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<Title>Upcoming Collective Bargaining Bill for GAs</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><div><span>The Collective Bargaining Bill is just round the corner, and we - the Graduate Student Association (GSA), want to know your stance on the bill. This survey's purpose is to understand how graduate assistants (GAs) at UMBC are currently feeling about their financial situation, including things such as housing, routine expenses, and GA benefits in relation to the current bill that will allow USM GAs the right to unionize. If you are unaware of the Collective Bargaining Bill or need a refresher, please go through this resource pack, especially curated for your reference.</span><br><div><ul><li>The bill for this year is linked <a href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0275?ys=2023RS" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here</a>.</li><li>A factsheet created by students at UMD can be found <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HoQU7nVhE_df5KqdhgRB2xUZTgNT2j_VmUFoKFAqN-4/edit" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here</a>.</li><li>UMBC GSA's statement from last year can be found <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsa/posts/117551" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here</a>.</li></ul></div><div>Please note that you have the freedom to skip any optional questions in this survey if you do not feel comfortable responding to it. This survey is strictly anonymous. This information will be used to help the GSA in its efforts to advocate for GAs and other graduate students at UMBC. <div><br></div><div>Completing<a href="https://forms.gle/5wgxwkqBjkyJNKCu5" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"> this survey </a>will enter you into a raffle to receive one of three <strong>$25</strong> UMBC bookstore gift cards.</div></div></div></div>
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<Summary>The Collective Bargaining Bill is just round the corner, and we - the Graduate Student Association (GSA), want to know your stance on the bill. This survey's purpose is to understand how graduate...</Summary>
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<Title>Reminder - Meet &amp; Confer Town Hall for GAs</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Dear Graduate Assistants,<div><br></div><div>This is a reminder that we will be having our Fall 2022's Meet &amp; Confer Town Hall <span>on </span><strong>October 21st</strong><span>. We are grateful to the Graduate School Deans to join us during the first half of the Town Hall. In the interest of time, we will be taking written questions through <a href="https://www.slido.com/?experience_id=10-a" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Slido</a> only. Details on this will be provided on the event day.</span></div><div><br><strong>Town Hall Agenda:</strong><br><div>1. Quick introduction (5 minutes)</div><div> -- Meet &amp; Confer overview</div><div> -- Introduction of Deans</div><div> -- Guidelines for Town Hall Q&amp;A</div><div> 2. Deans will take questions from the list projected on the screen. (25 minutes)</div><div> 3. Coffee Break (10 minutes)</div><div> 4. GAAC will continue interacting with the attendees (15 minutes)</div><div> 5. Raffle for survey participants (last 5 minutes)</div><br><br></div><div><span>P.S This is the last call to fill out this pre-townhall survey and get a chance to win* $25 Bookstore giftcard or UMBC merch worth $25: </span><a href="https://forms.gle/YacUmx4sRTX7TP4T8" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://forms.gle/YacUmx4sRTX7TP4T8</a><span><br></span><span><br><strong>Venue: ITE 229</strong></span></div><div><span><strong>Timings: 11am - 12pm EST</strong></span></div><div>We encourage you to arrive by <strong>10:45am.</strong></div><div><strong><br></strong></div><div>Meeting link for virtual attendees: <a href="https://umbc.webex.com/umbc/j.php?MTID=mfcdddc1992c20a588b46b4c409513f18" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Webex link</a><div>Meeting number:</div><div>2621 899 0281</div><div>Password:</div><div>azYuBYMU587</div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div></div></div>
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<Title>Meet &amp; Confer Survey - Spring 2023</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Dear Graduate Assistants,<div><br></div><div>It is time for Spring 2023's Meet and Confer. What does this mean? It is the time of the Semester when GAAC meets the Graduate School Deans to convey your GA employment related concerns. Through the M&amp;C policy, t<span>he </span><span>Graduate Assistant Advisory Committee (GAAC) </span><span>strives to productively work and coordinate with administrators to continue a good work environment and bring about positive changes for graduate assistants. </span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>If you have any questions or an issue you would like to bring to the administration's attention, p</span><span>lease take out 5 minutes and fill out this survey and get a chance to win $25 giftcard: </span><a href="https://forms.gle/VsMhpM4GMGUTeC7v7" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://forms.gle/VsMhpM4GMGUTeC7v7</a><br><span><br></span></div><div>Here are a few helpful resources to look at before you fill in the survey:<br><br></div><div>- <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gvTTbde0x5yVy8MZyXk_4A989-BLWo8L/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Slides</a> from Fall 2022 M&amp;C between GAAC and the Deans<br>- <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Tq6LgfyLC7Fmgr75UoY0t0Zk5TnSl6nP/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Annual M&amp;C report</a> (2022) sent out to USM from UMBC</div><div>- <span>For more information on what Meet and Confer entails, go here: </span><a href="https://gsa.umbc.edu/gaac/documentation-library-on-mc/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>https://gsa.umbc.edu/gaac/documentation-library-on-mc/</span></a></div></div>
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<Summary>Dear Graduate Assistants,    It is time for Spring 2023's Meet and Confer. What does this mean? It is the time of the Semester when GAAC meets the Graduate School Deans to convey your GA...</Summary>
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<Title>UMBC Graduate Students Transit Usage Survey</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><div><span>Dear Graduate Students,
    
    Pursuant to the recent increase in transit demand by graduate students, the Graduate Assistants Advisory Committee (GAAC) is conducting a survey to understand the transit demands of graduate students, specifically graduate assistants, who need to be on campus multiple days a week and primarily rely on the UMBC transit service to commute to campus. Filling out the survey will help us identify gaps in transit schedules and routes, if any. The information collected through this survey will be shared with the Transit office to meet the transit needs of UMBC's graduate students. </span><br><br>Here's the link to the survey: <a href="https://forms.gle/P4zZ4uiDfrxxhUYc7" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"> https://forms.gle/P4zZ4uiDfrxxhUYc7</a></div><div><br><span>In case of queries, matters of special assistance or in emergency situations, you can always reach out to the Transit office directly through following mediums:</span><br><ul><li><strong>Email ID</strong>: <a href="mailto:transit@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">transit@umbc.edu</a></li><li><strong>Contact#</strong>: 410-455-2454<br></li></ul><span>UMBC Transit has also worked with the Off-Campus Student Service (OCSS) to provide discounted travel to UMBC students on MTA buses through the </span><a href="https://www.mta.maryland.gov/all-access-college-transit-pass" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">CharmPass App</a><span>. For further details, please email the Transit office.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Regards,
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<Title>Opinion Poll : Collective Bargaining Bill</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><p><span>Thank you to everyone who joined the Town Hall hosted in the previous semester. And, We sincerely appreciate your thoughtful questions. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span>For those of you who couldn’t make it to our session, we have attached a document summarizing the presentation and a few other resources to provide some background and understanding of the bill. Please review them carefully and submit any questions/concerns you may have.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span>Please remember that we represent you. As UMBC, GAAC, and GSA, we have not taken an official stance yet because we want to hear from you. Please use the poll link (</span><a href="https://signal3domain.online/click?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.gle%2FRMG1GagKc5v51bocA&amp;dID=1643745411025&amp;linkName=https://forms.gle/RMG1GagKc5v51bocA" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://forms.gle/RMG1GagKc5v51bocA</a>)<span> </span><span>to submit your 'opinion' about the bill. <br><br>Other Useful links : <br><a href="https://signal3domain.online/click?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fmgaleg.maryland.gov%2Fmgawebsite%2FCommittees%2FMedia%2Ffalse%3Fcmte%3Dfin%26ys%3D2022RS%26clip%3DFIN_1_27_2022_meeting_3%26url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmgahouse.maryland.gov%252Fmga%252Fplay%252F36dca414-57b4-42a0-8abe-ac97d5ebad79%252F%253Fcatalog%252F03e481c7-8a42-4438-a7da-93ff74bdaa4c%2526playfrom%253D1854589&amp;dID=1643745411025&amp;linkName=Finance%20Committee%20Hearing%20Video%20Link" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Finance Committee Hearing Video Link</a><br><br>Thank you,<br>Regards,<br>Ruchita Reddy Gudipati<br>(GAAC Chair)</span></p></div>
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<Title>Collective Bargaining Bill - Listening Session : 1</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><blockquote>Dear Graduate Assistants,<br><strong> <br></strong>A collective bargaining bill is introduced in the Maryland General Assembly, every year. This year's Senate Bill 521 can be found <a href="https://signal2domain.online/click?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fmgaleg.maryland.gov%2Fmgawebsite%2FLegislation%2FDetails%2Fsb0521%3Fys%3D2021RS&amp;dID=1638302596443&amp;linkName=here" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here</a>. If passed, would give GAs the right to Collectively Bargain.<br><br>GAAC at UMBC is hosting a special<strong> Town Hall Today! December 6 from 3- 4 pm EST</strong>, to review our Meet &amp; Confer process and inform you of the specifics of this year's Collective Bargaining bill.</blockquote><blockquote><br></blockquote><blockquote><span>We hope to hear your concerns and opinions about this bill.</span><span> We will make sure to address every concern during our Town Hall.</span><br><br><blockquote><span>Webex meeting recording link:</span><a href="https://umbc.webex.com/umbc/ldr.php?RCID=66d373c623d79d6d8f3750d10df852d6" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"> </a><br><blockquote><a href="https://umbc.webex.com/recordingservice/sites/umbc/recording/playback/0c1062c538fe103aaff700505681be2e">https://umbc.webex.com/recordingservice/sites/umbc/recording/playback/0c1062c538fe103aaff700505681be2e</a></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><br></blockquote><span>Thank you,</span><br><span>Regards,<br>Ruchita Reddy Gudipati <br>(GAAC Chair)</span></div>
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<Summary>Dear Graduate Assistants,   A collective bargaining bill is introduced in the Maryland General Assembly, every year. This year's Senate Bill 521 can be found here. If passed, would give GAs the...</Summary>
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<Title>Translating Your Graduate Experience</Title>
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<Title>UMBC Position Statement on GA Collective Bargaining Bill '21</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><span><p><span>Hello Graduate Assistants!</span></p><p> </p><p><span>Every year, legislation is introduced in the Maryland General Assembly which would grant graduate assistants the right to collectively bargain.  We are writing to provide an update on this year’s bill </span><span>(</span><a href="http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0521?ys=2021RS" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>SB0521</span></a><span>) </span><span>and to sincerely thank all of you for your feedback and questions. </span></p><p> </p><p><span>This year’s bill has not been voted out of the Senate Finance committee which means it will not be voted on by the full Senate and therefore has no chance of passing, as today, April 12th is Sine Die, the last day of legislative session for Maryland’s General Assembly.  We, as UMBC’s Graduate Assistant Advisory Council, did </span><span>not</span><span> take an official stance this year. We have spent a significant amount of time collecting your thoughts and questions, speaking with graduate students throughout the University System of Maryland, working with UMBC’s Graduate School leadership, and conducting a thorough analysis of the bill with input from several state lawmakers and the Comptroller of Maryland. </span></p><p> </p><p><span>As part of these efforts, we hope to continue holding listening sessions this Fall to hear from you. </span></p><p> </p><h6><span>Hope to hear from you soon,</span></h6><h6> </h6><h6><span>Graduate Assistant Advisory Council</span></h6><p></p><h6><span><a href="mailto:gaac@umbc.edu">gaac@umbc.edu</a></span></h6></span></div>
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<Title>Upcoming GSA-GEARS Event Alert|| IDEATHON</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><div><p>Gears bring you to our first of a kind event <strong>IDEATHON</strong> (how new problems or existing problems can be tackled better by using your unique idea) which is all about presenting your unique idea to the jury and fellow graduate students in UMBC.  You can participate either individually or in a group or no more than 3 people.</p><p>This event will highlight your creative skills, uniqueness of your idea (idea can be social, environmental, IT technology, medical field related, etc. These ideas can be real or hypothetical). You must create 3 min presentation showcasing your idea, how unique it is. We have marked around <strong>prizes of $1000 to be a win</strong>. All the participants are eligible for <strong>a free UMBC logo Mask**</strong>.  Also, the First 10 participants will get a chance to win <strong>UMBC merchandise T-shirts</strong>. **</p><p>You can sign up using this link: - <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflCpzrV62ywL_nv6PUKAarCgA3DrMfaUSFvoPsq1x2YT7PfA/viewform" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflCpzrV62ywL_nv6PUKAarCgA3DrMfaUSFvoPsq1x2YT7PfA/viewform</a></p><p> </p><p>We welcome all department's graduate students to come to participate and celebrate Graduate week with us on the event day i.e.  9th April 2021.</p><p> </p><p>For any queries contact Sulabh sharma (+14438504311, <a href="mailto:Sulabhs1@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Sulabhs1@umbc.edu</a>), Jhansi Sankaramaddi(+14109006743, <a href="mailto:jhansis1@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">jhansis1@umbc.edu</a>)</p></div><div><br></div><div><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1?ui=2&amp;ik=cbaec44542&amp;attid=0.1&amp;permmsgid=msg-f:1695517225208939974&amp;th=1787afeedf2285c6&amp;view=fimg&amp;sz=s0-l75-ft&amp;attbid=ANGjdJ8rlznuas45C9OlNJDi7B-luTM99Z2r7VEd7sfDp0-TY-5geX83TAqezVQtoJVMGuFMltm69VysUnfoJMfYkI_VjnpzZTHe8usxcsGQyIM9cQYq9wKm8n1-m7A&amp;disp=emb&amp;realattid=ii_kmtqdpcw0" alt="image.png" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></div></div>
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<Title>GA Handbook - Top 10 Important Facts for GA's</Title>
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