Gratuities

[Jeff Tanner]

Well, it's not a particularly fun job, it is very time consuming, and 
its usually given to someone who has other responsibilities.  Or at 
least that's been the case here.  We had one faculty member who handled 
it for years, but he retired a couple years ago.  Since then, it has 
gone to a couple of staff members who had more on their plate to worry 
about than that scheduling monster.  The last keeper of the flame was 
just getting good at it when she took a job elsewhere.  We really don't 
have a staff member who's job description fits with, or time allows for 
maintaining computer schedules for every room in the building.  I don't 
doubt that is the case in many other places.  I could see a staff 
position for someone being simply responsible for scheduling being a 
full time headache.
Jeff

On Tuesday, March 2, 2004, at 12:15 PM, Wimblees@aol.com wrote:

> We're supposed to have that in effect here, but unfortunately the 
> person in charge of this is not very good. The problem is, she wasn't 
> doing her job the couple of last years, when the chair didn't care if 
> she did her job or not, and this year our new chair hasn't got a clue 
> that there is a problem. (She got way too many other problems to deal 
> with, which is another story.)
>  
> Just recently I asked her for a list of concerts on which the piano is 
> used. If I hadn't asked for this list, I don't know how I was supposed 
> to have found out. Sooner or later enough poeple are going to 
> complain, and either she'll get the boot, or do a much better job.
>  
> Wim