(August 31, 2006) The EFIB's Committee Governance: What Does it Mean? Reports are now circulating that the
EFIB department selected the committee governance option that includes the chair, George Carter. The other
members elected to that committee governance model are Mark Klinedinst and James Lindley.
September 1, 2006) 45 Minutes "In the 45 minutes between 12:15 pm and 1:00 pm, the six new faculty in the
Department of Economics, Finance and International Business got their first lesson in the CoB modus operandi
and in how EFIB chair George Carter executes the administrative script...".
(September 1, 2006) The EFIB Faculty Governance Ballot "Below you will find the EFIB faculty governance
ballot as it appeared after the department voted 7-5-1 in favor of the three-individual personnel committee, to
include the departmental chair (George Carter)...".
(September 10, 2006) 31st & Pearl Carter's Chaperones "By now you've heard that the Department of
Economics, Finance and International Business has selected, for the 2006-07 academic year, the unheard of
committee option with regard to personnel issues in the department...".
(September 20, 2006) usmpride.com News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DEVELOPING STORY September 20, 2006
HATTIESBURG --- As reported earlier at usmpride.com, EFIB Chair George Carter distributed an e-mail to all
EFIB faculty on 18 September 2006 indicating that a faculty meeting was to be held at 12:30pm on 19
September 2006. Investigators at usmpride.com have obtained a copy of Carter's memo, which was three
sentences in length. That memo is presented below:
(September 21, 2006) George Carter's "Prepared Statement" to EFIB, 9/19/2006 "The 45 Minutes document
showed us that certain individuals are writing about public faculty information in an uncomplimentary,
derisive, and hurtful manner. The question rises, therefore, about what those individuals would write should
they obtain private faculty information. Consequently, I have seriously reviewed my responsibility for
protecting private faculty information (such as your annual evaluations, student and parental complaints, and
other sensitive material). Much of this sensitive material is known only to me as chair. When I resigned as chair
before, I disposed of it, and I will dispose of what I have when I resign as chair this time...".
(September 21, 2006) On Being George Carter: A Reaction to the Statement "'George Carter's "Prepared
Statement" to EFIB, 9/19/2006 The 45 Minutes document showed us that certain individuals are writing about
public faculty information in an uncomplimentary, derisive, and hurtful manner.' The last time we checked,
Farhang Niroomand is paid more than is Corky Palmer. We can criticize Palmer for losing a game but we can't say
anything about Niroomand spending tens of thousands of taxpayers' dollars in a wasteful manner?...".
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