[Vision2020] Maki Keeping Salary???

[Mark Solomon]

Call me cynical, but I'd guess that as long as Maki keeps attracting 
grant money they'll keep him at whatver price the market will bear. 
Ethics be damned. They are also very unlikely to fire him until 
Maki's grants run out as the UI  would likely have to repay the grant 
money as an unfulfilled contractual obligation.

Mark

At 10:38 AM -0700 6/25/07, lfalen wrote:
>You are 100% right on this. Maki should be fired. It is common 
>University practice  when someone steps down from an administrative 
>position or is asked to step down that they retain their salary. 
>Sometimes they may take a 15% reduction. This is not a good policy 
>because they wind up making more than their peers. In order to get a 
>better salary  a person could take an administrative position for a 
>few years and then step down.
>The policy of the University is to protect administrators. I don't 
>think White will sign the policy recommendations that will give more 
>protection to whistleblowers. Even if he were inclined to sign it, I 
>think that Legal Council will advice him not to. The mind set is to 
>protect administrators right or wrong.
>
>Roger
>-----Original message-----
>From: "Saundra Lund" sslund at roadrunner.com
>Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:47:53 -0700
>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: [Vision2020] Maki Keeping Salary???
>
>>  Visionaires:
>>
>>  I know we've got some folks here who far better understand the
>>  administrative workings of the UI than I do.  I've been following the
>>  CAMBR/Maki debacle, and I'm very confused by the following:
>>
>>  "The university says Gary Maki was removed Friday as director of the
>>  university's Center for Advanced Microelectronics and Biomolecular Research.
>>  Maki will retain his $183,000 annual salary and remain a part of the
>>  center's staff."
>>  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19390646/
>>
>>  I just don't get it:  if the evidence of his gross misconduct & unethical
>>  behavior is sufficient for the UI to remove him as CAMBR director, then why
>>  does he get to keep *any* position at CAMBR, and why on earth does he get to
>>  keep his hefty salary for filling a lesser position?
>>
>>  I would appreciate it if anyone can shed any honest light on this -- it is
>>  just mind-boggling to me, and I think it makes the UI look really bad.
>>
>>
>>
>>  Saundra Lund
>>  Moscow, ID
>>
>>  The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
>>  nothing.
>>  - Edmund Burke
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