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Chapter Leader’s Notes: Mayoral forum at the Bronx UFT 14 May 2013 | 12:30 pm
Notes by Donald March, chapter leader of Christopher Columbus HS Bronx Mayoral Forum. May 8, 2013. Christine Quinn, Bill DeBlasio, Bill Thompson, John Liu As has been the case at these forums or late,...
Pythagoras Day, 2013 13 May 2013 | 05:44 am
Which theorem does every schoolboy know? The Pythagorean Theorem, of course! In a right triangle, in a plane, the sum of the squares of the legs equals the square of the hypotenuse. (The Scarecrow get...
A mathematical notation query: Whence cis? 13 May 2013 | 12:16 am
I know a little about complex numbers and complex functions. Just a little. And along the way I picked up a nice piece of compact notation: can be written instead as . My question is a little one, b...
Why the Courage of Dr. Virginia Barden Matters 9 May 2013 | 12:30 pm
by Lynne Winderbaum March 19 marked 4 years since 400 of us rallied against the abusive behavior of Iris Blige the “leader” who never taught a class herself and holds no teaching certification. http:/...
UFT Elections: Second Place? 8 May 2013 | 12:35 pm
Out of all UFTers, how many voted for each caucus? Time series from 2004 – 2009. (once with all UFTers, once with all in-service members) Percent by caucus, out of all UFTers Percent by caucus, in-ser...
UFT elections: Unity’s shrinking vote totals 6 May 2013 | 10:23 am
There is no way to sugarcoat the results – Unity’s vote totals fell hard in the 2013 elections. Worse for the ruling caucus, despite an uptick in 2010, this follows an equally dramatic drop in 2007. ...
UFT elections: another look at New Action and MORE votes 5 May 2013 | 03:32 pm
We’ve already seen that votes flipped to New Action from ICE/TJC in 2010, and back to MORE in 2013. But has the overall non-Unity vote changed? I’m hardly the first to draw this conclusion. It has cha...
UFT Elections: votes for New Action, MORE 30 Apr 2013 | 03:44 am
In the election that ended last week, New Action lost to MORE in every division except retirees. I knew we would lose high schools, and win retirees. That did happen. I thought we would win functional...
Changing Membership, Changing Electorate 29 Apr 2013 | 01:54 am
This is a time series of charts, showing UFT membership and votes by division for the 2004, 2007, 2010, and 2013 elections. I created the charts from the numbers of ballots mailed and the number of ba...
UFT Elections – Sitting at the Count 28 Apr 2013 | 10:56 pm
I arrived. Hotel meeting room, for a large meeting, set up with rows of tables with ballot counters doing something… sorting? flattening? stacking? In front were some more important looking tables. I...
