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18 Board of Directors Meeting (C o n tin u ed fro m page 16) gotiated a contract w ith O.P.S.; th e high w ay did an d also other departm ents. Mr. Chidsey said it was his belief it probably w ould handicap some of th e em ployees. T hey w ould have to sign u p u n d e r a d ifferen t co n tract or th rough then- departm ents. It m ight change a lot of th e p resen t procedure. He said he w ondered if th e association could go back to th e Ore gon Em ployees, Inc., and ask them to de term in e a legal w ay in w hich th ey could nam e th e association th e ir agent and. tu rn th e collection fee over to th e association as th e ir agent—see w h eth er th ere was le gally some w ay to get th is thing un d er a legal set up so the association could bene fit. He said it looked as though th e action w ould have to come from th e Employees, Inc.—th e ir board of directors w ould have to figure some legal w ay in w hich they could th ro w this in th e association s lap. Mr. B ran d t m entioned th a t any action ta k e n by th e association w ould not be r e tro active and th a t m em bers of Oregon Em ployees, Inc., w ho have belonged to OPS w ould not be affected by any action tak en now. Mr. W ilson m oved th a t th e request by th e Oregon Em ployees, Inc., to be absorbed by th e OSEA be refe rre d to th e com m ittee on hospital and surgical insurance fo r study to see w h at can be done legally fo r the association to tak e over th e Oregon Em ployees, Inc., and rep o rt back at a fu tu re m eeting. Mr. B randt offered th e am end m ent to add th e w ords “or to be relieved of fu tu re responsibility.” A m endm ent pass ed. A m ended m otion passed. New Business __ U Item A. EXPENSE FOR HOST CITY DELEGATES. Mr. Stew art explained th a t th e purpose of this item was to have the board set a policy as to w h ether expense accounts for host city delegates should be honored for m eals, taxicabs, telephone calls, etc. One P o rtla n d delegate sent in his expense ac count for attending the general council. A year ago one expense account was paid for lodging. Miss Brim acom be was asked to rep o rt on to ta l expenses for the general council. She said th ey had estim ated the expense a t $1100, b ut th a t expenses to date have reached a to tal of $1,662.38. M r. S tew art said the hotel cost for the general council was $181.06 w ith $93.00 of th a t expense belonging to the P ortland chapters for th e social hour, leaving $88.06 for th e hotel conference rooms. Mr. Wilson suggested policy adopted in the p a st was not a bad policy w ithin reason to follow the rules laid down by the state board of control. Mr. B anks m oved th a t expense accounts for delegates from th e host city be h o n ored to th e e x te n t of m eals only—two meals, not breakfast. M otion carried. Mr. W ilson suggested th a t n ex t y ear th ere should be notice to all delegates th a t the expenses are to be controlled by th e rules laid down by th e board of control, except fo r th e host city. Mr. Chidsey said th e board would re ite r a te its policy of u^ing the rules set down by th e b o ard of control. Item B. INCREASE REVOLVING FUND FROM $1000 to $2000. Miss Brim acom be stated th a t w ith a re volving fund of $1,000 and th e increased size of th e association, it took v e ry few checks a t tim es to use up th e fund and th e n it was necessary to have an o th er check signed to again increase the fund to $1,000. The increase to $2,000 w ould save tim e on the p a rt of the office staff. Mr. McCoskrie m oved th a t th e revolving fund be increased from $1,000 to $2,0000. M otion carried. Item C. DEFINE THE DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE AND DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP: THE COMMITTEE AND DIRECTOR OF INSURANCE: THE COMMITTEE AND DIRECTOR O F RE TIREMENT. Mr. S tew art stated th a t th e by-law s de fine th e duties of th e o th er special d irec tors, b u t no duties are defined fo r th e th re e new directors. H e w ondered if th e board w ould w ant to appoint a com m ittee to set up th e duties and p rese n t th em at th e fu tu re m eeting. Mr. W ilson m oved th a t th e c h a ir appoint a special com m ittee on constitution and b y laws to d raw up duties of th re e new d irec tors and present any o th e r changes w hich will be necessary in th e consittution a n d b y laws a t a fu tu re m eeting of th e board M otion passed. Mr. Chidsey said h e w ould appoint the com m ittee a fte r lunch. M eeting ad journed a t 11:45 fo r uncheon to reconvene about 1:00 P.M. W hen th e m eeting reconvened, th e roll was called and th e sam e persons w ere p res ent as of th e m orning session. F or general inform ation th e president stated th a t th e ch airm an of th e standing com m ittee—w ith th e exception of th e th ree new com m ittees th e d u ties fo r w hich are to be established—are to appoint th e ir own com m ittees. T hat is in th e by-law s. The civil service and laws and legislation com m ittees m ust have th re e m em bers each appointed from th e board of directo rs and th e other m em ber can be appointed from the m em bership a t large. T he public re la tions com m ittee, along w ith th e m em b er ship com m ittee and others tem p o rarily , will appoint th e ir own com m ittee none of the m em bers of w hich are req u ired b y the constitution to be m em bers of th e board of direcotrs. He said if th e re w ere no objec tions, un til th e duties are set up, th e m em bership, insurance and re tire m e n t com m it tees will w ork un d er th e th eo ry th ey can appoint th e ir own com m ittees from w ithin th e m em bership of th e association a t large. The reason for statin g this is th a t if the association has six com m ittees a n d each required th re e m em bers of th e board of directors to be m em bers of th e com m ittees, th ere would not be enough directors. Item D. INSURANCE—PAYROLL DE DUCTIONS FOR INSURANCE PREM I UM BY HIGHWAY. Mr. Chidsey stated th a t this m a tte r had plagued th e association fo r some tw o years and so fa r no headw ay had been m ade e x l cept th a t th e association had b een inform ed by th e chairm an of th e highw ay com m is sion th a t if th e association w ould open it to all state em ployees he m ight change his m ind. The w ord “m ig h t” m ight m ak e a lot of difference. He asked fo r discussion as to w h at action should be ta k e n fo r th e dis position of this item . M r. M cCoskrie asked if it h ad been taken up w ith them to see if th ey w ill m ake a de duction. It w as stated th a t it had been tak e n up repeatedly, b u t it has not been th ro w n open to all em ployees, yet. Mr. Wilson m oved th a t u n til such tim e as fu rth e r action had been ta k e n in b ro ad ening th e field of m em bership covering th e in su ran ce plan, this m a tte r be deferred. (Motion n ot seconded.) A fter some discussion M r. W ilson re stated his m otion and m oved th a t th is (C o n tin u ed on p ag e 26)
