Breaking News

• Get Your Share of Professional Development Funds from Harper College
• Upcoming HCAFA Meetings - Dates for summer 2008 meetings have been set.
• Summer Leadership Academy - IEA conference in Bloomington July 29 - August 1
• NEA Representative Assembly - Ilona Sala to represent HCAFA
• Bylaws changed - Division reps now have two-year terms
• How to Contact Your Division Representative
• How to Join HCAFA - It's simple - we've even provided a sample filled-out form for your edification.

$320 in Professional Development Funds Can Be Yours

June 10 is the absolute deadline. 

Apply immediately if you haven't already.

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Upcoming HCAFA Meetings – Mark your calendars

All members are welcome and encouraged to attend. Meetings are informative and fun!

• Monday June 30, 2008, 3:30 to 5:30
• Monday July 21, 2008, 3:30 to 5:30
• Monday, August 18, 2008, 1:00 to 3:30 – LUNCH will be included

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Summer Leadership Conference (SLA)

IEA is holding its SLA training July 29-August 1 in Bloomington and has many sessions on types of leadership: grievance, bargaining, negotiating funding of health care, and other leaders’ workshops. Join in and these workshops will build a stronger more confident person, teacher, and adjunct. Who knows where such training will lead?

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NEA Representative Assembly

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HCAFA Bylaws Changed

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Contact Your Division Representatives

Here's a list of the division representatives, with email addresses to contact them:

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How to join HCAFA

Joining HCAFA is also easy, a simple matter of filling out a brief form and returning it to HCAFA’s Treasurer, Janice Cutler. The form, however, must be filled out on paper and signed by you to be valid (it cannot be done online).

The sample form below shows the information you must fill out (circled in red) and the optional information (circled in green). Other information asked for on the form (e.g. the “codes” and “dues” in the upper-right-hand box) does not need to be filled in.

We strongly encourage members to choose payroll deduction. If you elect payroll deduction, half the yearly amount ($90.38) will be deducted in March and the other half will be deducted in November. There are no dues in any semester you are not teaching.

It's too late now to get spring dues deducted from the March paycheck, but if you want to join now, you can fill out the form, check payroll deduction (to go into effect in the fall) and send a check for the Spring dues.

To get a copy of the form, contact Janice Cutler in the TMS Division Office (H119) or email her at treasurer@harperadjuncts.org.

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Make Sure That We Have Your Contact Information

Many adjuncts filled out the contact form in the last couple of weeks and we appreciate that greatly.  If you haven't filled one out yet, please do so - we want to keep you informed of important issues like the progress of our own contract negotiations.

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HCAFA Constitution and By-laws

HCAFA's general membership meeting on Monday, November 22, 2004 adopted the proposed constitution and by-laws by a unanimous voice vote.  Follow the link below to see our governing documents:

HCAFA Constitution and By-laws

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Where Can I Get More Information?

• Resources - This is a page listing various flyers HCAFA sent out during its organizing campaign, as well as more recent material (e.g. statements to the Harper College Board).
• Contact Page - Contact us by filling out a web form.
• Old News - Items retired from this page, but which may still be of interest
• Links Page - Websites for various higher education unions in the Chicago area, as well as other related organizations and even a few articles and reports.

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