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(September 28, 2006) It’s Been More than One Month Dr. Davis CoB Faculty Still Await Tables I, II, and IIa "So, Dr. Donna gets a course-release to serve as the CoB’s SEDONA Coordinator. As part of that duty, Dr. Davis is expected to produce a small set of tables containing faculty production “data” (teaching, research, etc. summaries) to go along with the CoB’s AACSB Reaffirmation efforts, which we hear are going quite well. The only issue seems to be Dr. Davis’ inability to produce electronic copies of these (3) tables for distribution to CoB faculty. The existence of these three mysterious tables is explained via a 24 August 2006 e-mail to CoB faculty, Jay Grimes, and Joan Exline...".

(July 2006) Sedona Files "... This installment examines a number of items regarding service in the College of Business, along with some discussion of research, teaching, and academic background items...".

(July 21, 2006, updated July 22, 2006) DONNA DAVIS’ ROLE AS SEDONA COORDINATOR: Deconstruction of a USM Forum --- No Quarter Message Board Post During the week of July 17, 2006, many CoB faculty were surprised to read that Donna Davis, Professor of MIS, is the official SEDONA Coordinator for the College. That revelation was made by Professor Davis herself on the USM Forum --- No Quarter Message Board. Her post also contained a number of other notable lines. Below we deconstruct each and every one of them asthey appeared. Her original post was captured and is included as an Appendix to this document.

(July 22, 2006) COB Confidential "A number of items have arisen for discussion in this issue of CoB Confidential, one of which is a major point of emphasis at usmpride.com as we write. A line-by-line response to Donna Davis’ recent post at USM Forum --- No Quarter Message Board brings up a couple of interesting items for us to reflect upon regarding this issue...".

(July 23, 2006) Edward Nissan & the Academic Council "An Investigation into University Service Dereliction in the CoB A previous issue of "Sedona Files" that appears on usmpride.com (see "Sedona Files III") stated that there has been discussion in the CoB that Donna Davis (Professor of MIS) was forced to take a position on the University Council when a full professor who was elected to serve in that capacity refused to do so...".

(August 15, 2006) Mock SEDONA Testimonials [Disclaimer: The SEDONA testimonials below are not real.] "If you've read the "Special Report" that takes one on a Virtual Tour of SEDONA, you know by now that there are "testimonials" from SEDONA subscribers on the company's website. These are provided by College-level administrators at various schools. What follows below is a series of mock testimonials from our own CoB administrators that may be worthy of consideration by SEDONA officials.