SPEEA MIDWEST COUNCIL AGENDA
Thursday, February 8, 2018 SPEEA WICHITA OFFICE 4621 E. 47^th St. South
	Commencing:
	MW Council Meeting		4:30 pm
OPEN MEETING a) Pledge of Allegiance BUSINESS OF MIDWEST COUNCIL a) Certification of Quorum b) Approval of the Agenda (February) c) Approval of MW Council Minutes (January) d) Good of the Union · Boy Scout request e) Announcements PRE-SUBMITTED NEW BUSINESS a) Kansas AFL-CIO 40^th Annual Community Services Conference, Hotel at Old Town, May 30^th – June 1^st b) KS AFL-CIO Labor’s Kitchen BBQ, Feb. 13^th c) Spirit Shareholder’s Meeting, April 25^th NEW BUSINESS a) N/A UNFINISHED BUSINESS a) STEAM City – Dan Ryan SPEEA VP REPORT a) SPEEA MW VP’s Report – Keith Covert · Reminder to Committee Chairs – One month prior to an event, be sure to submit SPEEA paid time and/or per-diem requests to the MW VP and MW Treasurer for processing MIDWEST OFFICERS’ REPORTS a) Midwest Chair report – RMatthew Joyce b) Midwest Treasurer’s report – Chris Streckfus c) Midwest Secretary’s report – Emily Forest			STAFF REPORTS a) BJ/Earl MIDWEST REGION REPORTS b) IFPTE – VP – Donna Lehane c) Wichita/Hutch Labor Fed – Donna Lehane d) AFL-CIO – Donna Lehane MIDWEST COMMITTEE REPORTS (Written reports requested; included in packet if received.) MIDWEST JOC/JCC REPORTS a) JOINT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE (JOC) (WTPU), up to 4 people – Mark Gayer, Rhonda Cockrell b) JOINT COLLABORATION COMMITTEE (JCC) (WEU), up to 5 people – Shane Michael, John Poetker, RMatthew Joyce c) JOINT BENEFITS COMMITTEE (WTPU/WEU) –Emily Forest, Joe Abbott, Wes Gardner, Rick Nelson, Shane Michael, RMatthew SPEEA REPORTS (Written reports requested; included in packet if received.) a) Executive Director’s report – Ray Gorforth b) Council Chair’s report – Theryl Johnson c) Ex-Treasurer’s report – Jimmy Mathis d) Ex-President’s report – Ryan Rule ADJOURNMENT OF MIDWEST COUNCIL
Please Sign in For Attendance Expense reports for February are to be submitted by March 15^th 2018 Dates To Remember – Mark Your Calendar! February SPEEA L&PA – Lobby Days, Washington, DC – Feb. 26^th – March 2nd March Town Hall Meeting – March 5^th, 4:00pm MW L&PA – Lobby Days, Topeka, KS – March 6^th – 8^th MWMAC – St. Patrick’s Day BINGO – March 10^th, 2:00 – 4:00pm Joint Benefits Committee Meeting – March 28^th, 3:00pm APRIL Spirit Shareholder’s Meeting, Washington DC – April 25^th May - June KS AFL-CIO 40^th Annual Community Services Conference, Wichita, KS – May 30 – June 1 SPEEA Convention and Conference, Seattle, WA – June 1 & June 2
		Next Midwest Council Meeting– March 8, 2018 – 4:30PM