What Mattered on Weds. Oct 6th

October 8th, 2009 | by Jonathan Onomatopoeia Gaurano |

 

Haha. This picture, where it’s placed…aww man, cracks me up - anyways:

The Daily Cal & ASUC spectators have been focusing their attention on the issue in regard to the Finance Officer. I think, the most important issue of the night was this man you see above.

See this man. His name is George Breslauer. Why is he important? Because he is the “is Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost of the University of California, Berkeley.”  You can view an article about him => here <= 

With that said, I would like to state this man was talking about the future of UC’s and how to uphold its excellence:

 

  •  Increase Out of State (OS) and International Students (IS) by 20% acceptance rate.
  • Pell Grants, another function students (especially OS and IS) should vie, when it comes to financial aid
  • The Chancellor is fighting “with great effort” to obtain money for this university
  •  Poses the question, why are Correction Facilities better funded than Public Education?
  • Who is to blame?
  • Hiring Bain & Company to consult fix the leaks of their budget
  • Bain & Company considers that UC Berkeley is spending 125 million dollars ineffectively
  • Chancellor has last say when it comes to the decision makings regarding budget issues

There is more; however, for now these are the bullet points, which strike a chord in my mind. Like I said I recorded his speech and will do my best to upload it on this website. In addition, I will post the minutes on here as well. Don’t worry you - I’ll make it an attachment so it doesn’t hurt your eyes

One Luv,
- Senator Jonathan Gaurano

P.S. I really do hope we find some conclusion who we, the Senate, fill is a good candidate to be the Finance Officer. Business is closed at this hurts the communities we represent. I feel the pain as it is October - National Disability Employment Awareness Month - Ouch.

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  1. 3 Responses to “What Mattered on Weds. Oct 6th”

  2. By Jesse on Oct 10, 2009 | Reply

    CalTV has a report on ASUC news:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKlDl8lJ4mc

  3. By Milan Moravec on Nov 23, 2009 | Reply

    Why does one of the top universities in the world have to spend $3 million of taxpayer money for consultants to do what should be done internally by UCB Chancellor Birgeneau?
    Who teaches auditors how to audit? Do UC professors not have the knowledge to perform what they teach?
    Having firsthand knowledge of consulting, I know one cardinal rule, “Don’t bite the hand that pays you.”
    In a nutshell, we have a high-paid, skilled UCB Chancellor who is unable or unwilling to do the job he is paid to do. Why do we wonder that UC and California are in a financial crisis!
    I’m sure taxpayers would not object to the $3 million payout if the money is reimbursed by taking money from the UCB Chancellor’s salary over the next 10 years.
    Stop the spending of $3,000,000 on consultants by President Yudof and the UCB Chancellor and do the work internally
    Respectfully

    Doye O Sivils

  4. By Milan Moravec on Mar 9, 2010 | Reply

    Threats to University of California Funding Don’t Come From the Outside - Breslauer agrees $3 Million Spending by UC President Yudof for University of California Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau to Hire Consultants When Work Can Be Done Internally, Impartially & Professionally.

    During the days of the Great Recession, every dollar in higher education counts. Contact Chairwoman Budget Sub-committee on Education Finance Assemblywoman Carter 916.319.2062 - tell her to stop the $3,000,000 spending by Birgeneau on consultants.
    Do the work internally at no additional costs with UCB Academic Senate Leadership (C. L. Kutz, F. A. Doyle), the world – class professional UCB faculty/ staff, & the UCB Chancellor’s bloated staff (G. W. Breslauer, N. Brostrom, F. Yeary, P. Hoffman, C. Holmes etc) & President Yudof.
    President Yudof’s UCB Chancellor should do the high paid work he is paid for instead of hiring expensive East Coast consults to do the work of his job. ‘World class’ smart executives like Chancellor Birgeneau need to do the hard work analysis, and make the tough-minded difficult, decisions to identify inefficiencies.
    Where do the $3,000,000 consultants get their recommendations?
    From interviewing the UCB senior management that hired them and approves their monthly consultant fees and expense reports. Remember the nationally known auditing firm who said the right things and submitted recommendations that senior management wanted to hear and fooled the public, state, federal agencies?
    $3 million impartial consultants never bite the hands (Chancellor Birgeneau/ Chancellor Yeary) that feed them!
    Mr. Birgeneau’s accountabilities include “inspiring innovation, leading change.” Instead of deploying his leadership and setting a good example by doing the work of his Chancellor’s job, Birgeneau outsourced his work to the $3,000,000 consultants. Doesn’t he engage UC and UC Berkeley people at all levels to examine inefficiencies and recommend $150 million of trims? Hasn’t he talked to Cornell and the University of North Carolina - which also hired the consultants — about best practices and recommendations that eliminate inefficiencies?
    No wonder the faculty, staff, students, Senate & Assembly are angry and suspicious.

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