Dear contributors, We (Suzanne Verderber and Holly Wilson, members of the executive committee and the site’s managers) considered the option of allowing new posts to go directly to the site, un-moderated. But for a few reasons we decided to “mediate” posts. This means that posts from contributors arrive at a queue in our “manager’s window.” We click on these posts and click “publish.” The reasons for this decision are the following: 1. “Spammers” seek out un-moderated sites,

Another proposed removal from the Faculty Contract is the provision for faculty housing. Giving up this long-standing fringe benefit, I understand, is a significant conciliation by the union. I have two questions: One, what did the union gain in negotiations, in return for giving up faculty housing? Two, is the turning over of this real estate to the institute already a "done deal" even before membership consideration of the MOU? Jenny Lee — Click here for the <a xhref="http:

Group Meetings: 2 additional meetings have been scheduled in May for UFCT members to discuss the MOU: Thursday May 8 from 12:30-2 in 110 Engineering (location to be definitively confirmed ASAP) Thursday May 15 from 12:30-2 in 110 Engineering (location to be definitively confirmed ASAP) Invite all members whom you think have not been notified. One-on-One Meetings Kye Carbone (and other negotiating team members as available) will be available for small discussion on May 5, 6, a

I have been posting comments earlier this week on what I thought was the union site becasue I have posted to that site in the past. <http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/mb/ufct1460>. I never received a notice that the union was using a new site with a completely new login requirement. I discovered this site only be reading someone's post to the Forum listserv. As a member of the faculty, I don't understand why it is consistently challenging to communicate via the union's onlin

The document is now on the site. Look to the right and click on Memorandum of Understanding 2007-2011. –Suzanne Verderber

Post The May 1st meeting unfortunately left me with more questions than answers. In part one could blame the format of the meeting, where 75% of the meeting was used up hearing what the Union Officers did during negotiations and how they interpreted the content of the changes. All of this would have been well and good if there had been adequate time to discuss these changes with the rest of the Union membership. From my audience seat there were some profound differences in

Folks, There are two ways of writing in: comments to posts and new posts. I am trying to set things up so that new posts go directly to the website without a middle man (or woman in this case). At the moment, posts get sent to a "middle space" where I, the manager, have to then forward them to the site. The possibility surely exists in this process that I could step in and edit posts. Please trust me for the next 24 hours, until I make the change (I am awaiting instructio

A test to see if posts get published, uncensored. For a side-by-side comparison, see this <a xhref="http://www.pratt-controversial-material.info/" target="_blank">non-union affiliated page</a href>.

Please sign your name to your post within the post itself. Thanks. –Suzanne Verderber