Academic Staff Institute

The Academic Staff Institute will be held this year on Thursday, March 22, 2012 from 8:30am to 2:30pm at Union South. Cost is $10 with lunch provided.  State Senator Jon Erpenbach will be the keynote speaker.  

Speakers and more details can be found:
http://uwmasa.com/2012/02/06/academic-staff-institute-2012/

For registration:
https://www.ohrd.wisc.edu/OHRDCatalogPortal/Default.aspx?tabid=29&CourseKey=37874

Budget Impact Survey:

An Ad Hoc Committee on the Impact of the Budget Bill was tasked to collect qualitative and quantitative data on the economic impact of increased health insurance premiums and the increase in employee-required retirement contributions. The committee created an anonymous survey that should take no more then 10 minutes to complete. Results will be presented as a report to the academic staff assembly.
https://uwmadison.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9nlfgqTgOVjOaYQ

New Social Compact with the State of Wisconsin

Academic Staff passed a resolution calling for a new social compact with the state. https://groups.ssec.wisc.edu/users/dennyh/academic-staff-assembly/february-2012-academic-assembly-documents/479-%20New%20Social%20Compact%20Resolution.pdf/view

The Faculty Senate version passed in December 2011:
https://groups.ssec.wisc.edu/users/dennyh/academic-staff-assembly/february-2012-academic-assembly-documents/2307a.pdf/view

Academic Staff Branding

The academic staff communications committee is working with 4 UW-Madison interns ( who will get class credit) to work on promotional material, an academic staff logo and branding forms of communication. This has just started and the team is looking for “buzz words or adjectives” used to describe academic staff and their roles.

ASPRO

ASPRO advocates for Academic Staff on capitol hill please consider becoming a member.
http://www.aspro.net/successes.html

MASA

The Madison Academic Staff Association (MASA) has noticed a huge drop in membership since the legislature passed a law which meant they could no longer collect dues via automatic paycheck deduction. If you think you are a member of MASA you may no longer be considered a member if you didn't notice you were no longer paying dues automatically. MASA is a professional association for UW-Madison academic staff and they do not lobby and are not a union. Annual dues are $10 and are waived if you attend the Academic Staff Institute.
http://uwmasa.com/