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Greetings and welcome to a new academic year! I would like to take this opportunity to introduce the new Classified Council board: Merrilee Ahaus, Vice President; Vivian Darakjian, Secretary; Patricia Chamroonrat, Treasurer; and Alen Andriassian, Pam Boehret, Wendy Grove, Gretchen Smart and Hoover Zariani, Members-at-Large. We will endeavor to work as hard as the previous board and keep the GCC campus alive with fun events and fundraising efforts. The new academic year got off to a fine start with a successful Classified Institute Day on August 29, 2005. The cafeteria did a marvelous job catering to the hungry hordes of classified staff. A big thank you must also go to CSEA, the Foundation, and Staff Development for all the assistance they gave in putting this show on the road. Thanks also go to Merrilee Ahaus for all the venue and food coordination and to Pam Boehret, Patricia Chamroonrat, Vivian Darakjian and Jason Dorff for publicity. Special thanks to Professor Eric Johnston, who was the coordinator for the keynote speaker, and to Nidal Kobaissi, CSEA president, for all their hard work. The very talented magician, Whit Haydn, five time winner of Hollywood’s Magic Castle “Magician of the Year” award, put on a great show. His performance was extremely entertaining, and the audience was enthralled from start to finish. Unfortunately on that same day, Hurricane Katrina made landfall, resulting in death and destruction that will haunt this country for years to come. Classified Council will be joining forces with ASGCC in fundraising efforts. Please support this worthy cause. Any donation, no matter how small, will help. I would like to remind everyone that it is time to submit your membership dues, if you have not already done so. There has been a slight increase in the annual fee to $7.00 (considering today’s gasoline prices, our membership is still a great deal). Member benefits include attending the end-of-the-year Classified Picnic at no extra charge, receiving a discount for the annual Holiday Party, and sponsoring student scholarships. In June 2005, we gave scholarships totaling $1350 to three very deserving GCC students, Arbi Davodiansnobar, Tagui Nazaryan, and Vilen Khachatryan. Please visit our web site at www.glendale.edu/classifiedcouncil and complete the membership form online! I warmly invite everyone, including faculty, to join. We always look forward to seeing you at our monthly meetings. The October meeting will be a lecture on the “Day of the Dead.” The presenter, GCC resident Halloween expert Dr. Wendy Fonarow, will lecture on October 27 at noon in AD217. October is also our Tupperware fundraising month, benefiting student scholarships. Further details will be e-mailed as soon as they become available. If I am not a familiar face to you on campus, please feel free to stop by SR310 and introduce yourself. If you have any suggestions for activities that the council can sponsor, please e-mail me at kitc@glendale.edu.& |
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