The Tech-Geek special forces should storm the district get everything running then slowly disappear into the night. That way whoever takes this job has a fighting chance of getting things turned around in the district.
JL On Oct 22, 2010, at 7:35 AM, Scott Oyer wrote: > In this case a lot -- because they are union... > > On Oct 22, 2010, at 6:58 AM, Bill Purcell wrote: > >> That was my first thought.. 20-30 min login.. Those techs should be fired... >> Was does it take to fire a tech for incompetence... >> Percy >> >> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Eric Pingel <etpinge.l...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 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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