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.<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>And it is tenured folks who have to the public face of this.<br><br>On Friday, April 20, 2018, Jonathan Goodwin <<a href="mailto:joncgoodwin@gmail.com">joncgoodwin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div>I would like to talk about what happens if we pass this motion and it is ignored and the candidate is hired.<br><br></div>Jonathan<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 10:36 AM, Keith Dorwick <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kdorwick@gmail.com" target="_blank">kdorwick@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div><div>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.</div><span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Keith</div></font></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span><br clear="all"><div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Dr. Keith Dorwick<div>Professor of English<div><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Editor, Technoculture (<a href="http://tcjournal.org" target="_blank">http://tcjournal.org</a>)</span><br>The University of Louisiana at Lafayette<br>P.O. Box 43719<br>Lafayette, LA 70504-3719<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br></span><div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 10:32 AM, Jonathan Goodwin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joncgoodwin@gmail.com" target="_blank">joncgoodwin@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div>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?<br><br></div>Jonathan<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 10:23 AM, Keith Dorwick <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kdorwick@gmail.com" target="_blank">kdorwick@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr">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).<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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!</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Dr. Keith Dorwick<div>Professor of English<div><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Editor, Technoculture (<a href="http://tcjournal.org" target="_blank">http://tcjournal.org</a>)</span><br>The University of Louisiana at Lafayette<br>P.O. Box 43719<br>Lafayette, LA 70504-3719</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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