[Srm] Tierra Seca for Phil Jenkins!

[Kelsey L Hawkes]

Hello all,

It has recently been brought to the attention of Tierra Seca that the Senior
Curatorial Specialist position, held by Phil Jenkins at the herbarium in
Herring Hall, is under review for dismissal. We feel that Phil is a
tremendous resource for students, professors, specialists, governmental
agencies, non-governmental organizations, and the general public. His
contribution to the university due to his seemingly infinite knowledge of
plant species has helped many different people advance their own knowledge
and education in the world of botany related to their personal fields. He is
an extremely valuable attribute to the community, and we want to do what we
can to prevent his departure from the UA.

Tierra Seca has drafted a letter addressed to CALS Dean, Shane Burgess, that
expresses many different reasons as to what makes Phil so valuable to the
campus and why he should be kept around. We would like to have as many
people sign this letter as possible, so as to attempt to make it clear what
a mistake it would be to terminate his position.

I have attached a copy of the letter to this email for you to read at this
time. In addition, there will be a hard copy of the letter, as well as a
page to fill in your name and signature hanging up next to the Tierra Seca
bulletin board (on the east side of BSE by the vending machines). Please
stop by, as well as encourage others to stop by (but please don't let the
pages fall into the trash or recycling bins located ever so conveniently
just below the board - that would be very unfortunate, indeed).

We plan to submit the letter and list of signatures as early as Monday and
absolutely no later than Wednesday of next week as this is a very time
sensitive matter.

Please let me know if you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions. We
appreciate your help!

Thanks,

Kelsey Hawkes
Tierra Seca President
Society for Range Management
University of Arizona
khawkes at email.arizona.edu
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