legislative assembly blizzard

Hey all,

A little update from assembly.

First, you should know that I left assembly early because of the huge snow storm that swept through our region on Friday into Saturday.  Turns out, I headed out into the worst of the first wave of snow.  I did make it home safely after almost five hours on the road.  Most of our delegation, however, stayed put.  In fact, they stayed put until Sunday because the roads were so bad they were advised not to leave the hotel where the conference was being held.

Second, there is the matter of the two resolutions I entered into new business.  I spent a good chunk of time talking with members of other delegations about these two resolutions, answering questions about the intent of the motions, and trying to make it clear that the main purpose of both motions was to jump start our mobilization in support of our upcoming negotiations.  Paul Quinn, our local president, agreed to speak to both motions and he and I reviewed our arguments on Friday and touched base again early Saturday morning by phone.

I am happy to report that BOTH MOTIONS PASSED!  Woo Hoo!

I’m hoping some of the other delegates will post their thoughts about assembly as too.  And I will try to pop in again over the next week or so as well.  I’ll be reviewing my notes for sure.  I will also make sure that Glenn Richardson’s Legislative Assembly notes get posted here.  He always puts together an  outstanding summary of what took place.

So, I hope you are all dug out and prepping for the next round of snow on Wednesday!

LA update: two motions introduced by KU/Mahoney

One of the rules of Legislative Assembly is that all items of new business–e.g. motions, resolutions, etc.–must be submitted by noon on the Friday of Assembly.  Kutztown has a reputation of introducing new business at just about every assembly.

Today, I submitted two items for new business:

• Strike Committee Motion
  This motion asks for the APSCUF Strike Committee to begin work on planning for next year’s negotiations
• Motion to Invite Howard Bunsis to Speak at the April Assembly
  This motion asks APSCUF President, Exec Committee, and Negotiations Committee to invite Howard Bunsis to speak at the next Assembly  and for the Negotiations Committee to consider hiring him to go to all 14 campuses

I would be happy to discuss either of these motions (you can even comment on this blog!).  Both motions are slightly different than I had originally imagined.  I talked with members of several other delegations on Thursday night and changed the motions to attempt to gain a decent amount of support in Assembly.  Let’s hope they pass!

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