University of Maryland News

To the University Community:

We are writing to remind you about the Town Hall meeting that will be hosted by the President's Office and the University Senate to discuss the University's budget situation. The Town Hall meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 22, 2009, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., in the Hoff Theater of the Stamp Student Union. Doors will open at 11:15 a.m. The meeting also can be viewed on a large screen television in the Atrium on the first floor of the Student Union.

President Mote will provide a brief introduction about the budget and then will welcome questions, suggestions and comments. You may wish to take a look at the updated budget web site before the meeting at www.budgetcentral.umd.edu. There you will find a budget primer as well as responses to some of the suggestions that the community has made for managing the current budget situation. We hope to use the meeting time to address concerns that have not been addressed on the web site.

In planning the Town Hall meeting, we designed a format that will allow for maximum participation of the community. Those who wish to ask a question or make a comment will be asked to line up after President Mote's introductory remarks. In the interest of time we ask that you write out your question or comment beforehand, keeping it to one minute. Two microphones will be set up and we will alternate questions between the two. We ask for some flexibility in the order in which the questions are asked to ensure that we can hear from all groups in the University -- students, faculty and staff. If we run out of time and your question is not answered, please feel free to email any questions or comments to president@umd.edu and we will make certain that the appropriate person responds to those concerns.

For those of you who are not able to attend the Town Hall meeting in person, you may watch a live web cast by logging on to:
http://streaming.umd.edu:8080/ramgen/broadcast/townhall.rm. (You can download the free RealPlayer for the PC here and for the Mac here.)

The web cast will be available on the budget web site for viewing later.

We look forward to hearing from you at the Town Hall meeting.

Sincerely,

Sally Koblinsky
Assistant President and Chief of Staff

Elise Miller-Hooks
Chair, University Senate

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This note was authorized for distribution to University of Maryland Community by: President C. D. Mote, Jr.