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Also look for news on the CUCFA web site.

2008-2009:

June: An Open Letter to Chair Blum and the Regents
June: Our letter to Senator Yee defending Regental autonomy
June: Discuss the crisis & have a drink on us, Wed. 10th at Sudwerk
June: "Administration Evaluation" Survey Results
June: Report from June 1 State Budget Conference Committee Meeting
May: State Budget, UC Cuts, Autonomy Threatened
October: CUCFA Actions Update
October: Beer on Us Day on Friday, Oct. 17th, at Davis Sudwerk
October: Changes to your UCRP benefits administration
September: The State of Shared Governance

2007-2008:

July: Survey Results Sent to Yudof and Davis Enterprise
June: DFA "Direction" Survey Results
January: New DFA Executive Director
January: Myrna Says Farewell
January: Memo Re: Work Life program
December: Memo Re: Testifying as an expert witness
November: Criteria for Charles P. Nash Prize

2006-2007:

July: Memorial for Charles Presley Nash
April: CUCFA's meeting with UCOP Human Resources re: health benefits
April: DFA Concerns Re: Davis Professorial Salary Scale
March: Board Seeks Input on Family Policies
February: DFA Letter Re: UC CAP Salary Recommendations
February: DFA Chair’s Report on CUCFA meeting at UCOP
February: Letter from CUCFA to Ms. Judith Boyette Re: Final Transfer of LANL Pension Funds
February: DFA Actions re. TALX
February: Winter News Bulletin Overview
November: Did you know that the DFA…
November: Membership and Dues Report
November: Update on Faculty Welfare/UCOP Meeting on Human Resources
November: Retiree Health Benefits
November: 2005-06 Legislative Session Wrap-up

2005-2006:

May: May, 2006 DFA Newsletter
May: Letter to Dan Simmons Re: APM 700-10
March: Horowitz Responds to DFA Letter
March: CUCFA's Legislative Update
February: Letter to Senate Education Committee
January: Meister Letter to Regents Re: Senior Leadership Compensation Plan
November: Letter to Regents Re: Non-Resident Tuition
November: FA Representatives Meet with UCOP Representatives
October: Disability Insurance Issues
October: Memo re. Disability Insurance Choice at Open Enrollment
October: Tuition for non-resident graduate students
October: DFA Opposes Regents Salary Proposal for Administrators and Possible Changes to Faculty Benefit Package
October: CUCFA's 2005 Legislative Activities

2004-2005:

May: DFA Board Slate for May 2005
March: Pension Issues Article Link
February: Public Employee Pension Plans Under Fire
February: Advocacy Survey about UC’s Future
January: DFA Bulletin re. State pension reforms – message from UCOP President Dynes
January: Governor Issues 2005-06 State Budget Proposal
December: FA Representatives Meet with UCOP reps re. UC budget

2003-2004:

May: Letter to Legislators regarding UC Budget
May: Faculty salary increases discussed at Regents’ Meeting
May: News from Sacramento
May: DFA Board Election May 2004
February: DFA Response to Proposed Rec Hall fees increases
February: Web Page Info re. Health Sciences Retirement Proposal
November: Letter to Employee Relations regarding a new proposed consensual relationship policy
November: Report on the UCOP Budget Discussion and FA Government Relations Activity
October: UC Options for Addressing Funding Shortfalls

2002-2003:

June: DFA Grassroots Lobbying re. UC Budget
May: DFA Board Elections
April: Re: Letters to Legislators Concerning the UC Budget
April: Report on UC Budget Discussions
February: Notes from the UC Committee on Faculty Welfare Annual Report
October: Imminent UC Health Plan Changes, Meister

2001-2002:

November Membership Survey: Davis Tenure Committee's Performance
November Budget Update: UC Budget for 2001-02 and 2002-03
April: Lecturer Issue Forum
March: Legislative Report
January: Report on Graduate Education
January: Faculty Response to Privilege and Tenure Memo

2000-2001:

August 2001 Update: Legislative Report
E-mail Report XIV: FA Response to SCPPR Report
May 2001: Board Elections, 2001, Budget Update, COLA Update II, Tobacco
E-mail Report XIV: Information about Long Term Health Care
March 2001: COLA Shift Matters, UC Budget Prospects, New CUCFA Leadership.
E-mail Report XIIIb: Intellectual Property Forum Report
E-mail Report XIII: Intellectual Property Forum, January 16
E-mail Report XII: DFA Response to Dateline article re. AB 1773
E-mail Report XI: Faculty time-clock- punching: proposed regulation APM 025
E-mail Report X: Copyright Protection for Lectures

1999-2000:

May 2000: AB1773, COLAS, Parking Com. Update, Dues, Board Elections.
E-mail Report IX: DCP Retirement Accounts -- Why They Should Be Larger
March 2000: DFA Invites Senate Response to SCAPP:
E-mail Report VIII: DFA Update on LAO Proposed UC Budget Reductions
E-mail Report VII: DFA Report on UC Budget Issues, the LAO Recommendations
    E-mail Report VI: Lecture Notes Legislation
    E-mail Report V: Impact of Governor's 2000-01 UC Budget on Faculty
    E-mail Report IV: Lecture Ownership-Student Notes
    E-mail Report III: Lecture Ownership-Student Notes
    E-mail Report II: Faculty Salaries and Personnel Actions at UCD and other UCs Over Past 20 Years
    E-mail Report I: Faculty Salary Differences Across UC Campuses

1998-99:

May 1999: Budget Update, Year Round Operation, Parking Update, DFA Board Elections, Copyright Update.
February 1999: UC Budget and Faculty COLAs in Jeopardy?, Merit and Promotion Forum, Copyright Issues Heat UP at UC, Deteriorating UC Research Support, News from Sacramento, UCD Parking Fee Issue.
November 1998: What Have You Done For Me Lately II, Legislative Recap for 1998, 1999-2000 Budget Highlights, CUCFA at Oakland on Healthcare, WHA Western Health Advantage.

1997-98:

May 1998: DFA Board Elections Slate,UC Budget Update, Can UC Care Be Saved?, Annuitant Benefits.  
April 1998: Cyber-higher-ed, A conversation with Bryan Miller Chair of the Davis Academic Senate, New FA Lobbyist--Jim Bruner, DFA Board Elections.  
November 1997: DFA Meets with our Assemblywoman Helen Thomson, Ochoa as New UC Regent,  Conversion to the Semester System:  Done Deal or Shared Governance?, UC Budget Update -- 1997-98 and 1998-99, Update on Tenth Campus, What Have You Done For Me Lately?  

1996-97:

May 1997: Legislative Update, CE Specialists' Parity Pay Update, DFA Opposes Merit Pay Delay Plan, DFA Board Elections, CUCFA Selects New Leadership  
March 1997: CE Specialists' Parity Pay Issue, California Speaks, Legislative Analyst's Budget Recommendations , Faculty Workload Issues May Resurface, DFA Meets With Our Senator, What Lies Ahead?

 


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