<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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    <p>Ken</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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