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Week of September 12 - 16, 2005

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LABOR & INDUSTRY REVIEW COMMISSION

Where: Wisconsin Public Broadcasting Center
3319 W Beltline Hwy
Madison, WI 53713
Phone: (608) 266-9850
Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Time: 3:00 p.m.

DISCUSSION

Worker’s Comp. Cases
Unemployment Insurance Cases
Equal Rights Cases
Closed sessions under Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(a)

OTHER SUCH MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION

If Any Questions Please Call Kendra DePrey At 608-267-9626

LABOR & INDUSTRY REVIEW COMMISSION

Where: Wisconsin Public Broadcasting Center
3319 W Beltline Hwy
Madison, WI 53713
Phone: (608) 266-9850
Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Time: 9:30 a.m.

DISCUSSION

Worker’s Comp. Cases
Unemployment Insurance Cases
Equal Rights Cases
Closed sessions under Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(a)

OTHER SUCH MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION

If Any Questions Please Call Kendra DePrey At 608-267-9626

LABOR & INDUSTRY REVIEW COMMISSION

Where: Wisconsin Public Broadcasting Center
3319 W Beltline Hwy
Madison, WI 53713
Phone: (608) 266-9850
Date: Thursday, September 15, 2005
Time: 1:00 p.m.

DISCUSSION

Worker’s Comp. Cases
Unemployment Insurance Cases
Equal Rights Cases
Closed sessions under Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(a)

OTHER SUCH MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION

If Any Questions Please Call Kendra DePrey At 608-267-9626

BUREAU OF APPRENTICESHIP STANDARDS
Central WI Sheet Metal JAC

Where: Northcentral Tech College
1000 W Campus Dr, Rm H121
Wausau, WI 54401
Date: Monday, September 12, 2005
Time: 5:00 PM

AGENDA OR TENTATIVE AGENDA

  1. Call to order (open meeting)
  2. Roll Call of Members
  3. Affirmative Action-Not specific to Closed Session Action
  4. Review of Previous Meetings Minutes
  5. Reports-Not specific to closed session action
    1. Technical College Representative
    2. Apprentice Instructor
    3. BAS Representative
  6. Closed Session
    1. Review of Previous Closed Meeting Minutes
    2. Apprentices Appearing for Wage Rate Advancement/Review
    3. Apprentices Appearing at Committee's Request regarding current status
    4. Apprentices Appearing for Completions
    5. Indenture
    6. Letters of Introduction
    7. Review application
    8. Reports specific to c closed session action
      1. Apprentices' Transfer/Assignments/Other, sign completion certificate
  7. Resume Open Meeting
  8. Reports-Not specific to closed session action
    1. BAS Representative
    2. Local Union Representative
    3. Apprentice Representative
    4. Apprenticeship & Trng Coordinator
  9. Old Business-Not specific to closed session action
  10. New Business-Not specific to closed session action
  11. Next Meeting will be October 10, 2005
  12. Adjourn

If any questions, please call: Mary Larson at 608-266-3332

BUREAU OF APPRENTICESHIP STANDARDS
Madison Area Sheet Metal JAC

Where: 5940 Seminole Centre Court, STE 102
Madison, WI 53711
Date: Monday, September 12, 2005
Time: 2:30 PM

AGENDA OR TENTATIVE AGENDA

  1. Call to order (open meeting)
  2. Roll Call of Members
  3. Approval of Minutes from August 8, 2005 Committee Meeting
  4. Letters of Introduction
  5. Closed Session
    1. Completed/Unassigned/ Reassigned/Relocated/Laid Off
    2. Closed Minutes of August 8, 2005
    3. Work Experience Cards Update
    4. Canceled Apprentices
    5. Night/Day School
    6. Reviews
  6. Open Session
  7. BAS Report
  8. Local Contest
  9. Employer Applications
  10. Apprentice Applications
  11. Residential Apprenticeship
  12. Affirmative Action Plan
  13. BAS Compliance Review
  14. Adjourn

If any questions, please call: Mary Larson at 608-266-3332

BUREAU OF APPRENTICESHIP STANDARDS Madison Area Steamfitting JAC

Where: 5940 Seminole Centre Court STE 102
Madison, WI 53711
Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Time: 9:00 AM

AGENDA OR TENTATIVE AGENDA

  1. Call to order (open meeting)
  2. Roll Call of Members
  3. Review of Previous Meetings Minutes Aug. 18, 2005
  4. Letters of Introduction
  5. Closed Session
    1. Review of Previous Closed Meeting Minutes Aug. 18, 2005
    2. Change in status of apprentices
    3. Day/Night School
    4. Reviews
    5. P & E's
  6. Resume Open Meeting
  7. BAS Report
  8. Revised Progress & Evaluation reports
  9. Selection Procedures (Employer applications
  10. Combined JAC Meeting
  11. Adjourn

If any questions, please call: Mary Larson at 608-266-3332

BUREAU OF APPRENTICESHIP STANDARDS
State Electric Line Trade Apprenticeship Advisory Committee Members and Consultants

Where: Oakdale Electric Cooperative
489 N Oakdale Street (on Hwy PP)
Oakdale, Wisconsin
Phone: (800) 241-2468
Date: Monday, September 12, 2005
Time: 10:00 a.m.

TENTATIVE AGENDA

  1. Call to order (open meeting)
  2. Roll call (sign-in sheet)
  3. Minutes of October 25, 2004
  4. Update on implementation of the Meter Technician apprenticeship program- Karen Morgan
  5. Update on the status meeting held with the Chippewa Valley TC Electric Line Worker local advisory committee- Karen Morgan
  6. Possible expansion of Electric Line Trade Committee to all utility occupations (discussion)
  7. Review of draft Electric Line Trade marketing brochure- Karen Morgan
  8. Update Electric Line Credit for prior schooling
  9. Review of program statistics- Jerry Gross
  10. Old business
  11. New business.
    1. Sole Sponsor Apprentice Handbook.
  12. Adjourn.

If any questions, please call: Jerry Gross @ (608) 266-3135

BUREAU OF APPRENTICESHIP STANDARDS
State Electrical Apprenticeship Advisory Committee Members and Consultants

Where: WI Technical College System Foundation
One Foundation Circle
Waunakee, WI 53597
Phone: (608) 849-2400
Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Time: 9:30 a.m.

TENTATIVE AGENDA

  1. Call to order (Open Meeting)
  2. Roll call (sign-in sheet
  3. Minutes of March 9, 2005
  4. Election of Employer Co-chair- Karen Morgan
  5. Job Book Sub-committee report- Clay Tschillard.
  6. Apprentice Retention and Apprentice completion/cancellation information - Karen Morgan. (Information included in packet.)
  7. Executive Order # 108 (employment of apprentices on State Construction Projects) - Karen Morgan. (Copy of Order included in packet.)
  8. Job Growth in Wisconsin-Discussion (Information Included in Packet)
  9. Exit Questionnaires-Review and Discussion
  10. Update on distribution/utilization of Electrical (Construction) outreach package - Clay Tschillard
  11. Review of program statistics- Jerry Gross
  12. Old business
  13. New business
  14. Adjourn.

If any questions, please call: Jerry Gross @ (608) 266-3135

BUREAU OF APPRENTICESHIP STANDARDS
State Industrial Electrical and Instrumentation Apprenticeship Advisory Committee Members and Consultants

Where: GEF 1 Building
201 East Washington Ave
Madison, WI 53702
Room: Room D203
Date: Thursday, September 15, 2005
Time: 9:30 a.m.

TENTATIVE AGENDA

  1. Call to order (open meeting)
  2. Roll call (sign-in sheet)
  3. Minutes of March 10, 2005
  4. Electrical and Instrumentation curriculum
          Review- Pat LeHaye
          Discussion and Approval-All members
          NOTE: See information in packet
  5. Apprentice Evaluation Form-Review, Discussion and approval
          Note: See updated form in packet
  6. Update on E & I apprentice enrollment issues in the middle part of the state- Becky Rajak
  7. Update on efforts to include soft skills training in apprenticeship related instruction- Pat LeHaye
  8. Review of program statistics- Jerry Gross
  9. Old business
  10. New business
  11. Adjourn.

If any questions, please call: Jerry Gross @ (608) 266-3135

Governor’s Council on Workforce Investment

Dislocated Worker Sub-Committee Teleconference

Where: GEF 1 State Office Building, Room H305 201 E. Washington Avenue, Madison, WI
Date: Thursday, September 15, 2005
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

AGENDA

  1. Call to Order and Approval of Minutes of May 23, 2005 Meeting - Chair -- Action
  2. Special Response Funding Requests - Ron Danowski
    1. Funding availability
    2. Funding requests - Action       Request A - Waukesha-Ozaukee-Washington Workforce Development Area
            Request B - Fox Valley Workforce Development Area
            Request C - Western Wisconsin Workforce Development Area
            Request D - South Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Area
    3. Definition of target groups - Action
  3. Advance Transformer Proposal - Discussion
  4. Adjourn Chair

To access this conference call:
In person: Interested parties can attend in Conference Room H305 of the State Labor (GEF 1) Building, 201 E. Washington Avenue. Visitors must use the doors on the left entrance which are open to the public; this entrance and the building are handicap accessible. Please stop at the Customer Assistance Desk in the lobby and register for the "CWI-Dislocated Worker Subcommittee meeting."

By phone: Participants in the Madison calling area must dial the local number (608) 316-0022; long distance callers can use the WisLine toll free number, 888-677-9189. When prompted, callers should enter the conference code number followed by the pound sign, 2629#. The pound sign (#) must be entered to activate the conference code.

For questions about the meeting, contact Ron Danowski at the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Division of Workforce Solutions, (608) 266-7406, email Ron.Danowski@dwd.state.wi.us.

If you have special needs such as an interpreter or written materials in large print, please contact Gloria Kirchoff at (608) 267-2191, email Gloria.Kirchoff@dwd.state.wi.us. Text phone users should use the Wisconsin Telecommunications Relay System (WTRS); dial 711 to request assistance.

Governor’s Council on Workforce Investment

Where: K.F. Bemis Conference Center
St. Norbert's College
100 Grant Street
De Pere, WI 54115-2099
Phone: (920) 403-4000 Date: Friday, September 16, 2005 Time: 9:00 am

Meeting Schedule

9:00 am to 10:00 am            System Ad Hoc Milwaukee/SE WI Committee
10:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.       Workforce Strategies Committee Meeting
                               Workforce System Development Committee Meeting 
11:45 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.       Lunch
12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.        Full Council Meeting

Full Council Meeting Agenda

  1. Call to Order and Minutes of June 3 and March 4, 2005 Meetings (For Action)
  2. Presentations
    1. Advanced Manufacturing Solutions- WI Technical College System
      • Overview of Initiative - Bill Rockwell, Waukesha County Technical College http://www.wtcsystem.edu/initiatives/advmfg
      • I am Wisconsin Manufacturing Marketing Proposal - Kyle Schwarm, WTCS Statewide Marketing and Sandra Duckett, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
    2. Update on Northeast WI Coalition on the Regional Economy (New North) Cheryl Welch - Fox Valley WDB, Jim Golembeski - Bay Area WDB, Kathi Siefert-NE Regional Economic Partnership
    3. Biennial Budget Update - JoAnna Richard, DWD Executive Assistant
  3. Committee Reports
    1. Executive Committee Report (For Information)
      1. Executive Committee Actions - Chair Paul Linzmeyer
        • CWI Report to the Governor
        • GROW Region by Region Grants
      2. Bridges to Work (MIG) Subcommittee Report - Representative Zepnick
      3. Dislocated Worker Subcommittee Report - Jim Haney/Phil Neuenfeldt
    2. Workforce Strategies Committee Report - Dean Welch
    3. Workforce System Development Committee Report - Tina Koehn
  4. Liaison's Report -- Sue Gleason
  5. Adjournment

All individual Committee and Full Council meeting materials are available on the CWI web site at http://www.wi-cwi.org/

The next full CWI meeting is December 9, 2005 at the Concourse Hotel in Madison.

This is a public meeting and the meeting location is handicapped accessible. If you have special needs such as an interpreter or written materials in an alternative format, please contact Gloria Kirchoff at (608) 267-2191 or email Gloria.Kirchoff@dwd.state.wi.us. If you have questions about the Full Council meeting please contact Sue Gleason at (608) 266-0522.

Governor’s Council on Workforce Investment

Workforce System Development Ad Hoc Committee (Milwaukee)
Friday, September 16, 2005
9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Bemis Conference Center
St. Norbert College
100 Grant Street
De Pere, WI 54115
Phone (920) 403-4000

Agenda:

1. Approval of June 27, August 8 and August 24, 2005 Meeting Minutes

2. Review UWM Status Report

3. Discuss Ad Hoc Committee Status Report: Action Item

For further information, contact Committee staff: Linda Williamson, telephone (608) 261-6394, E-mail: linda.williamson@dwd.state.wi.us

If you have other special needs such as assistance to access materials in an alternate format including large print, or you need an interpreter, please contact Gloria Kirchoff: gloria.kirchoff@dwd.state.wi.us, or call her at (608) 267-2191. If you have any questions call Linda Williamson at (608) 261-6394.

Governor’s Council on Workforce Investment

Workforce Strategies Committee Meeting
Friday, September 16, 2005
10:00 – 11:45 AM

Bemis Conference Center
St. Norbert College
100 Grant Street
De Pere, WI 54115
Phone (920) 403-4000

Agenda

I. Welcome and opening remarks. Approve minutes from March 4, 2005; June 3, 2005 and July 20, 2005 meetings

II. Immediate Next Steps from ‘Sequencing’ Document

III. GROW Grant

IV. Discussion of Career Education Summit

V. Committee next steps and future meeting dates

For questions about the meeting, please contact Bea Jay Panke, DWD Job Service Bureau, at (608) 266-1895 or email beajay.panke@dwd.state.wi.us. If you have special needs requests such as an interpreter or written materials in large print, please call Gloria Kirchoff at (608) 267-2191, or email your request to gloria.kirchoff@dwd.state.wi.us. Text phone users should dial 711 to request assistance from the Wisconsin Telecommunications Relay System. If you have any questions about this committee, call Bea Jay Panke at (608) 266-1895.

Governor’s Council on Workforce Investment

Workforce System Development Committee
Friday, September 16, 2005
10:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Bemis Conference Center
St. Norbert College
100 Grant Street
De Pere, WI 54115
Phone (920) 403-4000

Agenda

1. Approval of the July 28, 2005 Minutes - - For Action

2. Status Report of Ad Hoc Committee- - For Action: Thomas Burse

3. DWD Items on Job Center Services Standards and Outcomes Workgroup and Comprehensive and Satellite Job Center Site Workgroup: Connie Colussy

4. WIA Reauthorization: Wisconsin Association of Job Training Executives (WAJTE) and Connie Colussy

5. Committee Action Steps and Priorities

6. Executive Committee Report: Tina Koehn

7. Discussion of Progress Report on WD Credentialing Grant (Connie Colussy), Baldrige Express Grant and State Interagency Team (Sue Gleason)

For further information, contact Committee staff: Linda Williamson, phone (608) 261-6394, E-mail: linda.williamson@dwd.state.wi.us

If you have other special needs such as assistance to access materials in an alternate format including large print, or you need an interpreter, please contact Gloria Kirchoff: gloria.kirchoff@dwd.state.wi.us, or call her at (608) 267-2191.

Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council

Council Members: Please bring your calendars to schedule future meetings.

Council Web Site: http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/uibola/uiac/

Date: Friday, September 16, 2005
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Place: AFSCME Building
8033 Excelsior Dr.
Madison, WI

1. Opening Remarks – Greg Frigo

POTENTIAL ACTION ITEMS

2. September 1, 2005 Minutes (Blue)

3. Bill Lee – UC Express

4. Department Law Change Proposal D05-64: Use Reed Act funds for IT projects in FFYs 2006 and 2007.

5. Department Law Change Proposal D05-65: Use Reed Act funds for general UI administration in FFYs 2006 and 2007.

6. Department Rule Change Proposal DWD 129: Amend to clarify weeks of backdating to be allowed.

7. Labor and Management Law Change Proposals

8. Future Meetings Discussion

9. Caucus

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS

10. Letters to the Council (White) - Tom Smith

11. Financial Statements (Goldenrod)

This location is handicap accessible. If you have other special needs (such as an interpreter or written materials in large print), please contact Robin Gallagher, Phone: (608) 267-1405, Unemployment Insurance Division, Bureau of Legal Affairs, P.O. Box 8942, Madison, WI 53708. Hearing and speech impaired callers may reach us at the above phone number through WI TRS (or TDD/Voice Relay 1 800 947 3529.)

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