At 01:42 PM 2/27/2004 -0500, Michaele Kennedy wrote:
>Let me see if I reading all this correctly:
>
>FACULTY & STUDENTS don't want to be here at 10:00 they prefer 9:25;
>FACULTY & STUDENTS want the announcement available through the media by 5:00
>a.m. not after 6:00 a.m.;  FACULTY & STUDENTS comprise the "vast majority of
>people on campus" and are basically the "primary customers";  FACULTY want
>salary adjustments & STUDENTS are outraged at tuition hikes while BOTH want
>to know where university budget allocations are going.
>
>And what about STAFF?
>
>On this particular snow day, STAFF were required to be here at regular time
>inspite of inclement weather.  As you may know, STAFF are generally here
>long before faculty and students arrive on campus each day and long after
>they leave.  They work behind the scenes and perform their duties so that
>the university will continue to open & close its doors each day, all day,
>regardless if FACULTY and STUDENTS are here.  And yet, STAFF are oftentimes
>not even mentioned when campus issues are addressed except when it comes to
>budget CUTS and NO RAISES.
>
>So PLEASE, whether the discussions or decisions are about inclement weather,
>salary adjustments, where to cut budgets, etc. remember to include &
>consider the STAFF that work on this campus.
>
>They are IMPORTANT and VITAL to the success of this institution.
>
>Want change? Join the STAFF Federation and make your voice heard!
>
>
>Michaele C. Kennedy
>Administrative Assistant
>UTC Department of History
>408 Brock Hall
>Phone:  (423) 425-4561
>Fax: (423) 425-2138
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I don't know about most faculty and staff, but some times I get here
between 7:30 and 8:00 AM fto teach a 10:00 AM class, so I can find a place
to park. If I wait until 9:00AM there is almost always no place to park on
lot ten next to Grote Hall (This is where my office is)
On most days I have to lug  6 to 10 dozen lab notebooks up to my office and
it is really nice not to have to lug them all the way from behind the
Engineering Building.
  Also something has to be done about students who have yellow parking
permits and park on lot 10 all the time. Apparently just giving them a
ticket has made no impression on some. It would be nice if they could be
booted and have to pay a 150,00 fine. Maybe that would get their attention.


Harold A. Climer
Dept. Of Physics, Geology, and Astronomy
Room 318 Grote Hall
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
615 McCallie Ave
423-425-4546