Blog Refences on UCLA Faculty Center/Hotel thru 8/31/11 by Daniel J.B. Mitchell

Faculty Center Issue through 8-31-11: Click on title, not httpâ&#x20AC;Ś (Press Control and left-click on the title.) There are many duplicates and there is a lack of chronological order. Construction and Demolition http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2011/08/construction-and-demolition.html Aug 31, 2011 UCLA Faculty Association: Who Owns It? Aug 05, 2011 As the 1951 fundraising letter above indicates, the UCLA Faculty Center began with contributions from various sources. (Click on the image for a clearer look.) The Regents apparently contributed less than half, ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: Faculty Center Election Results Jun 21, 2011 The Faculty Center just emailed the results of its recent election. If you did not receive the email, the results are listed below, along with the campaign statements of the winning candidates. ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: Wilshire-Gayley Hotel Plan Reported to ... Aug 17, 2011 Readers of this blog will also know that UCLA has been proposing to build a 280-room hotel/conference center where the Faculty Center is now located. If built, that hotel would have to compete for business with existing ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: UCLA Faculty Center Election: Deadline ... May 31, 2011 Normally, elections for office at the UCLA Faculty Center are quiet affairs. However, because of the controversy surrounding the plan to demolish the Center and replace it with a large hotel/conference center, ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: How to Have a Major Conference Without a ... Aug 04, 2011 The first day of the governor's conference was held at Covel and the second at the Faculty Center, the very Faculty Center that was slated to be demolished for the hotel/conference center. ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: FAQs On the Faculty Center Replacement ... Apr 02, 2011 Dora Costa of Economics has sent yours truly an interesting list of FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) about the proposed hotel/conference center slated to replace the Faculty Center. They are reproduced below. ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: How to Turn $70 Million into $63 Million ... Aug 08, 2011

Maybe a lesson to be learned about the proposed UCLA hotel/conference center to replace the Faculty Center? Just a thought. Anyway, as the song says, build it and "bring your alibis": ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: The Faculty Center Issue: Fungibility ... Apr 06, 2011 In the course of his remarks, he referred to the gift as being to Public Affairs and to "the Faculty Center." No one seemed pained by the latter characterization. No one corrected it. Just a slip of the tongue? ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: Official Statement on Faculty Center ... Mar 29, 2011 In yesterday's post on this blog about the proposed hotel/conference center that would replace the Faculty Center, the most recent statement on the project from the administration was included as an update/link. ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: Email Exchange on Faculty Center Issue Mar 03, 2011 As you also may be aware, at the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Save the Faculty Centerâ&#x20AC;? meeting on January 24, I publicly issued an invitation for the UCLA administration as well as to Prof. Dick Weiss, the President of the Faculty Center ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: Recording of Phone Poll Concerning Hotel ... Jul 18, 2011 A resident of the area around UCLA received a call from the pollster who has been posing questions about the proposed campus hotel/conference center to replace the Faculty Center. He made a recording of the call WITH ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: Who is supposed to salute the poll on ... Jul 21, 2011 The business model for the existing Faculty Center is also not connected to the poll. Those who are concerned with architectural preservation of the Faculty Center also would not be influenced by poll results. ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: Dial H for Hotel? Part 3 - Questions ... Jul 17, 2011 The Faculty Center is a historic building. Are you in favor of preserving the Faculty Center as part of a Residential Conference Center? a) yes, b) no. 4. The RCC will charge $xxx per night, and academics cannot afford ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

CPB Report Nixes Hotel/Conference Center Project Apr 02, 2011 We also had access to two documents that are not posted: a summary of the unredacted PKF Market Analysis prepared by the CPB Chair and detailed financial information from the Faculty Center Board on operations through December 2010. ...

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Letter by Farseeing Astronomers and Physicists to the Chancellor ... Apr 02, 2011 Yours truly was given a letter sent yesterday to the chancellor concerning the Faculty Center affair. The text is below since direct reproduction of the letter (as you can see at right) is difficult to do legibly on this blog: ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

Hotel/Conference Center Train Halts; Mishap Averted Apr 04, 2011 As readers of this blog will know, a public forum on the proposed hotel/conference center to replace the current Faculty Center structure is scheduled for April 6 (7 pm, Faculty Center). This forum was shaping up to be an unpleasant ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

Former UC President Kerr Recalls Legislative Ban on UC Sales That ... Apr 14, 2011 The issue of the proposed hotel/conference center planned to replace the existing Faculty Center has raised the question of the degree to which UC entities can provide services that compete with private providers. ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

Focusing on the Proposed Hotel/Conference Center - UCLA Faculty ... May 18, 2011 Some background documents regarding the proposed hotel/conference center planned to replace the Faculty Center can be accessed below. There will shortly be focus groups on campus set up on the hotel/conference center ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: Westwood hotel project will go condo if ... Jul 09, 2011 UCLA most recently proposed to replace its 50-year-old Faculty Center with a $160 million hotel and conference center that would be open to tourists and others outside the university. But administrators withdrew the ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

LA Conservancy Expresses Concern About Faculty Center Mar 01, 2011 Many nearby residents and members of the faculty oppose the project, including more than 200 people who signed a petition asking the Faculty Center Board of Governors to poll its members to gauge support for the ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: Replacing the Faculty Center ... Feb 26, 2011 Replacing the Faculty Center: Unstoppable Capital Programs Marches Forward. To: UCLA Faculty, Homeowner Associations, Community Councils, Other interested parties. From: Tracy Dudman, UCLA Capital Programs ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

How Big Would the Hotel/Conference Center Be - UCLA Faculty ... May 09, 2011 The consultant's report for the hotel/conference center proposed to replace the Faculty Center was premised on 276 rooms. Other numbers of rooms in that range have been reported. Most of us are not in the hotel business ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

Ever Heard of UBTI? Those Pushing the Hotel/Conference Center ... Apr 01, 2011 The IRS ruling below would seem not only to challenge solicitation or acceptance of such business at the proposed hotel/conference center slated to replace the Faculty Center, it seems also to challenge the kinds of activity going on ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

Did You Know About the Other Conference Center / Restaurant ... Mar 30, 2011 If you had feared that UCLA is really running out of conference space and thus did need a new hotel/conference center on the site of the existing Faculty Center, you might be comforted by the project described below. ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: Translated: Recreation Price Increase Aug 18, 2011 Faculty and staff can now select memberships to access one, two or all three of the new zones, explained Bill Aberbuch, the marketing services manager for Recreation. The Central Zone includes the John Wooden Center, ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: Rooms at the Inns Jul 25, 2011 Bottom line: A major conference held at UCLA can be serviced by existing area hotels at room costs well below the room cost projections for the 280 room hotel/conference center UCLA proposed to replace the Faculty Center ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

Audio of Last Night's Public Forum on the Proposed UCLA Hotel ... Apr 07, 2011 A public forum was held on UCLA's proposal to demolish the Faculty Center and replace it with a hotel/conference center. Most â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not all - of the public comments and questions opposed the project or raised issues with it. ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

"Demand Narrative" Released for Proposed Hotel/Conference Center ... Mar 08, 2011 The Faculty Center site is the proposed location for the project because it is the only site that meets the major project objectives of providing a modern conference facility on the core campus while providing a permanent solution to ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

Signs of Spring Mar 28, 2011

But the issue of replacing the existing Faculty Center with a large hotel/conference center remains from last spring, when news of the plan was (sort of) made public. You will be seeing flyers such as the one on the right and related ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

Just one more thing: The eleventh question to add to the other ten Mar 11, 2011 Project plans also include a new faculty club with a 300-seat dining room, an outdoor dining area, meeting space and an entrance separate from the conference center. The project would be built on the site of the existing Faculty Center ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

The $40 Million Question: Two More Emails on the Faculty Center Issue Mar 04, 2011 A blog post yesterday featured an email exchange on the proposed demolition of the Faculty Center between Prof. Dora Costa (Dept. of Economics) and Prof. Ann Karagozian (Chair of the Academic Senate). Here are two more emails, ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

Faculty Club Membership Votes Heavily Against Demolishing It for ... Mar 21, 2011 The ballots on the question "Should the Faculty Center building be torn down to be replaced by a Hotel/Conference Center/Faculty Club" have been counted in the presence of representatives of the various interested groups and the outcome ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: Update on Faculty Club Status: Vote Coming Feb 22, 2011 Update on Faculty Club Status: Vote Coming. Readers of this blog know that UCLA has a plan to demolish the current Faculty Center and replace it with a conference center/hotel complex. Information on this issue - apart ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

Neighborhood Group Raises Concerns About Proposed Hotel to Replace ... Feb 04, 2011 A neighborhood association has raised procedural - and possibly legal - objections to the replacement of the UCLA Faculty Club with a Hotel/Conference Center which at latest word is to have over 280 rooms. ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: Meeting Tonight on the (Postponed) Hotel ... Apr 06, 2011 There will be a public forum at the Faculty Club tonight (7-9 PM) on the proposed UCLA hotel/conference center project which - as a prior blog entry indicated - has now be postponed for re-study. ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: Faculty Club Membership Votes Heavily ... Mar 21, 2011 The ballots on the question "Should the Faculty Center building be torn down to be replaced by a Hotel/Conference Center/Faculty Club" have been counted in the presence of representatives of the various interested groups ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: Presentation Available on Replacement of ... Nov 29, 2010 Since the existence of the Faculty Club is in peril (although it is eventually supposed to be incorporated into the new building), I have captured the video from the live-stream it preserved it in four parts. ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: Just one more thing: The eleventh ... Mar 11, 2011 Project plans also include a new faculty club with a 300-seat dining room, an outdoor dining area, meeting space and an entrance separate from the conference center. The project would be built on the site of the existing ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: "Demand Narrative" Released for Proposed ... Mar 08, 2011 "Demand Narrative" Released for Proposed Hotel/Conference Center to Replace Faculty Club. Below is an official â&#x20AC;&#x153;demand narrativeâ&#x20AC;? related to the proposed hotel/conference center that is the replace the existing Faculty ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: Faculty Center Election Results Jun 21, 2011 I have previously served a term as Treasurer many years ago (when Mary Erickson was Manager) and have recently pursued active interest in the finances and future of the "Faculty Club" consequent to discovery, ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: Signs of Spring Mar 28, 2011

The most recent development was the strong vote against the project by members of the Faculty Club. The flyer text reproduced above may not be clear, due to technical limitations. The print below the two photos on the ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: CPB Report Nixes Hotel/Conference Center ... Apr 02, 2011 The Council on Planning and Budget was asked by Senate leadership to provide an independent assessment of the Residential Conference Center and Faculty Club financial feasibility plan. We have confined our analysis to ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: Big Money for UCLA from Chicken Feed ... Jan 26, 2011 The other half of the gift will help build a 282-room conference center and faculty club that is intended to replace the existing campus faculty center if opposition does not alter or stop the project. ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: Former UC President Kerr Recalls ... Apr 14, 2011 The results of the vote by the Faculty Center membership on the question - Should the Faculty Center building be torn down to be replaced by a Hotel/Conference Center/Faculty Club? - was as follows: Yes: 269 ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

The Hotel/Conference Center: Is a Change of Heart Possible? Apr 07, 2011 Among other proposed changes, UCLA intends to provide golf clinics and help coordinate seminars on golf course design, operations, maintenance, and club making and repair. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This has the potential to be one of the premier places in the ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: Email Exchange on Faculty Center Issue Mar 03, 2011 As you are aware, the Senate has received a number of presentations from the administration regarding the proposal to build a Residential Conference Center/Faculty Club on the site of the present Faculty Center. ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

Consultant's Report on the UCLA Hotel/Conference Center Now on the ... Mar 13, 2011 Faculty do not think that what makes UCLA great is the Faculty Club. But there seem to be some in the administration who think that the key to UCLA's continued greatness is a hotel. Indeed, for them change is difficult and it's hard to ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

Ever Heard of UBTI? Those Pushing the Hotel/Conference Center ... Apr 01, 2011 However, the apartments were not made available to the tenants on the basis of membership in the club or any criteria that would further the exempt purpose of the organization. The organization provided maid and switchboard services for ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: Audio of Last Night's Public Forum on ... Apr 07, 2011

A public forum was held on UCLA’s proposal to demolish the Faculty Center and replace it with a hotel/conference center. Most – not all - of the public comments and questions opposed the project or raised issues with It … http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: Audio of Last Night's Public Forum on ... Apr 07, 2011 A public forum was held on UCLA's proposal to demolish the Faculty Center and replace it with a hotel/conference center. Most – not all - of the public comments and questions opposed the project or raised issues with it. ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

LA Conservancy Expresses Concern About Faculty Center Demolition ... Mar 01, 2011 The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has proposed a Residential Conference Center project that would demolish the campus' 1959 Faculty Center. Many nearby residents and members of the faculty oppose the project, ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

Update on Faculty Club Status: Vote Coming Feb 22, 2011 Readers of this blog know that UCLA has a plan to demolish the current Faculty Center and replace it with a conference center/hotel complex. Information on this issue - apart from prior blog entries - is available at ...

Big Money for UCLA from Chicken Feed? Hotel Project Will Still ... Jan 26, 2011 Even before the donation was announced, plans to demolish the faculty club had triggered debate. Critics say the much larger replacement complex is a waste of money and risky investment during the UC system's current budget crisis. ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/ UCLA Faculty Association: UCLA Faculty Center Election: Deadline ... May 31, 2011 UCLA Faculty Center Election: Deadline for Voting Near. Normally, elections for office at the UCLA Faculty Center are quiet affairs. However, because of the controversy surrounding the plan to demolish the Center and ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/ UCLA Faculty Association: FAQs On the Faculty Center Replacement ... Apr 02, 2011 FAQs On the Faculty Center Replacement Project (FAQsTHNGAAIASYWHSPAATPFOA6). Prof. Dora Costa of Economics has sent yours truly an interesting list of FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) about the proposed hotel/conference ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: Official Statement on Faculty Center ... Mar 29, 2011 Official Statement on Faculty Center Demolition and Replacement Raises Interesting Questions. In yesterday's post on this blog about the proposed hotel/conference center that would replace the Faculty Center, ...

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UCLA Faculty Association: LA Conservancy Expresses Concern About ... Mar 01, 2011 The LA Conservancy has expressed concern about the replacement of the Faculty Center. The item below summarizes the organization's position. UCLA FACULTY CENTER THREATENED The 1959 UCLA Faculty Center, now threatened ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: FAQs On the Faculty Center Replacement ... Apr 02, 2011 FAQs On the Faculty Center Replacement Project (FAQsTHNGAAIASYWHSPAATPFOA6). Prof. Dora Costa of Economics has sent yours truly an interesting list of FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) about the proposed hotel/conference ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/ UCLA Faculty Association: Official Statement on Faculty Center ... Mar 29, 2011 Official Statement on Faculty Center Demolition and Replacement Raises Interesting Questions. In yesterday's post on this blog about the proposed hotel/conference center that would replace the Faculty Center, ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/ UCLA Faculty Association: LA Conservancy Expresses Concern About ... Mar 01, 2011 The LA Conservancy has expressed concern about the replacement of the Faculty Center. The item below summarizes the organization's position. UCLA FACULTY CENTER THREATENED The 1959 UCLA Faculty Center, now threatened ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

2010 What Happens If the New "Residential Conference Center" (aka ... Dec 13, 2010 At this point, it appears that the decision to demolish the existing building and replace it with what is called a "residential conference center" seems to be a fait accompli. Those who have been briefed on the new structure describe it ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: Presentation Available on Replacement of ... Nov 29, 2010 Presentation Available on Replacement of the UCLA Faculty Club. Earlier posts discussed the plan to replace the current UCLA Faculty Center building with a larger convention/hotel type facility. ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/

UCLA Faculty Association: Further Info on the UCLA Faculty Center ... Aug 15, 2010 Further Info on the UCLA Faculty Center Issue. A few days ago, I posted information about a possible temporary (3 year!) closing of the UCLA Faculty Center while a residential learning center was constructed at its ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/ UCLA Faculty Association: No Faculty Center for 3 Years? Food ... Aug 09, 2010

No Faculty Center for 3 Years? Food Trucks Instead? In June, Lawrence Kruger, Chair of the University Emeriti & Pre-retirement Relations Committee, got wind of a grand plan to tear down the Faculty Center and replace it ... http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/