<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 9/22/2005 2:11:44 PM Central Standard Time, stranges@Oswego.EDU writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>I work for a state college Wim- <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>*NO* money "miraculously appears"..</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>And I work at a state school in (upstate) *New York* which means..</D= IV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>Miracles only happen on 34th Street.</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>:)</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>This isn't part of my job description no- but it's not part of the au= dio engineers job description either... it's just that I dig MOST of the = poeple I work with and even though it IS funny to see Rob running up and d= own the hall listening to piano excercises by students- I feel kinda bad for him.</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>(Plus I get a warm fuzzy when I see piano shaped objects.. maternal instinct??)</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>Thanx all for your moral support!!!</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>:)</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>Stranges</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Michelle. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I work for a state school, too, and it's surprising that when there is = a real need, the money does appear. As much as you dig most of your fellow workers, buying lab instruments, even if they do like PSO's, is not y= our, or the audio guy's, responsibility. Leave the buying to those who contr= ol the money. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>On a broader issue, I used to want to do as much as I could to hel= p the department. I spent extra hours doing things that were none of my business. I went to almost every recital and concert. I volunteered to be on= committees, and offered to help do what was necessary to get the work done. Call me skeptical, ( and I think there are a couple of us out tha= t that feel like I do), but no matter how hard we work, and how much we suppor= t the department, when it comes right down to it, we're nothing more than= a hired hand to tune pianos. You might dig most of your fellow workers, and th= ey probably like you, too, but when it comes right down to it, most of them wou= ld get rid of you in a minute, or at most reduce your position to quarter time,= if it meant more money for their pet projects. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sorry for the rant.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>