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ASSOCIATION GOVERNANCE 18 ADVOCATE | SPRING 2022 Getting to know what supports you need and the resources to build up OUR association and locals and accessing them. Some of my top priorities are working on language; policies and procedures that build strong locals and connect resources that will benefit our schools and communities. Education in Arizona must be a priority, it starts with liing up the voices of the educators that fi ht every day for our students and this can only be done by empowering them to do so, walking side by side and leading the way. I want to lead the way. Address: 201 N. 10th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034 Work Phone: 602-434-0252 Home Phone: 602-264-3105 Local Association: PHX Union High School District Classifi d Em Education Position: Classifi d PD Coordinator, High School/ Adult Learning Years Employed: 26 Total Years of Education Employment: 26 Total Years as a AEA Member: 19 Total years as a NEA Member: 19 Higher Education Degrees Held: Associate of Applied Science, Level I and Level II Addictions and Substance Abuse Certifi ations Elective Positions held in local, state and/or national education associations: President PSU CEA, 2019 AEA ESP At-Large Director, 2017 Appointive positions held in local, state and/ or nations education associations: NEA ESP At- Large Director, 2021 Non-education positions held: City of Phoenix Neighborhood Quality Technical Advisory Committee, 2018; President of Historic Booker T. Washington Neighborhood Association, 2018 Retired Alternate Director Ken Freed No statement submitted Address: 1114 N AVE Jeanine Tucson, AZ 85715 Work Phone: 520-977-7316 Home Phone: 520-298-7316 Local Association: AEA Retired Education Position: Classroom Teacher Years Employed: 33 Total Years of Education Employment: 33 Total Years as a AEA Member: 50 Total years as a NEA Member: 50 Higher Education Degrees Held: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, M.Ed Elective Positions held in local, state and/or national education associations: Vice President AEA Retired, Current, President Tucson EA 1986-1989, NEA Director 1999-2005 Appointive positions held in local, state and/ or nations education associations: Bargaining Team Member AEA & TEA Budget Committee-AEA-R/AEA (FRC)/TEA Documents Committee-AEA-R & TEA Non-education positions held: Spouse 1969-current Father 1975-current Grandfather 2000-current Region 2 Alternate No candidates nominated as of yet Region 4 Alternate No candidates nominated as of yet Region 10 Alternate No candidates nominated as of yet B-2022-1 Article l, Section 2,4,7 Article II, Section 2 Rationale Updating our documents to language that is not gender-specific falls in line with our values as an organization. Please use the bit- ly website address below to the specific roposed amendments to the AEA Bylaws. To Amend AEA Bylaws as follows: Please see the example below of the proposed amendments to the AEA Bylaws. Follow this website address to view the entire document. https://bit.ly/AEABylaws Reserve Membership f. Reserve membership shall be open to any person who is on a leave of absence of at least six (6) months from the employment that qualifies him/her THEM for Active- Certifi d or Active-Educational Support membership or who has held Active-Certifi d or Active-Educational Support membership in the Association but whose employment status no longer qualifies hat individual for such membership. B-2022-02 Article I, Section 6 Rationale Th s amendment seeks to build power in every local through increased membership. Many other services in our society use a reduced fee structure to entice fi st-time members to join. With housing and other costs rising quicker than incomes, we need to employ every tool available to continue recruiting new educators. State Dues Section 6. Dues for membership classes shall be as follows: a. Active Certifi d members, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE OUTLINED IN ROMAN NUMERAL I OF THIS SUBSECTION, shall pay dues equal to 1% of the prior fiscal year's Arizona Average Beginning Teachers' Salary from the AEA Salary Manual effective September 1, 2005. i. THOSE JOINING THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE FIRST TIME SHALL PAY REDUCED DUES THAT WILL RAMP UP TO FULL DUES AS DESCRIBED BELOW. EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2023, FIRST-TIME ACTIVE CERTIFIED MEMBERS SHALL PAY DUES EQUAL TO 75% OF THE DUES ESTABLISHED IN SUBSECTION A ABOVE. IF THEY THEN MAINTAIN MEMBERSHIP INTO A SECOND YEAR, THEY SHALL PAY 90%. IN THEIR THIRD YEAR AND ONWARD, THEY SHALL PAY 100%. EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2024, FIRST-TIME ACTIVE 2022 Proposed Amendment to AEA Bylaws