By Ronnie Grant on Sunday, January 31, 2010

CSUEU leaders throughout California will be attending our regional forums on the budget, furloughs, layoffs, and how to best prepare for FY 2009-2010.

Peggy O'Neil-Rosales and Chapter 315 is hosting the southern forum on Feb. 13 at CSU Long Beach, and Nancy Kobata and Chapter 309 is hosting the central forum on March 13 at CSU Fresno.

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By Ronnie Grant on Friday, January 29, 2010

Below is a condensed version of Pat Gantt's report from the Budget Task Force meeting:

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From: Gantt, Pat
Sent: Tue 1/19/2010 2:09 PM
Subject: Budget Task Force Report
 
January 19, 2010
TO: CSUEU Board Members

I assembled a small budget task force of key committee chairs and officers to get some things started.  Below is a report of what we covered and started some work on.  I now ask that the Organizing, Communications, Legislative, Bargaining and Finance committee chairs share this with their committees for feedback.  The main goal is to provide and to collect as much information as we can.  There will be a BOD conference call in the near future once I get a copy of a resolution from the Legislative committee regarding the March 4th Public Education Rally.

I am also draft a letter to the Chancellor urging him that the restored funds be used to reduce the need for layoffs or furloughs in the next budget year.  Please let me know if you have any questions, concerns or ideas. Here is the report:

State Budget, furloughs and layoffs as subjects.

Budget Task Force Meeting
January 15, 2010

Attendees: Pat Gantt, Russell Kilday-Hicks, Mike Geck (for Ronnie Grant), Natalie Bremer, Ray Finnell, Michael Hejazi, Teven Laxer, Lois Kugelmass, Brian Young, Phillip Coonley.  Loretta Seva'ataesi was unable to attend.

Next meetings:

Via teleconference: Noon-1pm Monday, February 1.

In-person: February 19, 2010 in Sacramento, 10am - 4pm (location TBA) (Ray Finnell not available for this meeting; he nominated Joe Dobzinsky to sit in for him)

Key Dates/ Events/ Deadlines
        CSU Trustees-January 26-27, March 16-17, May 11-12, July 13
        CSUEU BOD-March 26-27, June 26-27
        CSUEU Lobby Day-April 25-26.
        July 1- New fiscal year and end of current furloughs.
        May 1-Deadline for Layoff notice with July 1 effective date
        March 4th Public Education Rally Statewide

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By Ronnie Grant on Thursday, January 28, 2010

Here's the Policy File Committee agenda for today and tomorrow. They are meeting at CSUEU's HQ in Sacramento.

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By Ronnie Grant on Monday, January 25, 2010

Shortly after 2 p.m. today, CSUEU notified its Board that CSUEU is holding a special meeting of the Board of Dorectors today at 7 p.m. to adopt the resolution below in support of the March 4th day of action in support of California higher education funding.

If you are a Board member or alternate, you should have received an email with details.

The Board meeting is being held by conference call, and is open to all members.

To join the audience, call 800-920-7487 and enter audience conference code 88957427#.

To join the online portion, click here.

Here's the resolution, as received from the Legislative Committee. (Continued...)

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By Ronnie Grant on Sunday, December 27, 2009

From Sr. Communications Specialist John Watson:

As members of SEIU Local 2579, CSUEU members are eligible to apply for the SEIU Scholarship Program on behalf of themselves or their family members. Through five different scholarship programs, SEIU awards 52 scholarships that enable SEIU members and their children to pursue their educational goals at colleges, universities, labor study programs and technical schools. The application period is now open, with applications due by March 1.

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By Ronnie Grant on Saturday, December 19, 2009

Please enjoy the draft minutes (PDF download) from November's Board of Directors meeting.

Minor typo corrections can be submitted to Dayna Ramos. Major changes can be moved by a Board member at the March meeting.

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By Ronnie Grant on Wednesday, December 16, 2009

The date has been set for the next CSUEU Board of Directors meeting. From Dayna Ramos:

To:       All CSUEU BOD members and staff

Based upon feedback from the BOD regarding the March 2010 board meeting, most wanted to keep the original date or either didn’t care.  As a result, here’s the date and location:

            Date:                March 26-28, 2010

            Location:         Holiday Inn Capitol Plaza, Sacramento

As usual, registration will be secured online and I will be sending out the link end of January beginning of February. 

Thank you and have a Happy Holidays!

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By Ronnie Grant on Friday, December 04, 2009

The December member count report is available on The Activist.
 
Login to http://activist.csueu.org/
 
Select the Organizing tab
 
Select File downloads

Select CSEA Member Count Reports (Monthly)
 
Select 2009


Need help logging in? Call John at 866-763-1452.

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By Ronnie Grant on Saturday, November 21, 2009

 

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By Ronnie Grant on Thursday, November 19, 2009

** EXCLUSIVE - You saw it first on Inside CSUEU **

CSUEU's representatives Pat Gantt, Russell Kilday-Hicks, Tessy Reese, Sharon Cunningham, Rich McGee and Janet Gonzales spoke to the CSU Board of Trustees at the Nov. 17 Committee on Collective Bargaining and at the Nov. 18 Plenary Session.

Hear and read their comments here.

Nov. 17 - Committee on Collective Bargaining

Audio mp3, 8 Mb

Live uncorrected transcript

Nov. 18 - Plenary Session

Audio mp3, 25 Mb

Live uncorrected transcript

 

P.S. CSUEU is on Twitter! Follow @CSUEU for breaking updates. CSUEU leaders & activists also follow @InsideCSUEU for insider updates.

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