[CAUT] What to do??? Why, Go All DC, of course

[Ed Sutton]

At Brandon Marc Cramer had a student who went from room to room pushing a garbage can filled with water, mounted on a dolly.
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  Our Piano faculty director suggested just that.  a GTA to administer the checking and water additions for said pianos.  It might work....if....we get good, responsible students that will come in every Saturday or Sunday to do it!  I will still have to monitor the situations as they will not always follow through!  I've narrowed the probable "fix" to just the piano faculty and practice grands.  That brings it down to just 25 DC units which I've suggested to our director.  I told him the installation time for 70 would be excessive (at first), and that maintaining just 25 would be a bit more beleivable in time spent making sure they're "on-line".  There is in no way that we will hire another part-timer.. I already asked before this economic slump/recession kicked in!  We have a "no-hire-freeze" at UNL until the recession is behind us!  And even then, I'll never get an assistant until a new building is built! 

  Paul 
    


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  On Dec 3, 2008, at 9:37 AM, David Skolnik wrote:

  > While you would probably have to go with David Porritt's suggestion  
  > for at least a part time specialist (just under the benefits cut- 
  > off) you would, as Head Technician, still be responsible for  
  > devising the water delivery method.

  I think a more realistic option is a work-study student. Not without  
  problems, as college age kids are not always the most responsible, and  
  scheduling is hard with classes and rehearsals. But work study is  
  subsidized by the federal government so that the cost to the  
  department is typically under minimum wage. I would think a 10 hour a  
  week work study could handle the situation, with the tech overseeing  
  and covering when need be.

  Regards,
  Fred Sturm
  University of New Mexico
  fssturm at unm.edu




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