From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of wayback71 Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 8:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: MUM only to 'Survive'
--- In [email protected] <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , guyfawkes91 <no_re...@...> wrote: > > Slowly, very slowly, the awful truth is beginning to make it through to the top guys in the TMO. But it's already too late to save MUM, it has no credibility in the academic world and so it can't get new staff. So no amount of economizing will allow it to survive. This news is just the first step towards the inevitable closure of MUM, with all that implies for the rest of the movement. > > When times are tough and people have to make tough choices they reveal their real priorities. You can be pretty sure that Girish's palace and Tony's Paris pad won't be sacrificed to keep MUM alive. Does anyone really know the style in which Girish lives? If MUM goes, I think that means the TMO goes. When this falls apart, it will be most interesting to see how the top people live out their lives - will they have oodles of money squirreled away, or be getting by on very little.? Living in FF or some TM enclave in Vlodrop, or getting far away from it all? For TM teachers, the TMO was incredibly stingy - and I imagine the same goes for their treatment of MUM faculty, too. My guess is that if Bevan is beginning to ring the alarm bells publicly, then he and the other top people are way way ahead of what they are talking about. I bet they have already begun the plan to dismantle things. I have no idea who runs the money and disperses it, or what is left of it. But it would be a really interesting process to watch from the inside. And what about the value of MUM- selling the land and buildings? Wouldn't it be wild if some fundie Christian college bought the place? Honestly, I would be sad to see the place close - at least in its ideal form, the whole idea is a worthy one. It is the center of the organization for TM people. There seems to be a lot of speculation here. Doug (Buck) mentioned something about Bevin using the word "survive" and all of a sudden we're spinning out scenarios about the complete dismantlement of MUM, top people walking away with lots of cash, etc. Does anyone know if MUM is actually in more serious financial trouble than it has usually been over the years?
