Sitka Retreat Center

At tonight’s Sheldon Jackson’s Facilities Big Picture Meeting, I announced that there is interest in starting a Sitka Retreat Center. I said I would post an e-mail address on how to contact me if you want more information or you want to be involved. Here it is: sjcwatch@gmail.com


In the near future I will start putting together a web site totally dedicated to the Sitka Retreat Center. For now this blog will have to function as the area to gather ideas and to share thoughts. I would encourage anyone who wants to post whatever they want to on the idea of a Retreat Center. However, I will delete any anonymous post. Sorry, I feel if you won’t post your name then your opinion should not count.

Please also watch for future post on this subject.

One more note; Chris will post an update on what happened at tonight’s meeting. I will just say that there was a lot of positive things said and it looks like there could be some positive things come from a lot of dedicated folks who are working hard to preserve parts of SJ. I assume there will also be a radio piece on Raven Radio so I’d assume that will be posted too. Meanwhile don’t forget you can go on Raven Radio’s web site for news on SJ and other Sitka news at this address: http://www.ravenradio.org/.

Sheldon Jackson Activities Meeting

A public meeting will be held Tuesday, January 29th, 7:00PM Centennial Hall, in order to update the public on the current activities of organizations involved with SJ(C?), including Hames Wellness Center, SJ Childcare, Library, and others. It may also serve as an opportunity to hear from and ask questions of Dr. Dobler and others.

Hope to see you there.

Sheldon Jackson Closure Big News

Each January the Sitka Daily Sentinel publishes a year-end feature of big news events. This year, the loss of Sheldon Jackson College topped the list as the biggest story of 2007. You're telling me.

Tribal College

I think it's a great idea. See Ted's new blog at this address: www.aitcsjc.blogspot.com

Trustees on Raven Radio

Two of the SJC Trustees talk on Raven Radio’s program Give and Take. Hear the program here.

The school has now been closed for 6 months and the two Trustees said on this program that it will be mid 2008 before laid off employees are paid. They also mentioned that expenses continue. The question that each laid off employee has to ask themselves is will there be any money left to pay employees when all is said and done. It was interesting that one Trustee didn’t even know how much money was owed to laid off employees and if you do the math the other Trustee might have guessed low.

Attention: LAID OFF SJ EMPLOYEES

First off Happy Holidays to all of you! I hope that 2008 is a great year for you all!

We are compiling a database of laid off employees. Please send the following to this e-mail address: sjcwatch@gmail.com

Name:
Address:
Phone or Phone numbers:
E-mail Address:

If you don’t wish to e-mail the info please feel free to snail mail it to:

Marcel LaPerriere
705 Lake Street
Sitka AK 99835

Please pass on this information as soon as you can.

Thanks!

Happy New Year!!

P.S. The sjcwatch@gmail.com is the e-mail address laid off employees should use in the future if you have questions that you don’t want to air in the public forum of the SJ Watch Blog.

Next Steps: Severance & Annual Leave

It appears that little has happened in the month following former employees' formal request to the Department of Labor. It may be necessary to develop a different strategy, as several folks have suggested. To that end, we should meet.

I'd like to propose two things: First, that we meet at least once prior to the holidays, say the week of December 18-22. Second, that we make it possible for folks out of town to call in via teleconference.

Use the comment section or email me at peoplecallmebryner@yahoo.com.