By Ronnie Grant on Tuesday, July 28, 2009

A Special Meeting of the CSUEU Statewide Organizing Committee is scheduled for 4 p.m. on 8/1. Details in the agenda.

By Ronnie Grant on Monday, July 13, 2009

The agendas are not posted for the July 21 Board of Trustees meeting at the Chancellor’s Office in Long Beach.

Of note: the Committee on University and Faculty Personnel will amend Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations to authorize furloughs for non-represented (MPP and Confidential) employees, and the Committee on Finance will increase the state university fee.

This note was posted on the website:

Beginning July 21st 2009, you will be able to listen to a live audio stream of the Board of Trustees meeting. Only the public open sessions will be available.

I’m looking forward to the live audio stream.

By Ronnie Grant on Thursday, July 09, 2009

On July 7, I appeared before the CSU Board of Trustees to call on them to place the audio of their meetings - both live and recorded - online so everyone can participate in the governance of the CSU.

Listen to my comments: MP3, 228K download

The voice you hear after me is the Chair responding to my comments; the audio was recorded using a pocket recorder on the public speaker's podium, and did not record the Chair's response very well. On July 9, I made a request to the Trustee Secretary to obtain a copy of the CSU's official audio recording to the meeting. When I receive that recording, it will be posted here.

By Ronnie Grant on Thursday, July 02, 2009

Results from the June 28 elections for Officers and Bargaining Unit Councils:

President
Pat Gantt, Chico
 
Vice President for Finance
Loretta Seva'aetasi. San Francisco
 
Vice President for Organizing
Ronnie Grant, Northridge
 
Vice President for Representation
Russell Kilday-Hicks, San Francisco

 

 

BU2
Chair:                Tessy Reese, San Diego
Vice Chair:        Pam Robertson, Sacramento
At-Large:           Vicki Baingul, San Francisco
                           Lori Williams, SLO
                           Kathleen Cole, San Bernardino
                           Lisa Bush, Los Angeles
                           Lynn Barba, Fullerton
                           Corina Carpiet, Long Beach
 
BU5
Chair:                Sharon Cunningham, San Diego
Vice Chair:        Richard Berry, San Bernardino
At-Large:           Michael Chavez, Stanislaus
                           Dan Williams, SLO
                           John Adame, Bakersfield
                           Angel Melendez, Fresno
                          Jerry Saner, Humboldt

BU7
Chair:                Annel Martin, San Bernardino
Vice Chair:        Michael Brandt, San Luis Obispo
At-Large:           Linda Nunez, Los Angeles
                           Rocky Sanchez, Pomona
                           April Webster, San Diego
                           Gilbert Villareal, San Jose 
                           George Ball, Monterey Bay
                           Dawn McCulley, Stanislaus

BU9
Chair:                Rich McGee, San Bernardino
Vice Chair:        Alisandra Brewer, Sonoma
At-Large:           Stephen Tillinghast, Humboldt
                           Michael Reeder, Fullerton
                           Roy Park, Channel Islands
                           Matthew Black, Long Beach
                           Gus Leonard, Monterey Bay
                           Christina Valero, San Francisco

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By Ronnie Grant on Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Final CSUEU General Council election results...

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By Ronnie Grant on Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Results for the Chapter 317 run-off for Unit 7 and 9 representatives.

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By Ronnie Grant on Thursday, May 21, 2009

Election results - final preliminary results.

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By Ronnie Grant on Friday, May 15, 2009

General Council ballots must be received at CSUEU, 1108 O Street, Suite 500, Sacramento, CA 95814 no later than 5:00 pm this coming Wednesday. Ballot tabulation will begin at 5 pm and continue until 7 or so then continue at 8 am the next day.

Preliminary (subject to audit and verification) results will be announced at twitter.com/insidecsueu and on this blog every 2 hours or so.

Your ballot tabulation team: Nancy Kobata, Diana Balli, Russell Kilday-Hicks and Tom Alden. Ballot counting is open to observers.

Chapter 317 run-off ballots for Unit 7 and Unit 9 are due 5 pm on Thursday; these ballots will be tabulated after 5 pm on Thursday.

Questions about elections? Call 866-763-1452 and ask for Dayna.

By Ronnie Grant on Tuesday, May 12, 2009

CSUEU and CSU agreed to extend the contract, which was scheduled to expire June 30, 2009, to instead expire on June 20, 2011. The terms of the contract remain unchanged. The parties also agreed to form a Labor-Management Committee to discuss compensatoin strategies, and to end the FY 2008/2009 salary reopener.

Check out the Bargaining News, and here you can download the full text of the agreements.

By Ronnie Grant on Friday, May 08, 2009

Here is CSUEU's proposed budget for 2010-2012. In June, the CSUEU Board may approve this budget for presentation and final adoption by CSUEU's GC delegates in September.