Complaint Procedure Section 1. Complaints involving charges of sexual harassment, crime (whether misdemeanor or felony), or charges of discrimination are explicitly excluded from consideration under this Article. Such charges shall be pursued under appropriate laws, policies and procedures. Section 2. Complaints by students which fall within the purview of District Student Grievance Procedures shall be processed and investigated under that procedure and shall not be subject to the provisions of this Article. Any subsequent disciplinary action resulting from the Student Grievance Procedures will be discussed with the Adjunct Faculty Member in a separate meeting and the Adjunct Faculty Member will be given the opportunity to have a union representative present; no Member shall be disciplined without just cause. Section 3. Any complaint about an Adjunct Faculty Member shall be immediately investigated by the President or designee. If the complaint appears to have substance, the complaint and the name of the person making the complaint should generally be provided to the Adjunct Faculty Member within fourteen (14) calendar days of receipt of the complaint. Section 4. The complaint and the results of the investigation conducted by the President or designee shall be put into writing. If the investigation appears to substantiate the complaint, as soon as possible after such determination has been made, the President or designee shall meet with the Adjunct Faculty Member to discuss the issues which seem to be involved. The Adjunct Faculty Member may be represented by the Association during this meeting. Section 5. If, after the meeting prescribed in Section 4, there appears to be cause, the person making the complaint shall meet with the President or designee and the Adjunct Faculty Member in an attempt to further understand the complaint or to respond to the complaint and reach a settlement. The Adjunct Faculty Member may be represented by the Association during this meeting. Section 6. If the complaint cannot be settled to the satisfaction of all parties during the meeting provided for in Section 5, the Adjunct Faculty Member may prepare a written response to the complaint. The response shall be attached to the complaint. The complaint and the Adjunct Faculty Member’s response shall be placed in the Adjunct Faculty Member’s Personnel file. Section 7. At any point at which the complaint is judged to be untrue or unsubstantiated, all records of the complaint shall be removed from the personnel file.
Escalation Procedure Tentative Rates for those species and products listed in A4a are subject to quarterly escalation in accordance with the following pro- cedures: The calendar quarter index average for each price index described in A5 is the arithmetic average of the three such monthly price indices preceding January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1. The difference between calendar quarter index average and Base Index listed in A4a shall be the basis for quarterly escalation. To arrive at Current Contract Rates for timber Scaled during the preceding calendar quarter, Tentative Rates for each species shall be reduced or increased by such difference, except when the calendar quarter index average is: (a) Less than the Base Index, the reduction shall not result in a rate below Base Rate or (b) Greater than the Base Index, the increase shall not exceed the difference between Tentative Rate and Base Rate. In the event of Contract Term Extension, the escala- tion procedure will be used during the extension period, except that adjusted payment rates for any calendar quar- ter cannot be less than Tentative Rates, for each species and product group, established under B8.23 for the ex- tension period.
Determination of Responsiveness 28.1 The Procuring Entity's determination of a Tender's responsiveness is to be based on the contents of the Tender itself, as defined in ITT28.2.
Protocol The attached Protocol shall be an integral part of this Agreement.