Curt Acredolo (cracredolo@ucdavis.edu)
Fri, 5 Nov 1999 15:24:00 -0800
From: Jim Lapsley <jtlapsley@ucdavis.edu>
Subject: RE: Professional Development Leave Proposals
Gary,
I want to second Kevin's comments and was remiss in not responding earlier.
I was one of the early recipients of the professional development leave. At
the time I had few publications (and still have few for that matter!) but
used the leave to write the first third of my doctoral dissertation. The
leave was very important in giving me the time away from my job to sit down
and write, and it made me realize that the dissertation was feasible.
Ultimately the dissertation, a study of the development of the premium table
wine industry in California, was published with minor revisions as Bottled
Poetry by UC Press. I acknowledged the importance of the leave in my
preface.
I suppose the point of the above is that it is a DEVELOPMENT leave, not
necessarily a research leave. I would hate to see Federation members be
screened from receiving consideration for the leave because they have few
publications.
Jim Lapsley
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