All Staff Meetings

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All Staff Meeting (BRAWLS - Bipartisan Regular All Worker League Society) Agenda and Dates - Created out of the 2012 Inservice meetings, BRAWLS are 2 hour meetings which occur monthly through July and then bi-monthly thereafter on the fourth Thursday of the month from 5-7pm.

General flow of BRAWLS:

• Approval of prior minutes
• Announcement of randomly-selected Facilitators/Scribes for following meeting
• Report outs (no more than 5 minutes/area):
  • Board Liaison update (Board rep or member of Board of Directors)
  • Bargaining Unit update (BU rep)
  • Collective update (Collective rep)
  • Area check-ins (as needed; by prior arrangement)
• Old business
• New business
• Unstructured/topic-oriented conversation (30 minutes)

BRAWLS budget and attendance

• Budget: $100 (more with prior Collective approval)
• Attendance: Temporary, substitute and employees who have fewer than 24 standard weekly hours are invited, but not required to attend all-staff meetings and will be paid for their time. All bargaining unit staff are expected to attend and should notify HR at least one week in advance of the meeting if they are unable to participate. Should meetings occur outside of standard operating hours, with prior notification management will try to make accommodations for BU members who need special support (e.g. child care) to attend these meetings.

April 12, 2012 - 5:00-7:00pm

• Facilitator: John A.
• Scribes:

5:00 - 5:15

• Break, settle in

5:15-5:20

• Prepare for next meeting
  • Announce Randomly selected next Facilitator/Scribe
  • Explain upcoming email about meeting scheduling
  • Explain how to get items on the agenda

5:20-5:45

• Report outs (no more than 5 minutes/area):
  • Board Liaison update (Paul and Vagrant)
  • Bargaining Unit update (Lynnae- BU Rep)
  • Collective update (Collective rep - Amelia)
  • Sales Report by Brian

5:45-6:30

• New business
  • Recent policy changes - Mark (20 min)
  • Update on NPA program - Darren (10 min)
  • Moving forward with strategic planning (15 min)
    • Survey results, Amelia and eBeth

6:30-7:00pm

• Unstructured conversation (30 minutes)
  • Question by Stephen about policy on sending volunteers home when too sick to be here
  • Discussing volunteer fifedoms

May 24, 2012 - 5:00-7:00pm

• Facilitators: Brian
• Scribes: Darren & Ryan

5:00 - 5:15

• Break, settle in

5:15-5:20

• Prepare for next meeting
  • Announce Randomly selected next Facilitator/Scribe
  • Explain how to get items on the agenda

5:20-5:40

• Report outs (no more than 5 minutes/area):
  • Board Liaison update - Vagrant
  • Bargaining Unit update - Liliana
  • Collective update - Amelia
  • Sales Report - Brian

5:40-6:40

• New business
  • PR Committee update on priorities & projects - Darren, Amelia, Misty, Stephen (15 min)
  • 360 degree review of Collective members - Mark, Amelia (15 min)
  • Safety Committee: CRT monitors and Mercury bearing devices – Darryl, Liane (10 min)

6:40-7:00pm

• Unstructured conversation (15 minutes)

June 30, 2012 - 9:00-11:00am

• Facilitators: Jake & Mike
• Scribe: Mark

• Approval of minutes from May meeting

• Prepare for next meeting
  • Announce Randomly selected next Facilitator/Scribe
  • Explain how to get items on the agenda

• Report outs (no more than 5 minutes/area):
  • Board Liaison
  • Bargaining Unit
  • Collective
  • PR
  • Youth summer camp
  • Printer disbursal guidelines

• New business
  • Decision-Making Process Chart
  • Volunteer BBQ
  • Diversity awareness training

• Unstructured Conversation

July 26, 2012 - 5:00-7:00pm

• Facilitators: Misty & Cynthia
• Scribes: Richard & Vagrant

5-5:15

• Get snacks, get seated

5:15-5:25

• Proposal that facilitators and scribes be provided (one each) by the Collective and the BU, discuss change to every other month format

5:25-5:40

• Report outs (no more than 5 minutes/area):
  • Board
  • Collective
  • PR
  • Bargaining Unit (nothing new to report)
  • Report on Volunteer BBQ (Stephen)

5:40-6:30

• New Business
  • Town Hall Meeting plan (Cynthia)
  • Two bargaining unit openings on the safety Safety Committee that need to be filled (Ebeth)
  • August summer camp and Burgerville fundraiser (Sarah/Cynthia)

6:30-6:50

• Unstructured Conversation

6:50-7:00

• Group clean up (thank you!)

September 27, 2012 - 5:00-7:00pm

• Facilitators: Mark & Elizabeth
• Scribes: Omar & Darryl

5-5:15

• Get snacks, get seated

5:15-5:20

• Approval of prior minutes
• Confirm B.U. process for selecting facilitators and scribes for All Staff Mtgs

5:20-5:50

• Report outs (no more than 5 minutes/area):
  • Board
  • Collective
  • Receiving & Recycling
  • Reuse
  • Sales
  • VETS
  • Administrative Services
  • Safety Committee

5:50-5:55

• Old Business
  • Town Hall Meeting plan (Liliana & Cynthia)

5:55-6:45

• New Business
  • Safety training on Free Geek's Injury Logging Procedure 5:55pm (10 min)
  • HR Audit 6:05pm (10 mins)
  • Management Consultant follow-up as appropriate 6:15

• Overview of findings
• Review of recommendations

• Unstructured Conversation

November, 29 2012 - 5:00-7:00pm

5th Thursday because of Thanksgiving

• Facilitators: Aradan, Sean
• Scribes: Liliana, Amelia

I. Approval of prior minutes

• Already posted to minutes@ - SKIP

II. Announcement of randomly-selected Facilitators/Scribes for following meeting (5 minutes)

III. Report outs

• Bargaining Unit (5 minutes)
• Collective Management (5 minutes)
• Board Liason Updates (5 minutes)

IV. New Business (no more than 5 minutes/area):

• Q&A with Paul Libscomb, Change Management Coordinator (15 minutes)
• Mental Health Awareness Training (75 minutes)

V. Unstructured/topic-oriented conversation (10 minutes)

For future discussion

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