Yeah that would be my problem as well. I would be hands on and upset the union. good luck to anyone who wishes to truck down this path. Chris Franzen Technology Coordinator Nokomis School District 511 Oberle St. Nokomis, IL 62075
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:47 AM, T Suter <suterscomput...@gmail.com> wrote: > I should clarify......I wasn't mad because I HAD to do the work. It was > because I had several grievances filed against me because I WANTED to do the > work...and did. > > > > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:46 AM, T Suter <suterscomput...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Delawder, >> >> >> >> I remember back in a former life....being a supervisor in a factory. All >> my floor personnel was union....and I wasn't of course. While I could go on >> and on about what I know of that experience, I'll just say that I was less >> than happy several times when I would go to do some labor because a person >> was sick. The politics of that whole situation superimposed onto the >> politics already manifested for a Director who DOESN'T have to deal with >> union subordinates, screams Rolaids. Does the benefit package have some >> sort of comprehensive care/life insurance for stress related illnesses, >> mental or physical, that is sure to take the Director down? >> >> I guess if that budget is all the district can do for their technology, >> the new courageous soul taking on that load of a position should be allowed >> to enlist the most diligent and creative grant writer that would find some >> tech funds for that budget to upgrade that heaping pile of a collision >> domain. While I believe that throwing money at something doesn't >> necessarily always fix it....$300,000 a year for a tech budget of a school >> that size with the problems it has.............- WOW! Isn't that like an >> early/mid 90's budget? >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Mike Oliveri < >> mike.oliv...@student.rb60.com> wrote: >> >>> I'm wondering if they're talking to Cat. State Farm gives out old >>> equipment in Bloomington, so I'm wondering if Cat does the same. They've got >>> their big offices downtown and facilities all over the area. >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> >>> >>> On Oct 21, 2010, at 10:03 AM, Richard Kasson wrote: >>> >>> > Let me get this straight. The techs are all union so the tech director >>> > can't touch the equipment? That's the scariest part. Does that budget >>> > figure include the salaries or are salaries separate. If salaries are >>> > separate, you can get creative and make it work. I manage on $25,000 a >>> year >>> > or less depending on what my REAP grant is and whether Congress >>> continues to >>> > fund it. You just have to find and use available resources that >>> provide >>> > things for free. There is absolutely no reason that those techs >>> shouldn't >>> > be visiting Rock Island arsenal on a regular basis to take advantage of >>> what >>> > the Army is rotating out of service. There's some pretty nice two and >>> > three-year-old equipment available. All it takes is someone to fill >>> out the >>> > paperwork and watch the website. >>> > >>> > That login thing is a bit worrisome. I had 9 year old Celeron 600s >>> with 64 >>> > MB RAM that didn't take 20 minutes to login, even when we were a Novell >>> > Network. Something definitely ain't correct there. >>> > >>> > It does sound like a challenge and it would be a blast to give it a >>> shot - >>> > if I lived closer. >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org >>> > [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Mike Oliveri >>> > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:08 PM >>> > To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List >>> > Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Job Opening - Dir of Tech >>> > >>> > That's what I'm thinking. >>> > >>> > Mike >>> > >>> > >>> > On Oct 20, 2010, at 6:28 PM, Heath Henderson wrote: >>> > >>> >> Yes, failure, but from the creative standpoint, it sure would be fun >>> to >>> > try. From the technical side (outside of the tech plan etc) it sure >>> would be >>> > challenging to try and get that system fixed back up right. Sounds like >>> the >>> > infrastructure is there though. >>> >> >>> >> -Heath Henderson >>> >> >>> >> On Oct 20, 2010, at 5:07 PM, Jason Livezey <jlive...@nlsd122.org> >>> wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> It is going to be really hard for a Director if he or she can't touch >>> > anything. I have to manage things on a daily basis just so I can make >>> an >>> > educated decision about what I need and who is going to manage it. >>> > Obviously something is seriously wrong with their setup if they have >>> login >>> > times of 20+ minutes. That basically means those machines are >>> useless... >>> >>> >>> >>> You would have to go backwards before you could go forward. With >>> that >>> > current budget you could only spend about $7500K a building if you >>> divided >>> > equally. With a district that big a budget like that for tech is just >>> bad. >>> >>> >>> >>> Talk about setting up for failure... >>> >>> >>> >>> JL >>> >>> >>> >>> On Oct 20, 2010, at 3:47 PM, Delawder, Scott wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Union District means no Hands on for the Director >>> >>> >>> >>> Jason Livezey >>> >>> Director of Technology >>> >>> New Lenox School District #122 >>> >>> Cell: 815.693.9338 >>> >>> >>> >>> ACMT Certified >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >>> >> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >>> > >>> > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >>> > >>> > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >>> >>> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >>> >> >> > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >
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