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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:12:15 GMT</pubDate>
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://kcsos.kern.org/sosca/presidentsMessage&quot;&gt;Message from the President&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 153, 0);&quot;&gt;UPDATED&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 153, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://kcsos.kern.org/sosca/Meetings/&quot;&gt;Meeting Schedule&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 153, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://kcsos.kern.org/sosca/stories/storyReader$25&quot;&gt;Negotiations&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 153, 0);&quot;&gt;UPDATED&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; 
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://kcsos.kern.org/sosca/stories/storyReader$10&quot;&gt;Catastrophic Leave&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt; 
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://kcsos.kern.org/sosca/stories/storyReader$26&quot;&gt;SOSCA Book Scholarships&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt; 
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://kcsos.kern.org/sosca/stories/storyReader$43&quot;&gt;The Retirement Dinner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 153, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://kcsos.kern.org/sosca/Finances&quot;&gt;Finances&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 153, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; 
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://kcsos.kern.org/sosca/stories/storyReader$48&quot;&gt;SOSCA Contract&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt; 
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dss.kern.org:81/kcsos/general-minutes-20080515.pdf&quot;&gt;General Meeting&lt;/a&gt; (PDF viewer required)&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 153, 0);&quot;&gt;UPDATED&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;font style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Purpose Statement&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;The objectives of this organization are to: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Provide its members with duly authorized
representation for the purpose of protecting and improving their rights
under the Merit System. &lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;To settle disputes between employee and employer arising from grievances as they apply to the Merit System, and &lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;To provide the communication vehicle between employee and employer. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3 style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Membership &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Our Membership continues to grow.&amp;nbsp; As of June 2008, we have &lt;strong&gt;809 Members&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;br&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Remember there are benefits to being a member of SOSCA. Only SOSCA members can apply for the book scholarship. SOSCA does the negotiations each year for the classified staff. With a membership this size we can accomplish many things, but we need to have participation from
you, the membership!&amp;nbsp; You might ask yourself, &quot;how could &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; make a
difference?&quot; You can come to the general meetings. You could become a
representative. Representatives attend the board meetings every other month. Send in requests for the nomination committee.&amp;nbsp; Every item that goes to negotiations comes from the membership (if you don&#146;t let us know what you want, we can&#146;t negotiate for it!)&amp;nbsp; Send items for the Newsletter.&amp;nbsp; This is your newsletter and if we don&#146;t hear from you, we don&#146;t know what you would like to see printed. &lt;strong&gt;Membership is only $1.00 &lt;/strong&gt;per month for ten months and is payroll deductible.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
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