Jeff, There is another instance that I am aware of, similar to what you did at UNC - at Oberlin Conservatory. John Cavanaugh tells me that he started working there years ago as an assistant technician - and soon after that the chief technician (I don't know his name) quit in a huff, because the working conditions and the workload just got to be too much. The fellow was well liked and respected - but it did not translate into any improvements in his working conditions or compensation. After this fellow quit, according to John, the faculty and administration held a series of meetings to figure out what they could do in order to retain a competent and well respected technician in the job. So when John was hired to fill the post (after they auditioned several; candidates) it was at a much improved conditions (I don't know the details) and has been there for quiote a few years now. So yes, you are right Jeff - sometimes this is the only way to bring home the message that if you want good people to stay working for you, you have to make it worth their while. Israel Stein >Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:00:28 -0500 "Jeff Tanner" <tannertuner at bellsouth.net> >No. I know that as we come out of this recession, there will be CAUT openings. We have seen >the openings that have been advertised in the past few years and every one has had its share of >criticism from the list for what's expected vs the compensation for it. I've demonstrated what >works to make change for the benefit of those who will be applying for those positions, and I >am advocating that it will take more than one of us to make a difference for the benefit of everyone else. >Jeff >>----- Original Message ----- >> From: Fred Sturm >> To: College & University Technicians >> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 2:29 PM >> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Piano juries on concert instruments >>> On Jan 5, 2010, at 10:42 AM, Jeff Tanner wrote: >>> Now, what I did changed the job into an IDEAL situation. Not a "who doesn't wish things were better" >>>situation. Ya'll can say what you want about how good attitude and repoire with faculty and students make >>>up for the shortfalls. But you CAN make it better. And it starts with having the guts to rock the boat and >>>stand up for ourselves. And I think we owe it to the next generation of techs to do so. >> Hey, Jeff, bully for you! I think you are spot on in saying that the only way to achieve change is to, well, >> advocate for change. >> OTOH, in most of your bandwidth on this topic, I get the impression of someone who was married a couple >> times, had bad experiences that ended in divorce, spends the rest of his life railing against marriage and the >> opposite sex, and is convinced that anyone who is happily married is deluded. Get over it! >> Regards, >> Fred Sturm >> University of New Mexico >> fssturm at unm.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100106/bab6f6d4/attachment.htm>
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