Dear UFCT Member: I am pleased to announce that the UFCT will be hosting our third annual “ARPT Forum” on Friday, September 7th, from 10:00 to [no later than] 3:00. This year’s forum will again be held at ‘Anima Italian Bistro’, 458 Myrtle Avenue (between Washington and Clinton), 718-422-1122. Article XVI: Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure (ARPT) is the “due process” article of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) we have w/the Pratt Administration; the ‘h

The second annual ARPT (Committees on Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure) forum will be held on September 10, 2010 from 10-2 at Anima, an Italian restaurant located at 458 Myrtle Avenue, between Waverly and Washington (on the south side of Myrtle). Please RSVP to Kye Carbone if you are planning to attend (the restaurant can hold approximately 75 people) at kyecarbone@gmail.com. We will discuss how the ARPT process has played itself out in the past in various d

ARPT: Committees on Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure (see Article XVI of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, available on this website). Last year the UFCT sponsored such a forum for the first time, which was – as based on the many responses we received – a rousing success [over fifty-plus in attendance representing some sixteen Pratt department/areas!] At the close of last year’s event, we agreed that such a forum should become a perennial affair! As