The Guild Forum Online -- Feb. 12, 2001 Edition

The Guild Forum Online

Electronic Newsletter of the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild

February 12, 2001

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In This Issue:

Guild Members Elect Officers, At-Large Council Members

Members Oppose Contract Renewal for Top Local Staffer

Members Elect Vice President, Treasurer, Council Members At-Large

In local-wide balloting during the last week of January, Local 32035 members went to the polls to elect a new local vice president, treasurer and five delegates at-large to the local's Executive Council.

The following are the results of that election as announced by the local's Election and Referendum Committee.

The names of winners are in bold.

Vice President:

*Bill Salganik (Sun) -- 447
Maggie Cohen (BNA) -- 357

Treasurer:

Carol Oberdorfer (BNA) -- 518
Robert Demby (Post) 223

Executive Council at large (five elected):

1. Candy Thomson (Sun) -- 428
2. Ken May (BNA) -- 389
3. Mark Pattison (CNS) -- 328
4. Diane Yamini (Post) -- 305
5. Dita Smith (Post) -- 299
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6. Vernon Henery (Post) 279
6. Lida Skrzypczak (Post) 279
8. Dennis Lewis (BNA) 255
9. Eugene Freedman (BNA) 226
10. Mark Naydan (BNA) 219
11. Keith Willis (MSSCE) 104

*SPECIAL NOTE: A post-election protest was filed by vice presidential candidate Maggie Cohen over irregularities that she alleges occurred in the race for vice president and in the Local's electoral process.

As of this posting, the protest was being reviewed by the local's leadership and Election and Referendum Committee.

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Members Vote Against Renewing Administrative Officer's Contract

In the local-wide referendum, Guild members affirmed a decision by last year's Executive Council not to renew the contract of Dick Ramsey as the local's administrative officer.

On Oct. 26, 2000, the Executive Council decided, by a vote of 11 to 1, not to renew an employment agreement with Ramsey.

The council's decision meant that Ramsey was to complete the final three months of his contract as administrative officer, but that his employment with the Local would end Jan. 31, 2001, the expiration date of his contract.

On Nov. 29, 2000, Ramsey filed an appeal of that decision with the Council. After a further discussion with Dick at its December 18, 2000 meeting, the Council voted, 10-1-1, to deny the appeal.

On Dec. 26, 2000, a petition to hold a referendum on the issue was filed with the Local's Secretary. The referendum asked the general membership to overturn the decision of the Local Executive Council.

The motion read: "Shall the current contract of Administrative Officer Dick Ramsey be extended for one year through January 31, 2002?"

The referendum results were:

Yes (retain Ramsey) -- 299
No (do not retain Ramsey) -- 513

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