I have been following this thread with a lot of interest. Seems like many
institutions try to enforce deadline limits, with predictable results. I
know this will provoke a firestorm: Why is it that when every other
"business" that I can think of is trying to move toward "anytime, anyplace"
service in order to stay competitive, some research administrators are
trying to "draw lines in the sand"? I realize proposals are not anything
like sending flowers at the last moment, but come on folks... Is this the
way to add value to the process?

Bill Kirby
xxxxxx@worldnet.att.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Gerald McCulloh <xxxxxx@WPO.IT.LUC.EDU>; Research Administration
Discussion Group <xxxxxx@health.state.ny.us>
To: Multiple recipients of list RESADM-L <xxxxxx@health.state.ny.us>
Date: Thursday, February 19, 1998 5:51 PM
Subject: Internal Proposal Submission deadline survey -Reply -Reply

>Lines drawn in the sand. No there's a metaphor whose time has come.
>The formal statement of a deadline policy is needed to protect staff
>from thoughtless abuse by those who make their own emergency everyone
>else's. The frequent exception is appropriate accommodation to an
>imperfect world. Too much time solving the dilemma is better spent
>elsewhere. My next line in the sand is____________________