Welcome to the new GEO Officers! Thank you to retiring Officers!

We’re proud to introduce the 2013-2014 UM GEO Officers!  They began their term on 1 May 2013. They are:

Liz DeLisle Rodrigues – President ([email protected])
Robin Zheng – Vice President ([email protected])
Isaac Epstein – Treasurer ([email protected])
Bonnie Applebeet – Secretary ([email protected])
Calder Fong – Organizing Committee Co-Chair ([email protected])
Geoffrey Hughes – Organizing Committee Co-Chair ([email protected])
Patrick Shirreff – Grievance Committee Chair ([email protected])
Emily Howard – Communications Committee Co-Chair ([email protected])
Aran Ruth – Communications Committee Co-Chair ([email protected])
Diana Sierra – Solidarity & Political Action Co-Chair ([email protected])
Addie Byrum – Solidarity & Political Action Co-Chair ([email protected])
Chris Skovron – Solidarity & Political Action Co-Chair ([email protected])
Jenny Kohn – Caucus Chair ([email protected])

We’d also like to thank the 2012-2013 officers, and in particular the ones who are retiring. They are: Sam Montgomery, Katie Frank, Chelsea Del Rio, James Henderson, Stephen Tyndall and Grant Mandarino. Thank you so much for all you have done to build GEO.

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GEO Endorses ForUM for CSG and Roberts/Marvin for RSG

Last night, the GEO Stewards’ Council voted to make an official endorsement for the 2013 Central Student Government and Rackham Student Government elections.

For Central Student Government, GEO endorses the ForUM slate, with Chris Osborne as the presidential candidate. Osborne and other members of the ForUM slate have shown support for campus labor organizations in the past, including GEO and LEO. They also support campus equity and social justice organizations, such as the Coalition for Tuition Equality, of which GEO is a member.

For Rackham Student Government, GEO endorses Ryan Roberts (Computer Science Engineering) and Dave Marvin (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.) These candidates pledge to work alongside GEO for the improvement of working conditions for graduate employees, and well as to support campus sustainability efforts and continue the cooperation between Central Student Government and Rackham Student Government.

Polls close tonight, March 28th for CSG elections and tomorrow, March 29th for RSG elections. Make sure to cast your ballot!

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April 5th at 7pm: Join us at the last General Membership Meeting of the Semester!

Our last GMM of the semester will be at the Neutral Zone (310 E. Washington St) on Friday, April 5th.  The agenda will include elections of new officers for next year and planning our organizing strategies moving forward. The meeting will be an hour long, followed by music to celebrate the hard work that GEO members did this year! Please join us!

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Call to GEO Members: 3 General Membership Meetings this week!

This coming week we will be holding three General Membership Meetings to talk about our ongoing negotiations with the University. The bargaining team needs as much input as possible from members, so it’s important that turnout is strong this week. We know that everyone is busy, but please come to at least one and ask other people from your department to come on different days, so your department is well-represented when we make important decisions.

Tuesday, March 12th , 6-7pm, Pendleton Room, Michigan Union (530 S. State St.)
Thursday March 14th, 6-7pm, GEO HQ (330 E. Liberty St. Suite 3F)
Friday March 15th, 6-7pm, Koessler Room, Michigan League (911 N. University Ave)

Please RSVP for the first GMM on Facebook and invite your friends: http://www.facebook.com/events/350507198393792/

Thanks so much for your participation in this process and for your support of the bargaining team.

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