[Faculty] Fwd: 2017 Legislation proposal to fund CSU instruction at a minimum of 53%

[Victor Miguel Ponce]

I agree

Victor Miguel Ponce
Professor

On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 7:02 PM, Subrata (Sooby) Bhattacharjee <
prof.bhattacharjee at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think every faculty will agree whole heartedly  with this proposal. I
> certainly do.
>
> On Oct 26, 2017 5:08 PM, "Ken Arnold" <karnold at mail.sdsu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Please add my name to the list as well.
>>
>> See also the attached letter I wrote last year pointing out the perverse
>> funding priorities in California. Please feel free to distribute it to your
>> elected representatives and anyone who cares about higher ed.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>>  - Ken
>>
>>
>>
>> At 03:11 PM 10/26/2017, Ashkan Ashrafi wrote:
>>
>> Dear Mark and Allen,
>>
>> This is a fantastic proposal. I fully support it. Please add my name to
>> the list.
>>
>> Another example to justify the necessity of this proposal is the creation
>> of AVP for Research and Innovation to accommodate the outgoing Dean of
>> Science into another (unnecessary) administrative position. This position
>> doesn't exist on the SDSU administrative chart (attached) so I assume it
>> was just created for Stanley Maloy!
>>
>> As Khaled mentioned, I hope more faculty members from our college will
>> support this proposal.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Ashkan
>>
>>
>>
>> Ashkan Ashrafi, Ph.D., SMIEEE
>> Associate Professor and Graduate Advisor
>> Director, Signal Processing Research Laboratory
>>
>> Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
>> San Diego State University
>> 5500 Campanile Dr., E-410A
>> San Diego, CA 92182-1309
>> Tel: (619)594-3703 <(619)%20594-3703>
>> Fax: (619)594-2654 <(619)%20594-2654>
>> email: ashrafi at mail.sdsu.edu
>> URL: ashrafi.sdsu.edu
>>
>>
>> On 10/26/17 2:19 PM, Allen Plotkin wrote:
>>
>> If interested, please respond directly to Mark.
>> Allen
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: *Mark Dunster* <mdunster at mail.sdsu.edu >
>> Date: Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 10:15 AM
>> Subject: Fwd: 2017 Legislation proposal to fund CSU instruction at a
>> minimum of 53%
>> To: aplotkin at mail.sdsu.edu
>>
>>
>> Hi Allen,
>>
>> I’m trying to get as many co-signers as possible of the proposal below
>> to introduce legislation to mandate 53% of the CSU budget goes to
>> instruction (i.e. faculty and lecturers). If you and any of your colleagues
>> in engineering could add your name that would be very helpful. I’m hoping
>> to send this out by the end of the week. Please let me know of any names I
>> could add. Please feel free to forward this by email to all faculty in your
>> college. They can email me directly if they are willing to have their name
>> attached.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Mark
>>
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> *From: *Mark Dunster <mdunster at mail.sdsu.edu >
>> *Subject: 2017 Legislation proposal to fund CSU instruction at a minimum
>> of 53%*
>> *Date: *October 18, 2017 at 4:38:51 PM PDT
>> *To: *Math Division Mailing list <mathprof at mail.sdsu.edu >, Statistics
>> Professor <statprof at mail.sdsu.edu >, Math Education Faculty <
>> mathedprof at mail.sdsu.edu >
>>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> Attached is a proposal that I will be sending soon to the political
>> action committee of the California Faculty Association. This committee
>> selects faculty submitted proposals to move through the legislative
>> process. In essence, this is a proposal for California legislation that
>> mandates the percentage of the operational CSU budget going to instruction
>> be raised from the current (atrocious) 34% to at least the 53% level of the
>> early 1990’s, by yearly increments of about 3%.
>>
>> I feel that the proposal will have a much stronger chance of success if
>> it gains support from a significant number of faculty here at SDSU (and
>> possibly at other campuses). Therefore if you support this proposal I ask
>> that you co-sponsor it by adding your name. If you are willing to do so,
>> please simply reply to me by email. You do not have to be a CFA member to
>> be a co-signer. I will include your name, department, and position when I
>> send it for consideration.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
>>
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