Marilyn forwarded to us a statement that says the university "... will strive >to establish rewards ...." My personal opinion is that this is a very weak statement. I do not see any form of commitment behind it. If the university wants to let us know it is committed to establishing a performance rewards system, I'd like to see it in a strongly worded statement. JIM -- Jim Henry e mailto:[log in to unmask] http://chem.engr.utc.edu/jim-henry College of Engineering University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA 37403 phone 1-423-755-4398, fax 1-423-755-5229