2/9/2010: This looks like a really useful site for UO employee policies. Thanks to Bev Stillwell’s office for the pointer.
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2/8/2010: I thought the Town Hall was pretty informative. Thanks to Tublitz for arranging it and also to the speakers. The audience asked some good questions. One commentator notes – I think correctly – that it was unbalanced, in that there was no anti-union speaker from the faculty. I don’t…
It’s 6:15 PM Saturday. I’m working in my office on a paper. I just opened a beer. Am I breaking any laws or OARs? (And in the comments, a quick answer – and it’s the one I was looking for!)
2/4/2010: We asked the Town Hall speakers for a summary of their planned remarks. We got some thoughtful comments from Gordon Sayre. Remarks: Gordon Sayre, English (and former Senate Pres): Summarizing, Sayre says that he believes the strongest argument for unionization is salaries, and he cites the 10-year-old Senate white…
2/3/2010: UO Matters has asked the speakers for a brief description of remarks, we will post what we receive Thursday. We’ve heard from many people who are planning on attending this meeting. Dear Colleagues: This is a gentle reminder that there will be a University Senate-organized town hall meeting on…
2/3/2010: Adam Kissell of The Foundation for Individual Rights has a good piece on Pacifica and free speech at UO: The “safety” rationale fails in the absence of truly proscribed speech, such as true threats (and even then, it would be unclear whether an individual threat would be enough to…
1/27/2010: Now that 66 and 67 have passed, UO’s budget seems pretty safe. Rumors are that there is plenty of cash about. We can expect a big announcement from new UO President Richard Lariviere soon about how he plans to spend it – sometime after he deals with his first…
1/30/2010: Update: Also see the InterInstitutional Faculty Senate resolution on this, which boils down to “not so fast, buddy.” From Bill Graves in the Oregonian: A small group of Portland State University students gathered on campus today to denounce proposals to reorganize Oregon universities into public corporations. Students warned that…
1/29/2010: Also see here. AAEO Director Penny Daugherty only started working on this draft because of pressure from the OFCCP and, perhaps, the Oregon DOJ. What is going on? Dear Attorney General Kroger: As the email below indicates, the UO General Counsel’s office has denied my request for a fee…
1/29/2010: From the Chronicle: From June 30 2008 – June 30 2009: $470,515,000 to $386,509,000 -17.9%From June 30 2007 – June 30 2008: $455,583,000 to $470,515,000 3.3%From June 30 2006 – June 30 2007: $365,859,000 to $455,583,000 24.5% These lump together investment gains/losses and spending/new gifts. Really bad…
1/29/2010: PERS currently has assets to pay only 75% of liabilities. This Ted Sickinger story reports that the board votes today to raise the pay in rates from 12% to 18% next year all at once or do so so gradually (most likely scenario). Either case will mean a big…
1/29/2010: Nigel Jaquiss of Willamette Week reports: Former University of Oregon President Dave Frohnmayer is rejoining his old law firm, Harrang Long Gary Rudnick, and opening a Salem office. Prior to leading the U of O from 1994 through 2009, Frohnmayer served as Oregon’s Attorney General from 1981 through 1991…
1/28/2010: Given all the recent pepper spray abuses in Eugene, I’m tempted to say something sarcastic about this Oregonian story: A Portland police officer accidentally used pepper spray instead of a fire extinguisher on a man who lit himself on fire downtown near a fur store Wednesday. But actually it…
Note: The Union organizing committee will be represented on the panel by Prof Gordon Sayre, English. The University Senate, in consultation with the Faculty Advisory Council, is sponsoring a non-partisan, informational town hall meeting on unionization on Friday February 5th at 3-5pm in PLC180. The goal of this meeting is…
1/26/2010: Curious about who is getting UO’s cash? Salary info is now online, at http://ir.uoregon.edu/alpha. Scroll down, or just click here for the fall 2009 quarter. (Big pdf). This is the “Salary Book” that is also in the reserve room. Top 10? Obviously these numbers leave out a lot: Millions…