Sounds almost like an issue with the DLU not being set correctly....but not being there to see...hmmm... On Oct 22, 2010, at 8:32 AM, Richard Kasson wrote:
> True, but 20 minute login times wouldn’t be acceptable no matter how they use > it. I don’t care how old the computers are, that’s just unreasonable. The > Novell client doesn’t slow things down that much. That needs to be fixed > sooner rather than later and should have never been allowed to get that far. > My guess is that they aren’t concerned with fixing the problem because I’m > thinking Scott has already told them what was causing the problem and they > haven’t been concerned about making it go away. > > From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org > [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Heath Henderson > Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 8:02 AM > To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List > Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Job Opening - Dir of Tech > > 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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