According to the LEO constitution, we are to hold elections every two years. Positions up for election are: President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary.

We are currently opening the nominations period. Any LEO member is invited to run. Anyone wishing to run for office should immediately notify the Elections Committee (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) of your intent to run for a specific office.

A Nomination Petition must be submitted to the LEO office by August 15, 2014 for all candidates. These petitions must be signed by at least 20 LEO members in good standing, with supporting signatures from at least 2 campuses. Candidates can make arrangements to have petition forms posted in the LEO office while the office is open to members during Ann Arbor Art Fair, July 16-19.

Once again, LEO has garnered awards for excellence in communication from the American Federation of Teachers.

AFT has notified us that LEO has won six Communications Awards:

• 1st Place Print Periodical, 3rd Place Layout - LEO Matters (Issues 20, 21 & 23)
• 1st Place Print Non-periodical -"Treating UM Lecturers Fairly" (Bargaining Brochure)
• 1st Place Editorial - "Governance before Shared Services" (Joint LEO/GEO Op Ed in Michigan Daily 11.17.2013)
• 2nd Place Photo or Illustration – Fighting RTW in MI State Capitol, LEO Matters (Issue 20)
• 2nd Place Video – "Respect" Flash Mob. View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxYaNN6vvQY

Special thanks to Lila Naydan, Melanie Manos, Jamie Jones, Beth Hay, Judy Dyer, our entire Communications Committee, our GEO friends, and all who danced in our "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" VIDEO.

At the AFT Michigan convention on May 17, LEO was recognized for the "Most Improvement in Collection of PAC Donations since the 2012 election cycle." Collectively, LEO members increased the dollar amount of their donations by 77%.

"Special thanks to the members of our Political Action Committee, who designed a campaign to double the number of members making donations and double our donation level," said LEO President Bonnie Halloran.

LEO members can still help the committee to reach those goals by donating to AFT MI PAC.  "If we do not change the partisan political make-up of state government, we will continue to see more anti-union and anti-public education legislation and court decisions," Halloran said.  "Please donate now: http://aftmichigan.org/pac/index.html."