<HTML>In a message dated 2/3/03 2:47:23 PM Central Standard Time, stranges@Oswego.EDU writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I heard rumors today at lunch about Pataki cutting up to 5000 jobs this next year in NY State. I am 3/4 time here and with the numbers and state of our music department....   deep down I feel ........REAL BAD. :( Oswegette </BLOCKQUOTE> How's your relationship with the faculty and administration? Jobs that get cut are usually non essential type positions. So it all depends on how important the faculty and chairman think the pianos are. If the general consensus around the department is that they are willing to play on out of tune, unregulated pianos, you better start looking. But around here, at least I think they think this way, they might cut some faculty positions, because the pianos still need to be kept in tune. They have almost a $1 million in inventory. That's a lot of inventory not to be maintained. But maybe that's wishful thinking. Wim </HTML>