That poses the question...are the switches union? Chris Janssen JH/HS Principal/Technology Coordinator Spoon River Valley Schools London Mills, IL 61544 cjans...@spoon-river.k12.il.us Phone: (309) 778-2201 Fax: (309) 778-2655 >>> etpinge.l...@gmail.com 10/21/10 11:26 AM >>> might be a union deal that login times are 30-40 minutes
---- Eric Pingel Network Manager Lake Bluff School District 65 epin...@lb65.org On Oct 21, 2010, at 11:16 AM, Jim Flanagan wrote: > don't forget, get the login tim down to 5 min. and you are a hero ;-) > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Brian Tobin > <brian.to...@dist428.org> wrote: > So it basically sounds like 80-90K a year to do nothing. Ha! > It would be interesting to see what kind of skill set the techs > have, and how bad the network config is. > > Brian Tobin > DeKalb Community Unit School District 428 > 901 s 4th st > DeKalb, IL 60115 > brian.to...@dist428.org > ilfastpi...@gmail.com > W815.754.2284 > M302.468.6246 > ________________________________________ > From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org > ] On Behalf Of Chris Franzen [chrisfran...@nokomis.k12.il.us] > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 11:03 AM > To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List > Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Job Opening - Dir of Tech > > 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<mailto: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<mailto: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 > <mailto: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 > > > > [mailto: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<mailto: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 | > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > > > -- > > Jim Flanagan > 4439 N. 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