MEA-PAC Statewide Screening and Recommendation Committee

Posted on 09/24/12 at 12:37pm

 

Start Date

Members by office held

 
 

Steven Cook, MEA President

Chair

 

Sigrid Grace (2014-MEA-PAC-Reg 10)

Vice Chair

Start Date

Elected Members

 

2005

Patrick Tobin (2013-Northern Zone)

 

2011

Don Tilley (2013-Central Zone)

 

2011

Dennis Bruck (2013-Eastern Zone)

 

2011

Pam Schultz (2013-Southern Zone)

 

Start Date

MEA Board Members

 

2012

Liza Parkinson (2014-BdM-Reg 6)

 

2008

Sid Kardon (2014-BdM-Reg 7)

 

Start Date

Members by position held

 

2010

Gerald Faye (2014-MAHE-Reg ) Ex-officio, without vote

 

2010

Judy Foster (2013-MEA Retired) Ex-officio, without vote

 

Check Oct.’12

Harry Porter (2012-MCC-Reg 7) Ex-officio, without vote

 

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Oct. ‘12

David Hockaday (2012-ESP) Ex-officio, without vote

 

 

Doug Thering (MEA Republican Educators’ Caucus Chair) Ex-officio, without vote

 

 

Don Tilley (MEA Democratic Educators’ Caucus) Ex-officio, without vote

 

 

Gretchen Dziadosz, MEA Executive Director, Ex-officio, without vote

 

Alt.

Millie Lambert (2013) (SZ), Brenda Olivares (2013) (EZ), Steve Elenich (2013) (NZ), Frank Burger (2013) (CZ)

 

 

2012-13 Charge:

To help ensure that the education of our students and the working environments of our members are of the highest quality

PURPOSE:   
Screen candidates for statewide political office and make recommendations as necessary.

MEA-PAC Policies and Procedures

C.       Statewide screening and recommendation procedures
          II.      Statewide Screening and Recommendation Committee
A.       A committee composed of the following persons is authorized to screen and recommend or not recommend to the MEA-PAC Governing Board candidates for the statewide political offices of governor and U.S. Senate and to screen and recommend or not recommend candidates for the statewide political offices of attorney general, secretary of state, state board of education, major university boards, and judgeships on behalf of MEA-PAC.

          1.  The MEA-PAC chairperson (or designee);
          2.  The MEA-PAC vice chairperson;
          3.  Four (4) MEA-PAC Council delegates elected by the MEA-PAC Council, with no more than one (1) elected from each MEA zone;
          4.  A person elected by the MEA Minority Concerns Committee;
          5. Two (2) MEA Board of Directors members appointed by the MEA president, subject to confirmation by the MEA Board of Directors;
          6.  The presiding officer of the MEA ESP Caucus, MAHE and MEA-Retired or designee serving ex officio, without vote;
          7.  The Educator Caucus chairperson of the two (2) major political parties or designee serving ex officio, without vote;
          8.  An MEA staff person serving as an ex officio member, without vote.