UUP delegates to the 2008 Spring Delegate Assembly in Albany took time to fax hundreds of letters to lawmakers. An additional 250 signed letters were also collected during the DA and later mailed to Gov. David Paterson.

The faxes and letters call on the governor to rescind his Division of the Budget directive to freeze nearly $110 million in SUNY revenue that the University collects from students and hospital patients. (See related story and UUP’s response, page 12.)

All UUPers are being urged to send faxes. Go to UUP’s homepage at www.uupinfo.org. Under “Call to Action” on the right side of the page are two links to fax the governor. Both connect to the NYSUT Web site.

Once there, follow these steps:

• Click select this letter on the middle of the page;
• Click send faxes on the right side of this page;
• Enter your zip code in the box provided and click on the arrow next to Look up
  Representatives; and
• Fill out the information and click send faxes in the middle of the page.
• — Karen L. Mattison