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People wanted to know what this
is about and what advice the Patriot can give them in terms of
their participation or non-participation in this matter. Following
are some of our observations:
Be careful.
Don’t get sucked into it. This is, most likely, yet another ploy
by the Queen of Released Time to secure and guarantee herself
additional released time.
A
few years ago, a high official at the College told us that the
Queen of Released is the astute planner of her released time.
For almost a decade and even currently, she is a recipient of
several hours of released time for being on the Executive Committee
of the University Faculty Senate. She is also getting additional
released time for supposedly editing the UFS's Newsletter. By
running on the New Caucus slate, she got herself on their Executive
Committee. We hear that she is pushing and most likely will receive
some more released time. Not having a credibility on the campus,
most likely she will not run for the next Senate election thus
losing her released time in the future. Her efforts to form another
slate for the upcoming PSC CUNY Chapter fizzled because no one
wanted to run on her slate, thus losing any opportunity to receive
released time for union activities on the campus. So now she is
drumming up this new avenue.
She
has named herself a Faculty Governance Leader. No one nominated
her and no one has elected her to that position and no one knows
what the Governance Leaders do. We believe that she perceives
the so called Kingsborough Faculty Assembly as a vehicle for her
self aggrandizement with great possibilities for her to acquire
lots of released time in future.
Is
it not a better idea that at our current College Council, the
legally constituted body, with elected representatives from faculty,
administration and students, scheduled to meet on March 20, someone
brings in a motion to form a committee which will study, conduct
hearings and recommend to the faculty to modify, revise, change,
alter, abolish or invent new Council? If we are to change the
College Council, it has to be done legally with proper deliberation
and discussions of all issues to all concerned. It also has to
be approved by the Board of Trustees. A body not authorized by
the current College Council is illegitimate and should not be
given a forum
THE FUZZY SLOGAN AND LARRY
THE LONER
In this
e-mail Larry the Loner writes: "We (Kingsborough Faculty Assembly)
are the only voice on the campus that is by, for and of the faculty."
Is he kidding or is he in a cyberspace? Even after more than two
decades on the Kingsborough Campus with Full Professorship at
his credit, he fails to understand that the local PSC Chapter
has been voicing faculty concerns for decades. What is tragic
is, as we understand it, he has been invited to serve on the Executive
Committee of the local PSC chapter in the coming election and
his name may appear on the ballot in the coming election. For
him to call the nonexistent Faculty assembly as the only voice
of the faculty is either pure stupidity or he is playing games
with the local Chapter. Furthermore, no one has prevented him
or any other person from bringing before the College Council which
has to do with teaching or curriculum.
Larry also
invites faculty to present "original scholarly works" before the
Faculty Forum Can you imagine if any scholar would reveal his
"original" research to a faculty body? She/he would rather publish
it in a reputable scholarly journal and/ or disclose it before
his professional organization before disclosing his "original"
research to a faculty body.
OUR FUTURE HERE AT
KCC IS TOO IMPORTANT TO BE MANIPULATED BY THE QUEEN OF RELEASED
TIME'S GREED. PL. BE ON GUARD
PS Visit
the KCC's Art Gallery, March 7-April 4. See "Morning Woods" by
Lois Dodd. This oil on canvas 30x60 painting is exciting, exhilarating
and yes, non-offensive realist. You don't have to scratch your
head to figure out what it is.
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Sharad
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