No jobs, no problem

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Baltimore Sun: No jobs, no problem

By William J. Evitts
August 3, 2008

Published in 1995, William Bridges’ JobShift lingers today around No. 400,000 on Amazon’s sales list. The book’s central idea deserves more attention than that.

Mr. Bridges argues that the “job” – a defined set of responsibilities that remains constant and is fulfilled by one or more people over time – is disappearing right in front of us. Work is being reorganized without jobs. Employees are being let go, then engaged as consultants. A major bank projects that only 19 percent of its work force will be considered permanent full-time employees. Software companies hire smart people not for a defined position but to get them on project teams that constantly form and reform. A frazzled executive complains that he can’t shuffle job boxes on his organizational chart fast enough to keep up with change. Quick-response supply chains are being matched by on-demand staffing. Work is increasingly getting done as movies are made, by fluid bands of specialists who do not have traditional jobs.

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Chicago: CSDU meeting

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CSDU Meeting, Monday, August 18th, 4:00

Chicago, IL

Parthenon Restaurant, Free Valet

Agenda items:

updates on the trial of the vice president – scheduled to begin on August 19th, AFT Convention

raffle fundraiser tickets distributed to CDSU Members and supporters

1st Prize – Five Days in Las Vegas or Miami (including airfare)

winners’ choice of Thanksgiving, Winter Holidays or Spring Break

2nd and 3d Cash Prizes

Drawing – October 1st

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Wisconsin/Kentucky: Official reviewing UW System’s hiring process

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Journal-Times: Official reviewing UW System’s hiring process

SOMERS — A former University of Wisconsin System official is reviewing the hiring process that almost put Robert Felner into the chancellor’s office at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

Felner is the focus of a federal criminal investigation, which is expected to wrap up in a few weeks, and the center of a growing media furor in Kentucky, where he worked most recently as a dean at the University of Louisville.

UW System and Parkside officials avoided the ugly mess that followed Felner’s forced resignation in June immediately after he informed them of the federal investigation.

Kevin Rielly, UW System president, hired Stephen Portch to review Parkside’s hiring process and offer suggestions that might help avoid a repeat of the Felner mess at other UW campuses.

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Judge Tosses Out SEIU’s Nuisance Lawsuit Against California Members

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Victory for Reformers — Judge Tosses Out SEIU’s Nuisance Lawsuit Against California Members
July 23rd, 2008
U.S. District Court dismisses all claims against members of United Healthcare Workers-West

LOS ANGELES-All charges in a lawsuit by the Washington D.C.-based Service Employees International Union (SEIU), SEIU President Andrew Stern and Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger against local union members in California were dismissed by U.S. District Court Judge John F. Walter on Tuesday.

The ruling is here[PDF].
http://seiuvoice.org/downloads/7-22-08-Court-Order.pdf

The Press Release is here [PDF].
http://seiuvoice.org/downloads/072308SEIUlawsuitdismissed.pdf

The court ruled that SEIU had brought no valid legal claim against members of United Healthcare Workers-West (UHW) and the case was dismissed without the need for a hearing. The ruling entitles UHW members to compensation fr­om SEIU for costs incurred as a result of the illegitimate lawsuit. UHW will seek full compensation on behalf of the ten members named in the suit.

“This was a PR stunt by the DC headquarters of SEIU to try to silence reformers within the union,” said Rosie Byers, a homecare worker for 30 years and member of the UHW Executive Board targeted by the lawsuit.

“The charges made against local union members had no legal basis. The only purpose of this suit was to harass and discredit members of UHW who had spoken out against Andy Stern’s and Anna Burger’s backroom deals with corporations that hurt healthcare workers and our patients.”

The lawsuit was filed one month before SEIU’s quadrennial convention, where delegates from SEIU’s local unions met in June to vote on policies and elected leaders. In the months leading up to the convention, UHW members had publicly advocated for democratic reforms that would have prevented secret “sweetheart deals” by ensuring members would have a say in all agreements with employers. SEIU President Andrew Stern, Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger and other union officials in Washington, D.C. opposed these changes.

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California: Pamphlets targeting UCSC researchers found at coffee shop

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Santa Cruz Sentinel: Pamphlets targeting UCSC researchers found at coffee shop

SANTA CRUZ – Threatening pamphlets publishing the personal information of UC Santa Cruz biomedical researchers were found at a downtown coffee shop late Tuesday night, police disclosed Wednesday.

Police spokesman Zach Friend said a customer at Caffe Pergolesi, 418 Cedar St., gave police the stack of about a dozen pamphlets, saying the papers had been left by an unknown person. The flyers, which police are investigating as threats of a possible attack following a string of incidents this winter, target scientists who use mice, fruit flies and other animals in their work.

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South Carolina: Former president sues university, board over his dismissal last year

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The State: S.C. State’s Hugine files suit
Former president sues university, board over his dismissal last year

Former S.C. State University President Andrew Hugine Jr. filed suit against the university Wednesday over the circumstances of his dismissal last year.

The suit, filed against the university and its board of trustees in the Orangeburg County Court of Common Pleas, alleges the school breached its employment contract with Hugine, defamed him and conspired to fire him before officially meeting to discuss the decision.

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Kenucky: Felner feared loss of house, U of L job, e-mails show; E-mails show concern over center’s tax status

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Courier-Journal: Felner feared loss of house, U of L job, e-mails show
E-mails show concern over center’s tax status

Federal agents and prosecutors expect to complete their criminal investigation of the University of Louisville’s former education dean within four to six weeks and are aware of e-mails indicating that he believed months ago that his job was at risk, U.S. Attorney Dave Huber said yesterday.
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Huber said the e-mails were seized about two months ago, during a search of former dean Robert Felner’s office and computer. “We are aware of them and a lot of other things,” he said, declining to elaborate.

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Kentucky: Feds wrap up U of L dean investigation

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UPI.com: Feds wrap up U of L dean investigation

LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 30 (UPI) — A criminal investigation of a former University of Louisville, Ky., education dean is expected to wrap up within six weeks, officials said.

Robert Felner’s office and computer, including emails allegedly expressing his concern about the nonprofit tax status of an Illinois organization to which he had funneled federal grant money, have already been searched, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported Wednesday.

“We really, really need the tax thing if we are ever going to get out of this hole,” Felner wrote last April to friend and former colleague, Thomas Schroeder, former director of the National Center on Education and Prevention in Port Byron, Ill., the report said.

U of L records show Felner used a $694,000 federal grant to make payments of $450,000 to Schroeder’s center. In return, the center was supposed to provide and administer education surveys to students, parents, teachers and school employees. However, there is no evidence any work was done, the Courier-Journal said.

Illinois records show Schroeder’s nonprofit corporation was involuntarily dissolved by the state after failing to file its annual report in 2005 — a year before the U of L payments were arranged.

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Nigeria: Teachers, soldiers strike actions dominate Nigerian media

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Afrique en ligne: Nigeria: Teachers, soldiers strike actions dominate Nigerian media

Nigerian newspapers were this week dominated by the stri ke actions embarked upon by primary and secondary schools teachers early in the week and the Friday demonstration of soldiers who participated in the UN peace-ke e ping mission in Liberia.

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National Association of Scholars Starts New Effort to Watch Campuses

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The Chronicle News Blog: National Association of Scholars Starts New Effort to Watch Campuses

The National Association of Scholars is asking both faculty members and ordinary citizens to monitor campuses for activities that it finds objectionable.

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Israeli Academics Protest Limits on Palestinian Students

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Ynetnews.com: University heads: IDF interfering in enrollment process

In letter to Barak, Council of University Presidents say Israeli institutions ‘open to all those who meet academic demands, irrespective of race, sex, religion or nationality’; professors join petition against restrictions imposed on Palestinian students

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Canada eases work rules for graduates

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Financial Times: Canada eases work rules for graduates

Anyone studying on a degree programme in Canada will be able to stay in the country for three years after graduation while looking for a job, according to new government regulations.

This liberalisation of the Canadian work visa rules is in stark contrast to policies in the US or UK, where it is becoming increasingly difficult for overseas students to get work visas.

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Revolt in the Adjunct Ranks

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Inside Higher Ed: Revolt in the Adjunct Ranks

When the current leaders of the faculty union at the City University of New York were elected in 2000, they ousted their predecessors with a vow to be more activist and to deliver more for faculty members, including part timers. Since then, the union leaders have indeed been activist and politically vocal, drawing regular criticism from professors who would prefer to see the Professional Staff Congress take a more moderate stance.

But in an unusual reversal that points to some of the tensions in academic labor over how to balance the needs of full-time and part-time professors, the union (affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers) is facing intense criticism from those whom it pledged to help: the part timers who lack the pay or job security of those on the tenure track. Some part-time professors are organizing to urge the entire union membership to reject a contract recently negotiated by the union.

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Kentucky: Ex-dean feared for job, house; E-mails show concern over center’s tax status

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Courier-Journal: Ex-dean feared for job, house
E-mails show concern over center’s tax status

Federal agents and prosecutors expect to complete their criminal investigation of the University of Louisville’s former education dean within four to six weeks and are aware of e-mails indicating that he believed months ago that his job was at risk, U.S. Attorney Dave Huber said today.
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Huber said the e-mails were seized about two months ago, during a search of former dean Robert Felner’s office and computer. “We are aware of them and a lot of other things,” he said, declining to elaborate.

In the e-mails, which The Courier-Journal obtained from UofL under the Kentucky Open Records Act, Felner expressed concern that he’d lose his house unless he could show that an Illinois organization to which he had funneled federal grant money could prove it had tax-exempt status.

Felner, who was then dean of UofL’s College of Education and Human Development, doesn’t explain in the e-mails why his house or job might be in jeopardy, or why getting the organization declared tax-exempt would save them.

“We really, really need the tax thing if we are ever going to get out of this hole,” Felner wrote in April to his friend and former colleague, Thomas Schroeder, who was director of the National Center on Education and Prevention in Port Byron, Ill. “I am already needing to relentlessly look for another job as this one I have been told is probably not long,” Felner added.

Records previously released by UofL show that Felner had arranged for it to pay Schroeder’s center $450,000 from a $694,000 federal grant that’s the focus of the federal investigation.

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When It Comes to Free Speech, Is a Professor Just Another Government Employee?

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The Chronicle: When It Comes to Free Speech, Is a Professor Just Another Government Employee?

Steve Sanders: The Rights of a Department Critic

By STEVE SANDERS

A case pending in a federal court of appeals in California may clarify a surprisingly murky question: Do faculty members at public universities enjoy a special privilege to speak freely about institutional matters, or, as far as the First Amendment is concerned, are they just another category of government hirelings?

Juan Hong, a professor of chemical engineering and materials science at the University of California at Irvine, sued the university after he was denied a merit salary increase in 2005. The denial was in retaliation, Hong alleges, for his history as a self-described “outspoken critic of university administrators on their mismanagement of their administrative responsibility.”

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Kentucky: Emails reveal new information in Robert Felner U of L investigation

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WHAS11.com: Louisville, Ky. (WHAS11) – There is new information in the investigation into former University of Louisville Dean Robert Felner.

http://www.whas11.com/video/index.html?nvid=267596&shu=1

Felner is under investigation for allegedly mishandling federal grant money.

WHAS11 News has obtained copies of e-mails sent between Felner and Thomas Schroeder.

Schroeder is the director of a defunct non-profit corporation called the national center on public education and prevention.

That organization allegedly received $450,000 dollars from the University of Louisville for work that was never performed. In the documents Felner describes himself as terrified and nuts over concerns about the IRS. They also hint that perhaps Felner and Schroeder were more than just colleagues.

The first e-mail we obtained from Robert Felner to Tom Schroeder was about grants.

Schroeder wrote, “The grant idea is excellent.”

Felner replied, “Great. We need to do this quick. Good funding and no one is better at this than you.”

By that time, the National Center on Public Education and Prevention, Schroeder’s non-profit organization, had already been dissolved for not filing annual reports.

The next e-mail came in February of 2007.

Felner writes “hi honey,” and discusses getting together with Schroeder.

Felner ends the e-mail with the word “hugs”.

Four days later, Schroeder sent the University of Louisville a tax I.D. number so that it could serve as a contractor.

Then Felner arranged to send the center $450,000 dollars from a $694,000 dollar No Child Left Behind grant.

The grant that’s in question was an earmark that we secured for U of L but the money apparently ran out.

In December 2007, Felner wrote Schroeder saying, “This is starting to completely destroy my break.” he writes that he is concerned about “an IRS thing” that has him “terrified and nuts.”

In the next e-mail, Felner writes the “Situation is getting real dicey. I could lose my house and you too as your payments will be stopping.”

It’s not clear exactly which house Felner was referring to.

WHAS11 News discovered Felner owns four houses including a $700,000 dollar house in Prospect, a $1.4 million dollar home in Florida, a $300,000 dollar home in Florida and a $520,000 dollar home in Rhode Island that he co-owns with his ex-wife.

The total value of the homes is $2.9 million dollars.

On April 27th of this year, Felner refers to payments made to Schroeder “I’ve helped you with this for five years”.

Felner says “I am already needing to relentlessly look for another job as this one I have been told is probably not long.”

The e-mail came just weeks before Felner was hired as the new Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin Parkside.

Felner asks Schroeder to file a 990 tax form for the non-profit.

Schroeder writes back that he’s met with attorneys twice about the national center and will be calling the IRS compliance person.

It was around that time, the university began to investigate.

The final e-mail we received indicates the University of Louisville ended Schroeder’s payments of $2,400 dollars a month which began in November 2004.

WHAS11 News contacted both Schroeder’s and Felner’s attorneys.

Schroeder’s attorney said he had no comment.

Felner’s has not called us back.


Emails between Robert Felner and Tom Schroeder

Subject: HELP
From: “Robert Felner” r0feln01@gwise.louisville.edu
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:17:06 -0500
To: RICCATDS@aol.com

Hi Tom,

This is starting to completely destroy my break. I spent three days trying to get a loan – not fun and chaos – been getting yelled at by RI – have my whole group who are not going to get paid very angry with me-and now am hanging around waiting for a fed ex guy who is not coming. All on top of two years of waiting for an IRS thing that has me completely terrified and nuts as well as multiple contracts/earmarks that never come. I love ya to pieces but please, I need just a little reliability and follow through on this stuff – all I ask in return for the ability to get you paid….please….it is creating great havoc in my life…..and some in yours..

Hugs
me

Robert D. Felner, Ph.D.
Dean and Distinguished
University Scholar,
College of Education
and Human Development
University of Louisville
Louisville, Ky. 40292
r.felner@louisville.edu
voice: (502) 852-3235
fax: (502) 852-1464

Subject: May 22-25
From: “Robert Felner” r0feln01@gwise.louisville.edu
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 15:40:17 -0500
To: RICCATDS@aol.com

Tom

I’m looking at a meeting in Chitown those dates-possible for you?
R

Robert D. Felner, Ph.D.
Dean and Distinguished
University Scholar,
College of Education
and Human Development
University of Louisville
Louisville, Ky. 40292
r.felner@louisville.edu
voice: (502) 852-3235
fax: (502) 852-1464

Subject: Re: (no subject)
From: “Robert Felner” r0feln01@gwise.louisville.edu
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:14:47 -0500
To: RICCATDS@aol.com

HI honey,

Next couple of weeks I am traveling-this was a great week but I understand about the weather> So, call me and we can try to find a time I am around.
Hugs
me

Robert D. Felner, Ph.D.
Dean and Distinguished
University Scholar,
College of Education
and Human Development
University of Louisville
Louisville, Ky. 40292
r.felner@louisville.edu
voice: (502) 852-3235
fax: (502) 852-1464

— RICCATDS@aol.com 2/16/2007 1:44 PM —

Robert:

I am interested in visiting the great cityof Louisville on Monday and Tuesday of next week. Is this a possibility with your schedule?

I will call your cell phone this afternoon and try to connect. The weather up here in this arctic wasteland has been awful this week.

Talk to you soon.

Tom

Subject: Re: (no subject)
From: “Robert Felner” r0feln01@gwise.louisville.edu
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 09:43:01 -0500
To: RICCATDS@aol.com

I called-call me

Robert D. Felner, Ph.D.
Dean and Distinguished
University Scholar,
College of Education
and Human Development
University of Louisville
Louisville, Ky. 40292
r.felner@louisville.edu
voice: (502) 852-3235
fax: (502) 852-1464

— — RICCATDS@aol.com 3/3/2008 3:36 PM —

Robert,

I am hoping to travel to Louisville to visit you later this week, if that fits into your outrageous schedule. Please let me know. I could arrive on Wednesday evening, and leave Friday in the morning.

Thank you and see you soon.

Tom

Subject: (no subject)
From: RICCATDS@aol.com
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:27:50 -0500
To: r0feln01@gwise.louisville.edu

Robert:

I have been trying to get in touch with you by hand held communications device. How are you? What do you think about the Yankees? Is Joe Girardi going to make it as Stenbrenner’s whipping boy? What did you think about the John Adams series on HBO? Don’t you feel the show depicted Adams as over the top sensitive, paranoid and insecure? Where are you and when does your schedule accomodate a visit from your old friend? Let me know, and take care.

Tom

Subject: Gotta
From: “Robert Felner” r0feln01@gwise.louisville.edu
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:14:43 -0500
To: riccatds@aol.com

Tom,

Situation is getting real dicey. I could lose my house and you too as your payments will be stopping. I really need you to take care of this. Not manyana. Now. Please, for the sake of our familes and friendship.
Me

Subject: I need you to send me and submit
From: “Robert Felner” r0feln01@gwise.louisville.edu
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:12:03 -0500
To: RICCATDS@aol.com

the 1099 I asked for showing $36,450

And I need it asap -ok? Please do not daudle on this. Then payments to you will stop in the next month or sooner. We really really need the tax thing if we are ever going to get out of this hole or get you additional payments or if I am not going to lose my house. I am already needing to relentlessly look for another job as this one I have been told is probably not long. Tom, I’ve helped you with this for five years asking very little back and the amount is HUGE….(54 x 3000) I’ve taken care of covering it MYSELF anticipating we would get the tax status and cover it in my accounts and new value we could show the university. Please do something as quick as humanly possible-I have checked with the IRS-the longest thhey have taken to respond is 7 months not 5 years.

Robert D. Felner, Ph.D.
Dean and Distinguished
University Scholar,
College of Education
and Human Development
University of Louisville
Louisville, Ky. 40292
r.felner@louisville.edu
voice: (502) 852-3235
fax: (502) 852-1464

Subject: Re: I need you to send me and submit
From: riccatds@aol.com
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:01:49 -0500
To: r0feln01@gwise.louisville.edu

Robert:

In response to your email of 4/27, I am picking up the 1099 form that must be scannable for the IRS, and will complete the form, submit and mail to you. Also, I have met with the attorneys twice since last week about the National Center, and we will be conference calling with an IRS compliance person on Wednesday morning. I will continue to push and give them anything they request. I truly hope you have a better week. Take care.

Tom

Subject: Please send
From: “Robert Felner” r0feln01@gwise.louisville.edu
Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 09:34:11 -0500
To: RICCATDS@aol.com

1099 as requested – amt 36,400. And be on look out for check for final payment for data collection on project and call as SOON as received.

Robert D. Felner, Ph.D.
Dean and Distinguished
University Scholar,
College of Education
and Human Development
University of Louisville
Louisville, Ky. 40292
r.felner@louisville.edu
voice: (502) 852-3235
fax: (502) 852-1464

Subject: Re: Please send
From: RICCATDS@aol.com
Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 12:03:58 -0500
To: r0feln01@gwise.louisville.edu

Robert,

I completed the 1099 for $36,450. Would you prefer I send the form to your home or U of L address? Also, I will send the check to you as soon as it arrives, and I have had three conversations in the last two weeks with officials from the IRS regarding 501c3 status for the National Center, and I am re-submitting some of the forms of the application.

Whatever I can do for you, please know that I will. Take care, and I hope to talk with you and see you soon.

Tom

Subject: Re: Please send
From: “Robert Felner” r0feln01@gwise.louisville.edu
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 18:12:12 -0500
To: RICCATDS@aol.com

Please send to
me at

P.O. Box 436 Harrods Creek KY (for a short time) 40027
Check to you soon.
Any progress?
Will talk to you next week. Right now trying hard to find a job.
Gotta get out of here.

Robert D. Felner, Ph.D.
Dean and Distinguished
University Scholar,
College of Education
and Human Development
University of Louisville
Louisville, Ky. 40292
r.felner@louisville.edu
voice: (502) 852-3235
fax: (502) 852-1464

— — RICCATDS@aol.com 5/12/2008 1:03 PM —
Robert,

I completed the 1099 for $36,450. Would you prefer I send the form to
your home or U of L address? Also, I will send the check to you as soon as it
arrives, and I have had three conversations in the last two weeks with
officials from the IRS regarding 501c3 status for the National Center, and I am
re-submitting some of the forms of the application.

Whatever I can do for you, please know that I will. Take care, and I
hope to talk with you and see you soon.

Tom

Subject: Re: I need you to send me and submit
From: “Robert Felner” r0feln01@gwise.louisville.edu
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 07:18:27 -0500
To: riccatds@aol.com

Have not yet received the 1099 form. Any news on the IRS stuff. What happened on the conference call. This is URGENT.

Robert D. Felner, Ph.D.
Dean and Distinguished
University Scholar,
College of Education
and Human Development
University of Louisville
Louisville, Ky. 40292
r.felner@louisville.edu
voice: (502) 852-3235
fax: (502) 852-1464

— — riccatds@aol.com 4/28/2008 4:01 PM —

Robert:

In response to your email of 4/27, I am picking up the 1099 form that must be scannable for the IRS, and will complete the form, submit and mail to you. Also, I have met with the attorneys twice since last week about the National Center, and we will be conference calling with an IRS compliance person on Wednesday morning. I will continue to push and give them anything they request. I truly hope you have a better week. Take care.

Tom

Subject: Re: Please send
From: “Robert Felner” r0feln01@gwise.louisville.edu
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 07:31:12 -0500
To: RICCATDS@aol.com

Have you sent this?

Robert D. Felner, Ph.D.
Dean and Distinguished
University Scholar,
College of Education
and Human Development
University of Louisville
Louisville, Ky. 40292
r.felner@louisville.edu
voice: (502) 852-3235
fax: (502) 852-1464

— — RICCATDS@aol.com 5/12/2008 1:03 PM —

Robert,

I completed the 1099 for $36,450. Would you prefer I send the form to your home or U of L address? Also, I will send the check to you as soon as it arrives, and I have had three conversations in the last two weeks with officials from the IRS regarding 501c3 status for the National Center, and I am re-submitting some of the forms of the application.

Whatever I can do for you, please know that I will. Take care, and I hope to talk with you and see you soon.

Tom

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Australia: Teachers strike over flea-infested houses

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Brisbane Times: Teachers strike over flea-infested houses

Teachers living in leaking, mouldy and flea-infested houses could be pulled out of their schools for their own safety if a strike in the Torres Strait, Cape and Gulf scheduled to take place over the next two weeks is unsuccessful.

Around 500 teachers from 28 schools will be involved in the 24-hour stop-work action to protest against the State Government’s chronic neglect of teacher housing in remote areas.

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India: Teachers; University Employees Union take out Rallies

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PantaDaily.com: Teachers; University Employees Union take out Rallies

Teachers; University Employees Union take out Rallies. Photo by Anupam SinghTemporary primary school teachers, in an attempt to maintain pressure on the state government, took out a rally from Gandhi Maidan in Patna on Friday and marched to the R-Block where they accused the Nitish government of ignoring their four-point demands.

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Australia: Welford ‘disappointed’ over teacher strike

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ABC: Welford ‘disappointed’ over teacher strike

The Education Minister says a planned walkout of more than 500 teachers from classrooms in remote far north Queensland next week will not achieve anything.

The Queensland Teachers’ Union says its members are frustrated by poor accommodation standards in the region.

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Australia: Remote teachers strike

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Green Left: Remote teachers strike

On July 25, the Queensland Teachers’ Union announced that around 500 teachers from remote parts of the state, including the Torres Strait, will take part in 24-hour stop-work actions.

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