[CAUT] caut Digest, Vol 1090, Issue 3

[Jim Busby]

Right on Chris! Wim, you absolutely need to get a budget - some kind of
budget, then once your foot is in the door push to increase it. Use
other institutions as examples (without whining). 

Jim Busby BYU 

-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Willem Blees
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 9:55 AM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] caut Digest, Vol 1090, Issue 3

Quoting Chris Solliday <solliday at ptd.net>:

> This is all well and good but without addressing the bigger picture
> it is
> doomed like trying use a watering can to put out a fire (better be a
> very
> small fire). This program needs a realistic budget and along with
> that will
> come more respect for the tech.
> Chris Solliday

In defense of my approach, the problem I face is that I have no 
budget. I have been asking for one for five years. The only time I got 
any money was when we had a new chair, and she didn't know I was not 
allowed to use money from a certain fund. I replaced hammers etc, on 
the pianos I thought needed them the most, only to find that is not 
what they wanted. 

So now, with no budget, whenever there is a need, I go to the piano 
area chair and the department chair and lay the problem on the table. 
I do give them a figure of what it will cost, but other than that, I 
leave the decision entirely up to them. 

Wim
Willem Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
School of Music
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL USA