Summary of Local 3645 By-laws

							          Summary of By-laws for CWA Local 3645

Jurisdiction: All Piedmont agents in the following states: AK,AL,AR,AZ, CA,CO,FL, GA,
             KY,NC,NE, MS, SC,TN,TX (Equivalent to CWA Districts 3,6,7,9)
Local Structure:
      Four top officers: President, Vice-President and Secretary Treasurer
      Four At-Large Representatives of which no more than two can be from the same
      station
      Four Area Representatives:
               One from AL,FL,GA,KY,NC,MS,SC, and TN(CWA District 3)
               One from TX and AR: (CWA District 6)
               One from AK, AZ, CO and NE (CWA District 7)
               One from CA (CWA District 9)
Nominations and Elections
  Nominations
      Nominations shall be in the month of October
      40 signatures needed for three top officers
      20 signatures needed for Executive Board Members at large
      20 signatures but no more than 10% of members in area for Area
      Representatives
   Elections
      Elections shall be in month of November
      Three top officers and Area Representatives shall be elected by majority of those
      voting
      • If no candidate receives a majority then the top two candidates will have a
          run-off election in the month of December
      At-large Representatives will be elected by plurality. The top five (5) will be
      elected except that no more than 2 will be elected from the same station
      First election term will be for two years and then later terms will be for three years
      which is consistent with CWA elections in other locals throughout the country
      Delegates to the CWA National Convention will be the thee top officers of the
      Local except that the Executive Board may elect other delegates through a secret
      ballot election of the membership
   Election Committee
      Shall supervise nomination and election process
      Members of the Committee shall not be able to run for a top office or executive
      board position
Governing Authority
   Through action taken by the Local Convention or by Referendum
   Executive Board makes decisions between Convention
   Officers make decisions between meetings of the Executive Board
Meetings and Local Convention
  Local Convention
     There shall be an annual convention once a year where delegates will be elected
     to attend
     •      Selection of delegates
         • One delegate for a station less than 20 members
         • Two delegates for stations between 20 and SO members
         • An additional delegate for each 50 members for stations above SO
     •      Convention
         • Shall establish union policies
         • Amend the by-laws
  Local meetings                                ,

     One Town Hall Conference Call every other month to inform members on
     developments at Piedmont
     Executive Board shall hold monthly meetings
     •      At least once a year the Executive Board shall be in person
     Regional meetings shall be called by area representatives or by petition of 10%
     of the members in the area
Stewards and Chief Stewards
   Chief Stewards
     Chief stewards shall be elected from their respective groups. Executive Board
     may appoint Chief Stewards until requested elections are held.
     Number and area of Chief Stewards will be determined by the Executive Board of
     the Local
  Stewards
     Number and area to be determined by Executive Board of Local Stewards will be
     appointed by Executive Board with approval of members in area
General Provisions
  By-laws can amended by the Local Convention or by referendum
  Yearly annual audit by CPA or by Local Audit Committee
  Dues shall be set in accordance with the national union (L3% of salary)
  Local shall have regular committees that will be appointed by the President with
  approval of the Executive Board