Right on, Mark!!! I'm glad we had the opportunity, and totally relieved that the building and the outreach to the community have been preserved.
But I couldn't have said it better than you and Keith have... :) -Gary Mark C Ballew wrote: > Just a quick note for those of you who were concerned over the distruction of one of >the few geek hangouts. I think it is awesome that the community was able to be so >responsive, and it just goes to show how community involvement can change a blind >administration's ways. > > ----- Forwarded message from KeithJohnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > > Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 22:53:00 -0800 > Subject: Thanks, and a look ahead > From: KeithJohnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.551) > X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by pinon.cs.unr.edu id >h0D6rTr29285 > > First: please forgive me for being a bit late with this, but as you can > imagine, things have been a little chaotic the past couple of days! > > You�ve probably already heard the news, but the university > administration has decided not to close down Fleischmann Planetarium in > June. President John Lilley announced last Friday that a task force had > been appointed to revise the plans they had formulated for the > mid-campus so as to allow us to remain open for the near future. You > can find details at > > http://www.unr.edu/content/news.asp?sto_id=415. > > I suspect one of the factors that suggested the need for a new look at > the situation was the outpouring of opinions from folks like you > directed to the administration, the Regents, and other officials. I and > the rest of the planetarium staff are grateful to all of you for your > support. We suspected a majority of the community felt that a way > should be found to let the planetarium remain open, but even we were > unprepared for the level of support we received. We realize we are > blessed with many friends, and we thank you all for your help. > > But even this is only a temporary reprieve. Dr. Lilley specifically > referred to the expectation that the planetarium was expected to be > transferred into a new, large community science center in the middle > future. The planetarium staff has been hoping that that could happen, > and will work enthusiastically to make it so. That project has actually > been underway for some time, and preliminary studies have been carried > out; but now we need and expect to develop a full head of steam. > > Such a project can only succeed with the cooperation of all the > entitities involved, including both major cities, the university, the > county, and the state, not to mention numerous community groups, > commercial enterprises, school districts, and local citizens. We view > the decision of the university administration as a sign that the time > has come to move forward vigorously together. We thank President Lilley > for allowing this to happen, and we look forward to working with him > and all the other people who are already involved, or will soon become > so, to make the �Great Basin Exploration Center� a reality. > > In the meantime, we will be working hard to keep the planetarium at the > highest possible level of educational excellence in its current > incarnation. Thanks again, and keep wishing us luck! > > --Keith Johnson > Associate Director, Fleischmann Planetarium > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > | Mark C. Ballew > | Graduate Student, University of Nevada, Reno > | Homepage: http://sublinear.net > | RAWUG President: http://rawug.org > | UNR GS-ACM Treasurer: http://www.cs.unr.edu/~gsacm > _______________________________________________ > RLUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
