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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Candor, Paul. Simply tell him that you don’t have the
budget to do it and he should try to get supplemental funding for this
project. Take it to the Music School Director or Dean. These are
the problems they are supposed to solve. Spending money within your
budget is your job. Raising money for special projects is their
job. I certainly wouldn’t entertain spending 28% of my budget for
this kind of job….fortunately the people here wouldn’t expect me
to. We need a new harpsichord here but that money will be found someplace
beside my budget.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>dave<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>David M. Porritt</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><a href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu">dporritt@smu.edu</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Paul T Williams<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, September 18, 2006
2:35 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> caut@ptg.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> caut@ptg.org;
caut-bounces@ptg.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [CAUT] caut Digest,
Vol 1090, Issue 3</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><br>
</span></font><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:sans-serif'>Hi List,</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Some
of my greenish hue is starting to wear off on being a CAUT, but on budget
matters with piano faculty, in particular, I shine brighter that the emerald
city!! We have 105 keyboard instruments here at the university, one of
them being a Belt forte-piano about 25 years old. The professor who plays
it primarily is demanding a major rehabilitation to it which will require some
outside help with my assisting this outside expert. The estimated cost of
bringing this "expert" in will take over 28% of my yearly budget. The
instrument is used in concert 6-8 times per year as compared to our 3 Steinway
D's, 1 concert Baldwin and 3 Steinway B's which are used constantly.</span></font>
<br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Some
of the other faculty are up in arms about using the piano budget and insist
that this is a "special project" and should use "special
funds" like grants and the like. Of course I agree strongly both
ways! It is a university instrument, so it should use university funds. On
the other hand it is used so infrequently, that I can't see using a huge slice
of my pie. On the third hand, one of my responsibilities is to see to it
that all instruments are happy.</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Having
such a limited budget as I do, if I had to replace a good quality grand, (not
even concert level), I would be spending far more than one year's budget,
leaving all other instruments on hold until next year whatever the need may
be.INCLUDING the concert instruments.</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>So
I ask for a bit of seasoned advise from you all. How have you handled
such delemmas? Thanks for your help.</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Here
I am, stuck in the middle with you.....</span></font> <br>
<br>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Paul</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font size=2
face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">T.</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Williams</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">RPT</st1:PlaceName></span></font> <br>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>
of <st1:State w:st="on">Nebraska</st1:State>-<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:place></st1:City></span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
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