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[Kathy]

no, I didn't get that one, thanks for passing it on
kathy
On Sep 5, 2009, at 10:25 AM, michele mason wrote:


> Hi All, Just wondering if you got the same "letter"?  mm

>

> Begin forwarded message:

>

>> From: "Hart, Roderick P" <rod.hart at austin.utexas.edu>

>> Date: August 31, 2009 5:22:42 PM CDT

>> To: Michele Mason <m_11 at att.net>

>> Subject: RE: TOO  WHOM.. ..

>>

>> Dear Ms. Mason:

>>

>> Thanks for your note of August 20th about the current cutbacks at  

>> KUT.  I understand your concern and I respect your viewpoints.   

>> Personnel decisions like these are terribly emotional issues but  

>> there's one thing I know for sure: The management at KUT has spent  

>> months trying to redo its balance sheet so that layoffs would be  

>> avoided.  At the end of the day, that proved to be impossible.

>>

>> Then the question became: How should the cutbacks be made?  In the  

>> radio business, the standard way of making rescissions is to  

>> examine which shows are attracting listeners and which are  

>> performing less well.  After looking at a great deal of over-time  

>> data, Stewart Vanderwilt and his colleagues made the decisions  

>> they made.  I believe they did so in good faith and I know they  

>> did so with deep respect for those affected, staffers who have  

>> made important contributions to the Station over the years.

>>

>> Let me add another piece to the puzzle: I have spent most of this  

>> summer trimming budgets throughout the College of Communication.   

>> Every unit in my college has been hit and I have anguished when  

>> making each cut.  The decisions I've made are probably imperfect  

>> but I had no choice but to make them.

>>

>> Our hope is that the financial picture will brighten in the  

>> future.  When it does, we hope to be able to reach out to Paul  

>> Ray, Larry Monroe, and John Aielli and find additional ways of  

>> using their considerable talents to make KUT programming even  

>> better.  We do not yet know what's possible but we do know that  

>> this triumvirate has been a vital part of KUT's legacy and we want  

>> them to be part of KUT's future as well.

>>

>> I continue to believe that KUT is among the finest NPR stations in  

>> the nation.  Please be assured that we will do all in our power to  

>> win back your confidence in KUT during the months ahead.  Again,  

>> thanks for sharing your concerns with me.

>>

>> rph

>>

>> ********************************************************************* 

>> *******

>> Dr. Roderick P. Hart, Dean

>> Shivers/Cronkite Chair in Communication,

>> College of Communication

>> University of Texas at Austin

>> CMA Building, Suite 4.130, 25th and Whitis Sts.

>> Austin, TX 78712

>> (v) 512-471-5646; (f) 512-471-8500; rod.hart at austin.utexas.edu

>>

>> Personal homepage:

>> http://communication.utexas.edu/strauss/rph/

>>

>> Institute homepage:

>> http://communication.utexas.edu/strauss

>> ********************************************************************* 

>> *******

>>

>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: michele mason [mailto:m_11 at att.net]

>> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 1:55 PM

>> To: Vanderwilt, Stewart

>> Cc: Hart, Roderick P

>> Subject: TOO WHOM.. ..

>>

>> . . are you selling "The Best Public Radio in the Country"-to be no

>> more? Don't want to hear no stinkin' California. Haven't they taken

>> enough to dry up our water as it is-now its the best,  most

>> knowledgeable and historical/future research in Public Radio, or is

>> it to be-any more?

>>

>> Prediction: this icon-these irreplaceable icons, go. U fall flat on

>> your face, even in dirty money.

>>

>> Not another penny deary, Ms. Michele Mason

>


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