<div dir="ltr">Hi Monte,<div><br></div><div><br></div><div> It is an open secret that even though the lottery money is strictly meant for teaching purposes, most equipment are used for the dual purpose of teaching and research. While most reasonable people would find nothing wrong with that, what has been painful to watch over the years is the misuse of state fund due to lack of accountability. Even a cursory look at the list you sent out will show only couple of names (Meti and Greg) associated with all the equipment. But there is a good chance that some of these equipment may have been used for the dual purpose I mentioned. I have been advocating for a long time that we associate a faculty name with each piece of state funded equipment. This has some obvious benefit (holding someone responsible for the upkeep of the equipment, a college wide inventory of top-of-the line equipment as a bragging right) and very little downside. The lack of transparency creates an impression that maybe some people or department are receiving bigger portion of the fund than they deserve. And this is not without basis; as you know very well, decisions were made quite arbitrarily at Darryl's office.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I am writing this open letter so that a discussion is started and you can get input from other faculty to see if they consider this an important enough issue for you to come up with a lasting solution to this problem.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Sooby</div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div dir="ltr">Subrata (Sooby) Bhattacharjee, Ph.D., ASME Fellow<br>Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department<br>
Adjunct Professor, Computer Science Department<br>San Diego State University<br>San Diego, CA 92182<br><br><a href="mailto:subrata@thermo.sdsu.edu" target="_blank">subrata@thermo.sdsu.edu</a>; <a href="mailto:prof.bhattacharjee@gmail.com" target="_blank">prof.bhattacharjee@gmail.com</a><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Monte Mehrabadi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mehrabadi@sdsu.edu" target="_blank">mehrabadi@sdsu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Please check the attached "Not Found List for 2104 Inventory" and in case you know the whereabouts of any of these items, let our IT personnel know. Thank you.<div><br></div><div>Monte</div><div><br>
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Date: Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 4:57 PM<br>Subject: Engineering's Not found list for 2104 inventory June 2014<br>To: Monte Mehrabadi <<a href="mailto:mehrabadi@sdsu.edu" target="_blank">mehrabadi@sdsu.edu</a>><br><br>
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Monte,<br>
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I received the latest update from Chris Bronsdon regarding the
2013/14 equipment inventory. 8 items were located since we spoke in
mid May leaving a total of 61 items still missing. As you know,
unless the equipment items are located they must be written off the
inventory. A step that holds us all accountable for the loss. If
there is anything more that your team can do to ensure the best
outcome for the inventory process it must be done swiftly. Business
Services and the Controller must close the process and report the
findings at the close of this fiscal year.<br>
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The updated list of Engineering's missing/unaccounted equipment is
attached. If I can answer any questions please let me know.<br>
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Thank you.<br>
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Lesley
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<div>Lesley:</div>
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<div>Here are the lists for the Colleges of Sciences and
Engineering. I will be contacting each of their Dean's
Office. Leslie and I may meet with one or both of them to
discuss if any more items can be located. As we discussed
yesterday, the Provost's Office will also need to approve the
write-off of any lost equipment. If there is anything we can
do or provide in this regard, please let us know.</div>
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<div>Also, Leslie's team will be following-up on the e-mail that
your provided from College of HHS.</div>
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<div>Thanks,</div>
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<div>-Chris<br>
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Date: Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 9:20 AM<br>
Subject: Not found list for 2104 inventory June 2014<br>
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<div>San Diego State University</div>
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<div>Phone: <a href="tel:%28619%29%20594-7985" value="+16195947985" target="_blank">(619) 594-7985</a></div>
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