latest disaster: layoffs at LACM

[Doug Yanega]

>From: "Bradford D. Hollingsworth" <bhollingsworth at sdnhm.org>
>
>To: <everyone at sdnhm.org> CC: Tod Reeder
><treeder at sunstroke.sdsu.edu>, "Jay M. Savage" <savy1 at cox.net>,
>Richard Etheridge <rether at sunstroke.sdsu.edu>, Ted Case
><case at biomail.ucsd.edu>, Greg Pregill <pregill at sandiego.edu>, Robert
>Espinoza <robert.e.espinoza at csun.edu>, Robert Fisher
><rfisher at usgs.gov>
>>
>>
>>   LACM lays off 23 Hello SDNHMer's,
>>
>>   I have some very sad news. 23 positions were eliminated at the
>>Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History yesterday, including
>>departments, curators, collections managers, exhibits, and others.
>>I don't have all the details but I'm sure we will hear more about
>>them as the information becomes available. The entire Herpetology
>>staff was fired, given a few moments to collect their belongings,
>>and told to leave the building (not much gray area there). This
>>includes Herpetology's collection manager Kent Beaman and curator
>>David Kizarian. Also fired were the curator of mammalogy,
>>curatorial assistants in birds and insects, a research librarian,
>>and the only surviving botany curator. Research and collections had
>>a total of six people terminated. I know of other cuts in exhibits
>>and operations, but it is reported that there were none in
>>administration. They will certainly need our voices to help protest
>>these deep cuts.
>>
>>   Brad
>>   ****************************************
>>   Bradford Hollingsworth, Ph.D.
>>   Curator
>>   Department of Herpetology
>>   San Diego Natural History Museum
>>   P.O. Box 121390
>>   San Diego, CA 92112
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Doug Yanega        Dept. of Entomology         Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California - Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521
phone: (909) 787-4315 (standard disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
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