CGE Members and Community,

Our First Spring General Membership Meeting (GMM) will be Tuesday April 29th!

At the GMM, we’ll have the usual officer updates from our Executive Council, as well as time for members to meet each other and make organizing plans together. We will also be discussing making changes to our Constitution and Bylaws and our Executive Council Nominations for next year! GMMs are an essential part of our continued organizing, and are a great place to meet and organize with both leadership and membership outside of your department. Staying involved and staying informed is how members can keep our union strong!

Dues/Changing Status Reminder

As a reminder of CGE policies, Associate Members who have signed a Dues Authorization Form (a Blue Card!) will become full members automatically if they join the bargaining unit as a Graduate Employee. However, members that leave the bargaining unit (for example, those that move to hourly work or get a fellowship) must set up regular payment in order to retain member status as an associate member (instructions here)! Reminder: Full members contribute %2 of their monthly salary to CGE while Associate members contribute $10 per month!

COMMITTEES AND CAUCUSES:

Mental Health Caucus every Tuesday at 1pm in the WestM Student Lounge!

Mental Health Caucus meetings for the Spring term will be Tuesdays at 1pm in the Westminster House Student Lounge (101 NW 23rd St)! This group aims to create a community for grads, organize campaigns around specific mental health issues, work with community groups, plan direct actions, and anything else that would help support the mental health of grads. Let our Co-VP for Membership, Vic, know if you have any questions by emailing them at vp_membership@cge6069.org! Caucuses (with a few exceptions) are open to members and associate members only, so let any other member you think may be interested know!

Constitution and Bylaws Committee Meeting Wednesday (TOMORROW), 5-8pm in the CGE Office!

The constitution and bylaws committee will be having their second two meetings TOMORROW at 5-8pm in the CGE Office (the basement office of Westminster House!). This committee will be creating amendments to the CGE constitution, which will then be voted on by membership at the spring GMM. Anyone is welcome to join the committee. We  met once in March to get trained on our constitution, how to make an amendment, and get started creating them. We are meeting again to finalize our amendments and send them off to get voted on!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

CGE’s Annual Brew-Off is June 7th!

On June 7th, CGE and GTFF (UofO’s graduate worker union) will be hosting our annual Brew-Off! If you are a home brewer (of beer, cider, wine, mead, kombucha, or anything brew-able), it’s time to get brewing! Compete with us against GTFF and show off your brews to CGE membership and community. If you are interested in brewing for the Brew Off, please fill out this form! If you are interested in volunteering (for free entry!) please fill out this form! If you have any questions about the event, contact Rachael, our VP for Social Activities, at activities@cge6069.org.

Solidarity forever,

Erika, VP for Communications