Ah, yes, orders from the President's Office do tend to shoulder other things aside. Free advice (you get what you pay for, or less...): Surrender. From their end, your job is to meet the compelling needs of The University. They do have a point, up to a point. Give them options, and let them choose from the options available. NEVER promise anything you can't deliver. If they ask the impossible, by all means tactfully point out that it's impossible, but do follow up quickly with what IS possible. They really do have to choose from the available options, one way or the other. It's just that they sometimes don't want to admit it. Or don't recognize the consequences of the decision. (One of the options IS to enjoy the fallout of your abdicating on work already scheduled. But it's kind of your job to make sure that the fallout ends up on them, not on you. They would be well-served to be aware of the consequences. I mean, I gather that you're set up for work for Bernadette Peters--do they really want the people over there on their case because you got pulled out last minute? If they indicate that that would be just fine, then let the other organizers know about it right away so the fighting can go on between those responsible--not you!!) Most of the time just indicating what choices are reasonable at this time is enough. But when two gigs conflict directly I tend to bump the decision up to the proper pay grade, if you get my meaning. Good luck. Know that you'll do your best, and that's good enough. Doug On Feb 24, 2011, at 2:05 PM, Gerald Groot wrote: > It happens to all of us. It’s only as big a deal as we let it be. > I take control of the situation and start dictating that I can tune > it at this or that time or what we can work out and then do it and > as I said, charge accordingly. It always pisses us off that’s > life… J > Jer > > From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf > Of Paul T Williams > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 4:52 PM > To: caut at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Fw: Piano - UNL Visitor's Center > > Nice....I think! lol > > I guess it happens all the time here too, just pisses me off when I > thought I had everything organized for the rest of the semester. > I'm sure there will be more to come...it's spring semester after > all, and I haven't trained them well enough yet!! (like that'll ever > happen...) > > At least there's some wise words out there somewhere. > > Thanks, Jim > PAUL > > > > > From: > Jim Busby <jim_busby at byu.edu> > To: > "caut at ptg.org" <caut at ptg.org> > Date: > 02/24/2011 03:43 PM > Subject: > Re: [CAUT] Fw: Piano - UNL Visitor's Center > > > > > Hi Paul, > > Couldn’t happen to a better guy <G>. > > Happens all the time. Sometimes they let us know a few days before, > sometimes months before so we forget it… Always a BIG deal, nearly > always w/o any idea about what it will take to make it happen. Yep. > > Here are a few ideas to glean from. 1. We have moving that will move > for us here, but they’re gorillas. Accidents waiting to happen. 2. > Better, there is a local moving guy that does most our moving for a > great price. 3. If it’s close by we have our students help us. 4. > Sometimes a local dealer who wants the publicity helps out. At times > they’ve only charged for the moving costs but have let us have the > piano for free. > > Unfortunately these things usually take priority over anything else. > Be prepared to be abused by everyone involved. Life is good! > > Good luck! > jim > > From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf > Of Paul T Williams > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 2:12 PM > To: caut at ptg.org > Subject: [CAUT] Fw: Piano - UNL Visitor's Center > > Hi again, folks. > > How often does this crap just "appear" in your schedules? (see > below) Lots of fun with Bernadette Peter's on that Friday during all > of this! I'm not so happy camper. > > They require a grand piano delivered and tuned, etc. for the > President of the university's "thing". in two weeks. At least it > wasn't tomorrow!! What do these people think: a Grand piano in > perfect shape just "appears" ready to play???? This grand sits in > the faculty lounge and I don't see to it often...1911 Steinway A > totally rebuilt 3 years ago, but still not very stable..... > > No need to check the rest of my story....only Bernadette Peters' > first visit to NE....The Univ President rules.....Does Moving > Services have time for this?,,,, nobody knows.......hard to reach..... > At least it's no the same piano!!! :>) > > What have you done in these situations? > > Paul > > > ----- Forwarded by Paul T Williams/Music/UNL/UNEBR on 02/24/2011 > 03:01 PM ----- > From: > Annette M Wetzel/UCOMM/UNL/UNEBR > To: > Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> > Cc: > awetzel1 at unl.edu, "John W. Richmond" <jrichmond2 at unlnotes.unl.edu>, > Michele L Deaton <mdeaton at unlnotes.unl.edu>, Robert E Gier <rgier at unlnotes.unl.edu > >, Larry McElravy/UGRAD/UNL/UNEBR at University of Nebraska > Date: > 02/24/2011 12:05 PM > Subject: > Re: Fw: Piano - UNL Visitor's Center > > > > > > > > > Paul and John, > We have a challenge for this event. That is also the day of the > College of Fine and Performing Arts Graduate Showcase. That event > runs until 4:00 p.m. that day and takes every bit of the great hall > for display. After the event ends we then need to switch the room > for the Varner Hall dinner. We will be very short on space and may > need to put the piano in the Ross hallway a very short distance to > where it can be rolled for the evening event. I checked with Kathe > Anderson to see if one of the grad students in the showcase needed a > piano unfortunately not the case. So we need to work around the > showcase to make this all work. Paul I would like to visit with you > more about options for getting you in for the tuning and a time we > can deliver. We could deliver on Wednesday March 9 during the day > and then you could possibly tune after our EN Thompson event in the > evening which will conclude around 7:00 p.m. that will probably be > the only quiet time available before Thursday. We can have Bob pick > up the piano on Friday March 11. > Thanks > Annette > > Annette Wetzel > Director of Visitor Center and Special Events > University of Nebraska > 202 Canfield Administration > Lincoln, NE 68588-0424 > (402) 472-8524 > Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> > 02/24/2011 11:37 AM > > > > > To > awetzel1 at unl.edu > cc > Robert E Gier <rgier at unlnotes.unl.edu>, Michele L Deaton <mdeaton at unlnotes.unl.edu > >, "John W. Richmond" <jrichmond2 at unlnotes.unl.edu> > Subject > Fw: Piano - UNL Visitor's Center > > > > > > > > > > > Hello Annette, > > I am the Piano Technician for the School of Music, and I have been > instructed to deliver a grand piano over to the Visitor's Center > March 10th for an event for President Milliken. > > I will need to coordinate timing with you and Bob Gier at Moving > Services for getting it in, and then out the next day. I will also > need to arrange with you some quiet time for me to tune the piano > before the event. I understand the timing will be challenging with > some other event there that morning. > > Please let me know the room schedule over there at your earliest > convenience, so I can get the ball rolling over here. > > Thanks so much! > > Paul T. Williams RPT > Piano Technician > School of Music > 5 Westbrook Bldg. > University of Nebraska > Lincoln, NE 68588-0100 > pwilliams4 at unl.edu > > > ----- Forwarded by Paul T Williams/Music/UNL/UNEBR on 02/24/2011 > 11:29 AM ----- > > From: > John W. Richmond/Music/UNL/UNEBR > To: > Michele L Deaton/Music/UNL/UNEBR at University of Nebraska > Cc: > Mark A Nealeigh/Music/UNL/UNEBR at University of Nebraska, Paul T > Williams/Music/UNL/UNEBR at University of Nebraska > Date: > 02/24/2011 09:48 AM > Subject: > Re: Piano - UNL Visitor's Center > > > > > > > Thank you, Michele. > > Paul, please be certain to coordinate also with Annette Wetzel in > all of this, as I know there is an event in the Visitor's Center > earlier in the day that will make the move, set-up, and tuning a bit > tight. Knowledge is power, as Mark like to remind us. > > John > > John W. Richmond, Ph.D. > Professor & Director of the School of Music > University of Nebraska -- Lincoln > Hixson-Lied College of Fine & Performing Arts > 121 Westbrook Music Building > Lincoln, NE 68588-0100 > > TEL 402-472-5775 > E-mail: jrichmond2 at unl.edu > Web: http://fpadirectory.unl.edu/user/jrichmond2 > > "Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is > impossible to be silent." ~ Victor Hugo > From: > Michele L Deaton/Music/UNL/UNEBR > To: > Paul T Williams/Music/UNL/UNEBR at University of Nebraska, Mark A > Nealeigh/Music/UNL/UNEBR at University of Nebraska > Cc: > John W. Richmond/Music/UNL/UNEBR at University of Nebraska > Date: > 02/24/2011 09:46 AM > Subject: > Piano - UNL Visitor's Center > > > > > > > Paul: > > We will need to move a piano to the UNL Visitor's Center for a March > 10th event from President Milliken's Office. Dr. Richmond would > like to use the piano in room 107. Please work with Bob in Moving > Services to get the piano moved there and returned to Westbrook. > When you have information I'll get a requisition together for Bob. > The President's office is paying for the move, a tuning at the > Visitor's Center and a tuning when the instrument returns to > Westbrook. > > Mark: Please make sure there are no events in room 107 which would > require the piano for this period. > > > Michele L. Deaton > Business Manager > University of Nebraska-Lincoln > School of Music > 122 Westbrook Music Building > Lincoln, NE 68588-0100 > (402) 472-6861 - phone > (402) 472-8962 - fax > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20110224/b56422f7/attachment-0001.htm>
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