WIMEO Meeting

Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022

Dake Cafe, 9:00am

Meeting Minutes

Welcome and call to order: 9:00am

We would like to welcome you to the mid-year general meeting of WIMEO. Thank you for taking time on your weekend to be here.

Please be sure to sign the sign in sheet.

We have shirts for new members and cups for all members that we will be handing out later.

We are again joined by our Representative Jason Cooney. Jason thanks for taking time out of your weekend to join us.

403b presentation

Also with us today Is/are representatives from Equitable to explain the 403b Tax Sheltered Annuity Plans. Welcome, Haley and Luke

They handed out flyers, contact is on the flyer for more information. Presented the pension benefit for Tier 4 members. Spoke of the cost of living increase versus the lack of retirement income increase over the life of the retirement. 403b as a supplement to this inequity in income. Roth is opposite of a traditional IRA. Roth you pay taxes up front traditional you pay after withdrawal.

Types of investment: fixed income, low risk- Bonds, higher risk- Stocks, Mutual Funds (multiple investment portfolio) need to diversified portfolio to diversify risk.

You cannot continue to invest after retirement but you will continue to earn.

Jason Cooney with NYSUT update/information

Jason brought information on members benefits and will be here through the discussion to answer questions, especially those that we are unable to answer. The member benefit info is on the sign in table.

New Member Introduction

We would like to welcome and introduce the new members at this time. Please introduce yourself and let us know what your job title is and what building you are in.

New members present introduced themselves.

Joint Liaison Topics Presentation

We have been continuing to work at our Joint/Liaison meetings with the district. We meet once a month to discuss concerns and problem solve on a variety of topics. Currently we are discussing the following topics

Recent Topics Include:

Strategies for employee acquisition and retention

Creating and improving an employee onboarding and training program

Implementing the electronic timekeeping system

Training program for employee self service

Officer and Delegate Elections

Officer elections are long overdue. We have difficulty getting the quorum together to be able to have elections. We will be sending out election notice this coming week. Please nominate or make it known that you are interested in being an officer. If you nominate someone we will let them know that they have been nominated and give them the opportunity to accept or decline. Is anyone interested in a position on the Executive Committee to serve as an officer? They are president, vice president, treasurer, and secretary.

We are also interested in creating delegates to serve the same term as officers to gain experience in union leadership. Delegates would help to serve members throughout the district and sit in on meetings in an observer capacity. We will have to add articles to the constitution for delegates. If you would like to be a part of the discussion to amend this to the constitution please let us know.

Annual Wimeo Picnic

AS always we will have our annual picnic in June of 2023. We will provide more information as we get closer.

Member Concerns and Questions

We would like to open the floor to members to discuss any concerns or questions.

A member raised concerns over building coverage during the numerous times people are out sick, on vacation, or for other reasons. The member believes that management needs to do better at Organizing this coverage.

A member raised concerns about the union needing to do a better job of signing up another member. Believes the union leadership is not working hard enough and needs to do better.

Thank you for coming. This WIMEO meeting is adjourned. !0:37am