<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; ">I think it's time for a Citizen's Committee to meet with</span><div style="font-size: 19px; ">MCC and Santa Rosa JC. This is reminiscent of </div><div style="font-size: 19px; ">citizen push-back 20 + years ago. We can initiate a</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; ">pleblicite and attempt to merge our college district</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;">with another community college. As before CR et al<br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;">will take our tax share, spend it somewhere else and</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;">return less and less to the district.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;">Norman de Vall</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;">former CR Marine/Maritime Technologies Instructor</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"><br></span></div><div><div><div><div>On Dec 1, 2012, at 4:32 PM, Mark Safron wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font face="Tahoma" size="2">From</font><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; "> Anya:</span></div><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; ">Below is a link to an article about the current CR president Kathy Smith and her previous occupations. She was actually working for Mendocino College before CR. Also, she was recently married which is why her name is Smith now and no longer Lehner.</span> <br style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://www.northcoastjournal.com/blogthing/2012/03/15/new-college-of-the-redwoods-president/" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; ">http://www.northcoastjournal.com/blogthing/2012/03/15/new-college-of-the-redwoods-president/</a><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; ">1. The dean position at the Mendocino campus is being eliminated. This means that our current dean, whose contract ends June 1st, will not be replaced. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; ">2. CR's custodian, maintenance man, lab tech, library tech, and</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; ">administrative office assistant were all laid off. Their last day will</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; ">be January 31st.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; ">3. Out of the five layoffs listed in #2 everyone except the</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; ">administrative office assistant has the option of being rehired, but</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; ">their hours will be reduced from full time to 19 hours a week and they</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; ">will no longer receive benefits.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; ">4. Our financial aid officer is retiring at the end of the year, and she</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; ">is not being replaced. She will be coming back very part time in the</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; ">spring semester, but beyond this there is no plan to provide a new</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; ">financial aid officer.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; ">5. Our IT person is retiring at the end of this fall semester, and he is</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; ">not being replaced. This means we will have no one to repair computers or help with technical problems.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; ">6. Out of the 38 layoffs district wide, five of them took place on our</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; ">little campus.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; ">7. Please get the word out that people can contact Barbara Rice, the</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; ">trustee for the Mendocino Coast, at <a href="mailto:barbrice@mcn.org.They">barbrice@mcn.org.They</a> can also</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; ">contact CR's President Kathy Smith at <a href="mailto:kathy-smith@redwoods.edu">kathy-smith@redwoods.edu</a>. The more people that contact these two women with their concerns on this issue the more attention it will get.</div></div></div><br>TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list send an email to <a href="mailto:occupymendocino@lists.mcn.org">occupymendocino@lists.mcn.org</a> put "Un-Subscribe me" in the Subject.<br><br>For listserv technical problems please contact: <a href="mailto:listmanager@mcn.org">listmanager@mcn.org</a><br></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>