Newsletters

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The Tables of Contents for the Spring 2005 through Winter 2008 Newsletters are listed below.

Winter 2008 - Most Recent Newsletter

Contents:

• President's Message - Russell Rogers
• Exchange Time and Flex Time
• Management has done a very poor job at passing this information down the chain of command!
• Remembering Rocky - Bryan Murphie
• Email and Internet Usage: A Cautionary Tale - Rhonda Fenrich
• WAFWP Financial Security Procedures: to audit or not to audit? - Derek Stinson
• The WAFWP Website is Evolving - Joe Evenson – WAFWP Webmaster
• Welcome New Bargaining Unit Members
• Would You Like to Serve?
• Assignment Pay
• Benefits

Summer 2007

Contents:

• President's Corner
• Annual Meeting Reminder
• Election Results
• Annual Meeting and Executive Board Elections
• Boat Safety Training
• Contract Settlement Highlights
• Grievance Resolution
• Treasurer's Report

Winter 2007

Contents:

• WAFWP Supports Dept. of Personnel Legislation
• Collective Bargaining Agreement Approved!
• Window Opens for Unrepresented Employees to Join Unions
• Aviation Life Insurance
• Treasurer's Report
• The Website is Changing!!
• Initiatives to the Membership
• 2006 WAFWP Executive Board Elections

Summer 2006

Contents:

• Presidents Corner
• Contract Negotiations
• Healthcare Bargaining Stalemate
• Treasurer's Report
• Aircraft Safety SOP
• Consolidated Arbitrations
• Election News
• Total Time

Winter 2006

Contents:

• President's Corner
• Fish Program-Exchange time Liquidation Grievance
• Biologist Reclass Update
• Fish Program Update - Uniforms
• Treasurer's Report
• Class Action Status
• Leaving a WAFWP  - Represented Position?
• 2006 Annual Meeting
• Change in Meal Reimbursement Eligibility
• Board Members Needed
• Contract Negotiations

Summer 2005

Contents:

• Presidents Corner
• E-Mail Address
• Director's Memo on Exchange Time and Flex Scheduling
• Periodic Increment Date
• Treasurer's Report
• Legal Report
• Calling for Volunteers!
• New Faces
• Name Change

Spring 2005

Contents:

• Presidents Corner
• Fish Program Uniform Issue
• Legal Report
• General Updates
• Candidate Biographies
• WAPB Annual Meeting

Winter 2004

Contents:

• Presidents Corner - Steve Bell
• In Memory Howard Fuss
• Habitat Survey Cards - Steve Bell
• WAPB Needs You!! Become Involved Now!! - Steve Bell
• Legislative Update - Steve Bell
• WAPB Final Treasurer Report 2003 - Lauri Vigue
• Members Corner
• WAPB Dues Tax Deductible

Summer 2004

Contents:

• Presidents Corner: the State of the Union - Steve Bell
• Legislative Update - Adam Couto
• Offices Up For Election
• Stress Reduction Initiative - Adam Couto
• WAPB Legal Report - Rhonda Fenrich
• Increasing Disciplines and Changing Times - Dave Kloempken
• WAPB Needs You!! Become Involved Now!! - Steve Bell
• WAPB Treasurer Report - Lauri Vigue

Fall 2004

Contents:

• Presidents Corner: Behind the Scenes - Steve Bell
• Legal Report - Rhonda Fenrich
• Compensation for 2005
• WAPB Treasurer Report - Kirt Hughes
• New Members Welcome - Adam Couto
• Survey Card Class Action Grievance Tentatively Settled - Steve Bell
• Election Results - Bryan Murphie

Spring 2003

Contents:

• Presidents Message - Anita McMillan
• WAPB Pilot Vice-President Project - Bruce Baker
• Membership Update!
• WAPB Workshop Will Define Our Vision - Lauri Vigue
• 2003 Annual Meeting Notice
• Offices Up For Election
• Session Bill Update - Steve Bell
• E-Mail Addresses
• Wellness Item

Summer 2003

Contents:

• President's Corner - Anita McMillan
• Recruiting for Pilot Wildlife Program Vice President - Anita McMillan
• Offices Up For Election
• WAPB Vision Workshop - Lauri Vigue
• Recruitment Meetings - Steve Bell
• Peer Meeting - Steve Bell
• Increasing Disciplines and Changing Times - Dave Kloempken

Fall 2003

Contents:

• President's Corner: Civil Service Reform and You! - Steve Bell
• Eastside Meeting in Yakima: Rifts and Contracts Negotiations Dominated Discussion - Steve Bell
• WAPB 2003 Annual Meeting Notes - Robin Woodin
• Contract Negotiations Begin in January - Steve Bell
• Civil Service Reform - Rhonda Fenrich
• Job Class Reform
• Collective Bargaining
• Legal Report
  • Disciplinary 101
  • Legislative Report
  • Treasurer's Report
  • Annual Elections
  • Recruitment for Pilot VP Wildlife Program
  • Other Topics
  • Next Years Annual Meeting
• WAPB Semi-Annual Treasurer Report 2003 - Lauri Vigue
• Members Corner
• SHB 1268 Civil Service Reform
• New WAPB Bulletin Boards in Fish Program - Bruce Baker
• Haiku - Steve Bell
• Notes to Members: Current Membership Numbers
• WAPB Dues Tax Deductible

Summer 2002

Contents:

• President's Message - Anita McMillan
• Collective Bargaining for Washington State Employees: SHB 1268 - Rhonda Fenrich. Attorney
• Vice-President Election and Bylaws Results
• Re-Class Study Committee - Anita McMillan
• WAPB Treasurer Report - Lauri Vigue
• WAPB Annual Meeting Announcement
• WAPB Elections 2002
• Mission Statement

Fall 2002

Contents:

• President's Message - Anita McMillan
• Wildlife Biologist Exonerated by The Wildlife Society - Bill Rooney, Managing Editor of The Wildlife Society
• Consolidated Bargaining Update - Rhonda Fenrich
• SHB 1268 Impacts On Unrepresented State Employees
• WAPB Annual Meeting (rescheduled)
• Semi-Annual Treasurer Report - Lauri Vigue
• Member-At-Large Notes - Pat Miller

Spring 2001

Contents:

• What's this all about a State Employee Strike? - Ruth Milner
• Legislative Update - Min T. Huang
• Collective Bargaining Agreement - Articles 11 and 12 - Association Information and Dues Deduction - Robin Woodin
• Meet WAPB Member Don Nauer
• Treasurer's Report - Lauri Vigue

Winter 2001

Contents:

• President's Corner - Ruth Milner
• Election Results - Robin Woodin
• 2000 Annual Review of Legal Issues - Rhonda Fenrich
• Annual Treasurer Report 2000 - Lauri Vigue
• Summary of Annual Meeting 2000 - Lauri Vigue
• Mission Statement
• Brief History of the WAPB - Rocky Spencer

Fall 1999

Contents:

• President's Corner - Member Participation - Tim Rymer
• Treasurer's Report - Lauri Vigue
• Annual Meeting Coming Up in November - Pat Miller
• Invited Columns - Pat Miller
• Meet the WAPB Officers - Pat Miller and Ruth Milner
• Your Association and You - Curt Kraemer
• Ask the Board - Pat Miller
• Legislative Update - Greg Schirato
• New NRB Safety Rules
• 25th Anniversary Celebration . . . Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge

Spring 1997

Contents:

• President's Message - Greg Schirato
• Editor's Message - Michele Tirhi
• Environmentally Speaking.... Legislative Bills of Interest to WAPB - Michelle Tirhi
• Matters of Interest
• Abbreviated Minutes of the 1997 Annual Meeting
  • New Officers Elected
  • Grievances
  • Standing Committees
  • Votes
  • Status of the Biologist Reclassification
  • Redeployment
  • Separate Union Membership
  • Miscellaneous Issues
• WAPB Member of the Month! Rocky Spencer!