<!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 6.00.2900.2668" 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 7/3/2005 5:11:38 PM Central Standard Time, fssturm@unm.edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Verdana color=#000000 siz= e=2><FONT face=Verdana>Hi Wim,<BR>    One topic that would be = very useful to a number of cauts (and others who deal with large institutions) = is contracts. What should be in them? What legal safeguards are necessary on = both sides?<BR>Regards,<BR>Fred Sturm<BR></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Fred </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>That's a very good idea. I don't work with a contract. I am, what they call, an "at will" employee. Which basically means I can get fired or l= et go at any time. Now, the university has guidelines as to why they can fire me, but there is no guarantee, from year to year, that I have a jo= b. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I will include that in my article, but could I ask those of you wh= o are under contract, to send that information to me. Please send it to me, no= t to the CAUT list. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>