Negotiations Meetings. 1. Once negotiations begin, there shall be a negotiations session every seven (7) calendar days. The only exception to the aforementioned shall be in the case of hazardous weather or when agreed upon mutually.
2. Complete written negotiation proposals shall be submitted to the other party at the first negotiations session. Any issue or proposal introduced after this session shall require mutual agreement in order to be included in negotiations.
Negotiations Meetings. Negotiations meetings between said bargaining committees shall be private and scheduled for mutually satisfactory times and place(s). Both parties may utilize the services of consultants during the negotiation process. Only bargaining committee members, consultants, and other individuals mutually agreed to between the bargaining committees shall be present in the negotiating sessions.
Negotiations Meetings. (a) The first negotiation session shall be held within (15) calendar days of the date the initial request of intent to bargain was received.
(b) The first item of business will be the exchanging by both parties of negotiation proposals, written and in language suitable for inclusion in any final agreement. These initial negotiation proposals shall clearly note what current contract language has been modified or deleted and what new language has been added. Initial negotiations proposals shall enumerate articles the same way as in the current contract; shall leave an article out of the proposal package if there are no changes, additions or deletions to it; shall place all new articles at the end of the proposal package; and shall preserve the enumeration of provisions/sections within an article, as much as feasible. Once the parties have exchanged their fully written proposals, no new proposals may be introduced for consideration during the course of negotiations without the mutual consent of the parties. All tentative agreements reached by the parties shall be initialed by both parties. Once a tentative agreement is reached, no further discussion shall take place on the issue unless by mutual agreement.
(c) All subsequent negotiation sessions shall be scheduled by the negotiating teams. A negotiating meeting shall not adjourn until a date, time, and place for the next session has been established. Meetings shall be scheduled with the least interruption of work/class schedules. All meetings, including mediation, shall be in executive session unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by both parties in writing.
Negotiations Meetings. 3.3.1 The parties shall meet at a time and place established under Section 3.2 of this Article for the first negotiation meeting. A time, place and date for the next session shall be established before concluding the first and each successive professional negotiation meeting.
3.3.2 Specific proposals shall be exchanged by the parties at the first meeting unless otherwise mutually agreed. The party requesting negotiation shall present and explain its specific proposals first. The other party will then present and explain its proposals.
3.3.3 All bargaining sessions shall be in executive session. Only members of the bargaining teams, consultants (as provided for in this procedure), and others as mutually agreed to between the bargaining teams shall be in the room in which the bargaining session is being held.
Negotiations Meetings. 1. Meetings shall not be held during the school day.
2. Meetings will be held at the regularly designated site unless a change is agreeable to the Board and the Association teams.
3. At the beginning of each meeting, the time and date of the next meeting shall be set, each team’s recorder should have this time and date initialed by the chairman of the other team.
4. Meeting length will be limited to three (3) hours unless extension is agreed upon by both sides.
Negotiations Meetings. A. The parties shall meet at places and times agreed upon at the beginning of the prior meeting. The length of meetings as well as times and places of the following meetings shall be agreed upon at the onset of the beginning of each session. All meetings shall be held in executive session.
Negotiations Meetings. 1. Prior to and during the period of bargaining each party will provide the other, upon reasonable request, (ten (10) work days), relevant data and supporting information concerning the issues under consideration.
2. Until all items on the agenda have been negotiated to the satisfaction of both parties, each meeting shall include the establishment of an agreed upon time and place for the next meeting.
3. The negotiator of either group may caucus his/her group for independent discussions at any time. A caucus shall be no longer than thirty (30) minutes except by mutual agreement.
4. The negotiator for either group may call a recess when it appears that no more meaningful discussions can be accomplished. Such recesses should be of reasonable length but in no event shall exceed five (5) work days unless by mutual agreement.
5. All releases to the news media during negotiations shall be mutually agreed upon before release. In the event an impasse occurs, each party may release information to the news media without the other party's consent. However, a copy of all such releases shall be given to the other party simultaneously with the releases to the news media.
Negotiations Meetings. 1. Upon written request by either party for a negotiation meeting, the receiving party will have five (5) calendar days to reply to the request. Within fifteen (15) calendar days after receipt of the reply an initial meeting shall be held between the parties, unless otherwise mutually agreed to by both parties.
2. Issues proposed for negotiations shall be submitted in writing for mutual exchange between the Union and the Board at the initial meeting set for such purpose. Original proposals shall be written and in language suitable for inclusion in the final Agreement. Topical listings of items proposed for negotiations (i.e. "laundry list") shall constitute a clear failure of compliance and may be disregarded. Subsequent meetings within the time limits as designated in the Negotiations Procedure will be held to negotiate the proposals.
3. After the first (1st) meeting, no new proposals shall be submitted by either party unless by mutual agreement.
4. Each negotiations meeting will be held in Executive Session, including mediation sessions, if held.
5. Meetings shall be scheduled with the least interruption of work schedules. Other rules for conducting negotiations procedures which are deemed necessary and not covered by this procedure shall be discussed and agreed upon at the first meeting.
Negotiations Meetings. A. NEGOTIATING TEAM: Each negotiations team shall be comprised of between one (1) and five (5) members. Each team shall designate one chief spokesperson who shall be responsible for signing any tentative agreements. Once an item has been tentatively agreed to, it shall be considered resolved and removed from further bargaining, including Mediation, but no article by itself is considered to be final until the total package is in its final written form for presentation to the member groups for ratification. At this time the members of the negotiation team shall sign the final form.
Negotiations Meetings. 0201 Negotiations between representatives of the Association and the representatives of the Board shall begin ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of this contract.
