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Arnold,<br><br>
You have no one but yourself to blame for your current insanity.
That's too bad because as a student you made a lot of contributions to
the UI. Your contributions to this list are pretty
pathetic.<br><br>
I do not consider the Faculty Council vote against my proposal that UI
athletics should fund itself an example of public ridicule. I can
give you at least a half dozen instances in which I was able to pass
measures in the general faculty (sometimes with 2-1 votes) that had been
rejected by Faculty Council. Faculty Council acts like a private
club with administrative supervision.<br><br>
When the VP for Research called me in the spring of 2003 telling me that
I had received a research award (three given each year), he also let me
know that he appreciated all my contributions to the UI.<br><br>
I have handled more faculty and staff grievances (100 plus) than any
other person in UI history. Most of them have never seen the light
of day, but 9 out of 11 were won in count with settlements of nearly 2
million dollars. More than my teaching and research, working with
these people has been my life's greatest joy.<br><br>
Nick Gier<br>
At 11:00 PM 10/14/2007, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Gier,<br>
<br>
I didn't realize you retired four years ago. Although your positions can
drive me insane at times, I appreciate your service to the University and
for the willing to put forth ideas that were so open to public ridicule
from people like me : ). <br>
<br>
I hope your retirement is a long and good one, you deserve it. <br>
<br>
Best to you,<br>
<br>
Donovan<br><br>
<b><i>Nick Gier <ngier@uidaho.edu></i></b> wrote:
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<dd>Matt,<br>
<dd>You still don't understand the difference between 20 percent of UI
staff who make under $10.75 per hour, and faculty who have been getting
pretty good raises, although still at the bottom of their peer
institutions.
<dd>Just for the record, I did quit four years ago. It's called
retirement.<br>
<dd>To Donovan: my proposal used the CPI as a standard. I never
made it to the CPI, but the upper administration have done it for
years. Only those above the CPI would donate their extras
wages.<br>
<dd>Nick Gier<br>
<dd>At 05:59 PM 10/14/2007, you wrote:</blockquote>
</dl>Nick,<br><br>
The great thing about your and my job is we can quit. If you don't think
you make enough than quit. I doubt our wounded soldiers can do
that.<br><br>
So again I would rather donate my meager earnings to our troops than to
the "highly underpaid" staff.<br><br>
Matt<br><br>
> Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:12:38 -0700<br>
> From: nickgier@adelphia.net<br>
> To: mattd2107@hotmail.com<br>
> CC: vision2020@moscow.com<br>
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Friday Fireworks<br>
> <br>
> Hi Matt,<br>
> <br>
> You misunderstood what the issue was about. In my post I made a
clear distinction between the administrators and faculty, who have
received good pay raises over the past four years, while classified staff
have not. Nearly 20 percent, according to Tom Trail's figures, are under
the poverty line. <br>
> <br>
> I also noted that administrators are way ahead of the CPI and full
professors are way behind, but UI staff are even further behind, how much
we don't know because salary figures are available.<br>
> <br>
> My new suggestion is that UI administrators donate all their salary
above the CPI to fund a living wage of $10.75 for all UI classified
staff.<br>
> <br>
> Nick<br>
> <br>
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