Bad part is you need to evaluate for a year to see how they use it to know what is best for the cause! I guess you could "maintain" and just fix what is broken and not working now. Maybe thatcoukd carry them through the year.
-Heath Henderson On Oct 22, 2010, at 7:42 AM, Jason Livezey <jlive...@nlsd122.org> wrote: > 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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