Ms Strohm
says that "Access to the Network for his personal,
non-official
purposes was provided to him solely as a courtesy."
Actually it is a
"courtesy" granted to everyone on the UNC directory
with a UNC-1
card which includes all faculty and employees as well as
retired
faculty.
Ms Strohm
claims that I have "no official business to conduct
using the
University Network". This is
incorrect; I am an active
scholar and
have three recent publications and a new letter to a
medical
journal will be published shortly. Another article was
just
submitted for publication. The
Psychology department is
encouraged to
include my publications in their annual report.
Because of the actions of the
Chancellor, I no longer have full
library
access to which I am entitled - I cannot access on-line
journals at
home which interferes with my continued professional
activities.
See
http://www.ourpaws.info/cramer/legal.htm
The Faculty Handbook
states:http://www.unc.edu/faculty/faccoun/handbook/IX_Rev.htm
"Retired members of the faculty may be
considered as
continuing
members of the
University community. They represent a valuable
resource of
institutional memory, of experience, of ideas, that
should be utilized
as much as possible in appropriate
activities and
publications of the University.
TITLE
The designation
"Emeritus" is awarded automatically on the
effective date
of retirement.
Privileges
The University will continue to provide
office space,
laboratory
facilities, etc., according to availability;
necessarily,
priority will be given to the needs of those
actively teaching.
Decision in these matters is largely the
responsibility of
the individual departments.
Retired professors retain full professional
library privileges.
Retired professors will continue to be
listed in the
appropriate places
in the University catalogues. To continue
to be listed in the
blue pages of the University telephone
directory, the
retiree's department must contact the Campus
Directory Office.
Retired professors will continue to receive
such documents as
are normally
received by faculty distribution. Some (e.g., the
Alumni Review) may be mailed to a home
address. Others (e.g.,
the University
Gazette) may be sent, on request, to an
on-campus mailbox.
Responsibilities
Retired professors may serve on master's and
doctoral
committees, but may
not chair them. Retired professors may
serve in various
capacities within the University, including
service on certain
boards and committees; representing the
University to civic groups, alumni, etc.;
testifying to search
committees for
major offices and so on. Such participation
will be at the
invitation of the appropriate officer of the
administration or
the faculty.
Relations between retirees and their
departments should be
determined by mutual
agreement. Departments are encouraged to
offer such
secretarial and administrative assistance as is
possible within the
limits of the on-going work of the
department, to
include retirees (without vote) in its
deliberations when
their experience and expertise is
appropriate and, in
general, to consider retirees among the
resources the
department can use. Departments should continue
to report the
professional activities and achievements of
their retired
professors as they have always done.
Continued availability of departmental
office space is
negotiated by each
department. A retired faculty member should
consult with his or
her department chair regarding the
availability of a
departmental mailbox. Secretarial or student
assistance, use of
departmental laboratories or equipment, use
of departmental
supplies, and the like, are individually
negotiated with the
department chair. The department chair and
dean determine
eligibility to administer grants and contracts.
Department chairs are encouraged to include
retired faculty
members in
seminars, colloquia, lectures, and other scholarly
events. A retired
faculty member should contact the chair
regarding specific
areas of interest.
The Dean of the Graduate School determines
eligibility to
supervise M.A.
theses and doctoral dissertations and
eligibility to
serve on M.A. and doctoral committees.
I have an on-campus mailbox
in the Psychology Department and I
receive
professional mail there. A recent
decision allowed
retired
faculty to serve on the Faculty Council and I was
nominated (but
not elected) as a representative. I
briefly
served as
advisor to a student group - Youth for Western
Civilization - until the
Chancellor asked for my resignation, an
event that
received national publicity. See
http://www.ourpaws.info/cramer/ywc
The Provost's website states
http://facultypersonnel.unc.edu/faculty-policies-procedures/retirement/CCM1_017171
When an individual is transitioning from
active employee
status to retiree
status (e.g., no longer receiving a pay
check directly from
UNC-Chapel Hill), than a special request
must be made to
keep an active UNC Personal ID number (PID) as
a University affiliate.
This status is necessary to be issued
a UNC One Card as a
retiree and to retain an Onyen and e-mail
access, as
examples. ...
In addition, Emeritus faculty may request
University business
cards to be printed
to reflect their Emeritus title and
current contact
information.
Ms Strohm
claims that I "established and used alias accounts,
such as
focas@unc.edu, to conduct business for an organization
with no
University affiliation." This is
false; I have not
conducted
business for anyone. The University's
policy on Use of
computer
facilities
https://help.unc.edu/1687#P24_676 forbids
"Any commercial or
for-profit ventures (such as running a
business
using your campus web space, email account, or network
access)"
FOCAS is NOT a
"business"; it is a 501(c)(3) not for profit
public
charity, incorporated in North Carolina and
(unnecessarily)
registered with the NCSOS. and its bylaws say
that it
was "formed to help support and
enhance the general
operation of the
Orange County Animal Shelter." Even
if
Villarosa's allegations were
true (which they are not), it would
not be a
violation of University Policy. UNC
resources have not
been used
to solicit funds but UNC resources ARE used to solicit
funds for
many organizations, for example
1. http://www.unc.edu/secc/
Carolina Cares, Carolina
Shares," our campaign theme, speaks
directly to
the spirit of Carolina employees.
Brenda Richardson Malone Vice
Chancellor for Human Resources
Campaign Chairperson
2. Carolina Blood Drive which
"collects 989 units E-mail
Monday, June 13, 2011 ... University notables visiting the drive
to
thank donors were Chancellor Holden Thorp and Patti Thorp,
3. The Health Sciences
Library - HSL can help promote your
departmental or student
organization charity event by UNC Health
Sciences Library on Thursday,
February 12, 2009 at 6:43am
Please contact Jean Estrada
(jestrada@email.unc.edu 966-2113) or
Francesca
Allegri (allegri@unc.edu 966-0945) for permission.
The Daily Tarheel
stated that "Campus organizations put together
a
charity bash almost every day."
Ms Strohm
claims that "Over the ensuing ten days, Dr. Cramer and
Mr. Villarosa
drew multiple University employees into their
dispute." this is false. From April 17 to April 27 when when
my IT
access was terminated Villarosa sent 15 lengthy
emails to
the
University while I sent five:
a. a
response to Strohm's April 20 demand to remove
a link to
ourpaws.info
b. a
public records request for Villarosa's complaints
against me
c. a
courtesy copy of my guest editorial to Strohm and
Thorp
d. a
response to Thorp's April 23 confirmation of Strohm's
April 20 demand.
e. A brief note saying that I
had removed the link
This correspondence is on my
website at http://www.ourpaws.info/strohm.htm
Ms Strohm
claims that "Hours and hours of senior administrator
time were
diverted to a cascade of email correspondence from both
individuals. This is false; this cascade came from Villarosa
because of
Ms Strohm's mishandling of the situation. In fact,
from
January 20 to April 20. I had only one email to the
University and that was a
March 14 request to Strohm for a
response to
my January 20 letter to her. I never did
receive a
response
although she told the University Secretary on January 19
that she
would send a response "as soon as I have a chance".
Ms Strohm
claims that "Dr. Cramer's Network privileges were
disabled
solely because of the disruption that attended his
continued use
of such privileges." The disruption
was caused by
Villarosa and
not by me. The issue
is not whether I have other
alternatives for
my speech but whether the University illegally
retaliated
against me because of my speech.
It is clear to me that this
retaliation is related to the Youth
for
Western Civilization affair which Provost Carney referred to
on
November 22 as "the episode earlier that was a major problem."
See See
http://www.ourpaws.info/cramer/ywc
UNC-W has recently lost in
the Court of appeals which held that
"The First Amendment
protects not only the affirmative right to
speak, but
also the "right to be free from retaliation by a
public
official for the exercise of that right." Suarez Corp.
Indus.
v. McGraw, 202 F.3d 676, 685 (4th Cir.2000). See
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-4th-circuit/1562438.html