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September 8, 2008 

 

 

Union Notices

 

 

Union’s First Anniversary Celebration Sept 19! Volunteers Needed

Two Vacancies Remain on the Interim Council

Nominations Sought for Finance Committee

Please Give Us Your Feedback and Contributions

Union Contacts

Get Active Action Center – Give the IFPTE Feedback

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Union’s First Anniversary Celebration Sept 19! Volunteers Needed

Mark your calendars!  The GAO Union will be hosting a party on Friday, September 19, 2008 to celebrate the anniversary of the union's start one year ago.  We hope to have the celebration simultaneously in HQ and every field office.   We will be coordinating the plans in the next week and welcome any volunteers who can help.  Please contact Gina Hoffman (757-552-8203 or hoffmang@gao.gov) if you have any ideas and suggestions or can help with the activities. 

 

 

Two Vacancies Remain on the Interim Council

We still have two vacancies on the Interim Council, one for the Hispanic Diversity representative and another for the HQ Staff Office Analysts representative. An application for the Hispanic Diversity Representative has been submitted.  According to the Interim Council’s election rules, if we do not receive any further applications for this position by 8 p.m. eastern time September 9, the current applicant will be seated as the new Hispanic Diversity representative.  Anyone interested in applying for either of these positions should notify Elections Committee Chair Todd Anderson (andersontd@gao.gov).  

 

 

Nominations Sought for Finance Committee

The Interim Council is still seeking volunteers for the Finance Committee.  The committee’s primary responsibilities will include monitoring the union’s finances, preparing annual budgets, and providing reports to the Interim Council and/or its successor, the Assembly.  Ideally, we would like the committee to have nine members, five who are members of the Interim Council (IC) and four Bargaining Unit (BU) Members.  We still need to fill two IC positions and two BU positions. If more members apply for either the IC or BU positions than what remain open, the IC will vote to select members. 

 

If you are interested in serving on the committee, please send an e-mail to Elections Committee Chair Todd Anderson (andersontd@gao.gov) indicating that you are nominating yourself for a position on the committee. You may also include a statement about why you are seeking the position, but it is not required.  If you have any questions about the committee, please contact Kristi Karls (karlsk@gao.gov).

 

 

Please Give Us Your Feedback and Contributions

The Communications Committee would like your feedback regarding articles you'd like to see, questions you'd like answered, or any other suggestions!  Please send your feedback to Charlie Willson (willsonc@gao.gov).  If you would like the next Communiqué to include a Union-related announcement or the time and place of a Union-related meeting, please forward the information to Lise Levie (leviel@gao.gov) by 6 p.m. ET on Thursday, September 11, to be considered for next week's Communiqué.

 

 

Union Contacts

If you have questions or comments, or need assistance from the Union, please email your Interim Council Representative.  You can also send questions and comments to ICquestions@gaoanalysts.org.

 

Members of the bargaining unit are welcome to observe Interim Council meetings, either in person or by phone.  In addition, members are invited to submit or share thoughts at the beginning of the meeting. Please contact your representative or another member of the IC for more details, including the call-in number for those who cannot attend in person. The Interim Council meets each Wednesday at 3:30 PM ET in room 2T59.

 

 

Get Active Action Center - Give the IFPTE Feedback

As we get more volunteers, we have better ideas. To assist Analysts in advancing their rights and representation within GAO, IFPTE has developed an advocacy tool to allow Analysts to provide feedback to the Union. GAO Analysts are encouraged to sign up for the Action Center if they haven’t already done so.

 

 


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