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REGIONAL QUARTERLY MEETINGS
Section 1. Meetings at the regional level shall be
arranged at least quarterly. The dates, times and locations of these meetings
shall be arranged by mutual agreement. The Parties at the Regional level shall
determine the number of attendees for each meeting. Except for Regional
Directors and Regional Coordinators, attendance by Union Representatives is
subject to operational requirements at the representative�s facility.
Section 2. The purpose of these meetings shall be to address personnel
issues, and receive and/or conduct briefings. Whenever possible, meetings
convened under this Article shall be held concurrently with regional level
meetings convened in accordance with Article
86, Grievance Procedure.
Section 3. Union representatives and staff members not employed by the
FAA are authorized to participate in these meetings.
Section 4. Meetings under this Article shall normally be held during
administrative hours Monday through Friday. The Union representatives
authorized in Section 1 will be authorized reasonable duty time normally not
to exceed eight hours for travel each way to the meetings. Use of privately
owned vehicles by these attendees is permissible. Watch schedules shall be
adjusted to accommodate the representatives stipulated in this Article to
participate in meetings on official time.
Section 5. With the exception of Regional Directors, reasonable
official time for attendance is in addition to the official time authorized in
Article 23, Union Representatives and Official Time for Representational
Duties.
Section 6. The Parties shall normally pay their own travel expenses
incurred in connection with these meetings, however, this statement shall not
preclude any Region from paying these expenses, for any or all participants at
these meetings.
Section 7. Either Party requesting a meeting under this Article shall
normally submit an agenda to the other Party at least 10 days before the
meeting. The Parties will inform each other of their participants.
Section 8. The Union may present independent studies, reports and its
views to the Employer on any matter of concern to employees in the bargaining
unit.
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