Klarinet Archive - Posting 000046.txt from 2008/11

From: Alexander Brash <brash@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] After Drucker
Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:17:51 -0500

Oh quite right - I was just pointing to the legislation which
actually made age discrimination illegal. I'm not trying to start a
debate about "how things are run today." That is a matter of fact. I
am trying to start a debate about whether it makes any sense to
change these rules. Personally, I don't find the concept of tenure
palatable given the disparity of supply and demand for these
positions. I say that as an academic matter - I am in no position to
actually win one of those positions :) It simple seems "more unfair"
to me than "forcing retirement." I can't give you a metric of scale
on which I measure that - that's my subjective position on it.

If I were 60, it might well be different.
On Nov 8, 2008, at 6:09 PM, Forest Aten wrote:

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>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Alexander Brash [mailto:brash@-----.edu]
>> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 4:52 PM
>> To: klarinet@-----.org
>> Subject: Re: [kl] After Drucker
>>
>> I don't have a reference in front of me - but I'm sure someone on the
>> list has the details. My recollection is that mandatory retirement
>> and age discrimination were abolished by law in the mid 1960s?
>>
>>
>> On Nov 8, 2008, at 5:49 PM, Forest Aten wrote:
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>>>>
>>>> I hope we realize there was a time when 65 *was* the mandatory
>>>> retirement age for orchestral players in this country.
>>>
>>> Where do you come up with this stuff?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
> Whew....good thing! We sure don't want to go back to "mandatory
> retirement
> and age discrimination"......
>
> Alexander...
>
> Each orchestra have policies, committees and decide within the
> organization...who stays and who leaves...and for what reasons.
> You can vote with your ticket purchase/donation...or not....
>
> Forest Aten
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