Greetings,

February 9, 2009

Just a short update, we have reached an agreement in principle on what will be put out to the group for ratification regarding an extension of our current contract. We have just received the proposed language changes and are giving them the final review. This will be completed tomorrow. We are also putting together some documents with historical information that we hope will answer many of the questions you may have regarding the proposal. Those will be posted with the language and a brief cover letter that will include information on the ratification schedule and associated events.

This proposal, if ratified by the membership, will not change the scheduling of the PBS re-ratification vote as prescribed by the current contract, sorry to be redundant on that one point, but we're seeing the question repeated.

Thanks for your patience, you'll see more tomorrow.

Your MEC/LEC Officers