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<DIV>In a message dated 9/22/2005 6:18:06 P.M. Central Standard Time,
fssturm@unm.edu writes:</DIV>
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e=2>In our
department, procuring equipment is the responsibility of the person needin=
g
it. The department chair does sign off on the purchase request, but the
research concerning what will be bought and from where is done by the pers=
on
who identifies the need, and perhaps more or less controls a particular
account (orchestra director orders parts, choral director orders risers, o=
boe
prof orders reed making equipment and supplies). If there is money, and th=
e
request seems reasonable, the chair approves it. And then the actual purch=
ase
process is done by the requestor with the help of the department accountan=
t
(in most cases by phone, using a “P-card”). The notion tha=
t the chair has the
time, knowledge and ability to take all that on is, frankly, absurd. There=
isn’t an anonymous “them” who will handle the pesk=
y details of life. Unless
you’re rich and can afford a personal assistant <g>.<BR>Rega=
rds,<BR>Fred
Sturm<BR>University of New Mexico <BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>Here in Alabama, the person needing the equipment puts in a request to =
the
chairman of the department. Obviously, things like music, stands, etc, are
requested by the choral director, etc., and the chair usually approves the
items. But if an item is more than (I think $2000), it has to be out to bid,=
which is a long and drawn out process. Again, the person requesting the item=
puts in the request, but it has to be approved by the chair, the procurement=
department, the dean, etc. When the bids come in, the decision is made by th=
e
person needing the equipment AND the chair, with the final approval by the
procurement chairman, who has the right to deny the bid, "just because". </D=
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<DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>