May 13, 1997. Agenda; memo to officers re responses to questions on renewable certification asked of local presidents preceding the 1997 Representative Assembly, May 13; handwritten note to Hobart from member of audience from Oceanside Federation of Teachers, asking for more gender and ethnic diversity on board, May 2; letter from Roosevelt Teachers' Association president to chair of Citizens' Advisory Council, objecting to "opprobrious language" in letter to chair of State Review Panel re contract with construction company; attached newsletter of Roosevelt Chamber of Commerce, criticizing school district tax increase, calling for removal of State Review Panel members, April; NYSUT Special Projects budget; budget for additional items pending approval; ETP (Effective Teaching Program) New Course Proposal; letter from Nassau BOCES Central Council of Teachers, expressing condolences on death of AFT President Al Shanker; letter from NYS Public Employees Federation (PEF) to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, noting contribution in memory of Shanker, March 17; letters from local teachers' associations and notes from individuals, thanking Hobart and other officers for support; Labor History Month exhibit poster, by New York Labor History Association; letter and brochure from National Alliance of Business, outlining workforce development mission, with membership dues form; newsletters of alliance, Work America; letter to NYSUT executive vice president Alan Lubin from U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-NY), re attacks by fellow Republicans over friendship with AFL-CIO president John Sweeney, with attached newspaper clipping from The Hill, April 16; letter from Judith Hope, chair, NYS Democratic Committee, to Labor Advisory Committee, re the rebuilding of the state party, April 8; newspaper clippings re human rights abuses in Afghanistan, China, Russia, Rwanda, from Amnesty International USA, with cover letter to Hobart thanking him for contribution