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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Willem,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yes indeed – thanks for asking! We are all frustrated with the hyper-vigilant purchasing system. Let me describe one of my recent experiences.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In late August I needed a few seed packets, ten sharpies, and a kilo of fertilizer to set up a plant competition experiment in the greenhouse. These are easily available at Whites Mill and Lowes with a combined cost of ca. $30. With my
PCard and using my own car, I could have purchased them within an hour.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Instead, I needed to submit two requisition forms and interact with three staff members over a span of four days. Looking at my email log, I see that we exchanged 14 emails to accomplish this task. This is not an efficient use of staff
or faculty time. A trivial purchase like this should have been trusted to the individual faculty member.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If this example seems silly, let me give you another. A year ago, I purchased six plastic food containers and a bag of plastic beads (population genetics simulation in PBIO 4350). After a lengthy requisition process, a CAS core staff
member was sent to JoAnne’s to make the purchase for me. I wasn’t trusted to spend the piddling $12 myself!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for making this effort.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Glenn<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> OCEES <ocees-bounces@listserv.ohio.edu> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Roosenburg, Willem<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 8, 2021 2:38 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> OCEES Listserv <ocees@listserv.ohio.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Ocees] Experiences with Purchasing and Grants administration<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear OCEES Faculty,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Friday the 17<sup>th</sup> I have a meeting with Howard Dewald to reveal some of our frustrations and the problems we have experienced with the new CAS purchasing system and general ability to conduct research as a consequence of current
university operations and management. They want specific examples that illustrate our frustrations, so if you can provide some of those to me in writing I can pass those on to Howard with the hope that there may be a better solution. Feel free to share experiences
with purchasing , grants accounting, OBI, and OIT; I think its fair to say we all at one time felt like we have beating our head against a wall. I think examples of inefficiencies would be received too.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you will get that to me before the 17<sup>th</sup> I will collate and present them to Howard for discussion.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Willem<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Willem M Roosenburg<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Director, Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Department of Biological Sciences<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">247 Life Sciences Building<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ohio University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Athens, Ohio 45701<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Office: 740.593.9669<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mobile: 740.503.4983<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">FAX: 740.593.0300<o:p></o:p></p>
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"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."<br>
-- Gandalf, Fellowship of the Ring<br>
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"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without loss of<br>
enthusiasm."<br>
--Sir Winston Churchill<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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