CCFT Newsletter 10-01

WELCOME We're very happy to welcome the following faculty to the CCFT family. We await the rest of you who have not yet joined!

Richard Andrus	Engineering and Technology	Temp	Jodi Meyer	Mathematics	Reg
Thomas Baasch	Engineering and Technology	Temp	Barbara Miller	Mathematics	Reg
Bruce Badrigian	English	Temp	Leonard Miyahara	Biological Sciences	Temp
Eric Beaton	Engineering and Technology	Temp	Douglas Monteath	Mathematics	Temp
Kathleen Bellefontaine	Cooperative Work Exp	Temp	Jane Morgan	Social Sciences	Reg
Kimberley Blackie	Human Development	Temp	Glenda Moscoso	Business Education	Temp
Danielle Blanchard	Performing Arts	Temp	Janet Murphy	Human Development	Temp
Donna Bower	English	Reg	Sue K. Nash	Fine Arts	Temp
Linda Brady	Counseling	Reg	Amy Olsen	English	Reg
Tricia Bramsen	Human Development	Reg	Donald Olson	Physical Education	Temp
Stephan Cheek	Business Education	Temp	Dwight Panter	Engineering and Technology	Reg
Pete Cocke	Fine Arts	Reg	Kathy Peters	Learning Skills/DSPS	Reg
Lisa Curtis	Learning Skills/DSPS	Reg	Deborah Randolph	Library Services	Temp
Nancy Eufemia Dalman	Biological Sciences	Reg	Regina Reyes-Patrick	Counseling	Reg
Joe DansbyPhysical Education	Temp	Matt Robertson	Mathematics	Reg
Sallee Detomaso	Learning Skills/DSPS	Temp	Tracy Rubert-Hewes	English	Temp
Silsby Eastman	Performing Arts	Temp	Nancy Rucci	Languages and Communications	Temp
Chris Eaton	Human Development	Temp	Jerry Sanfilippo	Mathematics	Temp
Daniel Fahy	English	Temp	David Scott	Fine Arts	Temp
Jan Fetcho	Business Education	Temp	Teresa Silveira-Sherman	Counseling	Temp
Janet Florez-Gutierrez	Counseling	Reg	Lisa Sperow	Social Sciences	Temp
Sue Gin	Physical Education	Temp	Jeff Stein	Student Development	Temp
Randy Gold	Social Sciences	Reg	Cindy Stever	Counseling	Temp
Susan Gossard	Counseling	Temp	Carla Swift	Languages and Communications	Temp
Frank Ha	Social Sciences	Reg	Katy Tomes	Learning Skills/DSPS	Temp
Frans Henket	Engineering and Technology	Temp	Antonia Torrey	Nursing/Allied Health	Reg
Karen Hiatt	Business Education	Temp	Mary Touton	Physical Sciences	Temp
Nicole Keeley	Counseling	Temp	Joseph Vasta	Mathematics	Reg
Alisa Klinger	English	Reg	John Veres	Biological Sciences	Reg
John Knutson	Performing Arts	Reg	Gary Villa	Engineering and Technology	Reg
David Krause	Biological Sciences	Temp	Donald Volle	Mathematics	Temp
Victor Krulikowski	Social Sciences	Reg	Ken Ward	Physical Sciences	Temp
Pete Lagomarsino	Engineering and Technology	Reg	Bree Williams	Performing Arts	Reg
Rona Lee	Business Education	Temp	Cynthia Wilshusen	Business Education	Temp
Greg Lewis	Mathematics	Reg	Anne Wolf	Human Development	Temp
Catherine Machado	Counseling	Temp	Jane Wooding	Biological Sciences	Temp
Mechelle Medhurst	Physical Education	Temp	And one more faculty member who wishes to remain anonymous		Reg

Periodically, the Federation has sent out an information sheet to members to let them know how their dues are distributed. Now, since we have fee-payers as well as members, we thought this would be a good time to send out this information again.

In case there's any confusion, your fees/dues go only to the categories listed below. CCFT does not donate any of your money to political candidates, political issues, or charities (except student scholarship funds). And speaking of scholarships, CCFT has just begun the CCFT Lenore Erickson Scholarship through Cuesta's Foundation (As a side note, the Federation initiated a student scholarship at the request of a faculty member seeking religious objection to supporting a labor organization). We are very excited about this new scholarship and encourage faculty to make a donation to it in honor of an esteemed faculty member. The Executive Board has approved a motion to make the first donation, $500, to kick off the fund.

If you have had any questions about where your money goes, we hope the information provided answers those questions. If not, give me a call.

	Based on the Median Salary of Faculty
	Temporary	Permanent
Per semester:	$6344
Per year:		$63,412
Monthly Dues/Fees to CCFT:	$12.69	$63.41
Monthly dues: To AFT:	$2.74	$10.95
To CFT:	$2.97	$23.77
To California Labor Federation:	$.47	$.47
To Tri-Counties Central Labor Council:	$.20	$.20
To AFT Occupational Liability Insurance:	$1.00	$1.00
To CFT Raoul Teilhet Scholarship Fund:	$.20	$.20
Left over for CCFT to do the things it needs to do	$5.11	$26.82

A commemorative event honoring those who lost their lives on Sept 11 You and your family hear of a tribute to the 6000+ people who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. You decide you want to attend this event, which is to take place on November 25. What will your experience be like on that Sunday after Thanksgiving, after a family holiday filled with love and gratitude?

By car, you will arrive at one of the three performances of this tribute - either in Atascadero, San Luis Obispo, or Arroyo Grande, California. There you will find a long line of people, dressed as they were the morning they innocently said goodbye to their children, grabbed their New York Times, or cup of Starbucks and went to work. You will see them standing along the sidewalk - spreading out over a four-mile stretch of roadway -- executives, secretaries, maintenance workers, firefighters, flight attendants... Details at http://www.standingforamerica.com

This note serves as an introduction and a call for involvement in the process of resolution of important faculty issues. Read on...:) I thought this might be a good time to introduce myself as your CCFT Grievance Officer. I am truly excited to have this opportunity to represent you. Still, recognizing the position that I am in, my true hope is that you will not need me!!! :) In my role as Grievance Officer I will be interpreting contract and making sure that process has been followed whenever there is a concern presented by a faculty member. My intent will be to gather facts, interpret the information appropriately, and make recommendations for resolution. My desire is to effectively manage conflicts in hopes of avoiding any adversarial battles, stress and/or anxiety for both the faculty member and the district. I seek to promote individual responsibility for not only recognition of the conflict but for active pursuit of solutions to that conflict. I don't want to look at conflict as a problem but to see it and manage it as an opportunity for positive change, growth, improved understanding, and communication. This approach, I believe can help us to promote resolution in a quick and satisfying way for all concerned.

However, if it is determined that process has been compromised or the contract has been violated, then it might be appropriate for a grievance to be filed. This is some-thing I can do on your behalf. First and foremost, I am here for you. If you feel that the contract is not being followed in relation to your position, or you have a problem or concern you need to share and you just want to talk to somebody, or you have a question about a faculty issue as it relates to the contract, please do not hesitate to contact me. I want to know your concerns and find a way to help resolve the issue fairly in the hope that we need not take it to a grievance level. I ask only one thing of you. Get to know your union contract. It outlines your responsibilities and benefits of being a faculty member at Cuesta College. On another note: if you are interested in serving on the Grievance Committee, please let me know. This is an opportunity for us to come together as colleagues to discuss important faculty issues, encourage creative remedies, and make recommendations for change. I am pleased to be able to work with you at this level.

Regards,
Karen 546-3100, X2354
Office location: Student Center, Building 5300, SLO Campus

CCFT WEB SITE RELOCATES
by Ralph Sutter

The CCFT web site has moved. It now has its own domain name and can be found at www.ccft.org.
On the site, you will find the complete internally hyperlinked 1999-2002 contract including

• all salary schedules
• the peer evaluation process
• the grievance process
• the intellectual property rights agreement
• an improved search engine for the web

In addition to the contract, the site also contains

• timely announcements on CCFT activities
• CCFT's reopeners for the upcoming contract
• the District's reopeners for same
• archives of previous CCFT newsletters
• instructions on how to subscribe to the CCFT members listserv

Clicking on Links will bring you to a page with links to

• a search engine for all bills before the California Legislature and their status
• contact information for Governor Davis and state legislators
• the CCFT Executive Board
• the San Luis Obispo Community College District Board of Trustees

Stop by the Campus Equity Week table on the SLO campus this week to support our part-time faculty.

Congratulations to our two new liaisons to the Executive Board from the Council of Representatives: Mark Turner (Math) and Vicki Bursey (English). Thanks to all the candidates who ran and to the Council Reps who voted. And my deep thanks goes to Stacy Bushey and Jim West, who leave the Board after several years of faithful service.

CCFT Executive Board
Marilyn Rossa, President
Matthew Fleming, Vice-president
Mark Tomes, Secretary-Treasurer
Karen Robert, Grievance Officer
June Henry, Part-time Faculty Chair
Ralph Sutter, COPE Chair and CCFT Webmaster
Vicki Bursey, Council of Reps Liaison
Mark Turner, Council of Reps Liaison
Dennis Baeyen, Ex-officio (Academic Senate President)

If you would like to write an article for future newsletters, please contact the editor. We would welcome it!