Current Activities of the DFA

Legislative

Campus

Systemwide

 

Legislative:

The DFA and CUCFA engage in lobbying and monitoring activities in relation to the state funding of the UC budget as well as in regard to legislative bills pertinent to faculty interest. Below are various reports on these activities.

Bills:

    AB 1773 -- Full text of the bill
    End of 1999 Session Report, Oct. 1999
    Legislative Update, February 1999
    Legislative Recap for 1998 
    Bills Introduced for the 1998 Legislative Session
 
UC Budget:

    Faculty COLAs in Jeopardy?
    1999-2000 Budget Highlights Nov. 1998
    May Budget Update (Library Print Collections Funds)
    1997-98 and 1998-99 Budget Overview
    Governor's 98-99 Budget Proposal
    CUCFA Priorities for State Funding for 1998-99

Campus:

The DFA Board identifies issues  on the Davis campus each quarter and/or academic year that are of particular concern to faculty and which fit into the scope of the faculty association. Periodically we present forums on these topics and/or we prepare reports on these issues. See below.

Forums:

    Report: January Intellectual Property Forum
    Intellectual Property Forum, January 2001 [For more re. copyright, see below]
    Merit and Promotion Forum, February 1999
    The effect of computerized teaching on educational quality and faculty welfare -- April 1998 Forum
 
Reports (see News page for email reports):

    Deteriorating UC Research Support
    Semester Conversion -- Done Deal or Shared Governance
 
Issues:
 
    Parking Issue Update, February 1999
    DFA Opposes Parking Fee Increase

Systemwide:

The DFA monitors activity within the University, serving as a watchdog for faculty interests. Reports, copies of communications with UCOP, and newsletter articles dealing with such issues follow:

For additional information about copyright issues, check the following links:

www.ucop.edu/acadinit/copyright/reports/reviewcontext.html

lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/

Issues:
 
    Analysis of Existing Intellectual Property Law and Policy re: AB1773
    Copyright Issues Heat Up at UC
    More on Copyright from CUCFA
    CE Specialists' Parity Pay Issues
    Letter to Pres. Atkinson re. possible merit delay
    Support Domestic Partners' Benefits
   


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