Executive Council Elections 2004

The PSU-AAUP Nominations and Elections Committee requests your nominations for the following positions on the 2004-2005 PSU-AAUP Executive Council:

· President
· Vice President for Collective Bargaining
· Four Councilor Positions

The Executive Council is the governing body of the PSU chapter of the AAUP. PSU-AAUP collectively bargains and maintains the contract between PSU and all Academic Professional, Librarians, and Instructional and Research Faculty who are employed at PSU at .5 and above FTE. The contract Covers the terms and conditions of employment, including workload, salary, working conditions, and grievance procedures. The Association also defends the principles of academic freedom, faculty governance, due process, and tenure.

Each position is a two-year term from 2004-2006. Those elected to the Executive Council begin their terms on May 6, 2004. For a position description for the open positions please see the PSU-AAUP constitution. Each position includes a commitment of one weekly lunch meeting (from 12:00-1:00 on Thursdays when classes are in session).

The VP for Collective Bargaining will be released from all duties not directly related to teaching and scholarly endeavor for the 2004-2005 academic year for the purposes of preparing and participating in the negotiations of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. In addition, course releases may be available to Executive Council members for activities performed on behalf of members of the bargaining unit subject to Executive Council approval.

To be eligible, candidates must be full members of PSU-AAUP by the election date on April 15, 2004. A list of all eligible members can be found here (pdf document). We encourage you to nominate yourself.

Nominations are due in the AAUP office by 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 4. You may either send your nominations via email (aaup@psuaaup.net) or you may send them in writing to the AAUP office (mail code AAUP).

If you have any questions about the nominations process, please contact the AAUP office via email at aaup@psuaaup.net or by phone at extension 4414. Also, you can contact members of Nominations and Elections Committee.

Thank you,

Gina Greco, grecog@pdx.edu
Jose' Padin, padinj@pdx.edu
Louise Paradis, paradisl@pdx.edu
Leslie Siebert, siebertl@pdx.edu

PSU-AAUP Nominations and Elections Committee