<div dir="ltr"><div>Ah, that explains it. I heard once of a university who had a tech that was so bad they wanted to get rid of him but since it was a state school, they couldn't fire him or lay him off, so they eliminated the position. I heard that after a "resonable" amount of time, they were going to reinstate the position. Never heard if it happened. </div> <div><br>Avery Todd<br></div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 5:37 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"> <div 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><font color="#888888"> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Ron</font></div></font> <div> <div></div> <div class="Wj3C7c"> <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"><b>From:</b> <a title="ptuner1@gmail.com" href="mailto:ptuner1@gmail.com" target="_blank">Avery Todd</a> </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="caut@ptg.org" href="mailto:caut@ptg.org" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">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></div></div></div></blockquote> </div><br></div>