Mistake From Post-DPN BoT

Arthur,

You made a perfect analogy in comparing bad post-war policy and 1988 DPN. Two weeks ago, I mentioned in my posting that one of the biggest mistakes from the 1988 DPN was 51 percent of the BOT members must be deaf because it did not mean they must beGally alumni. Now we have learned this mistake from this year’s U4G and it is time for 2/3 of the Gally BOT members are to be Gally Alumni with strong connections with Deaf communities and University. In addition, the permanent and interim chairperson must be Gally Alumni. Also, I prefer to see our future Gallaudet University Presidents to be Alumni because of strong connections with the University. Many members of the current Gallaudet BOT clearly have shown no real strong connections with the University.

The practices of MBI and heavy hands management against students, staff and faculty members must be stopped and removed as soon as possible. These practices clearly brought negative and depressive atmosphere in on the Kendall Green campus. That is not healthy for everybody on the campus!

We must put fair and positive guidelines and policies in order to avoid further protests. 

We must put a permanent open and fair President Search Guideline in place as soon as the stakeholders agree it. No one from the Office of President must be involved in the Preisdent Search Process and Committee.

The BOT must appoint their own liasion to faciliate between them and faculty, staff and students without any influence and interference from the Office of President.

The Office of Public Relations must be closed at once and their budget can be moved into academic departments and other services with good purposes. They did alot of disservice and damages to Gallaudet University. There was no Office of Public Relations before 1988 DPN.

Much more to come…

Darryl Hackett

A L <aslville@yahoo.com> wrote:

World War 2 escalated because of bad post-war policy
resulting from the first world war: the failure of the
treaty of versailles both in realistic policy and
enforcement/implementation. German disarmament was not
strongly reinforced, economic sanctions were not
upheld, and MOST importantly, England, France, and the
US could never agree or unify completely on post-war
policy.

DPN 2006 happened in part, because of DPN 1988. I
think in light of recent events, that the immediate
aftermath of 1988 has to be a subject of great
interest and study. What did we do wrong?

I recommend that we try to unify on proposing a
post-protest agenda, and try to implement this with
all the collective power and influence that this
listserv has.

Arthur

— Mary wrote:

> This is true. I attended many sign classes where
> employees went only because they were compelled.
> They went through the motions–it meant nothing to
> them. They will use what little they learn
> sporadically or not at all. They will have only rare
> occasion to use sign and so, lacking reinforcement,
> their skills, paid for by the campus, will lapse
> into obscurity.
>
> There has to be a better way to do this, and I
> wonder why we don’t apply funds used to provide sign
> instruction to indifferent employees to a more
> worthy cause. How about English support for deaf
> faculty? How about hiring more deaf groundskeepers,
> DPS and PPD staff?
>
>
>
> Mike Yared wrote:
> 1. Let IKJ decide what to do – research at
> Gallaudet,
> teaching at Gallaudet or retire.
>
> 2. The new interim president need to be careful.
> He/she might be the future President of Gallaudet
> University. But no one or few or many will not
> accept
> whoever is pick to be the President of Gallaudet
> University.
>
> 3. repreisals involve a lot of legal issues which
> cost
> money.
>
> 4. Even since I’ve been at Gallaudet since 1987, no
> one can expect DPS and PPD employees to fully sign.
> Beside the majority of DPS/PDD employees are blacks.
> Distrust will happen.
>
> 5. healing start by talking (signing) about
> controverial issues, hot issues, and still no one
> will
> be satisfied.
>
> Mike Yared
>
> wrote:
> > Issues that still need to be addressed are:
> >
> > 1. What to do with IKJ?
> >
> > 2. Who will be the interim president until a
> > permanent one is found?
> >
> > 3. Will the protesters still suffer reprisals in
> > spite of the assurance
> > that some would simply do community services? What
> > about their arrest
> > records? What about reprisals against staff and
> > faculty members?
> >
> > 4. What to do with the DPS management to regain
> the
> > shattered trust of
> > the student body?
> >
> > 5. How can the Gallaudet community begin the
> healing
> > process?
> >
> > The protest seems to be over now, but the debate
> on
> > the future of
> > Gallaudet continues.
> >

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