Colleagues:
Annually we elect officers of the Chapter at the closing meeting in May for each of the following elected positions:
- President
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- Vice President-Germantown
- Vice President-Rockville
- Vice President Takoma Park
A list of the faculty who currently hold these positions can be found on the Chapter website, mcaaup.org. If you are interested in running for one of these positions, you must be a dues paying member of the Chapter. If you are interested in nominating a full-time faculty member for one of these positions, that full-time faculty member must be a dues paying member of the Chapter. In either case, please send your nomination(s) via e-mail to Julie Levinson at julie.levinson@montgomerycollege.edu, Counseling Takoma Park/Silver Spring. Full-time faculty members who are paying the service fee are not eligible to serve in any of these positions and they are not allowed to vote at any of our Chapter meetings. If you are not sure whether you are a dues paying member of the Chapter, please send an e-mail to the Chapter Treasurer, Michael Gurevitz at michael.gurevitz@montgomerycollege.edu. I would suggest that you communicate with a faculty member prior to nominating them in order to ensure that they are willing to accept your nomination.
The nominations period is now open and the call for nominations will end at 5:00 pm on Friday, May 4th. On-line voting will begin before the closing meeting and on-site voting at the end of year meeting will also be available to our dues paying members. I will provide you with more information about the voting process in a future e-mail.
Last week we held two faculty meetings for our bargaining unit members and the meetings were well attended. On behalf of the Chapter I would like to thank all of you were able to attend these spirited meetings. Your interest in the Chapter’s well-being, our contractual concerns, and in learning what you can do to assist us as we deal with some serious contractual issues is appreciated. The Executive Committee will be meeting later this week and shortly after that we will be sending out some additional information for those of you who are interested in taking some additional steps in advocating for our Chapter’s rights. I’d ask that you be patient and wait until you receive this information before you make any advocacy phone calls or sending out any letters. It is important that we all send the same consistent message with accurate facts. A talking points document will be included in the information we send you.
Some of you have expressed an interest in reviewing the complaint we filed in Montgomery County Circuit Court and the motion to dismiss that was filed on behalf of the administration. These documents are on the Chapter’s website. Please note that we will be filing a response to the motion to dismiss the lawsuit in the next week or so. In addition, we learned today that our court date has been postponed until 10:00am Tuesday June 15th. The judge who will be hearing our case is Judge McGann. I will provide you all with additional information about the hearing as the hearing date approaches. As I mentioned in our meetings, you are welcomed to attend the hearing and be there to support the Chapter’s attorney as he pleads our case.
Our final meeting of the year will be held at the closing meeting on Wednesday, May 16th at approximately 11:00am. Our full faculty meeting is generally held right after the College’s closing meeting in Globe Hall on the Germantown Campus. I hope to see all of you at this important meeting.
On behalf of the Chapter,
Harry Z.
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