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Magnolia

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After reading the IHL news release and seeing Klumber on tv, I think there's probably some truth to the theory that IHL is going to be "focused on the task of moving the university forward and past the accreditation problems" then deal with the problem of SFT after we get off probation.  Despite the fact that the board didn't call SFT in to have a sit-down talk, I believe his days are numbered (probably about 15 months of days).  If the outcome of the closed door discussion had been pro-SFT, I think we would have seen Klumber blustering and making more of his poorly worded and derogatory comments about faculty.  And I think Virginia would have been obviously angry.  You can bet that they had a discussion about how individual board members would repond to the media.


In any case, they'd better have a leash around SFT's neck that is so tight he will choke if he twitches.  A departed colleague of his once told me that "Shelby will never stop."  Somebody besides the faculty will have to be looking over his shoulder and on top of his every move or he will do something stupid again and we'll never get off probation.  And that will look very, very bad for the IHL.



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Robert Campbell

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Magnolia,


Maybe the Board has secretly adopted the "short leash and choke collar" option that was discussed on this board before meeting.


But if the Board has actually done this, why is Klumb not deferring, at least in public, to Crofts' expertise about accreditation?  Why is he leaving the impression that he doesn't really think that Thames is imperiling the continued accreditation of USM?  The Board is going to need Crofts to keep Thames under control.


If a majority of the Board now wants rid of SFT, just not right away, Klumb may actually be finding himself in a minority position.  But this could be just wishful thinking, and no one should give it much weight.


If Thames gets rid of Ken Malone, as he was previously required to get rid of Mark and Angie Dvorak, then I'll believe that the Board has put him on a choke chain.


Robert Campbell



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Tiger

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" If Thames gets rid of Ken Malone, as he was previously required to get rid of Mark and Angie Dvorak, then I'll believe that the Board has put him on a choke chain. Robert Campbell"
If SFT was told anything then it wasn't done during the meeting the other day seeing as they never spoke to him. If he does fire people in the next few days then we will know that the Board is being sneaky and talking to him outside of the Board meeting format.

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Confused XVIII

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Originally posted by: Robert Campbell
"...why is Klumb not deferring, at least in public, to Crofts' expertise about accreditation?  ...If Thames gets rid of Ken Malone,...then I'll believe that the Board has put him on a choke chain. Robert Campbell"

You have raised two VERY critical points in my opinion.  Makes me very, very curious about the 17,000 brochures (evidently different from the 17,000 plagiarized, discarded IDV brochures) set to go out from Continuing Education.  Didn't someone report on this website about a month ago that Ken Malone is now responsible for continuing education?  Didn't someone else report that Malone's salary from multiple accounts falls just under the level of scrutiny by IHL for university employees?  If this new brochure, discussed by astonished, is for real and has been portrayed accurately then it would appear to have Ken Malone's hand all over it.   My guess is that there will be more issues of a nature too technical for Roy Klumb coming soon.

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Magnolia

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Originally posted by: Robert Campbell
why is Klumb not deferring, at least in public, to Crofts' expertise about accreditation?  Why is he leaving the impression that he doesn't really think that Thames is imperiling the continued accreditation of USM?  The Board is going to need Crofts to keep Thames under control. If a majority of the Board now wants rid of SFT, just not right away, Klumb may actually be finding himself in a minority position. 

Robert:  As someone else on this board has reported, Klumb's body language on the TV interview was very interesting.  He was tentative, subdued, and did not look at the camera.  I think a good part of that 90 minutes was devoted to a discussion of the party line on how they would deal with the media.  The plan is keep it low key, don't blame anyone, don't point fingers, keep your head down and your eyes on the probation issue. 


And IF their eyes are on the probation issue alone--as the statement said--Yes, they will definitely need Crofts to interpret all the technical stuff.  No need to actually say that.  The faculty need to stay vigilant and be ready to point out evertime that SFT misbehaves. 


 



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Robert Campbell

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"If SFT was told anything then it wasn't done during the meeting the other day seeing as they never spoke to him. If he does fire people in the next few days then we will know that the Board is being sneaky and talking to him outside of the Board meeting format."

Well...


Does anyone here know how the Board's orders to get rid of M. and A. Dvorak were transmitted?  During a Board meeting, during one of Thames' get-togethers with Klumb, or some other way?


(I'm not counting getting rid of Jack Hanbury because I'm now convinced that this was a unilateral move by the state Attorney General that Thames played no role in.)


Robert Campbell



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Smoky back rooms

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" Well... Does anyone here know how the Board's orders to get rid of M. and A. Dvorak were transmitted?  During a Board meeting, during one of Thames' get-togethers with Klumb, or some other way? (I'm not counting getting rid of Jack Hanbury because I'm now convinced that this was a unilateral move by the state Attorney General that Thames played no role in.) Robert Campbell"

You can bet that there have been some conference calls between Klumb, some IHL board members, and Thames.  Don't assume that just because Thames wasn't in the closed-door meeting yesterday, that he didn't already know his fate.


Even though "sunshine laws" are meant to prohibit such actions, it happens all the time.  I am certain that the board's discussions of Thames had happened before the meeting yesterday--and probably some decisions were made--even though it's illegal for the board to do this.


 



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Rambo

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"In any case, they'd better have a leash around SFT's neck that is so tight he will choke if he twitches. A departed colleague of his once told me that "Shelby will never stop." Somebody besides the faculty will have to be looking over his shoulder and on top of his every move or he will do something stupid again and we'll never get off probation. And that will look very, very bad for the IHL."

A colleague of mine (one who supports SFT) told me that he (Shelby) always goes for the kill--that he is not satisfied just with wounding.

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WTOK watcher

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"If SFT was told anything then it wasn't done during the meeting the other day seeing as they never spoke to him. If he does fire people in the next few days then we will know that the Board is being sneaky and talking to him outside of the Board meeting format."


Thames was in Jackson on Wednesday, too, for the WTOK interview. He probably had dinner with a board member or two. Some members of the board are always talking to SFT outside the board meeting format.

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