In April, the board participated in AFSCME Leadership Academy and identified areas that needed to be addressed within the local. Pictured from left to right are Monique Patterson, Joe Gump, Amy Thompson and Kulmeet Galhotra. (Not pictured: Brendan Max)
After a careful assessment, the local leadership established the goal of having one certified steward for every twenty members. At the time, the local had stewards, but none were certified. So local leaders put together a plan to achieve our goal. In early July, the plan culminated with a two-day training at Council 31 offices downtown, that led to the local having a cadre of over 20 certified stewards. Pictured below are the certified stewards and Ade Alagbala, our former staff representative from Council 31. 
And during the week of July 28, 2008, we attended the International Convention in San Francisco. (Pictured below are the Local 3315 delegates consisting of the elected executive board of the local). During the convention, the delegation listened to speeches by Al Gore and Hillary Clinton. Senator Barack Obama spoke to the delegates via satellite. Click video for a link to the speech.
At the Council 31 reception for convention delagates, the local leadership were able to make their presence known to AFSCME International Leadership. (Pictured below, Local President Galhotra with AFSCME International Secretary-Treasurer William Lucy.)
And the local always strives to maintainin a good working relationship with Council 31. (Pictured below, Joe Gump and Kulmeet Galhotra pose with Council 31 Executive Director, Henry Bayer).
Pictured below is Joe Gump running in the Fun Run (5:45 am) to raise money for the PEOPLE campaign. The runners raised over $30,000. Nice job Joe!
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