-----Original Message-----
From: Sherri
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 8:47 PM
Subject: [BOARD] MOTION 2009/10-22 Motion to Augment the Grievance
Procedures
Presented by Tina Vickery and seconded by Larry Flesher and dated 15 March
2010, the motion reads:
"I move that the V. GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES of the Standard Rules of the
USGenWeb Project
http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/standard-rules.shtml be
augmented with the following with regard to the grievance process and the
confidentialty of the process:
The grievance process begins when the grievance is filed with the Grievance
Committee. Once received by the Grievance Committee Chair, a notice will be
submitted to the Advisory Board and posted on the EXEC list that includes
the names of all parties involved and a one or two word description of the
violation. This will serve as the Advisory Board's cue to cease and desist
any involvement until and unless the grievance resolution is appealed.
The grievance confidentiality begins when the grievance is filed with the
Grievance Committee.
The party filing the grievance must acknowledge AT THE TIME OF FILING that
they understand and agree to abide by the confidentiality of the grievance
process. All other parties must acknowledge AT THE TIME OF NOTIFICATION
that a grievance has been filed that they understand and agree to abide by
the confidentiality of the grievance process.
Grievance confidentiality extends to all parties (including the mediators,
arbitrators and GC
members) from the time the grievance process begins. Failure to agree to
abide by the confidentiality of the grievance process is grounds to
automatically and immediately lose the grievance.
The consequences for breaking the confidentiality of the grievance process
will be:
. The party that broke confidentiality automatically and immediately loses
the grievance with no option to re-file.
. A general statement such as "I've filed a grievance and cannot discuss
it"
in answer to a question is not considered a breach.
. If the confidentiality is breached by someone outside of the parties
involved, the parties involved should not be penalized, unless it is evident
that a party to the grievance is intentionally feeding information, after
the grievance process began, to the one that broke the confidentiality.
. If the confidentiality is broken by the mediator, an arbitrator or the GC
representative to the mediation/arbitration portion of the grievance, the
grievance gets reassigned to give the parties involved another chance to get
the issue resolved.
. Consequences for breaching the confidentiality of the grievance process by
someone outside of the grievance will be determined on a case-by-case basis
that may include a disciplinary hearing and penalties applied based on the
results of the findings."
Discussion is now open. If you have no discussion, please so indicate by
responding "No Discussion".
Sherri Bradley
National Coordinator
USGenWeb Project
Information about the USGenWeb Project at
http://usgenweb.org Advisory Board
Agenda
http://usgenweb.org/agenda2.php
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Chahta Ohoyo Holahta,
Honorary