<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I heard that $100 million software mentioned on the radio also. They commented that it has to be some sort of statewide system used by all the colleges/universities in Washington, because that seems like a pretty astronomical price for just one community college.<br><br>DC</div><div><br>On May 14, 2016, at 12:11, Kenneth Marcy <<a href="mailto:kmmos1@frontier.com">kmmos1@frontier.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p>The original story mentioned another problem (or set of problems)
concerning a $100 million software system that does not work
correctly.</p>
<p>Notwithstanding that large software development projects
occasionally can develop more problems than software, it is also
the case that $100 million dollars is a very large sum of money
for any software system that a community college might need for
its operations. I am not familiar with the details of this
particular SFCC software project, but my initial impression is
that whatever software it is that the college needs, the financial
charges for it are much too large. This project needs to be
reviewed from original concept to its present status, and at least
one of the review standards should include the concept of
financial clawback, that is, returning money from the vendor to
the college.</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/14/2016 10:33 AM, Rose Huskey
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">This
is appalling on many levels. Naturally the concerns of the
students are a high priority, but the impact on staff and
faculty is devastating. Ms. Gulickson should be placed on
an unpaid leave of absence until the issue is sorted out by
professionals (which Ms. Gulickson clearly is not). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Rose
Huskey <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of
</b><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rhayes@frontier.com">rhayes@frontier.com</a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, May 14, 2016 6:21 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] Community College in
Pullman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">President
Janet Gulickson dropped a bomb on the students, staff,
and faculty of the Pullman campus last week. At a social
on the Pullman campus Gulickson blurted out that she
intended to close the branch by fall. She brought the
faculty to tears telling them that they would be not
offered jobs at main campus. She panicked students who
planned on attending Pullman SFCC in the fall because
financial aid deadlines have passed and attending
another college would now be impossible. At this social
Gulickson did not and could not provide any numbers
demonstrating how citing how closing the Pullman Campus
would help with the SFCC financial deficit. She blamed
software glitches, declining enrollment (not so in
Pullman), and shrinking state funding as reasons behind
her decision to close Pullman. Of course, she took no
responsibility for SFCC's financial problems, nor did
she offer any sort of solution to the students', staff
or faculty's plight. Her decision to close Pullman is a
result of poor fiscal planning bordering on malfeasance.
The CCS Board of Directors should look carefully at the
actions and performance of Gulickson, and indeed
chancellor Christine Johnson to whom she reports.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Roger
Hayes</span></p>
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