<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Or an online letter that can be electronically "signed", coupled with a database of verified "signatures", that is emailed to appropriate offices/agencies by "Moscow Cares".</div><div><br></div><div>Thoughts?</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div><br></div><div>"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">and the Realist adjusts his sails."</span></div><div><br></div><div>- Unknown</div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Mar 20, 2011, at 6:36 PM, Joe Campbell <<a href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com">philosopher.joe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Tom -- maybe a general letter that you could circulate for signatures?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Gier, Nicholas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:NGIER@uidaho.edu"><a href="mailto:NGIER@uidaho.edu">NGIER@uidaho.edu</a></a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p><font size="2">Hi Tom,<br>
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Pressure should be applied to members of the SBOE.<br>
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Nick<br>
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Nicholas F. Gier, Professor Emeritus<br>
Department of Philosophy, University of Idaho<br>
"The Palouse Pundit" on Radio Free Moscow, 92.5 FM<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Tom Hansen [<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank"><a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">mailto:thansen@moscow.com</a></a>]<br>
Sent: Sun 3/20/2011 12:21 PM<br>
To: Gier, Nicholas<br>
Cc: Kenneth Marcy; Moscow Vision 2020<br>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] ISU Provost Gary Olson to step down June 25<br>
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Nick -<br>
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What pressure can be applied to Pres. Vailas and by whom?<br>
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If not Vailas, who should be the target of such pressure?<br>
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Tom Hansen<br>
Moscow, Idaho<br>
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"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change and the Realist adjusts his sails."<br>
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- Unknown<br>
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On Mar 20, 2011, at 12:14 PM, "Gier, Nicholas" <<a href="mailto:NGIER@uidaho.edu" target="_blank"><a href="mailto:NGIER@uidaho.edu">NGIER@uidaho.edu</a></a>> wrote:<br>
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> Dear Tom and Ken,<br>
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> The person who needs to resign is President Vailas. The Provost's resignation will not resolve the crisis as long as Vailas stays on as a totally incompetent leader.<br>
><br>
> Nick<br>
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> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: <a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" target="_blank"><a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a></a> on behalf of Tom Hansen<br>
> Sent: Sun 3/20/2011 8:34 AM<br>
> To: Kenneth Marcy<br>
> Cc: Moscow Vision 2020<br>
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] ISU Provost Gary Olson to step down June 25<br>
><br>
> I'm guessin' that by the end of summer there will be so many resignations<br>
> that ISU's administration will amount to two or three IH's and a handful<br>
> of work-studies.<br>
><br>
> Tom Hansen<br>
> Moscow, Idaho<br>
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> On Sun, March 20, 2011 8:24 am, Kenneth Marcy wrote:<br>
> > Idaho State Journal, Pocatello, Idaho<br>
> ><br>
> > Posted: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 8:20 am | Updated: 8:22 am, Wed Mar 16,<br>
> > 2011.<br>
> ><br>
> > POCATELLO â?" Idaho State University Provost, Gary Olson, announced today<br>
> > that<br>
> > he would step down as provost at the end of his current contract on June<br>
> > 25.<br>
> ><br>
> > â?oWe made a great deal of progress over the last two years,â? Olson<br>
> > said. â?oAnd<br>
> > now I believe it is time to consider other opportunities.â?<br>
> ><br>
> > During his tenure, Olson oversaw the successful reaffirmation of<br>
> > institutional<br>
> > accreditation with the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities,<br>
> > and<br>
> > he led ISU to Research University-High status in the Carnegie Foundation<br>
> > classifications. He directed an institution-wide reorganization of<br>
> > academic<br>
> > units and created a professional Office of Institutional Research, hiring<br>
> > its<br>
> > director after an extensive national search.<br>
> ><br>
> > Olson also oversaw the reorganization and subsequent reaccreditation of<br>
> > the<br>
> > Idaho Museum of Natural History, and he rescued the Idaho State University<br>
> > Press from closure, bringing it under Academic Affairs direction. In order<br>
> > to<br>
> > foster a culture of cooperation among regional institutions, both public<br>
> > and<br>
> > private, he created a Council of Academic Affairs in Eastern Idaho.<br>
> ><br>
> > â?oUnder Provost Olsonâ?Ts leadership, Academic Affairs has helped move<br>
> > the<br>
> > institution forward in substantial and demonstrable ways,â? said ISU<br>
> > President<br>
> > Arthur Vailas. â?oWe are all grateful for his tireless dedication to<br>
> > ISU.â?<br>
> ><br>
> > Olson plans to take a professional leave during the fall semester before<br>
> > returning to the faculty in the spring 2012 to resume his work as a<br>
> > nationally<br>
> > prominent scholar of rhetoric, politics, and culture, and an analyst of<br>
> > higher<br>
> > education.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > More on the story at the following link(s):<br>
> ><br>
> > <a href="http://www.journalnet.com/news/local/article_b9267ae8-4f45-11e0-85b0-001cc4c03286.html" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.journalnet.com/news/local/article_b9267ae8-4f45-11e0-85b0-001cc4c03286.html">http://www.journalnet.com/news/local/article_b9267ae8-4f45-11e0-85b0-001cc4c03286.html</a></a><br>
> ><br>
> > OR<br>
> ><br>
> > <a href="http://tinyurl.com/4aaxhle" target="_blank"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/4aaxhle">http://tinyurl.com/4aaxhle</a></a><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Ken<br>
> ><br>
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