[CALIBK12] Budget cuts - a "heads up"

[ladewig]

Someone (John Muratet? There was no signature line) posted this reply:
"Don't forget the fax; it costs them money so the probability of them
reading it is high!"

 

Dear John (?) and others, 

 

Please excuse me, but "it doesn't cost THEM." It may come out of their
operating budget, but it isn't THEM that is/are paying for the FAX. (Correct
me if I'm wrong, but) the "Them" that is paying the bills is US!  WE, the
TAXPAYERS, (ultimately) pay for the faxes. On both ends - if it is an
out-of-the area phone call to fax, it is costing someone, and for
professional reasons, it should NOT be faxed on a SCHOOL FAX machine. If
folks want to fax from home, that's your prerogative, but using a school fax
for this purpose (which is, essentially, an employment/political issue for
us) is ethically (and probably legally) wrong. I would recommend sticking
with snail mail or email unless it is from your home fax.

 

Joanne Ladewig  (A.K.A. "Library Lady")

Library Media Tech

Lawrence Elementary, GGUSD

Garden Grove, California

shatz at verizon.net

 

Comments are my own and may not represent the views of GGUSD

 

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From: calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu
[mailto:calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu] On Behalf Of Muratet, John
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 1:56 PM
To: kjhein at comcast.net; Randy de Jong; Calibk12
Subject: Re: [CALIBK12] Budget cuts

 

Don't forget the fax; it costs them money so the probability of them reading
it is high!

 

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From: calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu
[mailto:calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu] On Behalf Of kjhein at comcast.net
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 1:46 PM
To: Randy de Jong; Calibk12
Subject: Re: [CALIBK12] Budget cuts

 

Excellent suggestion. Many of our lawmakers are creating alternative email
addresses that they spend more time on than the official ones, mostly a
result of mass email messages being sent by groups that just add names. And
they believe, in many cases correctly, that a snail mail message was more
thought out than an email. But don't stop the emails if that is the only way
you'll get it done:)

 

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From: "Randy de Jong" <dejongster at mchsi.com> 

I am on our district's Teachers Advisory Council. We meet with the
superintendent and discuss issues that are not covered in the contract. We
heard that many emails to our representatives in government positions are
not being counted. We were advised to write via snail mail and we would be
heard. I can only pass along what I heard, but I have a lot of confidence in
the sources.

 

Randy de Jong
Future Teacher-Librarian
Kern Valley High School
dejongster at mchsi.com
760-378-0097

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