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Flames 2011-2012 Goats and Stars
Kent Wilson
September 30 2011 08:58AM
With the unpleasant memories of last season finally fading and new hope springing up in their place, it's time to start publishing our predictions and previews. We'll begin by reviving an old Nations tradition - picking goats and stars for the upcoming year. Who do you think we'll become your fan favorite - his every play idolized, his every mistake forgiven? Alternatively, who will you curse every time he hits the ice?
There are some obvious candidates on both sides for the Flames - Giordano, Iginla, Tanguay, Glencross versus Stajan, Bouwmeester, Hagman Kiprusoff, etc. However, like most pre-season expectations, actual over-achievers and disappointments when the action starts can surprise. For proof, go back and read our stars and goats from September 2009. Make sure to have a good laugh at Ryan Lambert's picks in particular.
With that in mind, here are your FN writers choices for the upcoming season:
Kent Wilson's Star and Goat
Star: Mark Giordano
It seems an obvious choice, but Giordano is poised to improve on his career best season from last year. With Robyn Regehr out the door, Giordano becomes one of the two best defenders on the club and should be a minutes-leader for the team on a nightly basis. In addition, Gio was actually one of the unluckiest defenders on the team last year in terms of percentages. He was one of the best blueliners in terms of possession and scoring chance ratio, but his on-ice percentages (PDO) was the worst on the club - a combined 97.6 (including a save percentage of just .899!).
If the bounces regress for Giordano, there's a good chance he will hit 50+ points and double digit +/-.
Goat: Anton Babchuk
Although I'm sure Brent Sutter is going to shelter Babchuk as much as possible again this year, I think he'll still end uo a goat for various reasons: first, because I doubt he'll be north of a 60% zone start again, meaning he won't start so many shifts in the offensive zone. That's a difficult ratio to sustain for any regular skater, let alone a defender. If, for instance, Cory Sarich starts the year on IR, Babchuk will have to take a few more minutes and defensive zone draws.
In addition, Babchuk was by far the luckiest Flames defender last year. Pucks went in at un uncanny rate when he was on the ice. If that falls away, his defensive short-comings will be much more apparent.
Vintage Flame's Star and Goat
Star: David Moss
Prior to his untimely injury last year, Moss was having the best year of his career. His play along side Jokinen and Glencross was nothing short of superb. The line dominated against opposition lines and Moss' play did not go without notice. When Brendan Morrison went down at center, Sutter moved David over and slotted him in that position on the top line. The move paid dividends, not only obviously increasing Moss' scoring chances but also elevating the chances for both Iginla and Tanguay.
With the departure of Daymond Langkow, David will be leaned on heavily to fulfil the role as a #1 two-way center. Sutter likes Moss in the middle and by all indications in comments and interviews, David is going to be given every opportunity to make the position his. This year could mark the turning point in Moss' career, especially if he shows he can center the top line.
Goat: Brendan Morrison
Even though he was only re-signed for 1 more year, Morrison is 36 years old and coming off a devastating knee injury. It is going to be extremely difficult for the Flames to find a fit for Morrison and for Brendan to find his fit on this team. Last year he was a spark plug in scoring for the Flames while fans watched in dismay at the slow start plaguing Jarome Iginla. That will not be the case this year, with too many options already present for the Flames to ensure the captain has a better start.
Calgary has taken dramatic steps, trading core team members, to get younger and faster. The move of Moss to center, and the fact that the Flames have too much invested in Matt Stajan automatically pushes the damaged and aging Morrison down the pecking order. I see Morrison as a role player more this year, used mostly as line changes are made to spark the team or throw off the opposition. If Stajan bounces back in his play, and Jokinen continues his dominance as a 3rd line center, Morrison could find himself in the press box, with a bum knee that just didn't allow him to keep pace with this changing team dynamic.
Ryan Lambert's Star and Goat
Star: Alex Tanguay
I mean obviously this is going to be contingent on him and Jarome Iginla both being healthy and all that, but Tanguay was a big reason the Flames' offense finished fifth in the league last year (so too was the fact that every goalie in the Northwest Division not named Roberto Luongo was abysmal).
But he could be even better this year because his shooting percentage last year was a little below his historical average, which itself is dragged down by two or three rather poor seasons that are well outside the rate of about 20-21 percent he usually puts up.
He's a wonderful complementary player to Iginla and was so in each of his previous three seasons with Calgary.
Goat: Miikka Kiprusoff
There was a time when I was fully prepared to patiently wait for him to round back into Vezina-Winning Goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff. That time was two years ago, but after three sub-.910-save-percentage seasons out of the last four, I'm finally done. Oh they're gonna decrease his workload this year? Perfect. They've said that each of the last two or three and it's changed nothing.
He just hasn't been good and once again is gonna shoulder the load because we all remember how great he was in 2006. We might end up forgetting around mid-December.
Robert Cleave's Star and Goat
Star: Jay Bouwmeester
There are more than a few Flames' fans that have given up on JB ever amounting to more than an overpaid, if solid, rearguard, but I have a feeling that this will be a season that shows his true value.
It's an odd thing, but virtually every player that worked with Robyn Regehr seemed utterly uncomfortable in that role. That wasn't Reggie's fault per se, and it's certainly true that the level of competition he routinely faced was daunting, but watching Bouwmeester last year left me with the impression that they were a bit ill-matched. I don't expect Jay Bouwmeester to be a great offensive producer, but I do expect him to have a sound season in his own end and a better, more aggressive one when the Flames have the puck. He's the undisputed shutdown guy now, and I might be going out on a limb here, but I just have the sense that he needed a change of partner to get him to take more of a leading role.
Goat: Matt Stajan
The Flames are in a bit of a pickle with Matt Stajan. He's really not much more than a tweener second-third line center on his best days, but the club is paying him more than anyone else that might play in the middle this season, and given that paycheque the management has every right to expect him to be a productive 55-60 point player. Anyone counting on that happening?
I suppose there's the chance that Gary Roberts could have turned him into a madman this summer, but absent that, his ceiling is about one line below where the club requires him. As an aside, his contract isn't his fault, because any of us would take the dough if it were offered, but even with Langkow elsewhere, he'll need to be a lot better than last year to prevent being on the third line or worse. If he's usurped yet again by Brendan Morrison, well, the Flames might have to hope for an amnesty buyout clause in the next CBA.
Robert Vollman's Star and Goat
Star: Miikka Kiprusoff
Calgary is not an easy team behind which to play, but nobody does it better than Kiprusoff. The long list of Calgary's back-ups since the lock-out season have all been bested by Kiprusoff, and by a far wider margin than most any other NHL goalie. Granted none of these alternatives were much better than replacement-level, but they all did far better wearing other jerseys than they did the Flaming C. No, he won't be the Vezina-level, top-ten star he once was, but he can return to 2009-10's .920 level, which will probably be enough for a post-season berth.
Goat: Alex Tanguay
In a time when Calgary was shedding as many of the bad contracts as possible, they offered Alex Tanguay a bizarrely risky long-term deal that requires him to sustain his current production level until age 36. Tanguay's exceptional talent, especially when paired with Jarome Iginla, is obvious to anyone, but may not be sustainable for even one year without taking a dip - not all the way down to 2009-10's 37 points, but somewhere in the 40-60 range. After all, Iginla himself can continue to defy Father Time for much longer, and what hope would Tanguay have without him?
Even when a guy is playing reasonably well, fans can turn on a player in the salary cap era simply because his agent got him a great deal, because they know that contract prevents the team from getting the extra pieces they need. Alex Tanguay could find himself in that boat (The HMCS Stajan?) by year's end.
Pat Steinberg's Star and Goat
October 01 2011, 09:24AM
Pat had to check with Rogers media first, or what?
Star, Backlund. He has played great in the preseason and was showing a lot of that skill he was drafted for, should he be given the chance on the top line I think he has a HUGE breakout year. Will easily set career highs in goals/assists/points if he's on the #1.
Goat, Theres a few to pick from(Sarich, any Goon, Bouwmeester, Kiprusoff), but the #1 Goat in Calgary will be Stajan. He's already been annointed the Goat before the season. And his Whipping Boy interview only helped to solidify it. He could theoretically play himself out of it, but with his contract and playing on no higher than the third or fourth line means that task is near impossible.
I like Bouwm as a star, they are (from what I've seen recently) really trying to get him injected into the offence. He's been stepping into the play to be that forth man, I have no doubt this will pay off for him, what concerns me is having Butler as the one guy covering his back when he does step up.
I considered picking Backlund for star, but the uncertain center situation in CGY made me hesitate. It's even money he'll end up on the 3rd or 4th line as the first.
I'm still sticking with it, I think Backlund forces the issue and won't give a reason for Sutter to demote him. If Backlund is having his breakout season and still gets demonted, well then maybe the Flames haven't fired quite enough Sutters.
September 30 2011, 10:42AM
Let's be honest.. Stajan and Hagman would have been just too easy to pick in the goat role. Would have made for a pretty boring read?
September 30 2011, 11:09AM
I can see Babs as a big goat this year. He has only 1 job that he's particularly good at - PP. Since he'll have to play in non-PP situations, and since he's very likely to look really bad doing it, I don't think he can finish this year smelling rosey.
I don't think BMo has enough expectation on him to be eligible for goatdom. He's cheap, old, slow, and broken. Getting out of the press box is almost best case scenario.
Using the description for star, "his every play idolized, his every mistake forgiven", I can't see any player on this team fitting that description more than Gio. He's a fan and media darling and I think it would take an awful lot to change that.
Lamberts picks for '09 are pretty hilarious in hindsight. I must say that picking a player as goat for an upcoming season because you didn't like his contract squabbles seems misguided.
September 30 2011, 11:12AM
I like that Vollmans picks are the opposite of Lamberts.
September 30 2011, 11:28AM
They are pretty obvious. I actually didn't pick them, though, because I expect at least modest bounce back seasons from both of them.
Definitely have seen signs of it early from Hagman. I'm honest to God surprised. If I had to pick one, I would have chosen Stajan... But that guy just looks done to me. I hope he turns it around, but I won't hold my breath.
Star: Jarome. Simple. Leading scorer for years and should continue hitting home runs.
Goat#2 Kipper: The discussion finally turns to whom should be entitled to premium minutes as Karlsson elevates his play.
Jarome is the only untouchable so if it's not this season Kipper's gone next year.
Star: Moss. Looked great in the pre-season and is poised to make the jump to be a team leader-by-example in my opinion. I think his great all-around game will win hearts and minds with the fanbase. He's starting to fill the void left by Langkow for me anyway.
Goat: Bourque. Weight of expectations and pressure of potential unrealized will make this a season where the frustration of fans builds on last season's disinterested effort. I'd like to see him score enough for us to get good value in return come deadline time though.
Love the read & agree with a lot of choices. If we are looking of who Flames really really need to emerge as a star this year, the coin flip will be between Backlund & Karlsson. We need one or both of those kids to catch the NHL eye as emmerging stars. The goats are several, pick em, Morrison or Stajan or Bourque or Babchuk or Hagman or Jackman or TKO.One or more will probably be sharing the goat horns. The status quo guys that I see will deliver what we would expect, no over achieving/no under achieving are : Iggy Kipper Tanguay Moss JBO GIO Hannan Stempniak Jokinen Sarich Butler
September 30 2011, 02:26PM
I liked Robert Cleave's picks...I could easily see that happening...everyone on this board knows that Stajan would have a hard time digging himself out of my goat category, but as Vintage pointed out though, having him there by default is just...boring. I think Stempniak will have higher expectations than he probably warrants, simply because as an ex-Leaf, he will draw comparisons to the rest of that crew and the already sour taste in our mouths how that's turned out.
September 30 2011, 02:33PM
As far as Vollman's picks...I could see Tangs contract turning him into a goat, simply because of the term, but I dont think that would happen this year. Iggy will decline over the next couple years (I hate to say it)..and with him will slide Tanguay. 2-3 years from now, that contract is not going to look very good.
Star- Mikael Backlund, I think this is a breakout year for him. I think he will be given opportunities to acheive and I think that he will do that very well.
Goat- Anton Babchuk, I agree with Kent on this one, Babchuk is useful for one thing and one thing only, his shot. He is useless on defence and I don't think that his luck that was happening last year will carry over. Unless of course he gets some 75% or higher offensive zone starts. (Also, NHL 12 calls Babchuk a defensive defenceman, they obviously have never seen him play.)
Disclaimer: My picks reflect the philosophy that it's better to be interesting than it is to be right.
Star: Hagman ----
It's not that I think he's the most likely star, he's just somebody noone else has picked who has shown a huge improvement in the off-season. There are a couple of scenarios in which Hagman could wind up with his old Olympic buddy Jokinen. Those two had a little bit of chemistry even when both of them were in the dog house. Jokinen is actually looking like a real playmaker center this year, and Hagman has a chip on his shoulder the size of Wisconsin. Bottom line, if the OMG line gets broken up or starts faltering, I'd love to see Hagman in there. He won't be the best player on the team, but he could be the biggest positive surprise of the year.
Runner Up Star: Stajan --------------
Again, I'm going for picks nobody else has made yet. Nobody is expecting Stajan to perform well this year and he knows he's finished with the Flames and possibly with the NHL if he doesn't turn things around fast. He's been a 50 point man before and he's definitely not over the hill. He hasn't racked up a lot of points in the pre-season, but he's shown definite signs of improvement. Confidence is his big issue now I think (and that whipping-boy complex, which isn't entirely in his head). If the media lets up on him a little and he has some luck in October, he could find himself on the road to recovery and possibly on something other than the fourth line.
Goat: Stajan ----
The pendulum swings both ways. We have a lot of potential minor goats, but nobody has the potential to be a bigger goat than Stajan. I just can't go against the flow here. Stajan may wind up not being a goat at all (fingers crossed), but he's the one guy who currently has all the hate and is poised to become an albatross contract if he doesn't have a good October/November. Put simply, if he continues to suck he will out-goat all the other goats.
I agree that Borque could swing both ways as well, but I don't think he can really swing far enough to become the team's biggest goat. If he continues on as he did last year he'll probably just wind up on the third or fourth lines facing easier competition that he ought to dominate. A return to his previous form could easily put him on a very productive second line.
Bourque has the biggest potential upside of any of the flames LW's aside from Tanguay. What I'd really like is for Bourque to challenge Tanguay for that #1 LW position. I don't think he'll win it, but I think he has the potential to make it a tough choice for Sutter.
September 30 2011, 07:37PM
Star: Stempniak - New blood in a hockey mad market, and most likely some talent to play with.
Goat: Scoreface - I'm not sure exactly why but...I just have that feeling!
September 30 2011, 08:24PM
Star: Moss - I think he makes the leap to true star and 60-70 points (maybe only for a year or two) this season.
Goat: Kipper - I think this is the year the fanbase at large realizes he's just not that good anymore.
Star: The Calgary Flames and their real fans
Goat: The so called fans here hacking every player the Flames have before the first puck is dropped. Once you start calling out Kipper and other players that have given so much for this city you've lost your status as fan.
Star: The Calgary Flames and their real fans
Goat: The so called fans here hacking every player the Flames have before the first puck is dropped. Once you start calling out Kipper and other players that have given so much for this city you've lost your status as fan.
Dont totally agree with you buddy. Fans have a right to cheer & a right to get ticked at players earning millions per year not performing. I shell out $15K each year + another $15K for playoffs & have been for the last 14 years. I am their biggest fan but I also put money where my mouth is & feel I have the right to critique and armchair manage this team as well. Most people dont listen to me but so what, my opinion is out there and if you take offense, sorry, but just deal with the fact you are no more of a fan than myself.
October 01 2011, 12:22AM
Star: Jokinen- he is slowly turning people's opinion of him and I think is starting to get comfortable. Combined with good linemates (OMG) and a contract year, look out for the big finn. Runner-up: Backlund- because I think he will have a break out 50+ point season. Also, because I believe he has to for the Flames to be successful this season.
Goat: GlenX- new contract, new expectations. I don't think it will be a horrible season, but I think he fails to achieve the same level of success. Runner-up: Bourque- I'm afraid that he has too many "nagging" injuries and plays the periphery game again. Hopefully not, but I think Flames fans will be quick to jump all over him if he starts out slow.
Overall I think that there will be a number of breakout seasons this year, Backlund, Karlsson (in a back-up 20 game role), and Butler will pleasantly surprise. I also think that there will be a few good rebound seasons from JBo, Kipper, Jokinen. For a change, I think the rest perform to expectations or close enough that this team makes it to the playoffs in seventh.
Star: Jokinen- he is slowly turning people's opinion of him and I think is starting to get comfortable. Combined with good linemates (OMG) and a contract year, look out for the big finn. Runner-up: Backlund- because I think he will have a break out 50+ point season. Also, because I believe he has to for the Flames to be successful this season.
Goat: GlenX- new contract, new expectations. I don't think it will be a horrible season, but I think he fails to achieve the same level of success. Runner-up: Bourque- I'm afraid that he has too many "nagging" injuries and plays the periphery game again. Hopefully not, but I think Flames fans will be quick to jump all over him if he starts out slow.
Overall I think that there will be a number of breakout seasons this year, Backlund, Karlsson (in a back-up 20 game role), and Butler will pleasantly surprise. I also think that there will be a few good rebound seasons from JBo, Kipper, Jokinen. For a change, I think the rest perform to expectations or close enough that this team makes it to the playoffs in seventh.
Kipper actually looked pretty solid in the Phoenix game. He may not be consistently unconscious like he used to be, but he is and always will be a top flight goaltender capable of winning a cup on the right team.
Star: The Calgary Flames and their real fans
Goat: The so called fans here hacking every player the Flames have before the first puck is dropped. Once you start calling out Kipper and other players that have given so much for this city you've lost your status as fan.
Can i see your badge that says your the "real" fan police? man all flame fans that either write for this site or visit the site are flame fans. whether they are putting positive or negative comments it doesn't matter. some people are more vocal, some are less, some people are sheep, some know tonnes about hockey some little. the peeps here at the nation do a fantastic job of giving us the people a plethora of information from all angles both positive and negative and allow us "fans" the option to comment on these articles. Everyone has the right to comment and you have expressed what you think i can just say unlike the articles here you are missing one thing.... backing whether it be stats, fact or otherwise the "im a real fan cause i'm a sheep" err i mean positive follower of everything argument weaker than cloutier's five hole. I have the opinion that from a hockey sense you probably could hang with most of the readers hear let alone r.cleave and k. wilson but who wants to waste time with a pissing match. so go flames go (positive, keep on rockin' in the free world and stajan you bus leaves for abby this afternoon.


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Shot entirely in North Carolina, The Hunger Games premiers in theaters this Friday, March 23rd and the local buzz about this blockbuster movie has reached a roar! It's a little overwhelming as everybody tries to get in on the huge publicity surrounding this movie. So with all this frenzy I'm asking myself "What does a Victorian B&B have to do with a futuristic tale based on a best selling trilogy of young adult books that takes place after the destruction of North America and features teenagers fighting each other for survival?" Absolutely nothing!
What does interest me, though, is the stunning terrain and natural beauty that attracts movie-makers and fans alike to the mountains of Western North Carolina and the Asheville area. Long before Hunger Games actor Josh Hutcherson discovered the thrill of Navitat Canopy Adventures ziplines or Woody Harrelson enjoyed the vegetarian fare at The Laughing Seed downtown, the Asheville area has been the perfect setting for movies as well as for visitors.
Beginning in the 1920s with Conquest of Canaan filmed where Pack Square now sits in downtown Asheville, 55 movies (see list below) have been shot in Western North Carolina. Some are pretty obscure but others you may know well, like Forest Gump or Last of the Mohicans. Dirty Dancing was shot at Lake Lure, a quick and scenic drive from here. Dupont Forest was a natural draw to the Hunger Games cameras as Chimney Rock was to Last of the Mohicans. The Biltmore Estate, of course, offers a one of a kind setting. My favorite movie shot in the area was shot at the Biltmore Estate and released in 1979. Being There starred Peter Sellers as a sheltered and simple-minded gardener for a wealthy benefactor who is mistaken for a great thinker and economic guru. This hilarious comedy/drama was based on a novella written by Jerzy Kosinski and Sellers was nominated for Best Actor in A Leading Role for his work in the film, his last to be released while he was alive.
The Capitol scenes in The Hunger Games were shot in Charlotte, but scenes of Katniss' home in District 12 were shot in the ghost town of Henry River located in Hildebran, about an hour east of Asheville. Other scenes were shot in Barnardsville, Black Mountain, Cedar Mountain, Concord and Shelby. Forest scenes were shot at beautiful DuPont State Forest and Pisgah National Forest. There are even fan tours being offered to see where the scenes shot at Dupont State Forest were filmed!
The film is being premiered at several local movie theaters and ZaPow, a downtown gallery, is hosting a Hunger Games premier party, that extras in the movie are sure to attend. Survival Workshops are being offered at Chimney Rock in conjuction with the movie. There's no end to The Hunger Games Frenzy!
It's all in good fun, though. You won't see us here at A Bed of Roses hawking free Hunger Games t-shirts or giving away Peeta tote bags, but you will find a great home base for exploring Western North Carolina's gorgeous mountains, waterfalls and trails as well as friendly guides to the best Asheville has to offer.
See the Trailer for The Hunger Games.
Films Shot in Western North Carolina:
- 28 Days
- A Good Baby
- All the Real Girls
- Alone Yet Not Alone
- Anywhere USA
- Being There
- Bull Durham
- Cold Mountain
- Conquest of Canaan
- Coupe deVille
- Digging to China
- Dirty Dancing
- Don't Fade Away
- Firestarter
- Fluke
- Forces of Nature
- Forest Gump
- Hannibal
- Happy Campers
- Heavy Weights
- In Dreams
- King Kong Lives
- Last of the Mohicans
- Loggerheads
- Loose Cannons
- Mating Season
- Moving On
- Mr. Destiny
- My Fellow Americans
- Nell
- Paradise Falls
- Patch Adams
- Private Eyes
- Raven Fork
- Red Dirt Rising
- Richie Rich
- Road to Nowhere
- Side by Side
- Simple Things
- SongCatcher
- Southern Belles
- Tainted
- The Boneyard
- The Clearing
- The Fugitive
- The Green Mile
- The Healer
- The Hunger Games
- The Hunt for Red October
- The Journey of August King
- The Swan
- Trapper County
- Waffles
- Winter People
From the Western North Carolina Film Commission
Famous residents of Asheville:
- Harry Anderson
- Steve Martin
- Andie MacDowell
NC has more sound stages and production houses than any other state outside of California

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Rewrite your mental script: Instead of telling yourself they are going to find you out or that you don't deserve success, remind yourself that it's normal not to know everything and that you will find out more as you progress.
Talk about your feelings: There may be others who feel like impostors, too–it's better to have an open dialogue rather than harbor negative thoughts alone.
Consider the context: Most people will experience occasions where they don't feel 100% confident. There may be times when you feel out of your element and self-doubt can be a normal reaction. If you catch yourself thinking that you are useless, reframe it: "The fact that I feel useless right now doesn't mean that I really am."
Reframe failure as a learning opportunity: Find out the lessons and use them constructively in the future. Use what you've learned to minimize your future feelings of self-doubt.
Be kind to yourself: Remember that you're entitled to make mistakes occasionally and forgive yourself. Don't forget to reward yourself for getting the important things right.
Seek support: Everyone needs help: recognize that you can seek assistance and that you don't have to do everything alone. Whether it's a therapist, a friend or someone experiencing the same phenomenon, reach out and bring the problem out in the open where it can be addressed.
Visualize your success: Keep your eye on the outcome–completing the task or making the presentation, which will keep you focused and calm.
Evelyn Kalinosky is a professional coach specializing in helping high-level women executives 40 and older whose profit motive is no longer just about money but whose goal is a search for significance and to uncover the wealth of the self. This blog post originally appeared on her site, Evelyn Kalinosky LLC .
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I, your self-appointed society president, have taken it upon myself to compile a list of all acronyms currently or formerly in use in the garden blogging world (GBW) to aid all new, current, former and future garden bloggers and readers of garden blogs in the understanding of same as they apply to garden blogs.
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AGB – Austin Garden Bloggers. Far and away the largest congregation of garden bloggers is within and around the city of Austin, Texas, so they shall be referred to as AGB's
BIRDS - Bird Information and Reference Deficiency Syndrome. The general condition of not knowing very much about the birds that visit your garden.
BTS - Black Thumb Syndrome. According to Kate from Gardening Without Skills, there are some people whot are afflicated with this. No matter how hard they try not to, they kill green things. They've been trying to get the AMA to recognize it as real for years so they can go through their health insurance for therapy. It's quite sad really.
CCG – Cold Climate Gardening. One of the pioneers of garden blogging, Kathy Purdy named her blog Cold Climate Gardening because she gardens in a cold climate, USDA Hardiness Zone 4. She has already reported frost this year.
CGB – Chicago Garden Bloggers. Though not as numerous as AGB's, the CGB's have graciously volunteered to host the next GBSF the weekend of May 29 – 31, 2009 in the windy city, Chicago, Illinois. Please, oh please does the event include a visit to the CBG?
DIPT - Did I Plant This. First coined by Beckie from Dragon Fly Corner, this is nother syndrome some gardeners seem to suffer from which causes them to forget what they planted, and thus they are often happily surprised when a pretty flower shows up in their garden that they didn't remember planting.
EGG - Egregious Garden Gloating. Identifed by Eliz. from Gardening While Intoxicated, this is when one gardener gloats in the presence of other gardeners about his or her better weather, plants, flowers, climate, soil, etc. An EGG violation is scored from one to ten, with ten being reserved for the most egregious violations. This is very similar to EGT, Egregious Garden Taunting.
GAD$ - Garden Attention Distraction Syndrome, Shopping Version. An affliction that causes gardeners to buy plants and other garden supplies at random, often resulting in spending more money than was originally planned to be spent.
GADS – Garden Attention Distraction Syndrome. An affliction that most, if not all, gardeners suffer from, the primary symptom being the inability to focus on one garden task until it is done. Instead the gardener moves from task to task, as they are distracted by one plant and then another, like bumblebees flitting from flower to flower.
GBBC – Garden Bloggers Book Club. This is a now-defunct book club formed to promote garden bloggers reading and posting about a garden book selection every two months.
GBBD – Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day. GBBD occurs on the 15th of every month when garden bloggers post pictures and lists on their garden blogs of what is blooming in their gardens on that day and then leave a comment on the GBBD host blog, MDG, so we can find them and pay a virtual visit to see what they have in bloom.
GBSF – Garden Bloggers' Spring Fling. A meet-up of garden bloggers from near and far that occurs in the spring. The first GBSF was hosted by several AGB's in Austin, Texas in April 2009. A grand time was had by all. The second annual GBSF will be in Chicago the weekend of May 29 – 31, 2009.
GR - Garden Rant. One of the few garden blogs with an actual manifesto, they are 'uprooting the gardening world' one post at a time.
GRTH - Gardener's Reduced Time with Horticulture. One of the side affects of not spending enough time gardening is an overall increased in the gardener's own girth.
GVAD – Garden Visit Anxiety Disorder. First coined by Dee of Red Dirt Ramblings, GVAD is what a gardener suffers from when they are preparing their garden for a visit from a SOGI
GWI - Gardening While Intoxicated. The place to find out about gardening in Buffalo, NY, where EAL swears there is not snow on the ground nine months out of the year. If there was snow on the ground all the time, that would be a good reason to garden while intoxicated.
HHSBP - Horticultural Hypochondriac Syndrome by Proxy. Mr. McGregor's Daughter suffers from this, the constant worry that something is wrong with your plants.
IGT - Iced green tea. This is the beverage of choice for discriminating garden bloggers! Starbucks brand is preferred.
LAPCPADPOUB - Lets all post cat photos and dire poetry on our blogs. A one time event created by Happy Mouffetard of The Inelegant Gardener.
MCOK - My Corner of Katy. A very interesting cottage style garden in Houston, Texas, this also refers to the Cindy, the gardener there.
MDG – May Dreams Gardens. That's my garden, also used to denote my blog of the same name.
MSS – M Sinclair Stevens. Also one of the pioneers of gardening blogging, this blogger's blog is Zanthan Gardens, and she is one of the AGB's.
MSSGB - Moist Society of Southern Garden Bloggers. According to Compost in my Shoe, humidity breeds more than a slight aroma. I guess that means these gardeners need to stick together.
OGS - Obsessed Gardener Syndrome. Closely related to HHSBP, the primary symptom appears to be constant worry about your garden.
OLOGBA - Official List of Garden Bloggers Acronyms. That's this list that you are reading right now.
PLANTS – Pleasing, listed, achievable, nature-friendly, time bound, specific. A way to 'plant' goals for your garden.
RDR - Red Dirt Ramblings. The wonderful musings about gardening by Dee, who gardens in Oklahoma.
SGAFO - Society of Gardeners Age Fifty and Over. Enough said.
SLOP – Straight Line Obsessive Planting. This is a disorder that some gardeners, especially those who grew up planting vegetables, suffer from which causes them to instinctively plant nearly everything in a straight line. This creates a disaster when the SLOP affected gardener attempts to plant tulips bulbs. At least one garden blogger refers to this as Always Neat And Lined-Up.
SOGI – Someone of Garden Importance. Dee of Red Dirt Ramblings suffers from GVAD when a SOGI is coming to visit. We all do!
SPPOTGWLS – Society for the Preservation and Propagation of Old-Time Gardening Wisdom, Lore, and Superstition. A society for all garden bloggers, the only requirement for membership is to occasionally leave a comment to indicate "present".
WOO – Window of Opportunity. A gardening WOO is the perfect amount of time for a gardener to actually work in their garden without interruption and feel like they got something done.
WUT – World's Ugliest Tomato. And yes, I did grow the world's ugliest tomato this year! Some bloggers may have attempted to compete, but in the end the WUT in my garden prevailed as the one and only WUT.
If any members know of any acronyms that have been inadvertently left off this list, please raise your hand and reply with comment so the missing acryonym can be added to this list, which will hereby be known as the OLOGBA (Official List Of Garden Bloggers Acronyms).
Submitted by,
Your Self-Appointed Society President,
Carol, MDG
32 comments:
- Katie said...
That is great! Thanks for putting these all in one place, they will certainly come in handy on Plurk.
- Tue Oct 07, 08:36:00 PM 2008
- Cindy, MCOK said...
How could you forget the all important IGT? The fuel of choice for the head gardener of MDG!
- Tue Oct 07, 08:47:00 PM 2008
- Mr. McGregor's Daughter said...
There's HHSBP - Horticultural Hypochondriac Syndrome by Proxy (thinking your plants are diseased when they are not) and OGS - Obsessed Gardener Syndrome (worrying about the health of your garden more than your own health or that of your family).
- Tue Oct 07, 08:53:00 PM 2008
- Lisa at Greenbow said...
Dear Madam Self-appointed President, I must say that you have compiled a complete and concise list of many am seeminly all garden bloggers superstitions and maladies. Since you also seem to be the self-appointed Secretary my I be one of the first to commend you for your efforts.
- Tue Oct 07, 08:55:00 PM 2008
- West Coast Island Gardener said...
omg oodles of fun acronyms and fab topics for them
btw - yam armed gander - i also think anagrams are fun too
- Tue Oct 07, 08:56:00 PM 2008
- Jean said...
Too funny! Although on my hiatus from the high-tech world into all things gardening, I'd hoped to leave all the TLA's (three letter acronyms) behind!
- Tue Oct 07, 09:44:00 PM 2008
- Kathy said...
What about MCOK? She didn't even complain that she wasn't on the list! And Dee's blog is RDR! And . . . and . . . gee, it seems there's always one more.
CCG, aka KP or CF (Computer fairy)
- Tue Oct 07, 10:04:00 PM 2008
- Anna said...
Now it all makes perfect..nonsense! Very nicely done and clever as usual.
- Wed Oct 08, 02:52:00 AM 2008
- Kathy said...
I am so glad there is not a test!
SMDG (sister of May Dreams Garden)
- Wed Oct 08, 05:46:00 AM 2008
- Frances said...
Present. (Got to keep my membership card current.)
I love belonging to your societies, Carol, but wonder why you are always the president of them all? Sort of like why your tomatoes, tiny and ugly win your contests? ;->
FG is my real name and the name of any garden I am tending, chosen to match those initials.
- Wed Oct 08, 06:34:00 AM 2008
- mss @ Zanthan Gardens said...
I'm so glad you created this lexicon; I have trouble keeping up with acronyms although I find them to be extremely useful when trying to post from my iPhone. (How do young people manage with those silly so-called keyboards? Oh yeah. They abbreviate.)
Thanks for the shout-out. If you're going to include the acronym for my pen name (M Sinclair Stevens BTW), you should include MMD (Mr. McGregor's Daughter) one of the CGBs organizing GBSF 2009.
OMG! I didn't realize that GBBC was DOA. That's what I get for never getting around to participating. LOL
- Wed Oct 08, 07:18:00 AM 2008
Hi Carol, present and accounted for. This was so funny. I love that you collected all the information and made it so humorous. My fav acronym is GAD$. I am afflicted. Thanks for the linkage love too.~~Dee
- Wed Oct 08, 08:02:00 AM 2008
- Annie in Austin said...
Reading your fun post is a good way to start the day, President MDG! The acronyms will also be handy for Twitter - staying under the character number limit is hard for those of us who write comments as long as some posts.
Thanks for linking to me, and for all the links - somehow I missed PLANTS when it was new, and your advice for the beginning of the chronological year works well now for we AGB's who wait until autumn to renew and reorder our gardens.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
The comment from MSS implies there was an experiment in comment format? Personally I've always liked the separate pop-up box, because that way the original post is still visible.
- Wed Oct 08, 08:54:00 AM 2008
- beckie said...
Carol, what fun. I love these and think we are lucky to have acronyms to express ourselves. I have one-DIPT Did I Plant This?. Usually seen more in the spring than at other garden times. When you get them all collected, I will print them out to have as a reference. Thanks
- Wed Oct 08, 11:12:00 AM 2008
- Mary said...
Ok, Carol. If you intend to use these acronyms in your posts, will you consider listing a key to the meanings on your sidebar?
I'm laughing out loud - I recognize a few but I would never know what WUT means.
You Crack Me Up!
- Wed Oct 08, 10:40:00 PM 2008
- Cottage Magpie said...
I sincerely hope that now that I'm back online again, that I can find enough WOO's to participate in the GBBD and MDG. Unfortunately I suffer from a very serious case of GADS.
~Angela :-)
- Wed Oct 08, 11:53:00 PM 2008
- Gail said...
Carol, another fun and clever post! I am a card carrying member and have GADS!
- Thu Oct 09, 08:28:00 AM 2008
- compost in my shoe said...
Always leaving those Moist Society of Southern Garden Bloggers out of the list...humidity breeds more than a slight aroma! (MSSGB)
What does it take to get on the list?
- Thu Oct 09, 04:49:00 PM 2008
- Kate and Crew said...
This is the funniest thing I've read in a long time!
How about BTS for Black Thumb Syndrome - Those of us that are afflicated with this know it's a very real syndrome. No matter how hard we try not to, we kill green things. We've been trying to get the AMA to recognize it as real for years so we can go through our health insurance for therapy. It's quite sad really.
- Thu Oct 09, 06:08:00 PM 2008
- Lancashire rose said...
What is the remedy for someone with GADS? I am sure I inherited it from my father.
- Thu Oct 09, 06:23:00 PM 2008
- Carol said...
All, thanks for all the comments and for adding to the list those acronyms that I forgot. I'll update the post with all of them soon.
(If you see this comment and are one who suggested an acronym that you reference on your blog, could you kindly email me the link so I can credit it back to you?)
And, no, there is no cure for GADS, you just have to go along with it!
Carol, May Dreams Gardens
- Thu Oct 09, 09:18:00 PM 2008
- Rose said...
This is why you are the President, Carol--you have such a great memory for all these details! I did have one I posted about, too--EWS (Empty Wallet Syndrome), but that is similar to your GAD$, which sounds much cleverer:) I think I have every syndrome you've ever discussed here...I think I'd better go lie down for awhile.
- Fri Oct 10, 09:37:00 AM 2008
- Nancy said...
Well, this is a regionally limited one.. tho.. maybe not.
Hurricane Ike Syndrom: HIS
wherein all the plants get confused and act like it's March instead of October.
NONE of the leaves have started turning or dropping and that's unusual even for Houston. We've had enough cold (okay--COOL) fronts for some of the non native trees to show SOME color!...and the natives aren't turning brown or dropping at all.
- Tue Oct 28, 03:08:00 PM 2008
- Anne said...
What a great post! I esp loved the cat and poetry one... oh, so sadly true...
lots of fun!
- Thu Nov 06, 10:21:00 PM 2008
- Tyra in Vaxholm said...
Dear Carol, thank you!!! You made my 'blogging life' much more easy. All those acronyms and no answers to find anywere and then I found the light.... Thank you Carol for enlighten me / xoxo Tyra
- Fri Nov 14, 02:38:00 AM 2008
- Pat Leuchtman said...
Carol, This is a brilliant post, and such vivid applelations for all the things we suffer from in and around the garden, and amongst the blogs. I am especially grateful for the mention of GBSF with a date!
- Mon Dec 29, 09:11:00 AM 2008
- Jayne said...
Great list Carol, but you left out HGB - Houston Garden Bloggers.
And hmmm... I'm not liking this... the acronym for my blog, Green and Serene, would be GAS...
- Sun Jan 17, 10:48:00 AM 2010
- Plantaliscious said...
Carol, thank you, I had been feeling distinctly iffy about diving in to the world of garden blogging, it can all seem a little intimidating, so many great blogs, why would anyone add another, and then I found this. It made me laugh, and reminded me that gardeners are, for the most part, generous and humorous.
- Sat Sep 04, 08:03:00 AM 2010
- Town Mouse said...
Thanks. That's very useful indeed. I do get so confused at times.
For example, just today I received an email from a co-worker in China that ended with BR. Looked it up, "Bathroom" ?? After a little digging, I found "Best Regards". But still not sure what she really meant to say....
this helps a lot.
- Thu Oct 14, 11:10:00 PM 2010
- variegatagal said...
I feel so much more garden-literate after reading this.
- Tue Jun 21, 08:09:00 AM 2011
Thank you! Am still laughing!
Lori at www.violentcrayon.com
- Sun Jan 15, 04:33:00 PM 2012
- Karen said...
So funny, i definately suffer from some of those.
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Budget detailsWhile final details are yet to come, the proposed supplemental budget released Friday, Dec. 17, 2010, by Gov. Chris Gregoire appears to hold little surprise for Shoreline Community College.
"It looks to be about what we expected after the Legislature's special session on Dec. 11," Shoreline President Lee Lambert said by e-mail. Lambert is visiting China and other Asian countries on college business and personal leave, but staying in close touch. "We need to wait for analysis (by staff at the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges) before we'll know our final reduction target." That review is expected in the coming week.
Gregoire's proposal includes the reductions identified during the special session, worth about $588 million, plus pieces of her own earlier proposals to get to the $1.1 billion mark needed to balance the current year budget that ends June 30, 2011. The next step is to send the combined back to the Legislature for approval, expected to be among the first orders of business after lawmakers convene Jan. 10.
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ABOVE: Five-Star Consortium representatives discuss priorities at a meeting Dec. 16, 2010, at Shoreline Community College.
BELOW: Cascadia President Eric Murray, Shoreline Vice President for Academic Affairs John Backes and Shoreline Trustee Gidget Terpstra attended the meeting.
Five colleges are moving ahead with efforts to better serve students and save money while doing it.
Presidents, vice presidents and trustees from Shoreline, Cascadia, Edmonds and Everett community colleges and Lake Washington Technical College all gathered Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010 at Shoreline in the first-ever such joint meeting to hear recommendations on how the five colleges can work together.
"Our five colleges have been working together for a number of years," Shoreline President Lee Lambert said in his welcoming remarks. "This effort is a natural outgrowth of those efforts."
Known as the Five-Star Consortium, the group was formed in 2009 with the "goal of maximizing efficiencies and promoting institutional coordination and collaboration," according to the memorandum of understanding signed by all five college presidents. Over the past year, vice presidents and other college staff have been working to see just how that goal might be achieved.
Everett President David Beyer said the presidents had "set the pathway, then asked our vice presidents to figure out how to get us there." Although the meeting itself was informational, by the end Cascadia President Eric Murray proposed to nods all around that all five presidents "go back and e-mail the vice presidents to move ahead with the priorities we've seen today."
On Thursday, everyone got a glimpse of the priority lists in four broad areas including instruction, administration, student services and human resources.
Topping the list for the instruction group is the HP 3000, the state's aging mainframe computer that is the foundation of all key student records for all colleges. "The HP is the key," said Sandra Fowler-Hill, VP for Instruction at Everett. "It is the biggest single barrier we face."
Acknowledging the enormity of fixing that problem, Fowler-Hill listed the group's other top two priorities, which are well within grasp, including:
Common placement test – Four of the five schools use Compass tests while one uses Accuplacer. Besides picking one test, the colleges would also agree on common scoring for class placements, she said. Fowler-Hill also said there have been talks with local high schools on how to better assess student transcripts that would perhaps allow skipping placement tests that are costly to both students and colleges.
Residency requirements – Not where students live, but the requirements for where they complete degrees are the issue. Currently, students who hop from college to college may be forced to take credits beyond the degree requirement to satisfy residency rules.
Also on instruction's list are: Align start-stop dates for academic quarters, publish a combined annual class schedule, joint purchasing for textbooks and combined professional development efforts for all employees. Fowler-Hill said the group also recommended a work plan that could implement the top two priorities by winter quarter, 2012.
Daryl Campbell, Vice President for Administrative Services at Shoreline, said that group "generated a ton of ideas and we explored 25 possibilities with a range of implications."
In the end, Campbell said the group identified six items to prioritize and then chose one they feel has significant, long-term potential: implementation of a virtual desktop interface.
"Is that like Google Docs?" asked Edmonds Trustee Mauri Moore.
Basically, yes, Campbell said. The idea would use centralized servers hosting content and programs for access by any Web-enabled device, from a desktop computer to a smart phone. The group's report shows potential savings to the consortium ranging from $412,000 to $773,000 a year over five years, primarily through reduced hardware replacement and software costs.
Other items considered by the administration group were a central warehouse for equipment purchasing, print shop and graphic design efficiencies and shared capital project management.
Vice presidents George Smith of Edmonds and Tonya Drake of Shoreline presented the student services report. Heading their list was a familiar refrain, the HP 3000.
"We identified two top objectives," Drake said. "Common student identification numbers and shared access to student records."
The report says that removing HP 3000 firewalls between college records would allow records to be shared. That means students who move between colleges would have their records move with them in a seamless manner. For ID numbers, students now get a new number each time they enroll at a different college. A common number would allow easy tracking and access for students and colleges.
The final report, involving human resources departments, was presented by Gina Lorenz of Cascadia. That group looked six areas, including cooperating on background checks, employment recruiting, personnel investigations, training, mandatory direct deposit and sharing expertise in specific subjects.
Lorenz said that aligning backgrounding processes and sharing reports could be implemented by July 1, 2011. Savings are estimated at about $5,000, she said.
Shoreline Community College President Lee Lambert has been named Vice Chair of the Board of the National Coalition of Certification Centers (NC3), a coalition of business and education representatives charged to support national industry standards in critical manufacturing areas via certified training programs.
"I'm honored to work with this group to support world class standards in industry," Lambert said. "These standards will lead the way to the future by instilling confidence for the industries we serve while paving the way for our students as they move into the workforce."
The group will focus on the transportation, aviation and energy sectors. It will look at ways to replicate existing programs that have successfully supported industry. The Professional Automotive Training Center at Shoreline Community College offers a prime example of this type of program.
"Our graduates can go anywhere to work," Lambert said. Students graduate with top skills and certifications that assure both dealers and customers the best service possible. The innovative model was originated by the college and industry partners to integrate education with hands-on experience in the workplace.
Lambert said that the success of the automotive program is what sparked other partnerships between the college and industry, such as Snap-on Industrial, which provides the opportunity for automotive students (as well as incumbent workers) to get hands-on training using Snap-on diagnostic tools.
NC3 announced its newly appointed board members at the Associate for Career and Technical Education conference in Las Vegas, Nevada on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010.
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Capital budget comparisonThat sound emanating from Shoreline Community College Wednesday afternoon was the collective sigh of relief from the presidents of the state's 34 community and technical colleges.
Gathered at Shoreline for their December statewide meeting, the presidents and other higher-education officials reviewed Gov. Chris Gregoire's proposed budget for the coming biennium, issued Wednesday morning.
"Under the circumstances, we're very pleased with the Governor's budget," Shoreline Community College President Lee Lambert said. "(The presidents) have just been discussing her budget. While it does include a significant tuition increase that will impact students, overall, it could've been that and much more."
According to State Board for Community and Technical College staff, Gregoire's plan includes tuition rate hikes of 10 percent for each of the next two years. That would translate to roughly $100 a quarter for a full-time student.
The state allocation to colleges would be reduced by just less than 10 percent. Including the tuition increase, the net average reduction would be about 2.6 percent, according to state board staff.
"We know this is just the first step toward a final budget next spring," Lambert said "There will be proposals from both parties in the House and the Senate. However, with this budget, the Governor is clearly saying the community and technical college system is key to this state's economic recovery and putting people back to work. That's a sentiment I agree with whole-heartedly."
Moving forward, Lambert said the college's previous budget-reduction planning would provide the basis for responding to a final state budget. "We'll just have to wait and see what the Legislature does, but we're pleased with the bar set by Gov. Gregoire," he said.
Gregoire also released her proposed capital budget, a list of building projects for the state. Shoreline isn't on the list, but that was expected. The college is working on a master development plan, with an application expected to be submitted to the city of Shoreline sometime this winter. The college needs the plan before proposing capital projects to the state.
Gregoire must still put forth a supplemental budget to cover revenue shortfalls in the current year. The Legislature met in a special session on Saturday, Dec. 11, and came up with $588 million, about half of the needed budget cuts. Gregoire is scheduled to unveil her complete plan to meet the $1.1 billion shortfall on Monday, Dec. 20, according to state board staff.
When Saturdays' special-session gavel came down in Olympia,
Shoreline Community College breathed just a little easier – for now.
"We're still taking a budget cut this year, but it is far
less than it could've been," Shoreline President Lee Lambert said late Saturday,
Dec. 11, 2010. "At 3.8 percent, the bills passed by the Legislature honor the
federal maintenance-of-effort level.
"This gives us some breathing room, until June 30."
Lambert said that barring unforeseen changes, announced layoffs
and at least some of the other planned budget-reduction strategies are on hold
for the balance of this fiscal year, which ends June 30, 2011.
"All fall, the news kept getting worse. We'd been told by
the Governor and the State Board (for Community and Technical Colleges) to plan
for cuts that added up to a 10.9 percent reduction," Lambert said. The
maintenance-of-effort (MOE) clause, which is tied to the state's acceptance of
federal stimulus money, was always in place, but colleges were advised to not
count on it, he said.
"It's hard to say that a 3.8 percent cut half way through
the year is good news, but given the alternatives, we'll take it," Lambert
According to State Board officials, the overall cut to
higher education will be $51 million with $26.7 million of that falling to
community and technical colleges. The exact amount of Shoreline's share should
be known in the coming week. Another budgetary sleight of hand, Gov. Gregoire's
idea proposed on Nov. 23 to ask colleges to cover State Need Grant payments for
the rest of this year, is not in the bills passed Saturday.
The Legislature's efforts fill only $588 million of the $1.1
billion current-year shortfall with Gov. Chris Gregoire taking care of the
rest. Details are expected from Gregoire next week, but state officials don't
expect any surprises in the form of additional cuts to higher education.
The next step for Shoreline, Lambert said, is to decide just
what will be cut to hit the 3.8 percent target. "Obviously, we've done a lot of
planning for much deeper cuts. Now, we have to decide which pieces will be
used," he said. "I'll ask the vice presidents this week for recommendations."
Lambert reminded that Saturday's news is just a postponement
of what are still seen as deep and devastating cuts to come. Gov. Gregoire is
also expected next week to release her proposals for the 2011-13 operating and
capital budgets. That plan will have to deal with a projected $5.7 billion
shortfall. State Board officials have already warned colleges that budget cuts
for that cycle could hit 18 percent
"We don't know yet what's in store for the next biennium,
but it doesn't look good," Lambert said. "If it is as bad as they say, we'll be
right back here, looking at significant layoffs and serving fewer students."
A student (in purple) listens to the response to her question during the all-campus meeting, Friday, Dec. 10, 2010.
Shoreline Community College employees will have extra incentive to watch the outcome of Washington's special legislative session scheduled to start at 9 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010.
Staff and faculty heard at an all-campus meeting on Friday that decisions made in Olympia could have a direct bearing on 27 positions that have been identified for possible layoff. At issue is just how much will be cut in a mid-year budget correction forced by a continued weak economy.
"Not due to the fault of any of us here, the challenges just keep coming and coming and it doesn't let up," Shoreline President Lee Lambert told a room of more than 100 employees and students with another 50 watching via the Web. "We've had to make some very tough choices in a very attenuated timeline."
Vice President for Administrative Services Daryl Campbell outlined the scale of the problem, the variables and the impact.
"We started in July with a 7 percent reduction form the previous year," Campbell said. "Then, in September, we are asked for a plan to cut 6.3 percent more. Then comes November and we're asked for another 4.6 percent."
The caveat to all of that, Campbell said, is something called "maintenance of effort," a clause in the state's agreement to accept federal stimulus money that keeps higher-education expenditures at a certain level. Until just recently, adherence to the clause didn't look likely and the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges advised against counting on it.
However, as a special session became more likely, both Republican and Democratic leaders in the House and Senate put forth plans that did honor maintenance of effort.
Campbell said that if lawmakers pass a supplemental budget with maintenance of effort, moving ahead with planned layoffs could be delayed until June 30, 2011. He warned, however, that serious cuts are still anticipated at that time.
"This does nothing more than buy us time from what I'm certain will be back-loaded cuts of 18 percent or higher," Campbell said.
Campbell then showed a slide that indicated the numbers of potential layoffs by employment category: Seven administrative-exempt, five classified and 15 full-time faculty.
Lambert said that depending on the news out of Olympia, the college could pull back on some or all of the positions for the time being. "But," he said, "This stuff will happen. It's just a question of when."
Lambert said the college is working to mitigate the potential losses and that any extra time is helpful. "We're constantly pursuing additional revenue streams," he said. "This buys us time to see if any of those materialize."
Money from sources such as grants and contracts can sometimes be used to offset losses in state funding.
"The state is forcing us in this direction," Lambert said. "You can't continue to chip away at our institutions and expect them to serve to the same level. Something's going to have to give."
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PUB Main Dining (note change from previous location)A special legislative session in Olympia would be a good thing for Shoreline Community College, says President Lee Lambert.
All-campus meeting
"It is very difficult to plan with all the uncertainty surrounding the state budget," Lambert said Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. "We may not like the outcome from a special session, but at least we'll know what we're facing."
Gov. Chris Gregoire said Monday that she will call a special legislative session before Christmas, even though the next regular session is due to start just weeks later in January. On the agenda would be a supplemental budget that must address an ever-increasing revenue shortfall for the year that ends June 30, 2011.
Gregoire didn't set a date, but told lawmakers they have until Thursday afternoon to pick one. If they don't pick one, Gregoire said, "I'll give them a day," according to news reports.
Lambert said the special session, combined with other news coming out of Olympia in recent days, may mean that layoffs announced last week for staff, faculty and administrators could be delayed.
"There have been proposals from both Republicans and Democrats that call for honoring the maintenance-of-effort threshold," Lambert said. "We weren't expecting that, but if it's the case, and there are no other serious reductions, we may be able to hold off … for now."
Maintenance of effort (MOE) refers to a requirement agreed to by state officials as a condition of accepting federal stimulus funds back in 2008. "If the MOE holds, we might be looking at a cut of about 4 percent instead of almost 11 percent," Lambert said.
Shoreline and all colleges took a 7 percent cut coming into this fiscal year, then were told this fall by Gregoire to find another 6.3 percent and then got presented with an additional 4.6 percent target after the grim Nov. 19 state revenue forecast.
Lambert cautioned that any reprieve would likely be short-lived.
"The state is still projecting huge deficits, $5.7 billion, for the coming biennium," Lambert said. "The (State Board for Community and Technical Colleges) told us last week that cuts starting July 1, 2011 could hit 18 percent. We couldn't avoid job losses at that level."
To that end, Lambert said that notification of employees regarding potential layoff will continue, a process that started last week and is ongoing.
"We notified both the faculty and classified unions. We are speaking to administrators about the potential for layoff," he said. "If things go well, we may be able to put off those reductions for awhile. If not, we'll be in a position to move quickly and avoid going any deeper than absolutely necessary."


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