<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>HTML Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE>P { MARGIN: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Congratulations, Dave,  = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Your post made me smile!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I remember the ordeal I went through to = get the position at Illinois Wesleyan University made into full-time.  It = was nice to walk in that first day--week--whatever and feel not only that I had accomplished something some folks said would never happen, but I felt = like I "belonged" and had earned the respect of the faculty and = administration.  It felt very good.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </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=dporritt@mail.smu.edu = href="mailto:dporritt@mail.smu.edu">David M. Porritt</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 03, 2004 = 6:26 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> New experience</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P>Esteemed Colleagues:</P> <P> </P> <P>I had a new experience today.  After 18 years of being a = part-time contract technician at SMU in Dallas, I spent my first day as a full-time employee.  (It's been 30 years since I've had a = real <EM>job!</EM>)  I don't suppose there is a really significant = difference except for now getting benefits....and vacation, paid = holidays etc.  It really is quite remarkable how much paperwork has to be done to = accomplish something like this in a large organization.  As of today it's done.  </P> <P> </P> <P>It actually felt really good!</P> <P> </P> <P>dave</P> <P><BR>__________________________________________</P> <P>David M. Porritt, RPT</P> <P>Meadows School of the Arts</P> <P>Southern Methodist University</P> <P>Dallas, TX 75275</P> <P><A = href="mailto:dporritt@mail.smu.edu">dporritt@mail.smu.edu</A></P> <P> </P> <P><BR> </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>