Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Vote of No Confidence Procedures and Information

APSCUF-KU President, Mike Gambone's 2/20/08 email to faculty:


Colleagues,

The vote of no confidence will be held from 3-5 March 2008. Hours for voting will be from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day. The polling place will be the APSCUF-KU office in 117 Beekey.

All faculty, both union members and fair share members, are eligible to vote.

We will need faculty to serve one-hour shifts to oversee the vote in the Beekey office. Please contact Karen Epting immediately if you wish to volunteer. In order to address the issue of a fair voting process, I would encourage faculty who are opposed to this measure to participate as poll watchers.

Faculty who are on leaves of absence, on sabbatical, or off campus will be sent absentee ballots. They may either return these directly to the APSCUF-KU office or, at their own discretion, vote via email to the APSCUF-KU office.

Faculty whose schedules do not permit them to vote during designated times will be provided absentee ballots upon request.

A meeting for faculty to discuss the vote will be held on Wednesday, 27 February in the Alumni Auditorium (MSU 183) from 3:00 to 5:00.

Mike Gambone

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Will this meeting on 27 February be open to the public, with opportunity to comment in person or in writing?

K. Mahoney said...

Thanks for the question. The meeting on the 27th is for faculty only. Since faculty will be the ones casting votes, this session is meant to provide another opportunity for faculty to ask questions, to comment, and to discuss the issue in more depth.

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