The DFA Board has filed a formal objection to a proposal by the UC Administration to delay the payment of salary increases associated with academic merit and promotion actions until the Governor and the Legislature have approved a State budget for the current fiscal year, at which time the increases would be paid retroactively. Such policy revision is proposed for inclusion in the APM. DFA Chair Charles Nash argues that since the sum of money involved is a tiny fraction of its annual State appropriation, UC should be able to cover the costs of the merit/promotion actions during the budget process in the same way that the range-adjusted, pre-merit/promotion salary of a faculty member is paid without deferral of any kind.