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Conrad,
<p>I have been trying for years to come up with a policy that the Deans
and department heads would accept. Therefore, I am also eager to hear about
any creative solutions to this problem.
<p>What I am up against is a basic apathy towards food in practice rooms.
How are you going to legislate against the "diva bottle." They have become
so prolific it almost seems part of the culture now. The truth be known,
many of the Deans and faculty ate their lunches and dinners in the practice
rooms too. Also, many faculty members do not set good examples. How many
of you go into a teaching studio and find water, coffee and whatever on
the piano? Voice faculty tend to be the worst. Every now and then, I bring
up my concerns about this situation. I have stopped beating my head against
the wall though. :-)
<p>Don McKechnie
<br>Ithaca College
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<pre>Conrad Hoffsommer wrote:
Friends,
This week I am going to be proposing the following at the music department
meeting:
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>Practice room Fines proposal
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>Whereas:
>*The signs forbidding eating and drinking in practice rooms and
>performance halls are increasingly and flagrantly being ignored.
>*More and more grand pianos are showing evidence of spilled drinks.
>*A well-placed spill of as little as a * cup of water can do thousands of
>dollars in damage.
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>Therefore:
>I propose that a system of fines be instituted for those persons found
>with drinks in or on pianos, harpsichords or organs. (Amounts to be
>determined later, but certainly progressive.)
Do any of you have something like this in place, tried it in the past? How
do you administer/enforce it, etc.?
Thanks.
©Conrad Hoffsommer - <A HREF="mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu">mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu</A>
- -A rose by any other name would still attract aphids.
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