I don't disagree with any of you (incipient schizophrenia?)  - I
actually HAVE paid for home internet access off of an award for a
physical oceanographer, precisely because he needed it to do his work.
We put it in the award AND we could prove it was necessary and
appropriate. He did some cool science. Of course, I tend to think that
most science is exciting, but that's one of the reasons I love my job!

We all work evenings and weekends, no matter what our jobs are. Getting
high speed access paid for by an award, when you already have it, makes
me think of this:

1) UAF pays for a phone line. I make local phone calls that are not work
related on it. UAF doesn't bill me for my non-work use of the phone.

2) I pay for a land line at home and a mobile.  I make work related
calls from home and my cell phone. I don't charge UAF for that use of my
phone.

Therefore, if they already have the equipment/facilities/access, I see
it as nickel and dime efforts to try and claim a portion of the fees.
Granted, sometimes it can be proved that paying for something like
internet access at someone's home is valid, but to keep the practice
from being abused I would want some really good guidelines/criteria for
people to meet. That would cover the collective rears of everyone
involved. Would your organization want to be written up in the local
paper, trying to explain why some faculty get high-speed access paid for
by the institution? It seems a tough one to justify - IN MOST SITUATIONS!

Oh, can you imagine the complications if they do consulting work from
their home office.... Let's not even go there. Yeesh.

Happy New Year to everyone, and thanks for the discussions. I enjoy it
immensely.

Tania

--
Tania Clucas
Sponsored Programs Manager
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Grant and Contract Services
Voice - 907 474 2452
Fax - 907 474 5506

Professionalism is an attitude, not a status. - Alex Douglas

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