Sort of Spring

Hi Everyone,

It's been a quiet Spring, but now the election season is nearly here! This year is the bi-annual election of Staff Council officers, and only the second time that the whole staff body has been able to participate in the voting. It isn't our unit's year to elect representatives, but we all can vote for President and Vice President.

Election week is May 7-14, but to give you a chance to meet the candidates, there will be two Open Forums on Tuesday May 4th, Noon-1:30pm, Davis Center, Livak Ballroom, and Thursday May 6th, Noon-1pm, Davis Center, Silver Maple Ballroom. They'll speak first, and then take questions from the audience and from a list of questions sent to the Council Office in advance.

If you know ahead of time that you can't be there, you can still send questions for the advance list by Campus Mail or US Mail to the Staff Council Office, 313 Waterman, 85 South Prospect St., Burlington, VT 05405.

Audio recordings will be made of the forums and posted on the Council website so that those who couldn't make it can still hear the proceedings--and they should be ready by May 7th when voting starts. If you'd like to get a preview of the candidates now, there are photos, print statements, and short videotaped statements posted on the Staff Council website at http://www.uvm.edu/~stffcncl/?Page=preselection.html.

Well, today is not the day to rhapsodize about the weather, so drive carefully on the way home. Hopefully we''l be back to Spring by the weekend!

have a good week,

Joanne