SBCC INSTRUCTORS ASSOCIATION COMPILATION OF MATERIALS RELATED TO ELECTION FORUM, ENDORSEMENTS, AND DISTRICT INTERFERENCE WITH IA COMMUNICATIONS TO MEMBERSHIP
For this past month, the Instructor's Association has experienced difficulty communicating with it's membership in violation to our contract with the district, and arguably in violation of our civil rights. Following is a summary of the events that occurred and the resulting communications that resulted.
IA E-MAIL TO ALL FACULTY (FULL TIME & ADJUNCTS)
9/20/2010
E-mail to all faculty announcing the Forum and IA Board Endorsements.
FORUM FLIER
Flier attached with above e-mail. Flier was physically removed from
SBCC boxes on order of the president.
SBCC ELECTION GUIDELINES
Word document sent by
e-mail campus wide by Sue Ehrlich 9/21/2010.
IA LAWYER RESPONSE TO SBCC
ELECTION GUIDELINES
IA Lawyer 27 page response to violation of IA and District contract allowing the
IA to communicate with it's membership, and also citing other "free speech"
civil rights violations as outlined in SBCC Elections Guidelines sent out by Sue
Ehrlich.
"FREEDOM OF SPEECH" RIGHTS AT SBCC
Board Policies, Academic Procedures, Ed Code, and IA Contract pertinent to
"freedom of speech" rights at SBCC.
BP 4030 (Board Policy) Academic Freedom
BP 3720: (Board Policy) Electronic Communications Policies and Procedures
AP 3720: (Academic Policy) Electronic Communications Policies and Procedures
Education Code Sections 7050-55
SBCC-IA FACULTY CONTRACT
Article 4: Association Rights of SBCC-IA Agreement 2007/2008ASSOCIATION RIGHTS (Excerpt from Article 4):
4.1 The Association shall have the right of access to areas in which employees work, the right to use institutional telephones (at no cost to the District), bulletin boards, mailboxes, electronic mail services, and institutional facilities provided that such use or access shall not interfere with nor interrupt normal District operations, including classroom activities.
DISTRICT LAWYER RESPONSE TO IA LAWYER RESPONSE TO SBCC ELECTION GUIDELINES
This is the district's lawyer's short response to the IA lawyer letter citing
violations of IA contract and civil rights violations.
IA E-MAIL TO ALL FACULTY (FULL TIME & ADJUNCTS)
9/24/2010
E-mail to all faculty indicating that the district has been interfering with IA
communications and a resend of IA Board Endorsements.
E-mail was sent from an outside gmail account. The district has indicated
that as long as e-mails are sent from off campus accounts, that that would be
permissible.
ENDORSEMENT FLIER
Flier attached with above e-mail.
VIDEO OF SBCC FORUM OF THE CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION TO THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES 9/30/2010
YouTube video of SBCC Trustee Election forum at SBCC.
Forum is being re-broadcast on Ch 21 daily. Click link above to view
on-line or for a
schedule of airtimes. Joe Dobbs, Desmond O'Neill, Peter Haslund, Marty
Blum, Marsha Croninger, Lisa Macker, Sally Green and Kathyrn Alexander in
attendance.
VIDEO OF
FORUM SPONSORED BY PCWs, CEIA, & ACES at
FAULKNER GALLERY 10/5/10
SBCC Trustee Election forum with Joe Dobbs, Desmond O'Neill, Peter Haslund,
Marty Blum, Marsha Croninger, Lisa Macker. Missing were Sally Green and Kathyrn
Alexander
IA E-MAIL TO ALL FACULTY (FULL TIME & ADJUNCTS)
10/4/2010
E-mail to all faculty with detailed letter on IA Board Endorsements, citing
specific examples that led to IA Board Position.
Although above e-mail was sent from an outside gmail account, it was blocked
from Pipeline. All Part Time faculty on the Pipeline system were not able
to receive it. The IA was told that "citing concern with spam issues", the
district is now blocking all outside emails to Adjuncts and Continuing Ed groups in
Pipeline.
DISTRICT REBUTTAL TO IA E-MAIL SHOWN ABOVE
10/9/2010:
(Click here to view
attachments sent with this email.)
E-mail sent out by Dr. Serban in rebuttal to the IA's e-mail to all faculty with
detailed letter on IA Board Endorsements.
Although the IA has been restricted from using GroupWise, Dr. Serban's rebuttal
was sent out to all faculty via GroupWise. As per the IA's 27 page legal
response, this action clarifies the designation of the GroupWise email system as
a "public forum" open to free speech by faculty, staff, students, and the
community at large.
IA E-MAIL TO ALL FACULTY (FULL TIME & ADJUNCTS)
10/10/2010
E-mail to all faculty informing them of IA difficulties with communicating to
it's membership and referring them to this page and other related materials.
IA PRESS RELEASE
10/9/2010
Press release to sent to local newspapers and radio stations.
IA RESPONSE TO DISTRICT REBUTTAL SHOWN ABOVE 10/19/2010
(Click here to view
attachments sent with this email.)
E-mail sent out by Cornelia Alsheimer in response to Dr. Serban's rebuttal
e-mail to all faculty concerning reasoning behind IA Board Endorsements.
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RELATED MATERIALS:
LYNDA FAIRLY
LETTER PRINTED IN THE NEWS PRESS 10/3/2010
As originally sent to the News Press, then edited
a little and ran in the Voices section of the Sunday 10/3/10 SBNews Press.
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