<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Taylor Jr, Orley R</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:chip@ku.edu">chip@ku.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Oct 2, 2022 at 10:34 AM<br>Subject: [Dplex-L] The future of Monarch Watch<br>To: DPLEX-L <<a href="mailto:dplex-l@lists.ku.edu">dplex-l@lists.ku.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><br>
Greetings: I have a bit of news to share. My leadership of Monarch Watch, a program I started with Brad Williamson in 1992, is coming to an end. However, Monarch Watch will continue. A new director/scientist/professor will be hired to fill my position, and I will step aside next year in August -assuming I remain in good health and a director/scientist is hired. While I've never been paid to direct Monarch Watch, to hire a replacement we had to find $$$. The solution has been to create an Endowed professorship. Such Endowed positions require substantial financial support. While the fund raising behind the scenes has gone well, we still have a ways to go. We will initiate a public fundraising campaign soon.<br>
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This transition has been discussed extensively with chairs and the administration over the last decade, and we were going to make these changes in early 2020 and then Covid happened. It’s time. I turned 85 in August and I have to step away in order to find enough time to finish 6 manuscripts and a couple of experiments - one of which has given me an idea for a new community science project. There is always something new, and even if I’m not directing Monarch Watch, I’ll continue to contribute.<br>
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The link below contain a description of the position.<br>
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<a href="https://employment.ku.edu/monarch-watch-endowed-directorship-professorship/23423br" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://employment.ku.edu/monarch-watch-endowed-directorship-professorship/23423br</a><br>
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