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Article 18: Rights and Privileges of the Association and its Members
18.1
The employer agrees to provide the Association, at a reasonable charge, with the use of suitable, serviced, office space, with a telephone line, and with the use of the internal University postal service.
18.2
Subject to availability, the employer will allow the Association to use Carleton University reproduction services, computing facilities, and audiovisual equipment at rates to be determined between the parties from time to time.
18.3
Subject to availability, the employer shall provide the Association with suitable meeting rooms as required, free of charge, provided this can be done without interrupting the instructional programs of Carleton University.
18.4
A member's service to the Association shall be considered in assessment of workload and the evaluation of performance. In these contexts, it shall be treated in the same manner as similar dutiesperformed in departmental, faculty and University committees, and administrative duties undertaken for learned or professional societies.
18.5
The Association shall have the right to have an observer present at open University meetings and, subject to the usual consent of the University body meeting, to make representations to such meetings.
18.6
The Association agrees to provide the employer with a current list of Association representatives from time to time with whom the employer would be expected to deal in regard to the administration of this Collective Agreement.
18.7
The Association shall have the right at any time to call upon the assistance of representatives of the Canadian Association of University Teachers and the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations. Such representatives shall have access to Carleton University premises to consult with members, Association officials or the employer. Access in this Article shall not include the right of CAUT or OCUFA representatives to call meetings on Carleton University's premises.
18.8
(a)
The President of the Association shall not be required to teach more than one full course, or its equivalent, and the Grievance Policy and Administration Committee Chairperson shall not be required to teach more than one and one-half courses, or the equivalent, during the term of office, without prejudice to their salaries, benefits or any rights and privileges within the University. Where the President or Grievance Chairperson is an Instructor, or a professional librarian, the workload reduction under this Article shall be negotiated by the parties at JCAA. Disputes about the assignment of duties to these employees shall be referred for resolution to the Joint Committee for the Administration of the Agreement. This arrangement is understood to be a special provision, applicable only to this Article and without prejudice to the more general arrangements for reduced workload with prorated pay specified in Article 13.6.

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