[Fwd: Walmart comment]
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[Fwd: Walmart comment]
Attachments
Recent activities-2008-2009.doc
Title page of CV-2009.doc
Dear SEC members: In my continuing effort to demonstrate that I know what a 'learning curve' is (as previously indicated in my
February 13th e-mail to all of you, in response to the conversation at the special SEC meeting on Feb. 11), I am forwarding
the e-mails that I sent to Provost Phillips (Feb. 12) and to SUNY Provost Palm (Feb. 18). I do this to show my continuing good-
faith efforts to learn and to be openly accountable whenever appropriate. I will also forward to you the inspiring e-mail that
Senator Range sent to me recently with his assessment of my e-mails. Despite his explicit dissatisfaction with my efforts, I
have informed him that there will be nothing further done on his behalf. I will continue to make genuine efforts to represent all
of the Senate constituencies fairly and honorably. Anyone with any leadership acumen knows that that requires the trust and
respect of not only those constituencies being represented, but also other constituencies to whom you provide advice. In my
view, governance efforts will often be ineffectual without that. Best regards, John -- John W. Delano, Ph.D. Distinguished
Teaching Professor Chair, 2008-2009 University Senate Associate Director, New York Center for Astrobiology (NASA) Earth
Science 313 Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences The University at Albany (SUNY) Albany, NY 12222 (518) 442-4479
http://www.atmos.albany.edu/index.php?d=faculty_view&facultyLink=delano ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------
------------- Subject: Walmart comment From: "John W. Delano" <jdelano@csc.albany.edu> Date: Wed, February 18, 2009 8:29
pm To: Risa.Palm@suny.edu Cc: range@albany.edu SDPhil@uamail.albany.edu SSupple@uamail.albany.edu ---------------------
----------------------------------------------------- Dear Provost Palm: I apologize for cluttering your e-mail inbox with this brief message,
which I am writing at the request of Prof. Michael Range. During a recent correspondence in opposition to UAlbany legislation,
Professor Michael Range quoted me from a May 2008 e-mail. I objected to his using that quote involving 'Walmart'. I stated to
UAlbany Provost Phillips that I believed my quotation had been taken out of context. Michael Range has recently convinced
me that my memory of the May 2008 time-line was in error by 4 days. As his request, I agreed to acknowledge my error of
recollection to you, which is the purpose of this message. (I voluntarily sent an e-mail to UAlbany Provost Phillips last week on
this same matter: see below.) (a) Let it also be known that I disagree with Michael Range's position on the legislation that he
has repeatedly objected to in multiple correspondences to you and others. (b) I disagree with his tone and negative
characterizations of Interim President Philip, UAlbany governance, etc. (c) Since he fully knows that I have supported that
legislation following its *thorough* governance review, Range's use of my quotation should not have been used in any way
that might have implied my support for his position. In conclusion, as the two attached documents will attest, I take **deep
pride** in my long-term career as a hard-working citizen and internationally known scholar at the State University of New York.
Since neither you nor I have any time for foolishness, I again apologize, Provost Palm, for adding to your heavy e-mail traffic.
In having promised Prof. Range that I would acknowledge my flawed recollection of the May 2008 time-line, I hope to have set
the record straight on the 'Walmart' quotation used by him in one of his many recent correspondences. Best wishes to you and
your colleagues. Sincerely, John Delano -- John W. Delano, Ph.D. Distinguished Teaching Professor Chair, 2008-2009
University Senate Associate Director, New York Center for Astrobiology (NASA) Earth Science 313 Dept. of Earth and
Atmospheric Sciences The University at Albany (SUNY) Albany, NY 12222 (518) 442-4479
http://www.atmos.albany.edu/index.php?d=faculty_view&facultyLink=delano ****************************************** ----- Original
Message ----- From: "John W. Delano" <jdelano@csc.albany.edu> To: <SDPhil@uamail.albany.edu> Sent: Thursday,
February 12, 2009 4:15 PM Subject: Meeting with Michael Range > Dear Sue, > > Michael Range has provided me with
information that suggests that my > memory of the time-line for my Walmart statement was incorrect. I have > apologized to
Michael for my apparent error in the time-line (May 12 vs > May 16 Senate meetings), and wanted to apologize to you if, as it
> currently appears, that I was wrong. > > Sincerely, > John > > -- > John W. Delano, Ph.D. > Distinguished Teaching
Professor > Chair, 2008-2009 University Senate > Associate Director, New York Center for Astrobiology (NASA) > Earth
Science 313 > Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences > The University at Albany (SUNY) > Albany, NY 12222 > (518) 442-
4479 > http://www.atmos.albany.edu/index.php?d=faculty_view&facultyLink=delano > > >
