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REPORT: NEOEA REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY
NOVEMBER 4, 2006
MENTOR HIGH SCHOOL


NEOEA's Representative Assembly held its fall meeting at Mentor High School on Saturday, November 4. Delegates enacted resolutions for 2006-07, recognized award recipients, elected members to four positions on the Association's Executive Committee, and endorsed candidates for two OEA offices to be filled in the spring.

Participating in a "scavenger hunt" activity organized by NEOEA's Legislative Committee, delegates donated $3,800 to OEA's Fund for Children and Public Education.

Delegates passed the NEOEA Resolutions for 2006-07. The newly-enacted document includes 143 statements which set forth Association policy on a wide variety of topics. Delegates enacted language in Resolutions C-6 and C-18 calling for stricter licensing of student transportation employees and providers of health, social, and psychological services. Delegates approved new resolution B-26, "Metric System/International System of Units."

Delegates honored winners of three categories of NEOEA awards.

The Public Relations Committee recognized winning entries in the 2005-06 Newsletter Awards.

Honorable Mentions received certificates.

  • Austintown EA: Moving Forward . . . with AEA – Harold Wilson

  • Bedford EA: BEA Beacon – Melissa Pawlak

  • Boardman EA: BEAper – Brad Calhoun

  • Conneaut EA: CEA – Editor Jodie Pape

  • Cuyahoga Falls EA: CFEA Advocate – Chris Mollis

  • East Cleveland EA: The Communique – Mary Alice Conkey

  • Field Local TA: FLTA Newsletter – Kari Walchalk

  • Lorain City Schools Assn. of Classified Employees: LCS-ACE Focus – Terri Velasquez

  • Mayfield EA: MEA News & Views – Diana Beebe

  • Medina City TA: The Bridge – Darlene Lyon

  • Midview EA: MEA Newsnotes – Sabrina Kiser

  • Southeast Local School District TA: SELDTA – Mat Prezioso

  • Wellington Support Staff: Wellington Support Staff News – Karen Wright

  • West Branch EA: The WBEA Link – Editor Elaine Bonar

  • Youngstown EA: The Youngstown Teacher – Michael Sernulka

  • YSU-ACE: YSU ACE Newsletter – Lee Koch
  • Awards for Excellence received plaques.

  • Mentor TA: Matrix – Marsh Buckley

  • Warren EA: WEA News – Janis Sanfrey

  • Weaver Workshop & Support Assn.: Union Harold – Pamela J. Foster, Secretary
  • The Committee recognized the NOEA Update, published by North Olmsted EA editors Melanie Reilly and Ellen Harrison, as the Outstanding Newsletter for 2005-06.

    The Legislative Committee announced winners of the Political Action Awards for 2005-06:

  • Highest Total Contributions: Medina City Teachers’ Association

  • Highest Contribution Rate per Member: Canfield Education Association

  • Highest Percentage of Member Donors: Champion Education Association
  • The Public Relations Committee honored 36 local affiliates as NEOEA’s Five Star Locals for 2005-06:

  • ACCESS

  • Akron Association of Classified Personnel

  • Austintown Education Association

  • Bedford Education Association

  • Brecksville-Broadview Education Association

  • Brunswick Education Association

  • Champion Education Association

  • Cuyahoga Falls Education Association

  • Cuyahoga Heights Assn. of Teachers

  • East Cleveland Education Association

  • Euclid Teachers' Association

  • Field Local Education Association

  • Geneva Area Teachers' Association

  • Howland Classroom Teachers' Association

  • Hubbard Education Association

  • Independence Education Association

  • Lakewood Teachers' Association

  • Lorain Education Association

  • Mayfield Association of Support Personnel

  • Mayfield Education Association

  • Medina City Teachers' Association

  • Mentor Classified Employees Association

  • Mentor Teachers Association

  • Midview Education Association

  • Nordonia Hills Educators’ Association

  • Painesville City Teachers' Association

  • PATMR

  • Poland Education Association

  • Southeast Local District Teachers' Association

  • Stow Munroe Falls Classified Employee Association

  • Twinsburg Education Association

  • Warren Education Association

  • Weaver Workshop and Support Association

  • Wellington Support Staff Association

  • Willoughby-Eastlake Teachers Association

  • YSU Association of Classified Employees
  • Delegates endorsed Nanci DiBianca (Cuyahoga Heights Assn. of Teachers) for election as Ohio NEA Director #3 and Patricia Frost-Brooks (East Cleveland EA) for election as OEA President. These were early endorsements: elections for these positions will be held at the OEA Representative Assembly’s spring meeting.

    Delegates elected Unit Representatives to fill vacancies in five electoral units:

  • Unit 5 OEA/NEOEA Representative: Richard L. King, Howland Classroom TA;

  • Unit 6 NEOEA Representative: Tom Moscovic, Willoughby-Eastlake TA;

  • Unit 6 OEA/NEOEA Representative: Patrick J. Snee, Mentor TA; and

  • NEOEA Higher Education Representative: Patrick McLaughlin, Lakeland Faculty Assn.
  • The NEOEA Representative Assembly meets again on March 24, 2007, at a location to be determined.