05-27-2016, 03:16 AM
Case (again, allegedly per documents filed) circumvented the proper protocol in choosing Amano.
Amazing (not really) how many times "circumventing the process" comes up, seems like it happens wherever enough money is involved.
The TMT folk are really working to a deadline now
Hawaii doesn't do "deadlines" -- see also the HELCO/NextEra merger.
my focus now is on the master lease agreement, and the upcoming negotiations
Protectors' goal is to invalidate the underlying land-use, at which point all telescopes can be decommissioned, then UH won't even need an astronomy program. As noted earlier, the rest of us get to pay for this too.
Amazing (not really) how many times "circumventing the process" comes up, seems like it happens wherever enough money is involved.
The TMT folk are really working to a deadline now
Hawaii doesn't do "deadlines" -- see also the HELCO/NextEra merger.
my focus now is on the master lease agreement, and the upcoming negotiations
Protectors' goal is to invalidate the underlying land-use, at which point all telescopes can be decommissioned, then UH won't even need an astronomy program. As noted earlier, the rest of us get to pay for this too.