State of California

  M E M O R A N D U M

  REFERENCE CODE:
  2000-065

  DATE:
  October 31, 2000

  TO:
  Employee Relations Officers
  Personnel Officers

  FROM:
  Department of Personnel Administration
  Labor Relations Division

  SUBJECT:
  Labor Relations Forum

  CONTACT:
  Gloria Moore Andrews, Chief of Labor Relations
  (916) 324-0476, CALNET 454-0476
  FAX: (916) 322-0765
   
  Email: GloriaMooreAndrews@dpa.ca.gov


  On October 4, 2000, the Personnel Manager's Liaison 
  Committee was abolished and in its place a new structure 
  called the Labor Relations Forum was established.
  
  The purpose of the Forum is to:
  
  1.  focus on labor relations issues in State Government;
  
  2.  obtain information from Department of Personnel 
  Administration (DPA) management staff on critical labor 
  relations issues;
  
  3.  provide input and technical support to DPA on 
  significant items;
  
  4.  exchange ideas with colleagues in the labor relations 
  field; and
  
  5.  coordinate efforts with Personnel Officer AdHoc 
  organizations.
  
  The Forum is composed of the Employee Relations Officers 
  (EROs) from the original group of departments that DPA 
  selected to be part of the Personnel Management Advisory 
  Committee (PML). (See attached listing.)  Additional 
  members of the Forum are DPA's Chief of Labor Relations and 
  representatives from Personnel AdHoc, Small Personnel 
  Departmental Information Network (SPIN), the State 
  Personnel Board and the State Controller's Office.  The 
  Forum will also have a standing Executive Committee 
  consisting of a Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, DPA's Chief 
  of Labor Relations, a Personnel Officer AdHoc 
  Representative and a SPIN representative.  The function of 
  the Executive Committee will be to establish meeting 
  agendas, obtain speakers for the Forum meetings and select 
  members of subcommittees.
  
  Subcommittees will be established to address specific labor 
  relation's issues identified by DPA and member departments.  
  Members of these subcommittees will be selected by the 
  Executive Committee in collaboration with the Forum, DPA 
  and interested department based on their expertise and 
  interest in a particular area.  Members of subcommittees 
  need not be a member of the Forum, they may be recruited 
  from any department.
  
  Meetings of the Forum will be held on a monthly basis, with 
  the Executive Committee meeting two weeks prior to the 
  Forum to set the agenda.  The Forum's Secretary will be 
  responsible for taking minutes and distributing them via 
  electronic mail to all EROs.  Once every quarter a meeting 
  of all EROs in State Government will be held to discuss 
  issues of emerging importance to the group.  Specific 
  meetings may be called should the need arise.
  
  Officers elected at the October 4th meeting were Chair, 
  Betti Dolezal, Department of Developmental Services; Vice 
  Chair, David Brubaker, Caltrans; and Secretary, Jeannette 
  Williams Gipson, Franchise Tax Board.
  
  If there is a particular issue you would like to have 
  addressed through the Forum, please contact Jeanette at 
  (916) 845-3606 to have your item placed on the agenda.  
  
  We believe this new structure will provide an effective way 
  of dealing with Labor Relations issues and communicating 
  with the practices in State Government.
  
  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the 
  members of the Executive Committee.
  
  
  Betti Dolezal    654-2689      BDOLEZAL@DDS.CA.GOV
  
  David Brubaker       227-2409   DAVE.BRUBAKER@DOT.CA.GOV
  
  Jeannette Williams Gipson    845-3606   
  Jeannette_Williams@ftb.ca.gov
  
  
  
  Gloria Moore Andrews
  Chief of Labor Relations
  
  Attachment
  
  
  
  LABOR RELATIONS FORUM MEMBERS
  
  
  1.  Air Resources Board
  2.  Corrections
  3.  Developmental Services
  4.  Education
  5.  Employment Development Department
  6.  Food and Agriculture
  7.  Parks and Recreation
  8.  Franchise Tax Board
  9.  General Services
  10. Health Services
  11. Highway Patrol
  12. Industrial Relations
  14. Justice
  15. Mental Health
  16. Motor Vehicles
  17. Social Services
  18. Transportation
  19. Water Resources
  20. Youth Authority
  
  
  State Controller's Office   Consultant
  State Personnel Board   Consultant
  Chief of Labor Relations, DPA   Gloria Moore Andrews
  Personnel AdHoc Representative   Tony Hosino, State 
  Controllers Office
  SPIN Representative   Gary Ostad, Conservation