Dear colleagues, You are hereby invited to the annual academic union meeting, including the election of the union representative for the academic staff. All staff are welcome! The meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 7, at 10:15 in 1525-626. I will report on last year's union activities. This will include - National and local salary negotiations - Adjustments made last year (tilpasningsrunden) - The ongoing promotion program - Changes in the faculty leadership team - The new AU salary structure for technical and administrative academic personnel The union representative is elected among the union members at the department. All academic staff may vote. We have one DM (Dansk Magisterforening) union representative and one substitute covering the academics at the department. Please contact me or our main NAT representative Olav W. Bertelsen <olavb@cs.au.dk> until the 1. May if you want to run for these positions. I will be available to run for the position of union representative again and would welcome a substitute. Best regards, Jan For members of IDA: Per agreement, the DM union representative at the department acts for IDA members at the department. In case of objections to this arrangement please let me know by replying to this message.