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

[Keith Dorwick]

I vote Yes as well.

I wonder if we should send both motions to Dianne as Chair of the Search
Committee with a cc to the President. That might get us a meeting right
then and there.

On Friday, April 20, 2018, Leslie Bary <leslie.bary at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>>>>>
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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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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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