Subject: COI statement
To: Peter B Gilkey <gilkey@uoregon.edu> 
From: Mary Jaeger <maryjaeg@uoregon.edu> 
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:37:18 -0800
Dear Peter,
First, I want to thank you for running the meeting yesterday. It was
good to hear from so many people; I am very happy that the Senate is
taking this on, and pleased that the administration is willing to
listen. I just want to send over in writing the gist of what I said
yesterday.

Clarity and brevity are crucial. Most of us in the Humanities make
such small amounts of money from books, etc., that our filling out
anything beyond the briefest of forms wastes our time and that of the
people who have to process and evaluate the answers; it a poor use of
resources all around. I would very much like to see a question such
as: "Do you expect to make more than $x (or a sum that is more that x
% of your annual salary) in royalties, speaking fees, or fees for
performances in the following year?" If one answers "no", then one is
done. I do not know what the appropriate cutoff point would be:
$1,000? $5,000? $10,000? A simple filter of that sort would allow the
University to pay more attention to the areas that need it.

You have my permission to post this comment.
Mary Jaeger