MCCD Professional Staff Association

Policy Voting - Now Open

2009-06-09T12:39:00.006-07:00

Voting Instructions:
To access the online voting, you will need to go to the link below and enter your entire email address and email password. This should take you to the start of the voting document. Once you access the voting page, you must complete the entire voting process. You cannot start and save your work to finish the voting later. If you do this by mistake, you will be told you are not authorized to vote twice and will be directed to me. If you try to vote and you get a message that says you are not authorized to vote, it either means you are not on your campus PSA dl email list, or you are not a board approved regular PS employee. Please contact your dl-list moderator for your campus (usually your campus treasurer).

https://www.maricopa.edu/psa/vote/2009/

Please feel free to ask questions or voice your concerns related to the PSA Policy Changes using this blog topic.

Building Trust

2009-03-17T09:35:00.004-07:00

Organizational success depends on building trust. We need to be able to depend on each other to achieve a common purpose. If we have integrity and are responsible for our own actions, we start to build trust.

What are some of the behavioral attributes of trust?
(How do you know it when you see it?)

How do we build trust?

Professional Learning Opportunities?

2009-01-12T09:44:00.001-07:00

Which professional growth opportunities are most important to you?

Why?

What do you think?

2008-10-01T08:27:00.004-07:00

Do you feel as though MCCCD employees are becoming more united or more divided?

What do you think is driving the change (one way or the other)?

How can we encourage unity?

Reflections on Labor Day

2008-08-28T13:19:00.003-07:00

According to Samuel Gompers, founder and longtime president of the American Federation of Labor, "Labor Day differs in every essential way from the other holidays of the year in any country. All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man's prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and power, of glories achieved by one nation over another. Labor Day ... is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation." (http://usgovinfo.about.com/bllabor.htm)

We who are able to enjoy this holiday should reflect at least a few moments on the contributions of American laborers, both organized and independent, who made this respite possible.
Please feel free to share your “best work moments” from the past year by posting to this blog!

Have a Safe and Happy Labor Day!
Stephen Zipperer
PSA Executive President, 2008-2009

PSA Policy Changes - Voting and Discussion Board

2008-06-02T17:02:00.004-07:00

I am happy to report that the online voting document for the PSA Policy changes for 08-09 is now up and running. You may cast your ballots any time between now and June 18. Please note that specially funded, OSO, and OYO are NOT allowed to vote on the policy changes because they are not regular board approved PS employees (if you are a board-approved employee working in an OSO, OYO, or specially funded position you can still vote). Both dues paying PSA members and members-at-large* are eligible to vote on the policy changes.

Anita Dusek, Policy Chair and I have visited PV, DO, GW, MC, GCC to present information on the policy changes and to discuss any questions and concerns. We will be visiting the other campuses this week and next week.

Voting Instructions:
To access the online voting, you will need to go http://www.maricopa.edu/psa/vote/ and enter your entire email address and email password. This should take you to the start of the voting document. Once you access the voting page, you must complete the entire voting process. You cannot start and save your work to finish the voting later. If you do this by mistake, you will be told you are not authorized to vote twice and will be directed to me. If you try to vote and you get a message that says you are not authorized to vote, it either means you are not on your campus PSA dl email list, or you are not a board approved regular PS employee. Please contact your dl-list moderator for your campus (usually your campus treasurer).

Please feel free to ask questions or voice your concerns related to the PSA Policy Changes using this blog topic.

The Discussion Board is now live

2008-04-21T09:24:00.001-07:00

The Discussion Board is now live