Board member, Webmaster sought

The Milwaukee Newspaper Guild is looking for an Executive Board member and a Webmaster. That can be two different people, but they both would be replacing Mandy Jenkins, who has been handling both jobs.

Jenkins, a JS Online producer, is leaving for a job at the Cincinnati Enquirer. Last fall, she was elected to her first one-year term as an at-large board member and appointed to her second term as Webmaster.

We're now looking for people to fill out Jenkins' terms in each position. The board member will be elected at our second-quarter meeting (not the one coming up March 27, the one after that) and will serve through Sept. 30. If you're interested in that seat, please contact President Jennie Tunkieicz. The Webmaster is an appointed position with a term that runs until early October. If you're interested in that job, please contact Communications Chair Larry Sandler.

Talk and eat at March 27 Guild meeting

The Guild's next quarterly membership meeting will be at noon Tuesday, March 27, on the second floor of Turner Hall.

We'll have an update on pending grievances and discuss any other concerns members want to raise. And we'll have lunch, too. All dues-paying members are welcome.

Union offers scholarships

March 31 is the deadline to apply for the scholarships offered by the Communications Workers of America's Joe Beirne Foundation for the 2007-'08 school year.

The CWA, the Guild's parent union, is offering 30 college scholarships of up to $3,000 each to CWA members, their spouses, children and grandchildren, including the dependents of retired, laid-off or deceased members. Applicants must be high school graduates; high school students who will graduate during the year in which they apply; or undergraduate and graduate students returning to school.

For applications and more information, see the foundation's website.