Dear DFA Members: Several years ago, management of the UCRS investment portfolio was handled very successfully in-house at UCOP for about $5M a year. Management was transferred to a private outside organization at the urging of some Regents, notably Gerald…
The Nominating committee has selected the following slate of candidates to fill Davis Faculty Association Board positions as listed below with the following code (C – continuing for one more year; RE – re-elect for 2-year term; E – elect…
To DFA Members: DFA and CUCFA meeting with UCOP Human Resources to discuss changes to employee health benefits. Request for your input. The Chair of the Davis Faculty Association, Ian Kennedy, Myrna Hays, Executive Director of the DFA, Craig Flanery,…
The DFA Board has discussed the DPSS and its implementation. Our concerns and suggestions are contained within the statement that has been sent to the Chair of the Academic Senate and to the Executive Committees of the Colleges. We have…
As many of our members probably know, over the past few years a number of groups have been working to develop family-friendly policies. At the systemwide level, The “UC Faculty Family Friendly Edge” (an initiative funded by the Sloan Foundation…
The Board of the DFA has recently considered an analysis of the UC salary scale and recommendations by the system wide CAP (please see the link to the original document www.universityofcalifornia.edu We find the statistics disturbing in terms of the…
by Ian Kennedy, DFA Chair On Monday 29th January, representatives of the Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) met with representatives of the Human Resources Department of the UC Office of the President in Oakland. CUCFA was represented by its…
(crossposted from ) February 9, 2007 Dear Judy: We agreed at our meeting on January 29 that you would send CUCFA the agenda materials for the February 9 meeting of the UC Faculty Welfare Committee and ask Chair Susan French’s…
Recent actions by the campus to provide your personal tax information to a private company without your consent have raised concern that has resulted in some attempts by our Administration to mollify the faculty. The Board of the DFA believes…
