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Declaration of Candidacy For State Delegate to the 2009 NEA Convention in San Diego _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ I am a member of: Category: Name Address City, Zip E-mail CTA NEA ( ( Day phone Home phone Gender: M F __________________________________________ Chapter NEA Active (Non-Supervisory) Member (incuding Education Support Professionals) Send directly to your Service Center Council (see addresses on page 36). Higher Education Member (eligible to be in bargaining unit) Send to Community College Association, 4100 Truxel Rd., Sacramento, CA 95834. NEA Life Member (not eligible to be in bargaining unit); retired life member; staff life member; supervisory Send to Governance Support De partment, CTA, P.O. Box 921, Burlingame, CA 94011-0921. CTA/NEA-R Member (must be member of NEA-Retired) Send to CTA, P.O. Box 4156, Burlingame, CA 94011-4156. Student NEA Send to Student CTA Office, CTA, P.O. Box 921, Burlingame, CA 94011-0921. Ethnic Grouping, Other Information: I am: American Indian/Alaska Native African American Asian Caucasian I am a candidate for a local delegate position also. Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Paciÿ c Islander Yes No If yes and I am elected to both state and local delegate positions, please check one: I will be a state delegate. I will be a local delegate. I will inform the Service Center Council of my choice. _______________________________________ Name Please give a brief b _________________________________ Service Center Council ief biographical sketch of no more than 25 words. (If more words are used, the information that accompanies ballots will include only the first 25 words.) If you wish your ethnic grouping to be listed, this will not count as part of the 25-word limitation. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Signed THIS FORM MUST BE FILED NO L ATER THAN 5 p.m. on Jan. 30, 2009, at the office listed above. Candidates are urged to return this form by certified mail in order to get a receipt and ensure compli- ance with the deadline. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure that this document is re- ceived by the due date and time. ) ______________________________ ) ______________________________ ______________________________________ Social Security Number Duties of delegates to Rep Assembly in San Diego 1. Each d elegate will b e e x - pected to arrive in Sa n Diego in time to ensure registering as an of ficial delegate to the Representa- tive As sembly (RA) with both the Cal i f ornia delegation and NEA. 2. Each delegate will be ex pected to attend all caucuses of the California delegation. N ormally t he c aucus begins at 7 a.m. daily. Del e gates must be registered with the California del- egation to participate in the caucus. Delegates are expected to remain through the convention. 3. Each delegate shall at tend all business meetings of the RA. 4. Each de legate i s s trongly encouraged to attend NEA budget committee hearings, r esolutions committee hearings, bylaw commit- tee hearings, speeches by prom inent national figures, etc. 5. Each delegate should t ake into consideration CTA State Coun- cil and caucus pol icy when voting. 6. Each delegate is encouraged to participate fully in all activities of the California del egation. 7. Each delegate — state and local — will be ex pected to sit with his or her Service Center Council delegation on the RA floor or to inform t he a ppropriate p erson where he or she will be seated. This is to ensure com munication regard- ing RA bus iness and/or per sonal emer gency information of concern to the delegate, as well as to verify at tendance. I understand t hat, as a s tate delegate, my attendance is being di rectly funded, at least partially, by membership dues. I accept my re - sponsibility to carry out the above specified duties. ______________________________ Date ______________________________ Signature DECEMBER 2008 • JANUARY 2009 | www.cta.org 37 Log in to MyCTA