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The United Faculty of Florida bargains the contract between most USF faculty and professionals, and the USF System Board of Trustees; the United Faculty of Florida also enforces the contract and protects the rights of USF faculty and professionals. To join the movement,  download the membership form, fill it in and and mail it to PO Box 30238, USF-Tampa via campus mail.

UnCommon Sense

UnCommon Sense is the hardcopy newsletter of the USF Chapter of the United Faculty of Florida.  Currently there is an issue for each session.

Click here for the past issues.

Welcome to our new site

Welcome to the new UFF USF website.  We are interested in feedback: please send questions, comments and suggestions to our webmaster, Greg McColm.  Also, if you are interested in joining the UFF USF Communications Committee, please don't hesitate to volunteer!

Communications

The USF System Chapter of the UFF has two publications.

 

USF System Chapter of the UFF
Chapter Elections!

The United Faculty of Florida is a democracy, and so is the USF Chapter. Every spring, UFF members vote for executives and representatives to serve for a one-year term.

THE POSITIONS

Our executive positions up for election are: the president, the vice president, the secretary, and the treasurer.

We also have two groups of representative positions up for election:

  1. United Faculty of Florida senators. The UFF Senate is the primary policy-making body of the UFF, and it meets twice a year (over weekends, one each semester) in Tampa or Orlando to look over the previous year and make plans for the next year. We anticipate being allocated over twenty senate seats, so we need volunteers to run for election. Senators and alternate senators also serve as members of the UFF USF Chapter Council, which oversees the chapter's committees.
  2. Florida Education Association delegates. The FEA Delegate Assembly is the primary policy-making body of the FEA, and it meets once a year (usually in fall) over a Thursday – Friday period in Tampa or Orlando. We currently have six seats but anticipate more because of the chapter's growth last year.

 

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

All UFF members may run for executive or representative positions (or both); only UFF members may run. And all UFF members are eligible to vote in the subsequent election, and only UFF members are eligible.

UFF members may nominate candidates (self-nominations are encouraged) by sending a letter of nomination as an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . A letter of nomination must contain the name of the nominator and the name of the nominee, and should have usable email addresses of both. All nominations must be confirmed by the candidates.

Here is what all candidates must submit (as we require contact information):

  • Name
  • Campus address, phone, and email address
  • Home address, phone, and preferred email address

Candidates are encouraged to submit a short (250 words or less) self-description or campaign statement, and may submit a URL to a website voters may visit to get a better idea of the candidate. These statements and URLs will be posted at the UFF USF website (here!), where information on the election is posted.

 

THE DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS IS MARCH 10

Important details:

  1. You must be a UFF USF member by the deadline for nominations in order to run for a chapter position.
  2. You must be a UFF USF member by the deadline for nominations in order to vote in the election.

All UFF USF members are strongly encouraged to run for chapter positions, and all will be strongly urged to vote in the subsequent election.