The Communicator
EWMC News Voice of the Electrical
Workers Minority Caucus
37th IBEW
International Convention
The Electrical Workers Minority Caucus will meet at the International Convention on Saturday, September 9, 2006.
Location: Crown Plaza Hotel
Date: Friday, September 9, 2006
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Breakfast: 8:00 a.m.
The 37th International Convention Events & Activities Schedule is attached. Please plan to attend this very important meeting.
Let me know if you are a delegate
to the convention and if you plan to attend the Saturday meeting.
Please contact me via email at EWMC2@yahoo.com.
EWMC Executive Committee
Appointment
Please join us in welcoming Brother Douglas Griffith to the EWMC Executive Committee. Brother Griffith accepted the position vacated by Sherilyn Wright. Brother Griffith is a long time member of the EWMC and he serves as a Business Representative in the Construction Department at Local 3 in New York.
This is your official notification that there is one vacant seat on the EWMC Executive Committee. The vacancy is created by Brother Edwin Lopez’s resignation.
Brother Lopez was recently appointed as Manager of the New York City Chapter of NECA. Edwin’s new job keeps him very busy. He enjoys his work. He says it is a great and challenging experience
If you want to be considered for appointment to the vacant position, please submit a resume to the Executive Committee c/o Secretary/Treasurer, PO Box 642, El Cerrito, CA 94530, no later than September 5, 2006.
Please review the EWMC Operating Bylaws, Article VII, and Officers – Election, for more detailed information.
17th
Annual EWMC National Meeting Announcement
Please plan to
attend the 2007 national meeting in St. Louis Missouri.
The 17th annual national meeting starts on Thursday, January
11, 2007. Plenary sessions, workshops, panel discussions, and
formal EWMC business will be conducted Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Awards Banquet and Scholarship
presentation will be Saturday evening, and the Conference will end no later
than 2:00 p.m. on Sunday.
The registration fee is $190.00
and includes meeting materials, dinner on Saturday, plus 2007 EWMC membership
dues ($40.00). Article IV, Section 4,
requires payment of the current year’s membership dues before admission to the
meeting.
We are currently in discussions with the Renaissance Grand Hotel in St. Louis. Additional information will be provided at the conclusion of negotiations.
Bylaws Amendments
In accordance with the provisions of Article IX, Section 2 proposed
Bylaws Amendments and proposed resolutions must be received at PO Box
642, El Cerrito, California, 94530, no later than 12/28/06.
Committees
Members interested in serving on any of the committees described in
Article VI (Registration; Rules and Order of Business; Resolutions/Bylaw
Amendments; and Sergeant-At-Arms) should submit a written request to President
Robbie Sparks no later than 12/1/06, c/o Secretary/Treasurer at P0 Box
642, El Cerrito, CA 94530.
2006 Scholarship
The EWMC will award its fourth annual scholarship to the child of a
member in good standing of the National EWMC at the 17th Annual
National Meeting in St. Louis.
A scholarship
candidate must be the child of National EWMC member and a high school student
who has graduated or will graduate in 2006.
A copy of the diploma or a letter from the high school confirming
graduation in 2006 must be attached to the scholarship request. Scholarships are approved for enrollment in
a state certified trade school or a college certified by the Department of
Education and accredited by the local accrediting association.
Only those scholarship request letters mailed to the EWMC at PO Box 642,
El Cerrito, CA 94530 by certified, return receipt mail and postmarked no later
than 12/31/06, will be eligible for
consideration for the 2006 scholarship.
Robbie Sparks
EWMC President
P. O. Box 642
El Cerrito, CA 94530
August 2, 2006