10/8/2013: We have a tremendous opportunity now to elevate the UO’s position among the finest research universities in the world and affirm our promise of access and excellence. Together, we must seize this opportunity to focus intently on the pursuit of discovery and innovation at the highest levels; to guarantee…
Posts tagged as “Michael Gottfredson”
10/1/2013: At 12 today. Maybe, though the OPB link is not showing anything yet.
9/25/2013 update: A simple request like this used to take a few days. Almost 2 weeks, and still no response.9/16/2013 update: Another year, and a few more boxes and arrows. The new and improved org chart is here. Dave Hubin has said “If we get a request for a contract,…
9/22/2013: Thanks to UO Professor Kyu Ho Youm’s excellent twitter feed for the link: Full pdf here. Of course a law doesn’t create transparency and trust if those in power have things to hide, and can find willing stooges to help them do so.
Thursday, September 12, 1pm-5pm in Knight Library 101. This is the big one, be there. not the end, bring more colleagues next time, we’ll probably need an even bigger room as start of term approaches and raises, consulting, and IP come up.PDFs of proposals submitted 9/12/2013 here. Disclaimer: My respectful opinion of…
Negotiations between the union and the administration resume at 1PM Tuesday, Room 122 or 101 in the library. If you care about this stuff, I suggest you show up. 9/9/2013 update #2: The take from the administration’s bargaining update pages? Article 52: Outside ActivitiesWe presented the Union with a counterproposal…
Page down for live-blog, 9/3/2013. Next session Friday, I think 9AM – 4PM. Be there. Wrap-up: UO’s faculty union bargaining team has played President Gottfredson’s lead negotiator Sharon Rudnick like a screechy fiddle. She has insisted since March that there was no more money, beyond her initial 10.5% offer. The union…
8/30/2013: President Gottfredson’s faculty supporters – OK, make that his faculty supporter – have argued for that past year that, after getting his UO Board, he would finally turn his efforts to cleaning up Johnson Hall. Replacing Bean was a good first step, and rumors tonight down at the faculty…
8/22/2013: This is great news. I know some skeptics will say these are just words, but they are powerful ones, made with force and commitment. For me, this goes a long way towards erasing many of the concerns that the faculty and the press have been raising about President Gottfredson’s…
8/15/2013: That would be the president of NYU. NY Times reporter Ariel Kaminer dismisses prior claims by the chairman of their Board of Trustees Martin Lipton that this had nothing to do with faculty discontent, and gets to the heart of the matter, namely the effect on NYU’s bond rating: New…
8/6/2013: It now takes months and hundreds of dollars to get public records from UO. OUS is quicker, but often no cheaper. Both adjust their pace to the politics. And apparently Gottfredson’s performance has now become a political issue for OUS. I sent OUS a follow-up request for information about…
8/3/2013: From the comments, a petition to keep Frohnmayer and Knight off the UO Board: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/keep-phil-knight-and.fb28?source=s.icn.fb&r_by=18742128/2/2013: Sounds like he got chewed out by Kitzhaber’s office, over the process UO used to select nominees for the board. Other than that his email is the usual drivel. If you want substance watch Ed…
8/1/2013 update: That was back in April, for the Jan, Feb and March invoices. Now UO is stonewalling again. Almost 2 months since I asked Dave Hubin and Randy Geller for the April, May, and June invoices for Rudnick, and the other firms advising the admin bargaining team. The DOJ…
7/29/2013: Great news. The university has finally published a comprehensible budget, a strategic plan, and information on future spending priorities. 114 pages, starting with a fact-filled letter from the President, followed with detailed reports on what has been achieved and what remains to be achieved from the 2009 academic plan. There’s…