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SUBJECT: Local Council Budget Formula

STATEMENT OF QUESTION:

Should the 2008 BOD increase the Local Council Budget Formula from 18% to 20%?

SOURCE AND DATE SUBMITTED: UAL MEC - May 9, 2008

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

The primary source of assistance and information for our members is the Local Council, yet less than a fifth of the Union resources are dedicated to them. One of the benefits of the AFA-CWA Merger was that it would create synergies between the two organizations, and would allow for more financial resources to be directed to the Local and MEC level.

Now that the merger has been finalized, it is time to start allocating the resources towards this goal. The approved dues increase will help soften the impact on the International Office budget as it transitions to its final administrative merger with CWA and as we shift our focus back to the Locals.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION:

WHEREAS Local council officers and volunteers provide the brunt of service and assistance to our members, and

WHEREAS the AFA-CWA Merger was to create synergies that would allow more funds to be allocated to the Locals,

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Section IV.C.1 of the AFA-CWA Policy Manual of the AFA Constitution and Bylaws will be modified to read as follows:

C. Local Council Expenses
1. Each Local Council will be allowed a regular monthly allowance based on twenty percent (20%) of the total monthly dues including service charge monies of the Council affected. However, in no event shall such monthly allowance be less than an amount equal to twenty percent (20%) of the total of 100 members’ and service charge payers’ dues. Twenty percent (20%) of any funds remaining at the end of the calendar year are to be carried over into the succeeding years’ local budget. All remaining funds are to be returned to the Airlines Master Executive Council Administrative fund.