<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Doug, <br><br>"Not truthful"? Or, does the Dean simply have a more ample understanding of the term "relocated"?<br><br></div>Where are the dumpsters located?<br><br></div>Peter<br><div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 9:03 AM, Doug Yanega <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dyanega@ucr.edu" target="_blank">dyanega@ucr.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>A piece appeared that gives the ULM administration's "take" on
the situation, and it differs in some significant respects from
the message from the collection staff. Specifically, the admin is
quoted: <br>
</p>
<p>"
<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);display:inline!important;float:none">Last week Pani
told leaders of the College of Arts, Education and Sciences,
which manages the museum, of the decision. He met with them
again this week. He said the collections, except for some of the
teaching specimens, will be donated and relocated by mid-July.
The CAES people asked for 48 hours to determine if space on
campus could be found and the entire collection retained.</span>"<br>
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<p><a class="m_2361931847723694225moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.thenewsstar.com_story_news_education_2017_03_28_ulm-2Ddonate-2Dtwo-2Dcollections-2Dmuseum-2Dnatural-2Dhistory_99752798_&d=DwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Ix-hJSFv-cdZrIQprRSwZSFlsmnc2X02oBWHoCOk8h8&s=VqEUn_mXdQF4O5EtDuD97Wx5722-FVUPk1XXe_BFoV4&e=" target="_blank">http://www.thenewsstar.com/<wbr>story/news/education/2017/03/<wbr>28/ulm-donate-two-collections-<wbr>museum-natural-history/<wbr>99752798/</a></p>
<p>Contrast this with what the collection staff stated:</p>
<p>"The College was given 48 hours to suggest an alternate location
for the collections so that Brown Stadium can be renovated for the
track team." and "we were told that if the collections are not
relocated to other institutions, the collections will be destroyed
at the end of July." and "They did not have the courage to inform
us face-to-face".</p>
<p>Someone is not telling the whole truth here, and one has to
suspect it is the administrator, who did not identify where the
specimens were to be donated, and omitted the ultimatum. The staff
posting, on the other hand, smacks of sincerity and desperation;
of the two versions of the story, I give it more credence, though
I stand to be corrected if anyone knows better.</p>
<p>----</p>
<p>As a follow-up, I might point something out that no one has
mentioned:</p>
<p>Another recent news item that got significant attention was the
donation of a collection of 1.25 million weevils and planthoppers
to ASU, valued at 10 million dollars.</p>
<p><a class="m_2361931847723694225moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.azcentral.com_story_news_local_arizona-2Deducation_2017_03_23_green-2Dvalley-2Dcouple-2Dinsect-2Dcollection-2Dasu_99470426_&d=DwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Ix-hJSFv-cdZrIQprRSwZSFlsmnc2X02oBWHoCOk8h8&s=AePyldYl_E4XbHxrVsg-TtD5VQye6_1IayaGu8ebah4&e=" target="_blank">http://www.azcentral.com/<wbr>story/news/local/arizona-<wbr>education/2017/03/23/green-<wbr>valley-couple-insect-<wbr>collection-asu/99470426/</a></p>
<p>At that rate, the collections at ULM are worth between 50 and 100
million dollars (surely fish and plants are worth more per
specimen than weevils, at least in the public's perception).<br>
</p>
<p>Let's think for a moment about the Board of Trustees at ULM; <b>how
do they feel about ULM administrators saying that if they cannot
find a place to give away nearly 100 million dollars' worth of
ULM assets, that those assets will be destroyed?</b></p>
<p>If these people only care about dollars, is this not the exact
kind of argument that could get them to reverse this decision?
Would the Board of Trustees not be the first point of contact to
start such a reversal in motion, if the admins have already made
their decision?</p>
<p>Sincerely,<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
</font></span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 skype: dyanega
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