[Vision2020] UI Waste & Arrogance

[Darrell Keim]

Saundra:

THe phrasing of the add was in keeping with a recent series of adds
they have done, featuring individual students, faculty etc.  Each add
described an individual, then ended with that phrasing.

As to your other issue-that of the cost of advertising.  There is a
school of thought-of which I am a subscriber-that believes advertising
helps sell your product.  I think we can agree that more students
would be a boon to the community...

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Saundra Lund <sslund_2007 at verizon.net> wrote:
> Visionaries:
>
> I'm wondering what folks thought of the 3/4 page full color ad the UI ran on
> page B2 in the Sunday Spokesman Review?
>
> My first thought was that it seemed incredibly thoughtless to spend the
> money to run such an ad given the financial condition at the UI where people
> are scared to death about their jobs and pay cuts that will make life very
> difficult for more than a few loyal UI employees.  Good grief -- get news
> coverage (the UI hiring a new president is definitely news, although it's
> something we've become accustomed to hearing over the years)!
>
> Second thought was that the text of the ad was just plain offensive.  In
> bold all caps:  "I AM DR. DUANE NELLIS. I AM THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO"?!?!
> The only reason he even came to the UI is because he got a special deal due
> to pressure by a special interest group . . . he certainly wasn't willing to
> BE the UI without it.  Frankly, the whole special deal smacks of the
> offensive Wall Street practices that generated so much animosity.
>
> Anyway, it seems that the ad was a real morale-buster for those facing pay
> cuts and lost jobs, which makes me wonder about the wisdom of those calling
> the shots at the upper levels of the UI.  Quite a few people I've chatted
> with were surprised to learn that a newcomer -- rather than those who have
> spent their careers serving the mission of the university -- IS THE
> UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO.
>
> It was a great picture, though, and I sure hope Dr. Nellis will be the kind
> of magician that warrants the special hiring treatment he received.
>
>
> 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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