consulting?

Date: May 1, 2004

consulting?

Date: May 1, 2004

I don't know. I wondered if that was a way of saying that they were free to take other jobs but that they would not keep the same salary through USM if they did go to another institution.

Date: May 1, 2004

I'm not absolutely positive about this, but let's say they get offers by other agencies or universities etc. to "consult" - they'd be allowed by USM to then be on a consulting status with them too - I do a lot of consulting at various school districts around the country, a large corporation in Texas that has a vested interest in education, as well as for the national council of which I'm affiliated - and I get paid for it. But - hey -- I'm sure someone else on here knows more about it.

Date: May 1, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: aghast
"I don't know. I wondered if that was a way of saying that they were free to take other jobs but that they would not keep the same salary through USM if they did go to another institution. "

Former USM president Fleming spent a year as a "consultant" who was supposedly working on USM's behalf (somewhere) during that time. This came after he refused the IHL offer of a 1-year contract. I've no true idea what he actually did during that time, but it was a way to provide him with pay while he resided in a different state, and made no waves.

Date: May 1, 2004

Think that this is the real payoff part of the settlement agreement. I believe it means that they can collect two years of their 9-month salary from USM even if they were to become employed elsewhere (or if they choose not to be employed at al). I think it may also have been designed as an "incentive" for them to resign and give up faculty status (meaning voting rights, internal influence, etc.) It provides some protection for them if the situation continues to be unbearable.

Date: May 1, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: Real Outside Observer
"What's the significance of the converting to consultant status in the agreement? don't understand"

I believe the "consultant" clause permits Frank and Gary to receive retirement benefits and simultaneously "consult," just as long as the time spent "consulting" is consistent with the regulations of the Mississippi retirement system.

Just a semi-educated guess. However, if I am correct, this clause is obviously financially favorable to the two.

Date: May 1, 2004

Without giving away too much here, I can say that Websitebrowser has hit it on the head.

That word "consulting" I know.

It is the payoff but we will never know about it or the source. These things are "crafted" in unusually creative and inventive ways to be what they appear not to be.

Thank you.

Date: May 2, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: Websitebrowser
"Think that this is the real payoff part of the settlement agreement. I believe it means that they can collect two years of their 9-month salary from USM even if they were to become employed elsewhere (or if they choose not to be employed at al). I think it may also have been designed as an "incentive" for them to resign and give up faculty status (meaning voting rights, internal influence, etc.) It provides some protection for them if the situation continues to be unbearable."

If this interpretation is correct, as another poster suggests it is, then the agreement makes an even bigger fool of SFT than I had previously thought. It would seem to mean that G&S can be employed as faculty elsewhere and STILL receive their USM salaries! So much so saving the taxpayers of Mississippi some money, Shelby! As for G&S: more power to them if they can find employment at another university and still draw their USM pay! Frankly, I think another university would be even more stupid than SFT if it did not immediately bring the Donne Variorum project to its campus! If the project DID move, this would be an even bigger PR fiasco for SFT than the one he has already created for himself. Perhaps it would even help hasten his fall. (I can hope, can't I?).

Date: May 2, 2004

PS: Some smart university president somewhere could really win the respect of academics nationwide, and could also indirectly help undermine SFT, if s/he did make a bid to bring the Donne Variorum project to another campus. I can imagine the president of some other university being interviewed in Mississippi newspapers praising Gary Stringer to the high heavens and making it clear that it is only in the Dome that a man of such intellectual standing is viewed as a threat.