Both came from public records requests for invoices from the same firm, for their work on NCAA infractions: UO’s redactions UT’s redactions Randy Geller has gotten much cockier lately, for Sharon Rudnick’s invoices he redacts everything. Richard Lariviere made a point of saying that the General Counsel’s office was out of…
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in the Johnson Hall Conference room. This is the administrative group Dave Hubin set up to try and justify Berdahl’s decision to revoke Lariviere’s transparency efforts. Dave had told me the meetings would be open, but must have forgot to add me to the email list. It’s not really open…
12/16/12: Diane Dietz of the RG has the story on the Eugene bubble. Since parents look at the total cost of attendance, decreases in rental costs allow UO to increase tuition dollar for dollar – and the fancy places like Kilkenny’s Towers are typically for rich out-of-staters. This glut will…
This page has links to all the CBA articles put forward so far. In January the administration will start responding and perhaps present counter-proposals. Now is your chance to give your opinions and suggestions. The links below take you to a separate page for each article, which has a link…
Student comments are posted on Duckweb now. My favorite so far? He was very engaging and really knew the material. He only had to use powerpoint once. Post the good, bad and ugly here. 12/16/12.
Ben Schorr of the Commentator on the Nike deal. Dash Paulson of the ODE on the faculty union. The ODE has been mostly filled with Duck propaganda lately – good to see some substance. The Oregonian also has an excellent Harry Esteve piece on the Nike tax deal machinations. 12/14/12.
12/16/12 update: The union has now posted the proposals they put forward Th and Fri. Read and comment here.I encourage people to read these carefully. This is serious stuff that will affect our lives as faculty for a long, long time. There are bound to be problematic parts, and having seen…
From the faculty union website: First session December 13 (9am-1pm) and December 14 (1pm-5pm). Negotiations will take place in the Knight Library Collaboration Center (Room 122). The bargaining meetings are open to the public. Lots of people have lots of questions about how this will proceed. I don’t know how substantive…
The link is here. Short form. Deadline is 5PM Friday. 12/14/12.
Her standard rate is $400. (Frohnmayer’s is $550): It’s possible Geller negotiated a discount. We may find out next week, if the District Attorney orders Geller to deredact that part of her invoices. I’ll post more on how a partner in Frohnmayer’s firm ended up across the table from the…
Bargaining will restart at 1:15 PM Friday, again in room 122, Knight Library, again open to the faculty. Be there – after this fiasco, I have the feeling Rudnick et al. will come back in a more cooperative mode. These are my summaries of my interpretation of the meaning of…
Bojack has the story. Some history here, and the obituary here. 12/12/12.
No, I don’t know who’s invited when, or what they talk about. And I don’t really want to. I’m just happy to hear he’s listening to people outside of his “Executive Leadership Team”. 12/12/12.
From the faculty union website: First session December 13 (9am-1pm) and December 14 (1pm-5pm). Negotiations will take place in the Knight Library Collaboration Center (Room 122). The bargaining meetings are open to the public. Lots of people have lots of questions about how this will proceed. I don’t know how…
12/12/12 update: Lane County Chief Deputy DA Patricia Perlow has asked for a two week extension to respond to my petition on Geller’s redactions, which I’ve said yes to: From: PERLOW Patty Subject: RE: PR Petition for documents on UO General Counsel response to PR requestDate: December 12, 2012 10:33:16…