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VSEA is having to reschedule its three remaining fully-remote legislative dinners. These are Zoom meetings where members can sit down with legislators and discuss the pressing issues facing you and your colleagues at work. The dinners are now being held every Wednesday night for three weeks.

No RSVP is required. All you have to do is join the Zoom meeting when it becomes available. We hope you’ll join us for these important conversations!

Here’s the remaining schedule:

February 9: COVID-19 and State Government
6:00 p.m.
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February 16: Staffing Shortages
6:00 p.m.
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VSEA’s Communications Department is looking for members who are willing to share their pandemic experience on video with VSEA, lawmakers, state officials, and the public.

“We’re looking for members who want to emphasize to legislators and others how difficult it’s been to balance work and family during this health crisis and the sacrifices they and their frontline co-workers made and continue to make,” explains VSEA Communications Director Doug Gibson. “These first-person testimonials will aide VSEA in future fights, where combative legislators or state officials need a reminder of how state employees are the ones who have kept Vermont running during this pandemic, lest they conveniently forget.” 

Due to COVID-19, VSEA will conduct the interview over the phone, primarily since many State facilities and buildings still have limited or no access.  

If you would like to participate in this important VSEA video project, please complete this online form.

Thanks in advance for your consideration!

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The Vermont House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are holding two Public/Advocate Hearings on the Governor’s Recommended FY 2023 State Budget on Tuesday, February 8, 2022, from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. and Wednesday, February 9, 2022, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. via videoconferencing technology (Zoom).

Anyone interested in testifying should sign-up in advance of the hearings through one of the online forms no later than 5:00 p.m. on February 7, 2022. Instructions on how to access and participate in the hearing will be sent once you have signed up for one of the hearings.

Link to form to sign-up for February 8, 2022

Link to form to sign-up for February 9, 2022

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The VSEA Awards/Scholarships Committee is currently soliciting applications from students seeking financial assistance in the pursuit of post-secondary educational goals.

The Committee will announce the recipients of the scholarships at the June Council Meeting.

Deadline: 4:30 p.m. on May 13, 2022

Learn more or view/download the 2022 VSEA scholarship application here.