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11.8.2021 – Election Results

Written by ACE

Hello ACE Members,  

   Below are the results of your ACE elections.   

President 

        Number of eligible voters:  346 

        Number who voted: 196 

        Response Rate 57% 

           1) Scott Olsen:  

                Number of Votes:   191

           2) Abstain:  

                 Number of Votes: 5
  

3 Negotiators at Large
       Voters were required to choose at least 1 and up to 3 candidates. 

        Number of Eligible Voters: 346 

        Number Who Voted:  196 

         Response Rate 57% 

            1) Andrea Santa Cruz: 

                  Number of Votes:  126

            2) Keri Kirkpatrick:  

                  Number of Votes: 120

            3) Joseph Gilmore:  

                  Number of Votes: 96

            4)  Dana Kennedy:   

                   Number of Votes: 82

 5)  Sushini Chand:  

                  Number of Votes: 55

 6)  Adriana Garcia:  

       Number of Votes: 33

 7) Mrinmaie Deshpande : 

       Number of Votes: 26

 8) Abstain: 

      Number of Votes: 4

Vice President Central Services  

           Number of Eligible Voters: 65 

          Number Who Voted:  33 

          Response Rate 51% 

             1) Bill Baldwin:   

                   Number of Votes:  31 

             2) Abstain:  

                   Number of Votes: 2 

 Negotiator Central Services 

Number of Eligible Voters: 65 

         Number Who Voted:  33 

         Response Rate 51% 

            1) Chris White:  

                    Number of Votes:    24 

            2) Terry Rowe: 

       Number of Votes:    9 

3) Abstain: 

                   Number of Votes:    0 

Vice President De Anza  

           Number of Eligible Voters: 188  

          Number Who Voted:  115 

          Response Rate 61% 

              1) Vins Chacko:  

                      Number of Votes:   107  

              2) Abstain: 

                       Number of Votes:   8 

Board Member De Anza Seat 1 

           Number of Eligible Voters: 188  

          Number Who Voted:  115 

          Response Rate 61% 

              1) Sasha Bostic:  

                       Number of Votes:   109  

              2) Abstain: 

                      Number of Votes: 6  

Negotiator De Anza  

         Number of Eligible Voters:  188 

         Number Who Voted:  115 

         Response Rate 61% 

1) Cathleen Monsell:   

        Number of Votes:  110 

2) Abstain  

        Number of Votes:  5 

Chief Steward Foothill  

          Number of Eligible Voters:  93 

          Number Who Voted:  48 

          Response Rate 52% 

 1) Andre Meggerson:   

         Number of Votes: 45 

 2) Abstain  

         Number of Votes:  3 

Board Member Foothill 

Number of Eligible Voters:  93 

Number Who Voted:  48 

Response Rate 52% 

   1) Catalina Rodriguez:   

         Number of Votes:  31 

   2) Melia Arken:   

         Number of Votes: 16 

   3) Abstain  

         Number of Votes: 1 

Negotiator Foothill 

Number of Eligible Voters:  93 

Number Who Voted:  48 

Response Rate 52% 

   1) Chris Chavez:   

         Number of Votes:  47 

   2) Abstain:  

         Number of Votes: 1

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03.02.2021 – General Membership Meeting, Classification/Compensation Study

Written by ACE

ACE Members
I am pleased to announce we have reached an agreement with the District on our classification and compensation study.  A pdf was emailed to members which include:

  1. An FAQ regarding the tentative agreement.
  2. The MOU for the agreement includes classifications and their corresponding salary level.
  3. A general FAQ regarding the classification/compensation study and how decisions were made.

As we have said all along, this does not go into effect UNTIL the membership votes on it, and if it is passed by the membership, then approved by the Foothill-De Anza Board of Trustees.  


A general membership meeting will be held next Tuesday, March 9 at noon.  A calendar invite will be sent to you shortly.  After the meeting, we will open online voting to approve or reject the study. 


A reminder, ONLY ACE members may attend general membership meetings.  If you’re receiving this email, you’re a member.  If a colleague says they didn’t get the email, please have them contact our president, Chris White.


We would like to thank you for your patience and support during this long process.  It was challenging but we all believe we are better off for it.

In gratitude,

Cathleen Monsell, Chair of Negotiations


Negotiators

Chris Chavez

Joseph Gilmore

Dana Kennedy

Terry Rowe

Andrea Santa Cruz

ACE

Chris White, ACE president

Anthony Booth, attorney for ACE

Bradley Booth, attorney for ACE

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12.14.2020: ACE Dues Forgiveness Extended Through March 2021

Written by ACE

In March, the ACE Executive Board voted to forgive dues for the months of April, May, and June 2020 to help members who may have been financially affected by the shelter-in-place order (SIP). Prudent financial stewardship over the years had allowed ACE to build healthy savings to be able to address future challenges. The executive board unanimously agreed this would be a prudent time to use some of that savings. In July 2020, after surveying the membership where over 40 percent of the membership indicated the SIP had financially impacted their household, the executive board agreed to extend the dues forgiveness through December 2020.

This month, the pandemic has surged again, and Santa Clara County has issued another SIP mandate. More businesses will close, once again potentially financially impacting member households as it did back in March. State and federal financial pandemic assistance is set to expire at the end of December, further exacerbating the issue.

To date, we have used $106,000 from savings. We are still able to fully fund a $500,000 strike fund, $10,000 for a five-percent operating reserve, and $25,000 for unsettled litigation (CalPERS). As part of the ACE 2020-2021 annual budget, we have also continued to set aside $100,000 for any legal action related to the classification study. As we near the end of our classification study, with the District funding the full cost of the study, there is no indication we will need to spend a fraction, if any, of the $100,000 we set aside when we started the study in 2017.

As such, using funding unspent from the classification study, and expenses projected not to exceed $43,000 for January through March 2021, the ACE Executive Board unanimously voted to forgive dues for January, February, and March 2021.

This is only possible because we are an independent labor association. We get to decide how we spend our dues. Our priority is always to support our membership.

On behalf of the ACE Executive Board,
Chris

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