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• (Jan. 18) FW: School Spirit Tastes GREAT! Join us-- and bring a friend!
• (Jan. 18 re. Feb. 15-17) FW: Early Bird Conference Pricing Ends Thursday! and tell Tell the USDA Organic Belongs to the People!
• (Jan. 20) FW: GMVCSC class schedule and orientation class flyer
• (Jan. 23 & 24) FW: MLK Addresses at UD by Nikole Hannah-Jones & Imbolo Mbue
• (Jan. 27) FW: Book Release Party and YOU are invited...Please share with family and friends
• (Jan. 27) FW: First class of GMVMC in Spring Semester
• (Jan. 28) IFGD Winter programs begin!
• (Jan. 28) FW: Republic Day Celebration by India Club of Greater Dayton
• FW: [Pedc] survey
• News about WSU:
         FW: WSU Basketball recommended by DDN writer
        Dayton Business Journal : Wright State officials deposed in $4.5M lawsuit case filed by Dayton-area consultant Ron Wine

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From: Stivers School for the Arts Parent Association
Subject: School Spirit Tastes GREAT! Join us-- and bring a friend!

 

 

From: Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA)
Subject: (Jan. 18 re. Feb. 15-17) Early Bird Conference Pricing Ends Thursday!
    

Early Bird Discount Ends Thursday!
39th Annual OEFFA Conference, A Taste for Change
Thursday, February 15-Saturday, February 17
Dayton Convention Center, Dayton, Ohio



Register by January 18 to take advantage of our Early Bird discount
and save up to $20 on your 2018 OEFFA Conference registration!

Act now and enjoy two full days of conference workshops, the trade show, keynotes, and more for only $160 (members) or $220 (non-members)!

But, don't wait! All online registration ends January 29. There are a limited number of lunches and evening banquet and reception spots available, and we may sell out! Register now!



Here's what you don't want to miss at Ohio's largest sustainable food and farm event:
   

• Keyote speakers Jeff Moyer and Stacy Malkan
• Four full-day Thursday Food and Farm School class options
• Nearly 80 90-minute workshops
• A three-day trade show
• The Contrary Farmers' Social on Thursday and the Cream of the Crop Banquet on Friday
• Three free Thursday evening events: a Farm Land of Opportunity reception, Old MacGyver Had a Farm discussion and reception, and Homeplace Under Fire screening
• Kids' conference and child care
• Locally-sourced, from-scratch meals, book sales, raffle, and much more!

The early bird catches the worm! Don't wait! This discount ends Thursday!

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Organic Belongs to the People!
Speak Out About the USDA's Withdrawal of the
Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Rule

The organic label is under attack. We need your help fast!

A few weeks ago the U.S. Department of Agriculture published notice to withdraw the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices (OLPP) rule.

This regulation—critical to organic integrity—would have given all organic egg-laying hens what they need to thrive by requiring ample space (both indoors and outdoors) and the ability for them to scratch and forage in the soil. The proposed withdrawal means that not all organic hens will be taken care of the way they should. 

This is not just for the birds: The OLPP would also clarify rules overseeing dairy cows and livestock raised for meat, ensuring that the standards protect the integrity of organics and meet organic consumer expectations.

That's why we're asking for your help. We know the integrity of the organic label is important to you. Together, it is our responsibility to ensure that the organic seal continues to stand as a symbol of health for humans, animals, and the planet.

What we are asking is simple but important: spread the word and spark action.

Submit a comment to the USDA and ask your friends to as well. The deadline for comments is January 17!  Be part of the record of concerned citizens objecting to this action. Strength is shown in numbers, so your participation is vital.

By withdrawing the proposed rule, the USDA went against the overwhelming support of organic farmers, businesses, and more than 40,000 commenters.

Please act now and spread the word! You can personalize your message using the talking points below:
   

• I expect cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, and other livestock and poultry raised organically to be treated humanely and have access to land. It's time to put these rules in place to meet our expectations.
• These rules are needed so farmers know what to do, so certifiers apply the standards consistently, and to eliminate confusion that will erode trust in organics.
• The USDA needs to do its job and protect organic's integrity.

 

 

From: Kenneth L Nelson
Subject: [gmvcsc-class] class schedule and orientation class flyer

This Saturday, Jan 20^th 10-12am will be the first GMVCSC class of spring 2018.

Please find the attached are orientation-first class flyer and class schedule.
(See more information here!)

 

 

From: Theo Majka
Subject: FW: MLK Address at UD by Nikole Hannah-Jones & Imbolo Mbue

NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES

Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Speaker
Tuesday, January 23 at 7 p.m.
Kennedy Union Ballroom

Nikole Hannah-Jones is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist and 2017 MacArthur Fellow, writing on modern day civil rights for The New York Times Magazine. Her widely read articles on segregated housing and schools, as well as her deeply personal reports on the black experience in America, expose how racial inequality is maintained through official policy. They also offer a compelling case for greater equity. She has written extensively on the history of racism and inequality, school resegregation and the disarray of hundreds of desegregation orders, and the decades-long failure of the federal government to enforce the landmark 1968 Fair Housing Act. She is currently writing a book on school segregation called The Problem We All Live With.
PDF Download Event Flyer

IMBOLO MBUE

Enhancing the Global Village on U.S. College Campuses
Wednesday, January 24 at 7 p.m.
Kennedy Union Ballroom

Imbolo Mbue is the author of Behold the Dreamers, a 2017 Oprah's Book Club pick and winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. At the intersection of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah and the fiction of Amy Tan, Mbue's riveting debut novel follows two marriages—one immigrant and working class, the other from the top 1%—both chasing their version of the American Dream. Mbue's book is informed by her experience of being an African immigrant and the experiences of the many African immigrants that she knows. She grew up in Limbe, Cameroon, before immigrating to the U.S. in 1998. She holds a B.S. from Rutgers University and an M.A. from Columbia University. She lives in New York City. A book signing immediately follows her talk.

Co-sponsored by the Alumni Chair in the Humanities and in conjunction with the Global Voices Symposium (Jan. 23–25)

PDF Download Event Flyer

 

From: Kenya Baker
Subject: Book Release Party and YOU are invited...Please share with family and friends

Press Release: Author Kenya Baker's third children's book, Robin's Gift is now available for purchase. Featured in the stage play, "Why Was Santa Late?" at the Victoria Theatre on December 29th, Robin's Gift is a wonderfully illustrated text that literally shows the importance of "giving" from a bird's eye view.

Artist, Jenai Coleman, uses a vibrant array of bright hues to bring Robin's Gift to life for young readers. Jenai began illustrating for Baker when she was only 16 years old with Baker's poetic children's book Rain'y Days. Coleman is now a freshman in college majoring in Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology.

Author Kenya Baker remarks, "Robin's Gift is one of my greatest creations mostly because it is dedicated to my granddaughter Amira who received her wings at the young age of 7 months old. This is my first children's book with a narrated storyline. It is my hope that children learn the beauty of giving from Robin. Moreover, Robin aims to teach children about the necessity of forgiveness and how to maintain a sense of community, regardless of the cruelty in the world."

The public is cordially invited to participate in the official Book Release Celebration:

Saturday January 27th, 2018, 4:00 - 5:30 pm

Dayton Metro Library, Northwest Branch, Community Room B
2410 Philadelphia Drive, Dayton, Ohio 45406

Bring a child and share Robin's Gift! Copies of this title are $15.00. The event is FREE. Refreshments and entertainment will be provided.

 

 

From: Munsup Seoh
Subject: The first class of the Greater Miami Valley Math Circles

As is announced before, with , there will be the first class of the Math Circle will be held at 10:30 am on the 2^nd floor of MM building at Wright State University on next Saturday, January 27^th, followed by subsequent classes on Feb. 10 & 17; Mar. 10 & 24, Apr. 14 & 28.

I will update you about the Math Circle through this webpage: www.mpen-ohio.net/GMVMC

Please feel free to email me questions if you have any about the Math Circle.

 

 

From: Interfaith Forum of Greater Dayton
Subject: (Jan. 28) Winter programs begin!

On January 28 the Forum continues its series on the Perception of God from various faith traditions. From 3:00-5:00 the Jewish and Sikh perspective will be presented Judy Heller and Darsheel Kaur. Foster Hall, Christ United Methodist Church; 3440 Shroyer Road in Kettering.

February 25 the Forum introduces a new series on Calendars in Faith Traditions. From 3:00-5:00 the Greek Orthodox and Baha'i calendars will be presented followed by questions and discussion. Foster Hall, Christ United Methodist Church; 3440 Shroyer Road in Kettering.

Hold the dates:

On March 18 there will be a program featuring the Golden Rule to be held at the Dayton International Peace Museum where there is a permanent display of quilts with the golden rule presented from faith and other spiritual traditions.

All forum events are free and open to the public. Light refreshments are served. If you want to bring something to share, please no pork or shellfish! And, a listing of ingredients in home made dishes helps those with food sensitivities to choose wisely.

 

 

From: India Club of Greater Dayton
Subject: Sunday, January 28 from 3-6 pm at Bellbrook High School

Our next big event is Republic Day Celebration on  Sunday, January 28 from 3-6 pm at Bellbrook High School. I invite each and everyone of you to join us for some fun, fellowship and food. This event is free to members, but you must have a ticket to enter. Please reserve your tickets on our website http://www.indiaclubdayton.org in advance to help us get an accurate count for food.

Due to food logistics, the event ticket is free until Jan 24th after which there will a charge of $10 per ticket regardless of age. Please get your free tickets today.

This event will include cultural performances and the popular Mr. India and Ms. India competitions. Please encourage your kids and youth to participate in this competition. The winner of this competition will represent India at DIFI in 2019. The idea is to give our kids an opportunity to build stage presence and confidence and also represent their culture on a global stage. You can find more information and guidelines in the attachment.

We will also announce the awards from  the Essay/Art/Vocabulary competitions.

Event schedule:
  

• 2.30pm Meet & Greet
• 3.00pm Program commences
• 6.00pm Social hour with Dinner
• 7.00pm Clean-up

Annual Members - Please renew your memberships at our website. Membership allows your family to enjoy several member events throughout the year in addition to the  Annual Diwali celebrations.

We are looking forward to seeing you all on the 28th of January at Bellbrook High School.

 

 

From: Billi Ewing
Subject: FW:  survey

The Montgomery County Prevention Coalition is seeking input from those who live, work or go to school in Montgomery County.  See link below.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MPMS-Adult

Please feel free to send this link out to anyone who lives, works, or goes to school in Montgomery County. We are trying to expand beyond our professional networks in order to capture the general public's view on the topics covered in the survey re: adult prescription medication and marijuana.

 

 

From: Abe Bassett  

Date: 1/13/18 3:58 PM (GMT-05:00)

To: Retirees Wright State <wsu_retirees@wright.edu>
Subject: WSU Basketball recommended by DDN writer

Brian Kollars, former Sports Editor at the Dayton Daily News posted an entreaty to all basketball fans to go see the WSU Raiders team.
The next game is Monday, Jan 15, at 4pm.
Read all of Kollar's remarks at the WSURA website.
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From: Peter S. Carusone
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2018 4:07 PM
To: announce@wright.edu; Faculty List Serve; staff-l@wright.edu; Retirees Wright State
Subject: [ANNOUNCE] Fwd: WSU Basketball recommended by DDN writer

Thanks, Abe, and thanks Brian Kollars!
So  proud of this Raider team and their fighting spirit!! Go Raiders!!
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From: James E. Larsen
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2018 5:21 PM
To: Carusone, Peter S; Faculty List Serve; staff-l@wright.edu; Retirees Wright State
Subject: [FAC-L] Re: WSU Basketball recommended by DDN writer

I had no idea Jim Tressel was the basketball coach at YSU.
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From: Allan B. Spetter
Subject: Re: WSU Basketball recommended by DDN writer

Have you noticed that the average attendance at home games is less than 4,000?!

(Munsup's note: WSU Nutt Center, housing the Basketball team among others, reportedly keeps losing monies!!!)

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https://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2018/01/11/depositions-shed-more-light-on-legal-battle.html

Depositions shed more light on legal battle
between Wright State and consultant

By John Bush – Staff Reporter, Dayton Business Journal on Jan 11, 2018, 6:37am


Former Wright State University president David Hopkins was one of three officials deposed in a lawsuit case against the university by consultant Ron Wine.

Depositions given by three key players involved in a $4.5 million lawsuit against Wright State University by consultant Ron Wine reveal a complicated arrangement between the university and the consulting group Wine owns, including deferred payments, retainers and performance-based compensation.

Transcripts of the depositions reveal the testimony of former WSU President David Hopkins, Wright State Research Institute Executive Director Dennis Andersh and former Wright State Applied Research Corp. Director Ryan Fendley.

The depositions offer insight into the relationship between WSU and Wine, who has been one of the more prominent members of the business community locally for decades, including for his work as CEO of the Dayton Development Coalition.

Testimony from WSU officials also contain what appear to be contradictory statements regarding compensation for Wine's services.

According to a lawsuit prepared by his attorney, Kenneth Ignozzi of Dyer Garofalo Mann & Schultz in Dayton, Wine says he had an agreement with the university's top officers that he would be paid a performance-based contingency fee of 5 percent of all new research-related revenue brought in as a result of his efforts.

The lawsuit states that from 2009 to 2016, Wine's work led to the school landing $134.7 million in new federal and state contracts. But Wine's attorney says the university stopped paying him after an investigation into the contract, even though it found "no evidence" of law violations.

The lawsuit says the school paid $2.2 million for the work, but that $4.5 million is still owed.

Ron Wine, whose consulting group has for several years helped Wright State win federal and state contracts, says the university has failed to pay him for all of his work.

WSU has denied there was a 5 percent performance-based fee associated with Wine's work, and dismissed essentially every allegation from Wine.

A Wright State spokesperson said Wednesday the university does not comment on pending litigation.

In depositions taken from the case, Fendley said the university did have an arrangement to pay Wine 5 percent of the value of contracts he helped the university bring in, and that he prepared detailed revenue reports every six months that directed Wine how much to invoice the university.

Fendley, who no longer works at Wright State but his wife is a faculty member there, confirmed Wine was initially paid a retainer, and then moved to the performance-based compensation.

"And then as things began to grow, Ron was then within the body of work that he was generating, was to be paid 5 percent of the value of the contract for the work that was executed that he helped deliver," Fendley was quoted in the transcript of the deposition as saying.

Fendley added, "There was a statement of work that was in place, and every six months, it had a six-month period of performance, so it would be reviewed every six months and whatever adjustment needed to be made up or down based on the volume of dollars that qualified for that went through during that period. It would be adjusted."

However, Fendley said the 5 percent performance bonus was not based on the ceiling of a contract, but was based on actual dollars that were received by Wright State.

Fendley said he was directed to pay the 5 percent amount by then-president Hopkins, saying that the agreement was between Wine and Hopkins, but that it wasn't in writing.

"I was under the impression that Dr. Hopkins and Ron had a handshake agreement that it would be 5 percent and that that was to be reflected through the adjustments to either the retainer or the draw that Ron received for his work with the institute," Fendley said in the deposition.

In his deposition, Hopkins said he remembered a proposal to pay Wine a 5 percent amount, but that his actual contract was originally a retainer and then later an hourly contract.

"I think, Ron proposed, and Dr. Narayanan (former WSU provost) talked to me about it, a 5 percent workload, work share that he wanted to put in place. It would be with the ARC, and I remember saying to Dr. Narayanan that I'm fine with that as long as it's appropriate, it's legal, it isn't violating any guidelines of the federal or state contracts that we were receiving," Hopkins said in the deposition.

Hopkins however said he did not recall being in meetings where Fendley would detail the six-month payments to Wine, as Fendley said in his deposition.

For his part, Andersh said in his deposition that he was not aware of any agreement for a 5 percent fee for Wine, and that he was under the impression that Wine was being paid for the hours worked.

Dennis Andersh is executive director of the Wright State Research Institute.

Fendley had his own lawsuit against the university and another against WSARC that alleges wrongful termination. Fendley and WSARC reached a settlement in that lawsuit, in which the research group paid Fendley $13,210. The two parties agree not to sue one another over Fendley's employment with the school or termination.

In the case against the university, Fendley lost his battle when the court determined he was fired for just cause.

The lawsuit Wine filed against WSU will continue for at least the next two months, as a status conference is scheduled for March 22.

Note: Click here for the full deposition of Ryan Fendley.

Note: Click here for the full deposition of David Hopkins.

Note: Click here for the full deposition of Dennis Andersh.

 

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