<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3132" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Avery,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The School of Music had been running in the red for several years.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It finally came to a point, where the dean said that the School of Music would have to balance its budget.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>They eliminated a total of four positions, mine included.  We had a property manager, who had a degree in stringed instrument repair.  His job also included tracking instrument inventory.  A receptionist and someone else is also gone.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now, all of the instrument repair and piano repair work is contracted out.  At least, I get in on some of that.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ron</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ptuner1@gmail.com href="mailto:ptuner1@gmail.com">Avery Todd</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 17, 2008 4:53 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Position Announcement, SIU, Carbondale, IL</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr> <DIV>Ron, </DIV> <DIV><BR>I can't help but ask. How were they able to "lay you off" after that long there? I'd have to have gotten caught/arrested for doing drugs or something worse for them to lay me off after even 6 months on the job! </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Just wondering. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Avery Todd<BR></DIV> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Ron Poire <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:rpoire@comcast.net">rpoire@comcast.net</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hey Richard, Right on.<BR><BR>Some of us should follow Richard's example and apply for the job, then turn it down, unless they want to anty up.<BR><BR>With myself having been laid off at the University of Minnesota, I would use that job as a springboard to something else.<BR>One catch though, I am 59 years old, and wonder how much I have left in me.<BR>It's a great job for some young guy to take, then walk away when you'be completed all or most of your experiments on the pianos.<BR><BR>Use the university's pianos as a laboratory for experiment, so you can learn what works, and what doesn't.<BR><BR>regards,<BR><BR>Ron Poire<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>