March 25, 2009
12:30 p.m.
I Building, Room 102
119 Newkirk Street
Meeting called by: Compton Hubbard (Former Election Committee Chair)
Type of Meeting: Emergency Meeting
Note taker: Dorothea Graham-King, Recording Secretary
Attendees: AFT Union Members - 52 members in attendance
Minutes
Agenda items: 1) Revised Code of Ethics
2) Nomination and Election of Union President office
Discussion: Distribution of copies of revised Code of Ethics to members
Nomination and election of new President
Dorothea Graham-King (Recording Secretary) called the meeting to order and announced the agenda items. She expressed to the members the importance of handling each of these items today. She asked that the members review the revised Code of Ethics so that it can be discussed at the next meeting. She then turned the floor over to Willie Malone (Election Committee member).
Willie announced the nomination and election procedures. He then asked for nominations for the office of Union President.
The members nominated and seconded the motion for 2 candidates to run for Union President, Compton Hubbard and Robert Artificio. They both accepted the nomination. Willie Malone was nominated, however he respectfully declined. The blank ballots were distributed for the vote along with instructions that each member come forward with one ballot and drop it into the voting box. At the end of the voting process Sarah Davis, Willie Malone, and Daisy Baiza counted and recorded the votes and announced that Compton Hubbard won the election, 35 (C. Hubbard) to 14 (R. Artificio) and 3 blank ballots for a total of 52.
The new President was announced and applauded. The meeting was adjourned.
Conclusion: The meeting was successfully held and closed at 1:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Dorothea Graham-King
Recording Secretary