by Bob Meister, President, Council of UC Faculty Associations Professor of Political and Social Thought, UC Santa Cruz (A PDF version of this document is available.) Faculty colleagues have many questions about my open letter to students, “They Pledged Your Read More …
An Open Letter to UC Students From Bob Meister, President, Council of UC Faculty Associations Professor of Political and Social Thought, UC Santa Cruz (A PDF of this document is also available.) As students, you pay tuition in order to Read More …
August 10, 2009 Dear UC President Yudof and President of the Board of Regents Gould, As officers of the Council of University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA) and Chairs of several campus Faculty Associations, we see great value in your Read More …
Report on Regents Meeting Bob Meister President, Council of UC Faculty Associations CUCFA spoke at the July 15 Regents meeting. We called attention to our lawyer’s letter, which says that the Regents would violate their own rules by acting on Read More …
On July 15th, CUCFA President Robert Meister spoke to the UC Regents during the public comment period. Here is the text of that speech: You can’t declare a financial emergency today without violating your own rules. Adopting J1 [the power Read More …
An image of CUCFA’s legal challenge of the legality of the emergency actions the Regents may take July 15th is available [PDF]. The text below was retyped from the linked to image and may have some errors. July 14, 2009 Read More …
On July 13th, CUCFA President Robert Meister sent the following letter to Regents of the University of California. A printable PDF of the letter is available. July 13, 2009 Regents of the University of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th floor Read More …
On June 29th, CUCFA President Robert Meister sent the following letter to the authors of SCA 21 and ACA 24: June 29, 2009 Senator Leland Yee State Capitol, Room 4074 Sacramento, CA 95814 Fax: (916) 327-2186 Re: SCA 21 and Read More …
On June 4th, Joe Kiskis, CUCFA VP of External Relations, sent the following letter to the ten members of budget conference committee: June 4, 2009 Assemblymember Noreen Evans Chair, Budget Conference Committee fax 916-319-2107 Dear Assemblymember Evans, California’s present economic, Read More …
On May 18th, Joe Kiskis, CUCFA VP of External Relations, sent the following letter to members of both the Senate and Assembly Budget Subcommittees on Education: The Council of UC Faculty Associations asks that the Legislature rescind Section 92612.5 of Read More …