r o t a t i l i c a F e Th Volume 2, Issue 4
Fall 2010
— George F. Stooks Facilities Services ~ Dedicated to a Spirit of Service CHANGE . . . . . . . 472 years worth!
Inside this edition:
Many times over the years people ask “what do you like about your job?” The answer is always the same. “I am never bored” is one half and the second is “working with the people.” Change, 1 a constant in Facilities, is nothing new to our campus. Every fall Demand Curtailment we greet the arrival of a new freshman class, and every spring Happy Retirement 2-3 we graduate a class of seniors that have been part of our comNew Hires munity for the past four years. Outside of those norms, the 4 Table Top Drill change we experienced as a campus this fall and especially within Facilities was unequivocally different than any other Move-In Day 5 Construction Update year. Due to the Early Retirement Incentive (ERI), Facilities saw 19 people benefit from the incentive and step into the next Grounds Update 6 Omissions phase of their lives, retirement. Our co-workers took with them Contact Information approximately 472 years of service and institutional memory as they left with our best wishes for their futures. Many of you worked with the retirees far longer than I had the privilege to, and I consider that my loss. A Word from Assistant Vice-President for Facilities & Planning
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With every change however, there is the opportunity for a new beginning. For some positions we may be challenged in finding skilled trades people to replace those lost, in others we have people waiting to step up and fill a role. How we emerge from these times will be substantially changed from how we entered, unwillingly as that was. Yes, the fall of 2010 is a semester of change. We will carry from it memories of our extended family with which we worked. We will look forward to inviting them back and seeing them at functions in the future. We look forward to rebuilding those areas depleted by retirements as we serve the needs of the larger Geneseo campus community. Please enjoy the comments from the retirees in this issue of “The Facilitator” and welcome fresh faces to our ranks.
You have the POWER to turn it off. For the past few years SUNY Geneseo has been participating in the Special Case Resource (SCR) Demand Response Program. Participation in this program significantly contributes to the state’s power reliability which helps to avoid blackouts. There is also a monetary reward for our campus’ commitment to electric load reduction. Over the past few years our one hour electric load reduction tests have resulted in payments averaging $9,000 per year. With information gathered from this summer’s one hour test we are able to increase our commitment to this program and anticipate payments 50% higher than in the past. This commitment depends largely on the campus’ participation and patience when we are called upon to curtail our electric usage. For energy saving tips and information, visit www.geneseo.edu/sustainability.