M10-033
TO:
SPEEA Council
FROM: SPEEA
Council Officers.
SUBJECT: PRE-SUBMITTED NEW BUSINESS: CESO (Council of Engineers & Scientists
Organizations) reports to SPEEA council.
Background
In the June (2010) SPEEA
Council meeting a motion was passed on CESO per – capita payments. There were a
number of questions about CESO, Costs of Motion to SPEEA, and CESO membership
numbers of groups that belong to CESO. The SPEEA Council Officers received
requests for answers to questions raised during the debate that people felt
were not answered, and also were not clear on the CESO website.
Since the SPEEA council is
responsible for CESO issues and costs, it is important for the SPEEA Council to
have clear reports on CESO budget items and membership levels.
Since the June Council
meeting, the SPEEA Council Officers have found out that at the June SPEEA Council
meeting that some CESO reps for SPEEA knew that the January 2011 CESO meeting had
been discussed at CESO and was likely to be cancelled.
http://www.speea.org/Member_Tools/Governing_Doc/Speea_Documents/SPEEA_Policy_9_9_10.pdf
SPEEA Policy Manual Section VII:
Subsection D: Outside Organizations CESO
Membership in
the Council of Engineers and Scientists Organizations (CESO) was authorized by
the SPEEA Executive Board in the late 1960's and rescinded by the SPEEA Council
in June 1975. Membership in CESO was re-authorized by the Council in April
1978. The Wichita Engineering Association (WEA) joined CESO in 1980’s and
maintained that membership when WEA became the SPEEA Wichita Engineering Unit
(WEU) in 1995. The Wichita Technical Professional Unit (WTPU) became a CESO
unit in 2000. CESO allowed the Irving Bargaining
Unit and WTPU to be jointly
represented by the WTPU delegate in 2003.
1.
Each SPEEA CESO Unit has been defined by CESO as:
a. SPEEA CESO Professional, Technical, and
b. SPEEA CESO WEU
c. SPEEA
CESO WTPU and Irving
2. Each Bargaining Unit that
joins SPEEA may petition CESO for membership. The SPEEA Council shall budget
for all CESO dues and SPEEA Council authorized CESO expenses.
3. Each SPEEA CESO unit shall
elect a CESO delegate and may request budget for additional representatives who
may participate but will not have voting rights.
4.
In September of even years, CESO holds an election for each position of its
Executive Committee. The Executive Committee is comprised of five officers and
up to three members-at-large. It is the intent of the SPEEA Council for SPEEA
to be represented on the CESO Executive Committee. The selection of a SPEEA
candidate for the CESO Executive Committee shall be accomplished as follows:
a.
At a Special SPEEA Council meeting, the SPEEA Council shall elect one candidate
from the regional councils elected delegates that SPEEA’s CESO delegates shall
recommend to the CESO Executive Committee at the September CESO meeting.
b. If the SPEEA candidate does
not make the slate of recommended CESO Executive Committee members, the CESO
delegates shall nominate that candidate at the CESO election meeting.
5. If a vacancy occurs in the
position of the SPEEA representative on the CESO Executive Committee during the
term of office, the CESO delegates should recommend to CESO the candidate with
the next highest vote in the prior selection of the SPEEA representative.
6. The SPEEA CESO delegates
shall not approve any CESO budget where the dues income from any SPEEA CESO
units exceeds 50% of the CESO annual dues income.
MOTION:
It is moved
that: The SPEEA Council approves THE
SPEEA CESO (Council of Engineers & Scientists Organization) DELEGATES SHALL
REPORT TO THE
SPEEA COUNCIL FOLLOWING EACH CESO MEETING.
THESE REPORTS SHALL INCLUDE AT A MINIMUM MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS FOR ALL CESO
UNITS, FINANCIAL BUDGET AND BALANCES, AND ANY NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF FUTURE
MEETINGS. FURTHER, THIS POLICY SHALL BE
INCORPORATED INTO THE SPEEA POLICY MANUAL.