After several years of dedicated service to LTA and the teacher of Lennox, 1^st Vice-President of Contractual Affairs, Sigrid Caballero, has stepped down. That leaves us with a vacancy we need to fill as soon as possible. We will hold a special election Tues, Nov 3 – Thurs, Nov 5. LTA Elections Chair, Ann Chaffey, has prepared a timeline (link) for interested members to submit their names to be included on the ballot.

The Vice-President of Contractual Affairs serves as both our Grievance Chair and leader of the Professional Relations committee. It is also fantastic training for someone who would like to eventually be considered for the position of LTA President (and who wouldn’t want that?). There is one year left on the current 2-year term, so this special election will choose someone to serve out the remainder of the current term, and we’ll hold a regular election next May (2016) for President and both VP positions (Contract and Curriculum) for the full 2-year terms.

From the LTA Bylaws, the full responsibilities of the Vice-President of Curricular Affairs are:

• Serve as assistant to the President in all duties of the President;
• Assume the duties of the President in the absence of the President (i.e., serve as “First” Vice-President);
• Serve as co-coordinator of committee activities as directed by the President; and
• Serve as Chairperson of the Grievance Committee and keep an accurate record of all grievances.
• Serve as Chairperson of the Professional Relations Committee, preparing the agenda for meetings, facilitating meetings, and distributing minutes from meetings to the general Membership.

And as part of the Executive Board:

• Coordinate the activities of the Association;
• Act for the Representative Council when school is not in session;
• Direct the bargaining activities and grievance processing of the Association, subject to policies established by the Representative Council;
• Approve by majority vote appointment, and by two-thirds vote removal, of Bargaining Team members;
• Approve by majority vote appointment, and by two-thirds vote removal, of committee members, including chairpersons;
• Recommend a budget for the Association to the Representative Council;
• Adopt the Standing Rules of the Association;
• Adopt grievance procedures;
• Direct the grievance activities of the Association; and
• Exercise all of the business and organizational powers and duties for the Association as prescribed by law and these Bylaws, subject to any restrictions that may be imposed by the Representative Council.

The Vice-President of Contractual Affairs currently receives a stipend of $500 per year.

If you’d like to be considered for the position of LTA 1^st Vice-President of Contractual Affairs, please refer to the Elections Timeline and contact LTA Elections Chair, Ann Chaffey.