[AAUP-ULL-List] Motion again the process naming a last minute provost

[Leslie Bary]

Voting yes on motion.

Also saying yes to going to media as next step.

Wondering about insisting on a meeting with President also.

Leslie



On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 11:06 AM, Keith Dorwick <kdorwick at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's the reason one motion goes to the system President, sending the
> signal that we are willing to air dirty laundry. Also, I think then we get
> media involved. We talk to the Chronicle and to Marsha Sills locally and we
> make a stink.
>
> But if we also send the motions directly to the search committee, then the
> President will now we are unhappy and this might get ugly.
>
> And it is tenured folks who have to the public face of this.
>
> On Friday, April 20, 2018, Jonathan Goodwin <joncgoodwin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I would like to talk about what happens if we pass this motion and it is
>> ignored and the candidate is hired.
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 10:36 AM, Keith Dorwick <kdorwick at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I think several members of the search committee were there at the
>>> meeting Wed. Yes, in checking the list I think I saw the chair there
>>> (Dianne Olivier) and Bob Slater certainly was.
>>>
>>> So the Search Committee is in on the loop on this. If everyone wishes, I
>>> would be glad to send the motions (there's a similar motion in front of the
>>> AAUP chapter, but addressed to the System President) to Dianne for
>>> distribution to the Committee.
>>>
>>> Keith
>>>
>>> Dr. Keith Dorwick
>>> Professor of English
>>> Editor, Technoculture (http://tcjournal.org)
>>> The University of Louisiana at Lafayette
>>> P.O. Box 43719
>>> Lafayette, LA 70504-3719
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 10:32 AM, Jonathan Goodwin <
>>> joncgoodwin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I would like to hear what a member of the search committee has to say
>>>> about the procedure and the timing before voting on a motion. Has anyone
>>>> contacted one?
>>>>
>>>> Jonathan
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 10:23 AM, Keith Dorwick <kdorwick at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello, all. As you know the President has announced an extension to
>>>>> the search for a Provost (on Wed) with campus visits to follow (on Monday).
>>>>>
>>>>> This is an unacceptable procedure and practice. Several of us have
>>>>> worked on a motion to come from the chapter to the UL Lafayette System
>>>>> President (not our President, as we are also asking Senate to do that), and
>>>>> I attach the text below as a pdf.
>>>>>
>>>>> Could you please reply to this note with yes, no or abstain. While
>>>>> this is admittedly against procedure, we can fix this with an official vote
>>>>> at our next meeting but with a half week's notice sometimes we have to act
>>>>> in urgency.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please let me know if you have questions and please don't start new
>>>>> threads by changing the subject line. For those of us who use Gmail, if you
>>>>> do that, things get way confusing way fast!
>>>>>
>>>>> Dr. Keith Dorwick
>>>>> Professor of English
>>>>> Editor, Technoculture (http://tcjournal.org)
>>>>> The University of Louisiana at Lafayette
>>>>> P.O. Box 43719
>>>>> Lafayette, LA 70504-3719
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>
>
> --
> Dr. Keith Dorwick
> Professor of English
> Editor, Technoculture (http://tcjournal.org)
> The University of Louisiana at Lafayette
> P.O. Box 43719
> Lafayette, LA 70504-3719
>
>


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