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SSOveteran's comments
Posted Mon, Jan 18, 11:01 a.m.
"May you live in interesting times." And we do. It's heartening to see a unanimous rejection of management's offer. It's a relief to know that negotiations will continue. Maybe they'll even involve some compromise this time. My greatest frustration is that Michael Kaiser's principles are being ignored by management and ...
MOREPosted Sat, Jan 16, 9:12 a.m.
Note: Michael Kaiser has revived four major arts organizations in dire straits: the Kansas City Ballet, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, and London's Royal Opera House. In his book "The Art of the Turnaround", he shares with readers his ten basic rules for bringing financially distressed ...
MOREPosted Fri, Jan 15, 12:38 p.m.
As the clock ticks down to the SSO musicians' vote on Management's "last and best" proposal, I find myself calm in the eye of the storm. "Last and best" is equivalent in this case to "first and worst," as Management has been uniquely intransigent at the bargaining table, even over ...
MOREPosted Tue, Jan 12, 12:05 a.m.
Thank you, Ms. Godden, for your thoughtful and objective article. I find it striking (no pun intended) that the musicians of the SSO are represented and managed by people they have no ability to fire or even evaluate, no matter how demonstrable their incompetence. It seems management would rather preside ...
MOREPosted Thu, Jan 7, 8:31 a.m.
It's a scary and sobering time for me. The thought of going on strike is anathema. But so is the thought of allowing this management to proceed on its current path. Michael Kaiser, he of the proven track record of saving ailing arts organizations, tells us that our management's course ...
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