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CSEA UPDATESpring semester is in full swing and more students on campus are merrier. But with the governor’s proposed budget for next year, things are not looking good, and our hopes for the future with the passage of Proposition 92 were not met. I would like to update the campus community on upcoming events. The invaluable contributions of classified school employees have been honored in California each year since 1986. The third week in May is the Classified Employee Week, and we will celebrate the week with the traditional barbecue and other social events, sponsored by the CSEA and the Classified Council. More information will be coming your way. Thanks to Staff Development for approving the Classified Retreat 2008, which will take place at the Steve Breuer Conference Center in Malibu on April 14-15. The two-day retreat will be during spring break, so many classified employees can attend. Our speakers are Dr. Dawn Lindsay, Lynn McMurrey, Valicia Dantzler, and Matthew Gentile, our labor representative, who will educate us on our contract. On May 22 there will be the Retiree/ Recognition Luncheon, where employees will be honored for years of service to the college. As you know, the John Davitt Award will be given to a classified employee and a manager for their outstanding work. Employees usually are nominated by their coworkers and student workers. The committee is trying to improve the nomination form and procedures for selecting deserving employees. I would like to take this opportunity to ask administrators, managers, faculty and students to nominate classified employees who work in your areas. There is a website under ‘construction’ by Alen Andriassian, where you will find a nomination form and the names of the previous years’ honorees. Lee Ryan Miller, in his article “Tales from the Crypt: Surviving Academic Politics” says, “Often politics in an educational institution revolves around a series of battles between instructors and administrators. In this environment, it is easy to overlook the ‘third estate’—the classified staff. Their power lies in their invisibility and their indispensability. They usually keep quiet and stay out of the political wars. And they usually know where all the bodies are buried.” (CPFA News, Volume 9/Number 1, Fall 2007). Jokes aside, please nominate a classified employee and/or a manager for the John Davitt Award. & In Unity,
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