Friday, June 22, 2007

周琳到底该奖,还是该罚?

大家还在讨论是否追回周琳在位时多拿的那部分工资和奖金的同时据说周琳还在跟学校要这个学期奖金。董事会该怎么办? 你觉得该怎么处理?

Anonymous said...
要求置顶

听说周琳还在问董事会要奖金。请大家讨论,该不该给她发奖金。

是该发奖金,还是该追回她不该得的钱(比如去年暑期)。

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

爱心校长不拿报酬,学校如何奖励?

曹校长提出不取酬劳,义务为学校服务。学校该如何奖励校长呢?董事会在研究"incentive plan",老金提出成立校长奖学金,你怎么看?

Jerome Jin said...
Yesterday, the Board picked a new principal for us, starting a new chapter for the NWCS. Let’s all move on by not looking back at what has happened in the past couple of months.

To my surprise and delightfulness, Ms. Cao has decided to take on this important role without pay. I am proud of her for her decision and commitment. In our community, there exists an role model that values volunteer service and personal contribution more than the monetary compensation. Her decision is visionary and more than money can buy. Way to go, Ms. Cao!

With that being said, I am much puzzled by the Board decision as stated in Peter’s last email. Despite of Ms. Cao’s willingness to work for free, now the board insists on considering an“incentive plan” to reward her service. For what purpose? Clearly, Ms. Cao is not money driven. Therefore, I think using money as a mechanism to regard her is an out-dated and inappropriate approach in her case. While Ms. Cao could be worth every penny had she asked for and I have no problem to pay her whatever she deserves for doing a good job, we must cherish Ms. Cao’s high moral standards and honor her aspiration and do something accordingly. Don’t weigh her down with the heavy load of ”incentive plan”! Good in its intention, The Board’s plan, on one hand, reflects us parents’ desire to fairly compensate her for her upcoming valuable service. But on the other, this remarkable individual who has forced us to come up with a new compensation model other than the conventional one now challenges us.

What can we do to recognize her contribution?
I am here again to throw out my idea on the table for discussion and consideration. Why don’t we use the money intended for Ms. Cao to establish a “Principal Scholarship” at NWCS to honor her instead? I look at it this way:
a) Payment for service is fair. But the service recipient tends not to have any feeling of indebtedness afterwards.
b) The scholarship program cherishes a higher moral standard and produces a legacy with lasting effects in the community.
c) The scholarship program will have good ripple effects: recipients could attend the school otherwise they won’t be able to and it sets a good example for students and recipients alike and nurtures them with the same aspiration to give back to the society in the future.

Thanks for your attention!

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Congratulations to NWCS, we have our new principal Now

"Dear NWCS Members,

I am excited to announce that the board has chosen Ms. Cao Xiaohe as our next school principal! Please join us to congratulate Ms. Cao and help her and her future team to be successful in our school! The most significance of this hiring is that Ms. Cao decided to take this position as a volunteer position without any base salary. Our board has decided an incentive plan (detailed to be disclosed) to honor her future high performance!

I want to also thank Mr. Zhang Yuehua and other candidates for their contribution to this selection process. I am participating their continuous support!

Thanks!
Peter"

Sunday, June 17, 2007

他山之石,可以攻玉

What a similarity. I was totally amazed by this news and can not wait to post it for people who really care of this school. Also, I did a simple search and find some additional news.
http://blog.chinesenewsnet.com/?p=6192
http://blog.chinesenewsnet.com/?p=2277
http://blog.chinesenewsnet.com/?p=1418

So what it teaches us? How we can learn from that fall off? Close the blog? Let financial situation run the course by itself? Keep ZL and pay her according to contract so she will be coorperated? Or fire ZL and do the damage control ASAP? Don't you think our board has done very less damage control in the past month except organizing a principal candidate hearing?
What the top priority our board should do in the next week, month or three months? I think our board is eager to hear from you all.

Here is the original post from our parent, I put the news at the beginning for easy access:
http://www5.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Forums/BackStage/2007_6_17_22_42_5_215.html

华夏中文学校博根分校查帐风波上法庭多维社记者吕贤修报导/徐小兵律师对多维社指出:华夏中文学校博根分校查帐风波上法庭这个事件,可提醒许多其它华人社团,要知法守法。尤其是非营利组织的帐目,要保持透明。华夏中文学校新泽西博根分校,近日因年度查帐工作,家长理事会会长以“华夏中文学校”名义,将博根分校校长告上法庭。对於此案,原告表示,自己代表全体家长,此举也是给自己一个交代。至於被告,除怀疑对方的代表性,也相信事实会还自己清白。目前,被告已同意交出完整帐目,博根郡高等法院6月28日将为此再度开庭。事件进展,多维将持续追踪。详细见链接:http://www5.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Forums/BackStage/2007_6_17_22_42_5_215.html
June 17, 2007 9:08 PM
Anonymous said...
他山之石,可以攻玉。报导的新泽西这所中文学校,和西北中文学校发生的情况有着惊人的相似性,都是校长不交账目1财经运作不透明,而且还干涉董事会的选举。不同的是,他们的董事会已经把校长告上法庭。BLOG主人可以看看能否把那条新闻登在主页,也好引以为戒。谢谢。