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My "personal" request



All,

I want to thank EVERYONE who replied to my request for salary information. As this was a time sensitive issue, I had to make my "case" this week. I can make three points about the e-mails that I had from listserv members.

1)  We are an amazingly cooperative group as a whole. We seem to want to help out someone else  and go to great lengths to do just that.

2)  For the most part, we are a vastly underpaid group of people. It is a fact of the profession that the bulk of people still do not make more than $55,000 even after working for an institution for more than 10 years. Even with two degrees, or superior professional involvement, or any other combination of work habits.

3) On the other hand, almost every person that e-mailed has a LOVE of their job that is probably unprecedented in other professions.  Does that make the trade-off okay?  To some degree, I suppose so, but ......

Again, I want to thank each of you that responded, I do appreciate both your help and your sentiments.
--Geri

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