tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post1040469131882437369..comments2023-10-10T04:30:38.687-05:00Comments on Deo volente: Consider a Cultural Event for your CalendarDave Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09100006856645294730noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-78137227392833635152011-11-05T05:24:14.284-05:002011-11-05T05:24:14.284-05:00Imagining what the kind of response you would get ...Imagining what the kind of response you would get for and at such a site before you set it up is rather like asserting you have sufficient support in a petition you haven't started yet. Increasingly, the FSN seems even less transparent than the Administration, and that is <i>not</i> sensible.Jonny Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04461895600346750968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-8332095601926803052011-11-02T07:08:28.999-05:002011-11-02T07:08:28.999-05:00My sense is that if the FSN set up an online forum...My sense is that if the FSN set up an online forum such as this, you would see primarily anonymous support (just as you do here). This wouldn't convince you of the "loud support" but I agree that it would be an alternative forum for debate about representation issues. I would be surprised if such a forum isn't forthcoming from the FSN, but I'm only a supporter, not a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-15093321315473310692011-11-01T22:09:50.710-05:002011-11-01T22:09:50.710-05:00Not complaining. Answering a question. And that,...Not complaining. Answering a question. And that, Anon 8:27, is a dodge of <i>my </i> question.Jonny Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04461895600346750968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-52058205592443114682011-11-01T20:27:33.976-05:002011-11-01T20:27:33.976-05:00You are the one that called it a one-way e-mail re...You are the one that called it a one-way e-mail relationship. It is not that. You have said that you don't want their communication and now you are complaining about their lack of communication?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-62259008840214498352011-11-01T20:01:46.565-05:002011-11-01T20:01:46.565-05:00And how am I to hear that "loud support"...And how am I to hear that "loud support" except that the FSN tells me so? Set up a listserve. Set up a web site. Set up a blog. I have no doubt that I can communicate directly with FSN members. What I cannot see is the discussion that my colleagues are having. I certainly don't have to see all of that -- email will always provide private exchanges. But they resist an open Jonny Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04461895600346750968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-6893745885530541462011-11-01T19:13:06.756-05:002011-11-01T19:13:06.756-05:00Jonny - The e-mail addresses of FSN members are li...Jonny - The e-mail addresses of FSN members are listed on the e-mail messages that faculty receive. Therefore, the e-mail relationship is not one-way. A message from the FSN this evening states that, contrary to your statements, they are interested in input from all tenured/tenure-track faculty on the details of the ultimate bargaining unit. You might have known this if you hadn't asked toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-12319581825190956522011-11-01T18:47:19.207-05:002011-11-01T18:47:19.207-05:00I do not want to be on the FSN mailing list becaus...I do not want to be on the FSN mailing list because I think their proposal is disingenuous and unprofessional. I also resent their call for discussion but their limitations on that discussion by having it be a one way email relationship that they reserve the ability to "report" on. I would welcome an open and honest discussion of viable alternatives to the FA. The timing of the FSN&#Jonny Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04461895600346750968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-77895496280435247352011-11-01T14:45:24.945-05:002011-11-01T14:45:24.945-05:00Quiet One asks:
Jonny, why do you not want to be ...Quiet One asks:<br /><br />Jonny, why do you not want to be on the FSN mailing list? I'd be a lot more comfortable if everyone were on the Admin list, the FA list, and the FSN list. I don't know that I could really make many decisions without listening to all the faculty, even those with whom I may not agree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-37898676147913039682011-11-01T13:46:25.485-05:002011-11-01T13:46:25.485-05:00Work can involve mental as well as physical labor....Work can involve mental as well as physical labor. Also, since Poshard and Cheng now regard faculty as disposable items only there to obey their orders the old divisions no longer exist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-36631357246905282622011-11-01T08:39:07.428-05:002011-11-01T08:39:07.428-05:00So we're down to university professors conside...So we're down to university professors considering themselves "labor?" Kinda funny. Maybe more than kinda funny. I know some coal miners, electricians and plumbers whose laughter is probably out of control right about now.<br /><br />Carry on!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-79262416275290322032011-10-31T23:14:18.607-05:002011-10-31T23:14:18.607-05:00Looks like Scribd is, well, down for maintenance. ...Looks like Scribd is, well, down for maintenance. If it isn't back up by tomorrow, I'll seek a different method for posting a multi-paged PDF.Jonny Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04461895600346750968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-69289072744244685822011-10-31T23:10:23.607-05:002011-10-31T23:10:23.607-05:00Anyone know why the bargaining report on this week...Anyone know why the bargaining report on this week's posting no longer appears, but has a SCRIBD maintenance visual instead?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com