CORE voting eligibility and agenda for September 14 meeting

From Mary Ellen Angeletti, September 9, 2006

Due to questions about voter eligibility on Sept. 14th, we have restated here the decision which was voted twice by the CORE Advisory Board pertaining to voter eligibility for this FIRST election meeting ONLY.

As discussed at both the July and August CORE meetings and voted on by email on Aug. 19th and again on Aug. 25th, "A ballot will be given to each CORE member when they check in at the registration table. This would give us control over who receives a ballot and would avoid the problem of having to check voting eligibility".

"Only those folks who are on our current CORE membership roster and who attend the CORE Annual Membership meeting would be allowed to vote at this FIRST election meeting. Someone coming to the Sept. 14th meeting who wants to join CORE would be allowed to (of course) but would have to wait until the next election of September, 2007 Annual Membership Meeting to cast a vote."

We hope that everyone in CORE will understand that we made this decision in the interests of moving expeditiously through the sign-in procedure, the procedure for the consideration of the first ever proposed CORE constitution as well as accomplishing the hefty agenda for this Annual Membership Meeting.
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CORE Annual Membership Meeting Agenda
Thursday, September 14th, 2006

A. Reading of the August CORE Meeting Minutes -- Mary E. Angeletti

B. Ratification of the Proposed CORE Constitution and Bylaws:

1. Announcement of this agenda item: Vote to ratify the proposed CORE Constitution and By Laws.
2. Call for a motion to that end. "I move that the proposed CORE Constitution and Bylaws, together, be adopted by the organization and that discussion be limited to a period of no longer than 45 minutes." -- Betty Bell will read this motion.
3. Discussion and synopsis of the document -- Ryan Holderman
4. At the end of the 45 minute discussion, the scribe announces that the time for voting has come.
5. Voting occurs. Ballots are collected.
6. A fifteen minute break occurs while the votes are counted by the scribe, Mary Ellen Angeletti, and CORE member, Paul Boyer. CORE Registration Forms are passed out during this break in order to update everyone's personal information.
7. Voting results are announced by the scribe.
8. If the vote is affirmative, then the procedure voted on by the Advisory Board concerning the nominations of officers will be reiterated and explained.

C. CORE Financial Fund Report -- Dave Parshall

D. Website Update -- Dave Parshall

E. Update on CORE’s legal status -- Dave Parshall

F. CORE focus for 2006-2007 -- Discussion

G. The next STRS Election of 2007 -- Planning? Ideas? Reps from all counties?

H. OLD BUSINESS: Should CORE have dues or not? -- (If the constitution is voted in, then this becomes a moot issue. However, we did promise to discuss this at this Sept. mtg.)

I. NEW BUSINESS: How can CORE accommodate active teacher attendance at CORE meetings? How to share the CORE financial fund balance with absentee members? How to share CORE meeting minutes with absentees who do not email?

The next CORE meeting will occur on Thursday, October 19th at 10:00 in the cafeteria room behind the Sublett Room at STRS.