CUCFA Actions Update
This past year has been a busy one for the Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA), the systemwide umbrella organization that the DFA is a part of. As the state’s budget situation has grown worse, CUCFA has spent more time…
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Beer on Us day on Friday 17th at Sudwerk
The Board of the DFA invites you to join us over a beer – or soft drink – at Sudwerk at 4:30pm on Friday the 17th of October. The first drink will be courtesy of the DFA. Please invite your…
Changes to your UCRP benefits administration
The message below, written by CUCFA Vice President Joe Kiskis, is being forwarded to the members of the DFA at the request of DFA Chair Ian Kennedy: ————————— Hi, folks. Attached [PDF], please find the official Senate position on the…
The State of Shared Governance
by Ian Kennedy The following paragraph (p.8) in the annual report on The State of Shared Governance by UC Senate Chair, Michael Brown, was spotted by a DFA member. We share it below with our bold highlighting added. Some of…
Information about HCRA and COBRA accounts
UCOP continues to make changes to our benefits programs. See the notice below that was received by CUCFA. Begin forwarded message: Re: Administration of Flexible Spending Accounts and COBRA Administration. For your information, the University of California is assessing proposals…
CUCFA letter to Yudof on Natural Reserve System
Earlier this year the DFA and CUCFA (Council of UC Faculty Associations) apprised President Yudof of our concerns about the proposed changes to management of the UC natural reserve system. CUCFA sent him a letter expressing our concerns. We have…
Business Week article: For Leaders, Colleges Turn to Business
You may be interested in the Business Week article below about corporatization of higher ed, which includes commentary from UC Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau. The article is available at
UC payroll
by Terence Murphy, DFA Board member You probably received the e-missive from Office of the President on the comparison of the 2006 and 2007 budgets. I thought that the analysis was incomplete, not including the relative increases in the various…
UC Outsourcing Management of UCRP
UC has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) that asks for bids to manage our Defined Benefits program. This has been managed up until now from UCOP in Oakland. It indicates that privatization of the functions of UCOP continues. The…
Yudof Responds to DFA
Ian Kennedy today received a letter from President Mark Yudof in response to our communication about the results of the DFA survey on the direction of UC Davis. He expressed appreciation of our willingness to share our opinions about the…