[CAUT] CAUT Endorsement (was Re: Job Opening, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

Alan Eder, A.K.A.,
reggaepass at aol.com wrote:



> I think that CAUT work should require as wide a range and as high a 
> level of technical ability as possible (and be compensated 
> accordingly!!!). To me, the elusive part, the part that can be 
> discussed, but ultimately not taught, is how to keep so many plates 
> twirling in the air at the same time.

'Tis the art of triage...

  The demands of the situation,
> magnified by the desire to make things better; having hundreds of hands 
> to hold simultaneously; handling training and supervising others while 
> doing your own work, and then being interrupted;

...and being undermined by folks "forgetting" to book out a room.
grrrrrrr

  doing a solid job of
> taking responsibility for everything in your job description--and then 
> some--while being able to clearly draw a line to keep yourself from 
> being sucked into things that are "not your table;"

oh, you mean like being the music department tool crib? or do you mean 
putzing with things like celeste, concert harp, etc.?


  dealing with the
> constraints of in adequate budgets; the politics...THESE are the things 
> that distinguish CAUT work in my mind and are ultimately going to be 
> learned only through experience and survival in a particular situation.

Yup.

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