Announcement of Public Services Contest

I was asked to let you all know about this. If you're interested I will send you the entry form. -Troy Barnard

The SEIU Public Services Division is looking for bright ideas for improving public services all across America. To gather fresh ideas and highlight the important work of our public service members, the Division is sponsoring a contest for the best innovative idea for improving public services. The Division is counting on your help to share information and contest materials with your members. This is a great opportunity for SEIU public service members to share their great ideas.

Attached please find a complete set of contest materials, including an Official Contest Entry Form (which runs 5 pages including the guidelines and rules) and a flyer about the contest. Here are a few details about the contest:

1. The Division hopes you will share the complete set of contest materials with your public service members - agency fee payers cannot participate in the contest. Only those who were full members by 12-31-2007 can participate. Joining the union will not enable a new member to participate.

2. The contest launch date is at 11:59:59 EDT February 21, 2008 and all proposals must be in by 11:59:59 p.m. EDT on April 4, 2008.

3. In addition to the written materials, full contest information and entry forms are available at www.PublicDivisionVision.org/Everybody_Wins. Members can submit their entries on-line or send submissions to "Everybody Wins", 1800 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C., 20036. Submissions must be sent in by individual members; group submissions and/or any submissions sent by locals on behalf of a member will not be accepted.

4. The submissions will be screened for compliance with the official rules and then reviewed by a panel of local union judges who will select 20 submissions to be reviewed by expert judges in the 2nd and final round of judging. Complete details about the contest appear in the official contest rules.

5. There will be one winner and two runners up who will be sent to Puerto Rico - the contest winner will be announced on Division Day, May 31, 2008. The local union of the winning submission will be awarded a $20,000 prize that can be used to implement the bright idea.