Big things happening...

I'm becoming active in the graduate student union on campus.

As of last spring, they affiliated with a major national union that's providing suppport.

I've been attending meetings, and have talked my way into devising talking points to get new members and pre-empt negative scripts that people might bring to interactions with the union (e.g. unions are threatening and manipulative, grad student unionizers are disorganized hippies, etc.).

I'm wondering if I should talk with the profs I work closely with and the dean I know to get their take on how involvement might affect my future in academics.