[CAUT] tech position

Alan McCoy amccoy@mail.ewu.edu
Mon, 24 Oct 2005 09:26:14 -0700


I'm pretty sure Michael is a contractor, not an employee.

Alan


-- Alan McCoy, RPT
Eastern Washington University
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> From: Fred Sturm <fssturm@unm.edu>
> Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>" <caut@ptg.org>
> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 12:56:38 -0600
> To: caut <caut@ptg.org>
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] tech position
> 
> Hi Richard,
>     Contact Michael Reiter, in Washington state. I had lunch with him in KC,
> and he said he is shared by University of Puget Sound and Pacific Lutheran,
> I believe - not sure if it amounts to full time, both together. At any rate,
> he has actual experience with this kind of situation (don't believe he is
> subscribed to caut list).
> 
> Regards,
> Fred Sturm
> University of New Mexico
> 
> On 10/21/05 7:00 AM, "Richard West" <rwest1@unl.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Hello, All,
>> 
>> Here's a real life scenario from a music school administrator who used
>> to live here in Lincoln.  I'd like to get your
>> comments/suggestions/ideas before I send a reply.
>> 
>> Richard West, RPT
>> University of Nebraska, Lincoln
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> "we farm our piano work out to a number of different individuals.  We
>> pay about $13,000 a year, but this is basically tuning.  Instruments are
>> repaired only as needed and then only when absolutly necessary.  Regular
>> scheduled maintenance is non-existant. What we need is a piano
>> technician, but there is no way that I will be able to convince the
>> upper administration to fund such a position.
>> 
>> So what I'm exploring is the possibility of going together with one
>> other university in the area to hire a full-time technician who could
>> serve essentially as a half-time technician at each school.  I'm not
>> sure how a contract would or could be drawn up, but conceptually I'm
>> interested in seeing if this would work.
>> 
>> so
>> 
>> Do you know of any other place that has this type of an arrangement,
>> i.e. one person who is hired by two schools to a full-time position
>> where he/she would essentially work 1/2 time at each school
>> 
>> How would we go about finding such a person?  How would ascertain if
>> they are competent?
>> 
>> Finally, what would a new technician earn?  I understand that this will
>> vary in different parts of the country, but I'm hoping that I could pull
>> together @$30,000 a year in salary + all the benefits that would go
>> along with a normal university staff position; health care, retirement,
>> life insurance, dental, etc.
>> 
>> Do you think that would do it?"
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