NAATS Board of Directors Meeting
July 15-16, 2003
Hilton Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport
Bloomington, MN

9:00 am -- Call to Order

All Directors present except Mr. Comisky and Mr. O�Connell.

IOU�s from April meeting

BOD policies, Mr. Hoover organized the policies. The BOD went over the changes and agreed with the reformatting.

9:30 am -- Mr. O�Connell joined the meeting.

Policies discussion continued.

11:00 am -- Mr. Comisky joined the meeting.

Motion -- Dave Hoover be the custodian of the policies, presented by Mr. Baker. Second -- Mr. Mounts. Discussion. Motion Passes 9-0. Standing Rule.

Discussion on increasing the NAATS per diem and mileage rates. The BOD will discuss both at the October BOD budget meeting. Action Item Mr. Jaffe.

The air show SOP is being worked on will be brought to the BOD in the next meeting by Mr. O�Connell.

TSA contacts, Mr. Dolan did not get a name or contact from AT-2 and Mr. Pike tried to get a contact but was not able to get a contact from OPM at this time, he will continue to try. Action Item Mr. Pike.

Membership is ok to have FAA representatives speak at the annual membership meeting as long as there is substance to the presentation. Will discuss again in October.

OASIS/Inter-Active briefing, agency has backed off this completely.

Training freeze, no change still nothing going on with training at the Academy.

Mr. Dolan advises that BOD direction on severance programs should wait until the legislation settles.

Liaison/Tech Representative position description and welcome letter were presented to the BOD for approval. There were some minor changes made for clarification purposes. The BOD agrees to accept it 8-0, Mr. Jaffe was absent. Standing Rule.

President�s Report
Update on pay negotiation; a NAATS proposal will be sent later this week.

The President recommended, and the BOD approved by a 7-2 vote (Mounts, Jaffe opposed) to submit an MEO based proposal to address both FSS architecture and pay.

OASIS Waterfall
Mr. Barnes is looking for the base line of the OASIS waterfall from the BOD. It appears that the FAA Administrator has agreed to a $10 million cut to OASIS for FY2005. Mr. Pike and Mr. Barnes will meet with ATS-1 on August 4 to discuss this. Revised waterfall after CXO (Standing Rule):

 

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

SEA AND STL RIV ABQ DAY AOO BTV BNA BUF GRB RNO GTF

14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26.

CXO DCA LAN COU FTW GNV DEN MCN MIA IPT PNM SJT PIE

A-76
The MEO workgroup briefed the dash-1�s last week on where the workgroup is right now. They just finished up some training and are starting some ground work. Discussion work workgroup dynamics. There are the usual budget concerns.

OASIS HFT Replacements
Discussion on replacing the alternate on the OHFT. Mr. Hoover asks that he stay on the OHFT until FAA Reauthorization legislation is determined.

Question-Does the BOD feel we need to replace Mr. Hoover, at this time, on the OHFT? Aye: Consalvo, Mounts, Jaffe, Stafford. Nay: Baker, O�Connell, Forte, Terry. Abstain: Comisky . Mr. Pike decided issue in favor of Mr. Hoover staying on the team until legislation is known. BOD Decision.

Congressional Issues.
The conference staffers don�t think the bill will be done until after Labor Day. The House has still not put together all of the members of the conference committee. Our lobbyist still thinks we�re in the same position as previously discussed.

Liaison Selections
Mr. Pike recommended, and the BOD approved unanimously, Anne Marie Menassian, BDR AFSS, to replace Art Finnegan-ARU upon the conclusion of his detail.

Mr. Pike recommended, and the BOD approved 8-0-1 (Baker abstain) replacing Beth Gerrits-ATX with Scott Malon, MCN AFSS, upon the conclusion of her detail. Mr. Malon will also serve as Chief Negotiator and LMR representative upon Mr. Dolan�s departure after the first of the year.

Mr. Pike recommended, and the BOD approved unanimously, replacing Jim Perkins --ATP with Bart Gray, MCN AFSS, upon the conclusion of his detail. .

Mr. Pike recommended, and the BOD approved unanimously, John Dibble, DEN AFSS, to fill the vacant 7110.10 re-write representative.

A-76 Issues
Discussion on scheduled meeting with Harris for next week. Mr. Pike favors waiting until legislation is determined. BOD agreement. Action Item Mr. Pike.

Discussion on the effectiveness of contractors being used on A76. Mr. Pike will meet with them next week and revise as necessary.

Chief Negotiator�s Report
The BOD received 3 new MOU�s just signed and Bill went over some of the highlights.

Government charge cards discussion, Mr. Dolan to decide whether briefing is needed.

High altitude redesign is charting issues, could have an impact on area knowledge. They are called "Q" routes.

SUA/ISE-there is an article 9 briefing scheduled to determined FAA status.

Surveys-Discussion on union rights regarding surveying the workforce.

International Pilot Briefings-Two different attacks going on, Hawaii needs to get something in place by fall. The other issue is to get something in place for a workgroup to work out the requirements/details. ATP wanted to send out substandard material for weather graphics, that was stopped. Action Item Mr. Dolan.

Conduct and Discipline Order-Still under the old order, the agency is working to get someone to work with Mr. Dolan.

FSOSC-Still a break down in the FAA getting the information to our people to plot and then distribute to the field. Mr. Dolan will ensure timeliness.

TODS-FOD still does not have their computers for the TODS program. Mr. Terry will work with ATP Liaison Mr. Perkins to determine where the computers are.

Proposal for the part time NAATS representatives to send in quarterly reports, helping to track programs. Current policy is that representatives who attend a meeting for NAATS are required to write a briefing to the BOD within 7 days of the meeting. The BOD is looking over the list of representatives to determine status. Action Item Ms. Gerrits.

NAATS HQ will compile a list and get it to Eli to publish in the newsletter to request representatives.

Tech Representative Reports
Mr. Barnes updated the BOD on OASIS.

Mr. Mounts is the NAATS representative on OASIS training.

Administrator�s Report
Discussion on surplus computer equipment at NAATS HQ. Mr. Glowacki to get a list of old computer configurations out to the BOD.

There will be one day of arbitration training done in conjunction with the October BOD meeting on Monday. Just after Labor day a message will be sent out reminding directors of the training and asking for the list of participants. Action Item Ms. Breen.

Annual membership meeting in LAS set for the week of April 5th, 2004. Still working on hotels (narrowed down to Monte Carlo and RIO), but there is a convention fare set up with Southwest Airlines. All of the information should be out in the next month or so. Action Item Ms. Breen.

Discussion on necessity of acquiring Director�s Insurance; BOD decided against.

The NAATS shirts should be available for purchase on the web site within the next couple of weeks and we are also going to look at using "paypal" in order to simplify the purchases and also possibly use the paypal for associate member dues. Action Item Ms. Breen.

PWS Discussion
The PWS Workgroup Leader, Mr. Jaffe, recommended a change in the team. Discussion. BOD decides (8-1, Forte nay) to replace Tim DeGrazio. Further discussion on who replacement should be. Mr. Jaffe prefers Oscar Hinojosa, SJT AFSS. Mr. Pike recommends Mr. Hinojosa and BOD approves 6-3 (O�Connell, Forte, Terry opposed) as replacement. BOD Decision.




Air Shows
Discussion on people needed for the AOPA Convention in PHL this year. Decision that 5 people might is the optimum number. The volunteers should be from the region or adjacent region, the Director in charge to make the selections. Policy.


VRA Discussion
Eastern Region just settled a grievance before it went to arbitration on VRA hires and the pay grades they were brought in at. Mr. Consalvo will get Mr. Dolan a package on the grievance so he can see if it would apply to other regions. Mr. Dolan will look at the package, get it out to the BOD and give his opinion on a national grievance. Action Item Mr. Dolan.


Cyberfeds
A service to look up information at $800.00 a year for unions, the administrator will check into the service and see if we could use it nationally and report back to the BOD. Action Item Ms. Breen.

Telcons
Discussion regarding the recording of decisions made on telcons.

MOTION -- All decisions/votes made on telcons by the BOD shall be recorded and approved by the BOD. Presented by Mr. Mounts. Second by Mr. Baker. Motion passes unanimously. Policy.

OASIS HFT Replacement (cont.)
Discussion on how many team members should be replaced. Mr. Pike to have two recommendations available at the October BOD meeting. Action Item.

Motion to Adjourn by Mr. Baker, second by Mr. Terry -- Passed unanimously.

Additional IOU�s --

Research the meeting locations -- one meeting west of the Mississippi -- Ms. Breen.

Mr. Pike will ask Eli to include FacRep contact information in the back of the newsletter.

Action item- written determination of PWS/MEO participants� right of first refusal and continuing employment. Mr. Dolan.

When did all of the OASIS HFT Members join the team. Mr. Barnes.

Comments on Liaison/Rep list find out when the start dates are and put them on the list under comments. Ms. Gerrits.