committee .............................................................................................. 28Policies and Procedures Committee ..................................................................... 29Promotion of Public Employees Committee ....................................................... 30Social Committee ................................................................................................... 31Stewardship and Grievance Committee ..........................................................32-33

2009 Convention Committee Volunteer Form ................................................................. 34

Evaluation Form ................................................................................................................. 35

Reimbursement Form ................................................................................................... 36-37

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