Report from the SEU Meeting

Things are quiet here at work this week, so I had some time to make it out to the SEU meeting at the Buena Vista Conference Center. I have never been to one of these sorts of meetings before, so I was a bit tentative. Luckily, there were some pretty smart and experienced people on hand to challenge the board.

John Kowalko was in attendance as an interested observer, as was John Flaherty. Both of them asked questions, but we all left a little disappointed. It should be noted that Copeland was the last to arrive (sorry about your dog, Charlie) at 10:29 and gave the board quorum. At 10:39, Patty Blevins had to leave, breaking quorum. So there were really only 10 minutes of official business. Half of that time was spent approving a letter written by the board’s attorney to address conflict of interest concerns. The other half was spent approving the minutes from the last meeting.

Bushism and QOD

I just watched Bush on GMA 2 minutes ago and he said that Lincoln is one of his most favorite president because through a difficult presidency he had the moral…