[asiacouncil] [EXTERNAL] Re: Vote Needed - Financial Support for China Program Professor

Tue Apr 2 12:27:09 EDT 2019

All,

We are voting on $1,000 to support the China program (and Liam's travel).
We have a quorum of support to support Liam's travel.

Note: Three have advocated that the money is returned to the Asia Council
if there are funds left over in the China budget in late summer.

Thanks for all your input.

All best,

Eric

On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 12:11 PM Paul Rodell <rodell at georgiasouthern.edu>
wrote:

> Hello Eric et al,
>      I like to know just exactly what I am being asked to vote on and this
> is an extremely fuzzy chain of conversation. I re-read the e-mail chain and
> I saw only one proposal from Salli for $1,000 to be used toward Liam's
> airfare.
>      Is that what we are voting on????
>
>      If that is the motion with a proper second --- I would vote in favor.
>
>      BUT . . . if that is NOT what we are voting for with a proper motion
> and second please clarify what exactly is going on.
>      ALSO . . . is that is NOT what we are voting for, my vote is an
> emphatic NO until there is clarity.
>           (Bao Gang is a very good man with a good program, but the funds
> for the Asia Council must be protected
>            as we use them for many program that many other good people and
> for many other good projects.)
>    Paul Rodell
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 11:57 AM Eric Spears <spears_eric at columbusstate.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Jonathan and David!  - Eric
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 8:01 AM Leightner, Jonathan <JLEIGHTN at augusta.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Colleagues,
>>>
>>>
>>> I misread Eric's first message.  I read that we only have US$ 1,700 but
>>> on a second read I see it was 7,000.  I apologize for the mistake.  I will
>>> second David's recommendation that we support the China program but ask it
>>> to refund as much as possible with any remaining funds.  I still have a
>>> concern about setting a precedent that could cause problems down the road.
>>>
>>>
>>> Jonathan
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *From:* asiacouncil-bounces at lighthouse.valdosta.edu <
>>> asiacouncil-bounces at lighthouse.valdosta.edu> on behalf of David L
>>> Starling <dstarlin at valdosta.edu>
>>> *Sent:* Friday, March 15, 2019 7:56:31 AM
>>> *To:* Eric Spears; asiacouncil at lighthouse.valdosta.edu
>>> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: [asiacouncil] Vote Needed - Financial Support
>>> for China Program Professor
>>>
>>>
>>> * This is an external email. Use caution responding, opening attachments
>>> and following links. *
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> All, My suggestion is that we support the request, but ask Baogang to
>>> return the money after the program returns if there are funds left.  Unlike
>>> EC programs, AC aren't able to replenish funds with our current model.
>>>
>>> David S. And
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent via the Samsung Galaxy, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
>>>
>>>
>>> -------- Original message --------
>>> From: Eric Spears <spears_eric at columbusstate.edu>
>>> Date: 3/14/19 23:06 (GMT-05:00)
>>> To: asiacouncil at lighthouse.valdosta.edu
>>> Subject: [asiacouncil] Vote Needed - Financial Support for China Program
>>> Professor
>>>
>>> Dear Fellow Council Members,
>>>
>>> Bao Gang has requested that the Asia Council help support the travel
>>> expenses of Liam Madden to China this summer.  The program’s student
>>> enrollment is lower than expected.  In order to keep the number of courses
>>> offered for students at the advertised cost, Bao Gang is requesting that
>>> funds from the Asia Council faculty development grant be used to pay toward
>>> Liam’s airfare.  In addition, and if a faculty member is taken out of this
>>> summer’s program, it is likely more students will withdraw from the program
>>> once they learn their preferred courses are not available.  A lack of
>>> student retention would also jeopardize the program budget.
>>>
>>> This expenditure would also be seen as faculty development.  Liam can
>>> learn how Bao Gang operates the program.  Liam would then be able to be a
>>> director of a future Asia Council program.   I spoke with our treasurer,
>>> Salli Vargas, and confirmed there are funds in the agency account that can
>>> be used toward this cause.  She recommends putting $1,000 toward the $1,200
>>> airfare.  There would remain $7,000 in the account to be used toward
>>> faculty development workshops, including the one this spring at Perimeter’s
>>> campus.
>>>
>>> In the spirit of transparency and collegiality, could you please send me
>>> your vote by no later than Monday?  Bao Gang needs to determine what to do
>>> with the program.
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>>
>>> Eric K. Spears, Ph
>>> Mildred Miller Fort Foundation Eminent Scholar & Chair of Global
>>> Engagement
>>> Associate Professor of Geography
>>>
>>> Columbus State University
>>> 4225 University Avenue
>>> Columbus, GA 31907, USA
>>>
>>> Tel: +1 (706) 507-8545
>>> E-mail: spears_eric at columbusstate.edu <spears_eric at columbusstate.edu>
>>> Web: https://cie.columbusstate.edu/
>>> Personal Web: http://ericspears.us
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Eric Spears, Ph.D.
>> Mildred Miller Fort Foundation Eminent Scholar & Chair of Global
>> Engagement
>> Associate Professor of Geography
>> Columbus State University
>>
>> E-mail: spears_eric at columbusstate.edu
>> Tel: +1 (706) 507-8545
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Eric Spears, Ph.D.
Mildred Miller Fort Foundation Eminent Scholar & Chair of Global Engagement
Associate Professor of Geography
Columbus State University

E-mail: spears_eric at columbusstate.edu
Tel: +1 (706) 507-8545
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