"Infrequent Flyer"
November 29, 1999

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Dear Part-time Faculty Colleague,

AGREEMENT NEWS ­ The new 1999-2000 agreement between MPFA and the District should be officially approved at the December 1 Board of Trustees meeting in Ukiah. From our side of the table, the membership vote was 68-0 in favor of the new agreement. From the comments on the ballots, it looks like many of you were as happy about the 6% salary increase as our negotiators were. The consensus here is that this substantial increase-the second 6% raise in two years-is the result of two factors:

 

1) recognition by the District that part-time hourly rates at MC are too low, and

 

2) increased participation in MPFA.

 

In fact, MPFA officers are inclined to believe that the increase in MPFA dues-paying part-timers (92.7% of us this fall!) has given us a little more bargaining power. As MPFA treasurer Laurie Richards put it, "We must be doing something right." Our thanks to our intrepid negotiating team of Hans Delyser, Penelope Laidlaw, Janet Chaniot (a real veteran!) and CCA representative Alan Frey. In celebration,

 

MPFA Social in Lakeport

Friday, December 3, 5:30 p.m.

@ The Dutch Treat, 150 N. Main Street in downtown Lakeport.

Those who attended last May's social at The Dutch Treat thought it was the year's best!

 

MPFA Review Online (and off!)

You may have noticed that there has been no large-format MPFA newspaper this fall. King Collins has been putting together the MPFA Review since August, and it is readily available-in its continuously updated form, so well suited to on-line publication-at the MPFA website. Current plans are to continue to make it available on the web, and to provide "hard copy" versions at the Lake and Willits centers, and the part-time gang office (room 1167) in Ukiah. This way, you can peruse the articles there, and copy any material you want to keep or pass along to others. The website has been bookmarked on many of our computers, and it accessible from any MC computer with an internet connection. Don't forget that the Review is an interactive medium-your comments and contributions are always welcome! For instance, our negotiators are getting ready for the 2000-2001 talks, and need to hear from you what you think of the latest agreement (full text available at the website, of course), and what you would like to see for next year. We hope you will find this a timely and economical way to get more in-depth coverage of news that affects your professional life as a member of the MC faculty.

 

Review Articles ­ Find out more about AB 420 and our future; the case of Peter Field; Football Coach as top faculty hiring priority; MPFA scholarship winners; Interviews with famous MC folks and more!

 

Executive Board meeting - Monday, December 6, at 1 p.m. in the CTA office, Victory Theatre, 306 S. Main Street, Ukiah. All part-timers are welcome to attend and participate.




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