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<div>Hello, Colleagues.</div>
<div>I will be serving as a Faculty Council communication person for CEIT this year, here is your first email from the executive officers of FC. </div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>John Lutz <<a href="mailto:John.Lutz@liu.edu">John.Lutz@liu.edu</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 7:12 AM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>LIU Post Faculty Council <<a href="mailto:post-FC@liu.edu">post-FC@liu.edu</a>>, Brian Sweeney <<a href="mailto:Brian.Sweeney@liu.edu">Brian.Sweeney@liu.edu</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span>Michele Dornisch <<a href="mailto:Michele.Dornisch@liu.edu">Michele.Dornisch@liu.edu</a>>, Nancy Frye <<a href="mailto:Nancy.Frye@liu.edu">Nancy.Frye@liu.edu</a>>, Anke Grosskopf <<a href="mailto:Anke.Grosskopf@liu.edu">Anke.Grosskopf@liu.edu</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>FW: Brooklyn Teaching Assignments<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Please see the letter below from the Faculty Council officers to Dr. Cline regarding the decision to assign staff and administrators at Post campus to teach classes at Brooklyn in the event of a strike. This
is a letter from the officers only and not a case of us speaking for the Council; however, we would like to discuss the possibility of constructing an open letter to Dr. Cline and the Board of Trustees expressing our concerns about the university.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">John<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> John Lutz <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 24, 2016 7:06 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kim Cline<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Michele Dornisch; Nancy Frye; Anke Grosskopf; Jeff Kane<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Brooklyn Teaching Assignments<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Dear Dr. Cline,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">We're writing to express our dismay at the decision to assign Post staff and administrators to teach classes at Brooklyn in the event of a strike. This decision
has resulted in a widespread feeling of outrage among faculty on this campus. We believe that this decision will have an extremely negative effect upon all stakeholders at the university for the following reasons:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">1) The Faculty Council has pursued a path of collaboration with administration in reaching our shared goal of educating students. In the event of a strike, key
personnel who provide crucial support to faculty will not be available at the beginning of the semester; however, the more important impact to consider is the effect on morale. We have many challenges ahead of us that require faculty engagement and optimism
about the future of our institution. We urge you to consider the long term consequences of a decision that is certain to be destructive and that can only exacerbate many of the tensions and conflicts that we need to overcome to achieve genuine shared governance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">2) The absence of staff and administrators in the early weeks of the semester will have a detrimental impact on students. The first few weeks of the semester are
crucial in getting students settled in their classes and on track for a successful semester. This is particularly true of first-year students. What will be the impact on them? How many students will not be able to get the assistance they need because the person
who can help them is teaching at Brooklyn campus? This decision is unfair to students at Post because many will not receive the attention they need and deserve.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">3) This decision is unjust to the staff and administrators who have been assigned to teach at Brooklyn as well as others at Post who will have to perform the tasks
that they would have performed if they were present. The commute to Brooklyn is two hours each way. Add the course load that some staff and administrators will be taking on and, realistically, two out of five days of the week will be spent at Brooklyn campus.
Many staff and administrators have commitments to their families that will make these class assignments painful and burdensome. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">4) This decision exhibits no consideration for the knowledge and expertise that faculty have acquired over many years of research and study to teach effectively
and well. It sends the message that faculty are easily replaceable. It will inevitably undermine the intellectual legitimacy of our institution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">We ask you to reconsider this decision in light of the arguments above, we ask you to consider the impact on campus morale and the future of shared governance,
we urge you to consider the impact on the staff and administrators asked to do this, their families, and our campus community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Respectfully,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Faculty Council Officers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Michele Dornisch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">John Lutz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Anke Grosskopf<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Nancy Frye (Ex officio)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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