[Nhcoll-l] ULM news story update

[Peter Rauch]

Doug,

"Not truthful"? Or, does the Dean simply have a more ample understanding of
the term "relocated"?

Where are the dumpsters located?

Peter

On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 9:03 AM, Doug Yanega <dyanega at ucr.edu> wrote:

> 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:
>
> " 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."
>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.thenewsstar.com_story_news_education_2017_03_&d=DwIFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=B7Qv_nAvQZSYB9iSZswc_np8hufi7u-xeukvCr68tW0&s=_4Jx43OlTVM8fWCCLKVqROyjymBkvW9U13o5sYBM0dU&e= 
> 28/ulm-donate-two-collections-museum-natural-history/99752798/
> <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=>
>
> Contrast this with what the collection staff stated:
>
> "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".
>
> 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.
>
> ----
>
> As a follow-up, I might point something out that no one has mentioned:
>
> 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.
>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.azcentral.com_story_news_local_arizona-2D&d=DwIFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=B7Qv_nAvQZSYB9iSZswc_np8hufi7u-xeukvCr68tW0&s=UfqPIWqekqBPVYQ7OOKXHC3lMK-zZYQN4TRNmi0q6-c&e= 
> education/2017/03/23/green-valley-couple-insect-collection-asu/99470426/
> <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=>
>
> 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).
>
> Let's think for a moment about the Board of Trustees at ULM; *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?*
>
> 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?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> --
> Doug Yanega      Dept. of Entomology       Entomology Research Museum
> Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314     skype: dyanega
> phone: (951) 827-4315 (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
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