Executive Council Meeting/Presidents’ Conference – Spring 2022

To:     Executive Council
          Alternate Regional Vice-Presidents
          Local Presidents
          UTE Staff

Council Meeting:  

• The Executive Council meeting will be held from Monday, April 4^th to Thursday, April 7^th, 2022 by videoconference.

• Please take note that the meeting will be held daily from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). There will be a lunch break from 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. and a break from 2:30 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.

Council Members, please send your reports, motions, agenda items, and supporting documentation by no later than Friday, March 11^th to Brother Daniel Camara at camarad@ute-sei.org.

Presidents’ Conference:

• The Presidents’ Conference will be held from Monday, April 11^th to Thursday, April 14^th, 2022 by videoconference.

• Please take note that the conference will be held daily from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). There will be a lunch break from 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. and a break from 2:30 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.

Local Presidents, please send your agenda items, *motions and supporting documentation by email no later than Friday, March 11^th to Brother Daniel Camara at camarad@ute-sei.org.

A short summary of your items is required.

**OBSERVERS

Locals who wish to register observer(s) to attend the Presidents’ Conference are required to email the name(s) and their personal email address directly to Brother Camara by Friday, March 18^th. 

Please take note of the following important details:

• Links for the Executive Council meeting and the Presidents’ Conference will be provided at a later date.

• UTE National will not pay any per diem to delegates attending the Presidents' Conference as they will be attending from home. The same rule applies to Executive Council Officers and Alternate Regional Vice-Presidents attending the Executive Council meeting.

• For delegates attending the Presidents' Conference, UTE National will reimburse the full day's salary for each day (Monday to Thursday).

• In accordance with UTE Regulation 13.6, a Local that registers an observer to attend the Presidents' Conference is entitled to receive one (1) observer stipend of up to the lesser amount of either seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) or the actual costs incurred (i.e., lost wages) by submitting the required documentation. In the event that locals register additional observers, this will not be considered in the calculation of costs incurred.

In Solidarity,

Marc Brière
National President