[CSL board] ACTION: senior tech grant / Fl wage
Melissa Carino
melissa at bostonwomensfund.org
Thu Dec 21 16:49:57 EST 2006
I second.
~melissa
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ecsl.org] On Behalf Of Karen Zgoda
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 2:32 PM
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Subject: Re: [CSL board] ACTION: senior tech grant / Fl wage
I make the official motion as described below.
...Karen
Karen Zgoda, MSW, LCSW
Doctoral Student
Boston College
karen at karenzgoda.org
http://www.karenzgoda.org
> I will entertain a motion to hire Dan a the senior technician per our
> commitments on the Boomer Grant. It is important that this go through
> soon
> -
> if someone could make the official motion, second, and people weigh in
as
> quickly as possible, it would be greatly appreciated.
>
> It seems to me there's more discussion to be had - see below for a few
> items. However, having Dan hired for the boomer grant is definitely
> the best option available to us, in my opinion.
>
> Based on Dan's breakdown (below), 25% of Dan's time can be devoted to
> the boomer project given the current staff. 25% would ideally be 10
> hours, which sounds like it's just enough for boomers, once things
> settle in on the project.
>
> It seems like the biggest risk is Dan's time in the next few months.
> He'll be training a Vista (which will add to his load, not relieve
> it), taking on John's portion of tech support and bringing the boomer
> volunteers up to speed... Infrastructure improvements can stop for a
> while, but our servers and our clients both need love. Unfortunately,
> there's only one of Dan, and
> it sounds like he'll adding more to his workload than is being
relieved.
>
> Dan - How do you feel about things right now? Do you have any concerns
> in regards to your available bandwidth? Is there anything that we as a
> board can do to reduce your load?
>
> Do we need more skilled labor for the next few months? Does anyone
> have ideas on how to get labor? It seems like that person would have
> to be either very technically competent or a CSL alum to reduce the
> load, rather than adding to it with yet another person for Dan to
> train.
>
>
> On 12/18/06, Dan MacNeil <dan at thecsl.org> wrote:
>>
>> A bit of new news. The grant is setup to reimburse us for grant
>> related expenses. We can apply for cash advances once a month and up
>> to 30 days before we anticipate expenses.
>>
>> > How is your bandwidth currently allocated?
>>
>> 20% overhead/wasted motion/restarting things/travel
>> 25% routine inquiries / correspondence
>> 15% day job
>> 10% project of the moment (utec, boomer/vista grants)
>> 10% supervising or thinking of supervision
>> 10% learning (linux journal debian-isp listserv,openspf.org etc) 10%
>> tech support
>>
>>
>> > [time saved not working for CS dept.]
>> 6 hours of wasted motion, 8 hours not doing CS stuff.
>>
>> > [time needed to fulfill grant]
>>
>> Most of January, 15 hours a week after that doing site visits.
>>
>> > How will losing the extremely competent and trustworthy John in a
>> > few months and receiving an unproven VISTA impact your bandwidth?
>>
>> It's actually a bit riskier than that. Erich is extremely self
>> taught. He doesn't have a HS diploma or GED. A condition of his final
>> acceptance is getting his GED. We will have a struggle to convince
>> the corporation for national service to accept him. (CNS is upstream
>> from Paul & Peter)
>>
>> We could wind up with nobody, which would be worse than somebody not
>> as good as John
>>
>> John does roughly the same amount of tech support that I do and
>> spends the rest of his time on learning/helping other
>> agencies/project. In his absence, infrastructure improvement and
>> maintenance would stop. I could double up on tech support
>>
>> > How's the process going? What should currently be
>> > underway (I think) is: advertising, publicizing, recruiting
>> > volunteers, and starting the process of scheduling.
>>
>> We're not on the grant timeline, We'll probably slip 3 weeks. but I
>> think Mass-Serve is ok w/ that.
>>
>> I've spent a fair amount of time thinking about things. The volunteer
>> recruiting piece is tough, but I'm in the groove after the last VISTA
>> push and I'm hopeful about the new magic of craig's list.
>>
>> This week I want to get the CL ad posted, emails to current customers
>> & NPA list out, some phone calls made.
>>
>> With luck Jerhico road will take the grant, turn it into a press
>> release and get us a story in the Lowell Sun and Boston Globe.
>>
>>
>> Josh Harding wrote:
>> > Link cover letter: http://thecsl.org/links/0002.pdf. The letter and
>> > application are both great!
>> >
>> > Dan: A few questions -
>> > How is your bandwidth currently allocated?
>> > Do you have a mental equation for how much bandwidth will be freed
>> > by
>> not
>> > working for cs.uml.edu and how much you will spend fulfilling this
>> grant?
>> > How will losing the extremely competent and trustworthy John in a
>> > few months and receiving an unproven VISTA impact your bandwidth?
>> > Will we need additional help?
>> > How's the process going? What should currently be underway (I
think)
>> is:
>> > advertising, publicizing, recruiting volunteers, and starting the
>> > process of scheduling.
>> >
>> > I definitely think using the grant money to pay you would be well
>> spent
>> and
>> > well deserved. My only concern lies in making sure that we can do a
>> good
>> > job
>> > on the boomer project - you're committing a significant amount of
>> > your already busy days...
>> >
>> > Josh
>> >
>> > On 12/16/06, Dan MacNeil <dan at thecsl.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> We need to hire a senior tech as a condition of the Boomer grant.
>> >> My contract with CS Dept ends Dec 31 and will not be renewed. I'd
>> >> like
>> us
>> >> to hire me.
>> >>
>> >> After the recent 14% Romney good-bye cut, the boomer grant budget
>> >> is
>> >> approximately:
>> >>
>> >> $12,600 # senior tech
>> >> $2,520 # equipment
>> >> $1,680 # advertising/overhead
>> >>
>> >> As a board member you should read the relatively short grant:
>> >>
>> >> # grant
>> >> http://thecsl.org/links/0001.pdf
>> >> # cover letter
>> >> http://thecsl.org/links/0001.pdf
>> >>
>> >> There is a meeting at the Service Allience on January 05, when we
>> will
>> >> learn the details of the payout. I've (just) emailed a request for
>> >> unofficial word on the payout dates.
>> >>
>> >> If people are generally inclined to hire me, A board member should
>> >> volunteer to prepare a contract for board approval and the
>> >> signatures
>> of
>> >> me and our El Presidente and I
>> >>
>> >> Past staff contracts are at:
>> >>
>> >> http://thecsl.org/sys/finance.d/detail.d/contracts.d/csl_staff.d/
>> >>
>> >> David Siegal's contract is probably the best model. Given that the
>> grant
>> >> explicitly has overhead taken out. $12,600 may be a good number.
>> >>
>> >> This weekend, I'll finish the financial reports. I'd be surprised
>> >> if
>> an
>> >> updated financial picture effects this decision very much.
>> >>
>> >> DAN DAY JOB
>> >> For 4 years, Tom Costello and Ken Kleiner have been kind enough to
>> work
>> >> very carefully with University/Union/State rules and paid me on
>> >> the
>> high
>> >> end of the student worker pay scale.
>> >>
>> >> This is no longer possible. My last day of work for the CS Dept is
>> >> 12/31/06.
>> >>
>> >> Sometimes the Lawd-Gee-z-ass has good timing. Assuming board
>> approval,
>> >> 6 months of work for the boomer grant will pay slightly more than
>> >> I
>> will
>> >> have made these past 12 months. (I didn't work full-time over the
>> summer)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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