President’s Update
FEBRUARY 26, 2021 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
TO: FEA Members Worldwide FROM: Brian Chance, FEA President RE: FEA President's Report DATE: February 26, 2021 MEETING WITH MEMBERS It's now been over a year since the first DoDEA schools in Korea experienced shutdowns due to COVID. Since then, every single DoDEA school has experienced uncertainties, difficulties and, in some locations, tragedy. FEA continues… Read More
JANUARY 30, 2021 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
TO: FEA Members Worldwide FROM: Brian Chance, FEA President RE: FEA President's Report DATE: January 30, 2021 A NEW ADMINISTRATION In his first few days in office, President Biden issued an Executive Order eliminating a trio of Trump-era directives that were designed to diminish employee rights and union representation. President Biden is ordering agencies to… Read More
DECEMBER 17, 2020 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
TO: FEA Members Worldwide FROM: Brian Chance, FEA President RE: FEA President's Report DATE: December 17, 2020 OVERSEAS CONTRACT STATUS As we head into the winter break, the outcome of negotiations on a new Overseas contract remains up in the air. Following 30 days of renegotiations, which began after FEA Overseas members overwhelmingly voted in October to reject… Read More
NOVEMBER 14, 2020 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
TO: FEA MEMBERS WORLDWIDE FROM: BRIAN CHANCE, FEA PRESIDENT RE: FEA PRESIDENT'S REPORT DATE: NOVEMBER 14, 2020 SECOND FACTOR AUTHENTICATION Knowing that many Overseas members were not happy about the prospect of having to use their personal devices for second factor authentication to access DoDEA's Microsoft 365 platform, the Association worked with DoDEA HQ on a solution that will… Read More
OCTOBER 31, 2020 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
TO: FEA Members Worldwide FROM: Brian Chance, FEA President RE: FEA President's Report DATE: October 31, 2020 OVERSEAS PAY PROBLEMS Working to resolve members' pay problems continues to be one of the biggest issues I work on each week. DoDEA staffer Claudia Shaw recently posted an article, available to those with access to the DoDEA Connect site (use your… Read More
OCTOBER 11 2020 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
TO: FEA Members Worldwide FROM: Brian Chance, FEA President RE: FEA President's Report DATE: October 11, 2020 OVERSEAS TENTATIVE AGREEMENT RATIFICATION VOTE Hopefully all members in our Overseas bargaining unit are aware by now that a ratification vote will be conducted next week on a proposal by DoDEA for a tentative agreement on a new contract for the Overseas… Read More
SEPTEMBER 22 2020 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
TO: FEA Members Worldwide FROM: Brian Chance, FEA President RE: FEA President's Report DATE: September 22, 2020 OVERSEAS VIRTUAL MEETINGS Normally in the fall, I, along with FEA Executive Director/General Counsel Richard Tarr, would be traveling to attend the fantastic trainings put on for FRSs by our dedicated Area Directors and District Presidents/Division Representatives. Not only do these annual… Read More
AUGUST 26 2020 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
TO: FEA MEMBERS WORLDWIDE FROM: BRIAN CHANCE, FEA PRESIDENT RE: FEA PRESIDENT'S REPORT DATE: AUGUST 26, 2020 WELCOME BACK! For the first time in nearly six months, there are students and staff in some DoDEA schools. Nearly half the schools opened remotely and, as of this writing, DoDEA is STILL working on getting the Virtual Schools up and running.… Read More
JULY 15 2020 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Association Efforts to Promote Safe Work Environments I'd like to take a moment to update Association members about FEA's efforts on their behalf to advocate for the health and safety of all faculty, staff and students -- as well as the families of all these stakeholders -- as DoDEA tries to develop a plan for reopening schools.… Read More
JUNE 9 2020 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
TO: FEA Members Worldwide FROM: Brian Chance, FEA President RE: FEA President's Report DATE: June 9, 2020 END OF THIS YEAR AND START OF NEXT We are now approaching the end of the school year for most locations in DoDEA. Schools in the Southeast District of DoDEA Americas closed in May. FEA Director for DDESS Jane Loggins tells us… Read More