nodak651 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 4 minutes ago, Cratter said: Interesting stuff. https://www.grandforksherald.com/opinion/columns/4571126-port-und-plans-spend-25000-year-letting-chief-staff-work-home…-north WTF... What makes her so special? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cratter Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 6 minutes ago, andtheHomeoftheSIOUX!! said: $1,000 a trip with a $25,000 cap would be 25 trips. That is almost a trip every other week. When you put it that way, it makes it sound like every other week, you get to work while on vacation from North Carolina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the green team Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 More than likely a great many people who currently work at UND will be looking for work in the near term. As another round of serious cuts seems to be inevitable. It never is a fun process, and in visiting with a neighbor who is employed on campus, it sounds like if the last round was fun for moral, this next round could be a real kick in the groin. It's beyond belief that not a single one of the people who will most likely soon be in the swath of the next round of budget cuts couldn't do this exact job for less or around the same money and not have to have a commuting budget. And the dollars of paying someone who actually lives in the region, most likely Grand Forks, but maybe out of town...Manvel, Thompson, maybe even Hillsboro orMayville (who knows where a person hangs their hat), wouldn't it be nice to have those dollars would be spent in communities that need it like the ones I just mentioned? That's part of the reason I like having the University in Grand Forks, as the people who work and live here, utilize my business...and not just some businesses in North Carolina. To me, it is unfathomable in just how again no one in Twamley, can seem to see the poor optics of something like this. It shouldn't surprise me...but somehow it still does. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMSioux Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Remember he is a former politician, it's easy to spend other people's money. It's not what you know it's who you know. There is no way this position merits that kind of accommodation other than cronyism. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnWinterSportsEngelstad Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 54 minutes ago, Cratter said: When you put it that way, it makes it sound like every other week, you get to work while on vacation from North Carolina. So like you work one day in two weeks in GF and then vacation for the next 13 days. The legislatures read this kind of stuff and it does no good to UND in the long run, I just can't see a ND grown leader doing things like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodak651 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 I've been a Kennedy supporter, but I'm tempted to call him the r word for thinking this is a good idea. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kab Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 This doesn’t surprise me coming from kennedy wasnt long ago he thought he needed a party planner too this won’t last long as the heat will be too much for kennedy to stand why does anyone want to donate to UND when crap like this goes on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisUND1 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 OPTICS!!! OPTICS!!! C'mon man. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernraider Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 It's getting harder to support UND when decisions like this are being made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNDBIZ Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Very dumb by Kennedy. As for future cuts, the legislature is not following the governor's call for significant cuts to higher ed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoiseInsideMyHead Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNDBIZ Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 1 hour ago, nodak651 said: WTF... What makes her so special? I wonder if Mrs. Kennedy approves... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnWinterSportsEngelstad Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Mark Kennedy web site markkennedy.com interesting site Scheduling Requests Angelique Foster Chief of Staff University of North Dakota +1-(701)-777-6455 angelique.foster@und.edu https://markkennedy.com/contact-mark.html (scroll down a little) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNDBIZ Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 $114k to run his schedule!?!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 17 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said: $114k to run his schedule!?!?!? I'm must be doing the wrong things in life. I'll take that in a heartbeat. I guess that is on the cheap end if you are to believe this: https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/education/4571196-und-retains-chief-staff-who-will-work-north-carolina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homer Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 18 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said: $114k to run his schedule!?!?!? Now it’s $139K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNDBIZ Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Just now, homer said: Now it’s $139K. Plus state benefits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homer Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 3 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said: Plus state benefits. What a waste. Not many times I have disagreed with what Kennedy has done. This is one time that it’s good Port called him to the table. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNDBIZ Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 7 minutes ago, homer said: What a waste. Not many times I have disagreed with what Kennedy has done. This is one time that it’s good Port called him to the table. Agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNDBIZ Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Quote “We conducted a search for a Chief of Staff and, as part of the process, learned that such position among higher education institutions in our region and peer group run $185,000 as a median and $225,000 as an average. Some spot checking confirmed those figures,” he added. https://www.sayanythingblog.com/entry/und-plans-to-spend-up-to-25000-per-year-letting-chief-of-staff-work-from-home-in-north-carolina/ Most chiefs of staff are attorneys. What are Foster's qualifications to be a chief of staff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cratter Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/education/4532200-angelique-foster-glue-holds-und-leadership-together Quote Foster, who grew up in North Carolina, has a bachelor's degree in fine arts and theatre and a master's degree in stage management from the University of California-Irvine. Feels like a bonus for a buddy of Kennedys. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cratter Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 4 hours ago, ChrisUND1 said: OPTICS!!! OPTICS!!! Well it was certainly the talk around the water cooler for UND employees today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlop Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 3 hours ago, SWSiouxMN said: I'm must be doing the wrong things in life. I'll take that in a heartbeat. I guess that is on the cheap end if you are to believe this: https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/education/4571196-und-retains-chief-staff-who-will-work-north-carolina So if the going rate truly is $200k........why is she so willing to work for $114k....and even relocated to the ND tundra several years back to take such an "underpaid" spot? But since she's a theater major at least we know she's qualified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn-O Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 4 hours ago, NoiseInsideMyHead said: This and "Loverboy" were his finest hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Fella Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 1 hour ago, TheFlop said: So if the going rate truly is $200k........why is she so willing to work for $114k....and even relocated to the ND tundra several years back to take such an "underpaid" spot? But since she's a theater major at least we know she's qualified. What are the odds Kennedy will move to North Carolina? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.