Extremely Eileen (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} numbeerielake) wrote,@ 2006-01-22 17:17:00 |
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Dear Ms. Burk:
Please forgive our lack of communication with you regarding your submission to The Southern Maine Revew. I'm afraid we've run into a major roadblock that we've been working very hard to avoid.
In October, the USM's Provost's Office informed the SMR staff that USM would no longer be able to financially support the journal due to unexpected energy costs, flat student enrollment, and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
Following that announcement, we conferred with USM's Development Office to see if it would help us find financial support outside the university. After quite a time of negotiations, that office offered no help.
Consequently, we have turned to the student body to see if they would be willing to fund a small increase to the Student Activity Fee to produce the journal and fund the SMR organization. We are now in the midst of that campaign.
We held your work in the hope that support would emerge from the Development Office, but given that such aid is not forthcoming, we do not feel that it's right to tie up your work any longer. We will not know the outcome of the student vote until late March and, even if the resolution should be voted in, funds would not be available until September 2006.
We are all so sorry to have to give you this news. We had prepared a letter to you, explaining the situation right after we heard about the cut, but we decided to hold off sending it in the hope that we might be able to find enough funding to secure this edition. I'm afraid such was not the case.
Please accept our most sincere apologies. We had no notion that a cut was in the works or we would never have solicited submissions.
We will, of course, return your work so that you have the opportunity to publish it elsewhere. Should students vote to fund the journal, we will notify you with an invitation to resubmit your work.
As my position was cut along with the publication, I am no longer employed at the university. Should you wish to contact me for any reason, please e-mail me at my home address. I would be most happy to hear from you and answer any questions you may have.
Again, we are very sorry for this inconvenience.
Best,
Wanda Whitten
Please forgive our lack of communication with you regarding your submission to The Southern Maine Revew. I'm afraid we've run into a major roadblock that we've been working very hard to avoid.
In October, the USM's Provost's Office informed the SMR staff that USM would no longer be able to financially support the journal due to unexpected energy costs, flat student enrollment, and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
Following that announcement, we conferred with USM's Development Office to see if it would help us find financial support outside the university. After quite a time of negotiations, that office offered no help.
Consequently, we have turned to the student body to see if they would be willing to fund a small increase to the Student Activity Fee to produce the journal and fund the SMR organization. We are now in the midst of that campaign.
We held your work in the hope that support would emerge from the Development Office, but given that such aid is not forthcoming, we do not feel that it's right to tie up your work any longer. We will not know the outcome of the student vote until late March and, even if the resolution should be voted in, funds would not be available until September 2006.
We are all so sorry to have to give you this news. We had prepared a letter to you, explaining the situation right after we heard about the cut, but we decided to hold off sending it in the hope that we might be able to find enough funding to secure this edition. I'm afraid such was not the case.
Please accept our most sincere apologies. We had no notion that a cut was in the works or we would never have solicited submissions.
We will, of course, return your work so that you have the opportunity to publish it elsewhere. Should students vote to fund the journal, we will notify you with an invitation to resubmit your work.
As my position was cut along with the publication, I am no longer employed at the university. Should you wish to contact me for any reason, please e-mail me at my home address. I would be most happy to hear from you and answer any questions you may have.
Again, we are very sorry for this inconvenience.
Best,
Wanda Whitten
