[Vision2020] Getting Laid by the University of Idaho
lfalen
lfalen at turbonet.com
Wed Mar 30 14:34:56 PST 2005
What is the breakdown between state allocated money and grants
-----Original message-----
From: "Tom Hansen" thansen at moscow.com
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 14:10:49 -0800
To: "'Mark Seman'" FCS at moscow.com
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Getting Laid by the University of Idaho
> FYI:
>
> http://www.dfm.uidaho.edu/cur_cap_imp.htm
>
> Take care, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Hog Haven, Idaho
> UI '96
>
> We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are
> dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they all
> exist very nicely in the same box.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> On Behalf Of Mark Seman
> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 1:32 PM
> To: Saundra Lund
> Cc: Vision2020
> Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Getting Laid by the University of Idaho
>
> Saundra,
> A very simplified view is that UI funds have different colors of money.
> With the different colors come stipulations on how that money is to be
> spent. There are areas of latitude for some spending, but there are also
> areas of commitment. I would assume this particular project is funded by a
> capital projects fund and not from a source destined for salaries,
> maintenance, utilities or other need.
>
> Mark
>
> Mark Seman, Architect
> Heather Seman, Landscape Architect
> 1404 East 'F' Street Moscow, Idaho 83843
> v 208-883-3276 / f 208-883-0112
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
> [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]On Behalf Of Saundra Lund
> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 12:05 PM
> To: DonaldH675 at aol.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Getting Laid by the University of Idaho
>
>
> Visionaries:
>
> There are some things I know about, but there are a heck of a lot of things
> I don't know about.
>
> And, this decision by the UI is one of the latter.
>
> What I'm hoping is that someone can share the UI's rationale for this
> expenditure during a financial crisis?
>
> My initial reaction is incredulity and even disgust for the reasons others
> have already mentioned.
>
> But, what I'd like to know is the other side of the story, so to speak.
> Does anyone know what factors went into the decision to spend this money
> *now*, particularly without the support/endorsement of the students?
>
> If times were flush, a decision like this might have gone unnoticed, but
> when student fees are continuing to increase, when families are losing jobs,
> when health care benefits are being further eroded, when retirees are
> getting the shaft, when work load for many current faculty & staff is
> already over the top, when academic programs are suffering, when
> administrative bloat continues, etc., I cannot fathom the rationale at work.
>
> Please -- can anyone present another side of this picture?
>
> As a quasi-related aside, although I hope I'm wrong, I guess I'm not too
> optimistic about getting the other side of the story. With respect to the
> pending employee health care benefits changes, the UI distributed the
> following last Friday:
> "Please do not ask for further information regarding plan changes at this
> time. <snip> They do not have all of the plan details at this point and are
> not staffed to handle communication about the new plans and implement them
> at the same time."
>
> It seems to me like the UI isn't big on communication these days . . . weeks
> . . . months. <sigh>
>
> But, of course, that's part of the cause of the financial difficulties.
> It's too bad they've apparently failed to learn some important lessons.
>
>
> Saundra Lund
> Moscow, ID
>
> The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
> nothing.
> Edmund Burke
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> On Behalf Of DonaldH675 at aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, 29 March 2005 4:37 PM
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] Getting Laid by the University of Idaho
>
> Visionaries,
>
> This is a difficult day for many people at the University of Idaho. Many
> loyal employees who have endured years without pay raises, decreasing
> medical benefits. and increased work loads are receiving pink slips. I am
> outraged that these people are being made to pay the price for the greedy
> senior administrative architects of an self-aggrandizing scheme to expand
> the University's power base. The villains in this piece remain free and
> apparently will not be held accountable for their crimes - a literally
> nauseating example of the Old Boys Network protecting its own. But that's
> not the worst of it. In last night's Daily News in the public news section
> I noted the following request for bid: (edited for brevity)
>
> ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Page 2 of 2
> <snip>
> ESTIMATED COST: $640,000.00.
> <snip>
>
> What kind of priorities have been established at the University of Idaho
> that endorse saving money by laying off employees and cutting academic
> programs while concurrently spending $640,000 on two outdoor practice fields
> with wrought iron fencing and gates. Something is sadly awry at UI - where
> turf gets laid and employees get screwed.
> Rose Huskey
>
>
>
> "One cannot level one's moral lance at every evil in the universe. There are
> just too many of them. But you can do something, and the difference between
> doing something and doing nothing is everything." Daniel Berrigan
>
>
>
>
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