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Hosting the Spring 2010 AGEL Conference

April 22, 2010

On May 21-23, the TAA will be hosting on campus the 2010 conference of the Alliance of Graduate Employee Locals (AGEL). AGEL is the grouping of all the AFT-affiliated grad student worker union locals, like the TAA, from all around the country.

At the conference, we will have workshops, plenary discussions and presentations, and education sessions to help grad unionists grow as leaders in the grad student worker labor movement. Some topics include "Struggles & Victories of Grad Unions in 2009-2010" and "Campus-Community-Union Relationships." AGEL is always a great time, with dozens of grad unionists from all over. We definitely hope you'll join us for what is shaping up to be a great conference. With any questions about the conference, drop us an email.

To register for the 2010 AGEL conference, click here.

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Final General Membership Meeting of the Year: May 3rd

April 21, 2010

We will hold our final General Membership Meeting of the academic year on Monday, May 3rd, starting at 5:30 PM (location TITU). You can RSVP for the GMM here.

At the GMM, we will address a few required items of unions business:

- Adopting the proposed budget for the coming fiscal year
- Handling officer stipends for the completed academic year
- Officially opening ballot for officer positions for next academic year

We will also address two other important topics:

- Hosting the AGEL conference
- Bargaining Update

The agenda for this GMM is yet to be finalized, but you can expect that it will look something like this. At the GMM, we will have (vegan-friendly) food and beverages.

Here's a quick explanation of the items of union business:

Nominations for officer elections will be closing on April 30th and at this meeting, our Elections Committee will begin distributing paper ballots. Voting takes place over the two weeks following the meeting.

We will also handle stipends for our current year's officers.

The major item will be adoption of our 2010-2011 budget. Our Finance Committee has prepared a budget that will be brought to the GMM by the Executive Board and the Finance Committee as a motion on the floor. Of particular importance in adopting a budget is making an allocation for an organizing drive during next academic year.

If you have any questions about the GMM, please drop an email to our Co-Presidents Katie Lindstrom and Peter Rickman.

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Vote Now: No New Seg Fees!

April 12, 2010

Fellow Grad Student Workers:

Today is the day and now is the time to vote No New Seg Fees!

Segregated fees are already over $1,000 per year. The seg fee increase referendum would hike them another 10%.

Click here to go to the ASM website, on which you can cast your vote against the seg fee increase referendum. Voting commences at 8 AM on Monday, April 12 and closes at 5 PM on Wednesday, April 14.

The TAA membership democratically decided to endorse a “no” vote on this referendum. When we endorsed a “no” vote, we also decided to build a campaign to oppose the referendum. Our No New Seg Fees! campaign has mobilized TAA members, graduate students, and undergraduate students in common cause around a shared concern of runaway seg fee increases. Now, we need you to join the campaign by voting “no” on the seg fee increase for a new Natatorium.

Voting down the seg fee increase referendum will save us money and send a message that we cannot afford any more new seg fees. This is your opportunity to make your voice heard on segregated fees. Today is the day and now is the time to vote No New Seg Fees!

Click here to cast your vote against the seg fee increase referendum.

Then, send along an email to your classmates, co-workers, and those in your department so that they take action along with you to vote “no.”

Also in ASM elections: Two TAA members are running for ASM Grad Student Council in the student government elections as well. We encourage you to vote for Michael Childers and Joseph Kuo.

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