12/8/2011 with updates. Maybe President Lariviere made a mistake when he fired Melinda Grier. Her longtime assistant and now GC Randy Geller is about to cost us a lot more than the $2.3 million payoff to Bellotti. Geller’s proposed new policy giving him total control over access to legal advice…
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12/7/2011: Two years of hard work by the Senate Governance Committee and some administrator(s) from Johnson Hall. Passed by unanimous vote of the Faculty Assembly, after some discussion of the role of NTTFs and adjuncts, and one friendly amendment from chemist Paul Engelking to correct the “half plus one” rule…
On Wednesday Dec 7, 2011, at 12:58 PM, John E Bonine (UO) wrote: Dear colleagues, I write to you with a plea to attend today’s Faculty Assembly at 3 pm. The revised UO Constitution is up for a vote today. It is a document thathas been intensely negotiated with everyone…
12/7/2011: This constitution has been in development for two years – two years of hard work by the governance committee, compromises with the administration, back and forth, compromises by them with us. It is ready to be passed and signed. People I trust – that you trust – support it.…
12/6/2011: The UO administration has been missing in action since the Lariviere firing. It is obvious that UO needs strong faculty leadership and we clearly have it with our Senate President, the Senate Executive Committee, the Senate, and many, many other faculty, who have showed up and did their teaching…
12/1/2011: Update: Provost Bean’s 2011 sabbatical contract is here. It’s an academic sabbatical, but we pay him his much higher administrative salary. It also turns out we’ve been making his beemer payments, $775 a month, mostly from student tuition money. In fact, we are also apparently on the hook for…
comes out in support of Berdahl in the Oregonian. 12/7/2011.
issue non-negotiable demands to President. It’s UCSD – they want the library kept open 24/7.
12/7/2011: Allan Brettman of the Oregonian has a good piece: For donors like Lorry Lokey and Vinton “Slim” Sommerville, Lariviere’s ouster was a stunning blow that no amount of explanation of process and political niceties can soothe. “It’s the governor’s fault and I hope the voters remember this two years…
12/7/2011: Gay rights, human rights. Good for Ms Clinton for using our power for this cause. And on a UO specific topic, read this ODE piece by Josephine Woolington, who gets some honest, revealing quotes on a subject that is shields up for most everyone.
12/7/2011: VP for students Robin Holmes gave the UO students an ultimatum: Vote for the administration’s version of your new student union, or you will get nothing: Holmes also said the administration will respect the student vote. If the referendum is rejected, the projects will not be built and the…
12/6/2011: He is “moving forward on education”. He “feels a tremendous sense of urgency”. He will let UO community have “meaningful input in the transition and search” for new Prez – thanks. He won’t do anything about independent boards until 2013. Wow. No reason to read this, we’ve heard it…
12/6/2011: Don’t trust him. Word down at the law school cafe is that the formal transition happens soon, but obviously he sold us out long ago. Lariviere thought $200,000 would buy some loyalty, but apparently Randy shopped that offer around. This 11/4/2011 OUS IMD is complicated – lots of ins…
12/6/2011: Starts at 9AM, blogged live to the extent possible. Pernsteiner: Plan A is Berdahl. Will you please not blog anything about the rest of this meeting? UO Matters: Maybe, maybe not. That’s up to the faculty. Pernsteiner: And if the board does not appoint Berdahl president, what will you…
12/5/2011: Please read this and consider joining in by sending the email below. The Oregon statutes on determining voting residence state (3) An elections official may consider, but is not limited to considering, the following factors in determining residency of a person for voter registration purposes: (a) Where the person…