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AFA Constitutional changes to Council composition appvd by AFA Members 5.6.11 effective Fall 2012

AFA Standing Committees List pdf

AFA District-Wide Committees List pdf

AFA Organizational Flowchart pdf

 
 

Organization and Structure of AFA

AFA Executive Council

Composition:

  • The Council is composed of 19 faculty members, 11 of whom are regular faculty, and 8 are adjunct faculty, effective Fall 2012. All members have equal standing with respect to voting and bringing issues to the Council.

Elections:

  • Elections for vacant seats (approximately half of the Council) occur each Spring Semester
  • Term of office is 2 years
  • Any faculty member who is currently an active, dues-paying AFA member and has been for the past five months is eligible to run
  • All dues-paying Members of AFA are eligible to vote in AFA representative elections
  • Contract faculty Members elect contract faculty representatives; adjunct faculty Members elect adjunct faculty representatives

Elections of Officers and Appointments of Other Positions:

  • Elections are held every Spring semester
  • Officers are elected by majority vote of the Council
  • President must have served as Council member, or Negotiations Team member, or Conciliation/Grievance Officer for at least one year to be eligible
  • President is on the Negotiations Team by position
  • There is no limit on consecutive terms of office
  • Appointments of other positions do not necessarily need to be filled by Executive Council members
AFA Officers:
President and Negotiator Two-year term* Receives reassigned time/stipend
Vice President for Santa Rosa One-year term Receives reassigned time/stipend
Vice President for Petaluma One-year term Receives reassigned time/stipend
Secretary/Treasurer One-year term Receives reassigned time/stipend
Conciliation/Grievance Officer One-year term Receives reassigned time/stipend
Chief Negotiating Officer One-year term Receives reassigned time/stipend
Appointed Positions:
Negotiator - Data Analyst One-year term Receives reassigned time/stipend
Negotiator - Note Taker One-year term Receives reassigned time/stipend
Negotiator At Large(2) One-year term Receives reassigned time/stipend
Negotiations Ongoing Project Support One-year term Receives reassigned time/stipend
Publications Coordinator One-year term Receives reassigned time/stipend
DTREC Co-Chair One-year term Receives reassigned time/stipend
Bay Faculty Assoc. Rep One-year term Receives reassigned time/stipend
Adjunct Cabinet Representative One-year term Receives reassigned time/stipend
* The first terms of the President and Chief Negotiating Officer shall be two years, and their subsequent terms shall be one year.
 
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