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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
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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
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