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    Dear Mark and Allen,<br>
    <br>
    This is a fantastic proposal. I fully support it. Please add my name
    to the list.<br>
    <br>
    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!<br>
    <br>
    As Khaled mentioned, I hope more faculty members from our college
    will support this proposal.<br>
    <br>
    Best regards,<br>
    Ashkan<br>
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">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
Fax: (619)594-2654 
email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ashrafi@mail.sdsu.edu">ashrafi@mail.sdsu.edu</a>
URL: ashrafi.sdsu.edu
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/26/17 2:19 PM, Allen Plotkin
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        <div>If interested, please respond directly to Mark.<br>
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        Allen<br>
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            <div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message
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              From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Mark Dunster</b> <span
                dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mdunster@mail.sdsu.edu"
                  moz-do-not-send="true">mdunster@mail.sdsu.edu</a>></span><br>
              Date: Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 10:15 AM<br>
              Subject: Fwd: 2017 Legislation proposal to fund CSU
              instruction at a minimum of 53%<br>
              To: <a href="mailto:aplotkin@mail.sdsu.edu"
                moz-do-not-send="true">aplotkin@mail.sdsu.edu</a><br>
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                <div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hi Allen,
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                  <div>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.</div>
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                  <div>Thanks!</div>
                  <div>Mark<br>
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                        <div>Begin forwarded message:</div>
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style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span
style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica
                            Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>From:
                            </b></span><span
                            style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica
                            Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">Mark Dunster <<a
                              href="mailto:mdunster@mail.sdsu.edu"
                              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">mdunster@mail.sdsu.edu</a>><br>
                          </span></div>
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style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span
style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica
                            Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Subject:
                            </b></span><span
                            style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica
                            Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>2017
                              Legislation proposal to fund CSU
                              instruction at a minimum of 53%</b><br>
                          </span></div>
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style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span
style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica
                            Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Date:
                            </b></span><span
                            style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica
                            Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">October 18, 2017
                            at 4:38:51 PM PDT<br>
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style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica
                            Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>To:
                            </b></span><span
                            style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica
                            Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">Math Division
                            Mailing list <<a
                              href="mailto:mathprof@mail.sdsu.edu"
                              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">mathprof@mail.sdsu.edu</a>>,
                            Statistics Professor <<a
                              href="mailto:statprof@mail.sdsu.edu"
                              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">statprof@mail.sdsu.edu</a>>,
                            Math Education Faculty <<a
                              href="mailto:mathedprof@mail.sdsu.edu"
                              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">mathedprof@mail.sdsu.edu</a>><br>
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                          <div>Dear Colleagues,<br>
                            <br>
                            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%.<br>
                            <br>
                            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.<br>
                            <br>
                            Thanks,<br>
                            Mark<br>
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