In which the details from the last month and a half are given, plus a path for moving forward.

Here's the May budget revise for Higher Ed:

http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/Revised/StateAgencyBudgets/6013/agency.html

* The numbers are in thousands, e.g. 2,806,380 = 2.8 Billion.

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CSUEU leadership spoke to the Board of Trustees' Committee on Collective Bargaining yesterday, May 11.

Please enjoy the audio clips of your leadership. Note that the distortion present in the audio comes from the CSU's live feed.

CSUEU Leaders - Committee on Collective Bargaining

• Vera Avevedo, President, Chapter 307
• Michael Brandt, Chair, Unit 7
• Pat Gantt, President
• Russell Kilday-Hicks, Vice President for Representation
• Steve Mottaz, President, Chapter 301
• Tessy Reese, Chair, Unit 2

CSUEU Leaders - Committee on Governmental Relations

• Ronnie Grant, Vice President for Organizing

All public speakers at the Committee on Collective Bargaining

• All public speakers at the Committee on Collective Bargaining (5Mb)

All audio from Day 1 (warning: large files!)

• Day 1 - part 1 (14Mb)
• Day 1 - part 2 (16Mb)
• Day 1 - part 3 (40Mb)

 Sadly, the audio from Day 2 of the Trustees was accidentally lost.

In which the Organizing Committee, in cooperation with the Bargaining Team, present and pass the Stop the Cuts Campaign Plan at a Board of Directors Meeting.  Also, the planning process for a rally at San Jose State University to support layoff bargaining.

Another Board of Trsustees meeting starts tomorrow! The CSU broadcasts the meeting audio live. Click here to listen.

CSUEU leadership will be in attendance at this month's Board of Trustees (BOT) meeting, held at the Chancellor's Office in Long Beach, and will be speaking to the Trustees during public comment periods.

The first open committee of the Board is scheduled for 11 a.m. on May 11. Click here for the schedule (PDF) or look below, and click here for the full agenda packet.

Keep in mind that the schedule may run early or late by as much as an hour.

Open sessions - scheduled times per the CSU

Tuesday, May 11, 2010
11:00 a.m. Committee on Collective Bargaining—Open Session (CSUEU members are scheduled to speak)
11:30 a.m. Committee on Governmental Relations
12:00 p.m. Lunch Break
1:00 p.m. Committee on Finance
1:30 p.m. Committee on Campus Planning, Buildings and Grounds
2:00 p.m. Committee on Audit
2:30 p.m. Committee on Institutional Advancement
3:30 p.m. Committee of the Organization and Rules
4:00 p.m. Committee on Educational Policy

Wednesday, May 12, 2010
8:00 a.m. Committee on Educational Policy (continued)
9:00 a.m. Board of Trustees (CSUEU members are scheduled to speak)

The Board of Directors will be holding a special meeting of the Board by conference call at 7 p.m. this Thursday, May 6 to adopt the draft Stop the Cuts! campaign plan.

Views and perspectives from CSUEU Lobby Day, the San Jose State University rally and The Activist Cookbook, the latest organizing tool for CSUEU.

As members of the Organizing Committee re-examine the committee’s role and move toward a new working model, we’re exploring the very meaning of organizing in today’s labor marketplace. Is it just signing up new members, or is it that and much, much more?

There's a CSUEU Board of Directors meeting this weekend. Details are on the Board page, or check the earlier blog entry.

Follow @insidecsueu for real-time updates on the meeting.

If you attended the CSEA General Council in September, 2009 at the Westin Bonaventure in downtown Los Angeles and used a credit card at a hotel restaurant or thevalet parking, be aware that your credit card information may have been stolen by a hacker.

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