This month's BOT meeting update:

[PSUFTG]

My comments from the Penn State Board of Trustees Meeting February 21, 2025 – BARRY FENCHAK

 

[Bison13]

My comments from the Penn State Board of Trustees Meeting February 21, 2025 – BARRY FENCHAK

Where’s Bob as his spend money to spend money stuff?

 

[Sharkies]

My comments from the Penn State Board of Trustees Meeting February 21, 2025 – BARRY FENCHAK

Getting less for more money .... the Penn State way. (talking to you, Coach Rhoades)
Pollock, like you said, needs reno'ing, but why oh why do we always spend vastly more than everyone else?

 

[JohnJumba]

Getting less for more money .... the Penn State way. (talking to you, Coach Rhoades)
Pollock, like you said, needs reno'ing, but why oh why do we always spend vastly more than everyone else?

The BoT has family and friends who have to be taken care of.

 

[BobPSU92]

My comments from the Penn State Board of Trustees Meeting February 21, 2025 – BARRY FENCHAK

“I attended these meetings via Zoom, per directive of Board leadership”

 

[BobPSU92]

Where’s Bob as his spend money to spend money stuff?

That, and at Penn State, you get what you pay for.

 

[Nitt1300]

That, and at Penn State, you get what you pay for.

less

 

[BobPSU92]

less

The Penn State Principle:

At Penn State, you get less than what you pay for, and less is more.

 

[ChandlerPearce58]

The BoT has family and friends who have to be taken care of.

Sounds like they took notes on how to.finance a project the Fed Govt way

 

[JohnJumba]

Sounds like they took notes on how to.finance a project the Fed Govt way

A hundred dollars for a hammer, four hundred for a toilet seat.

In other words, a hundred dollars for a bag of carrots, a pound of potatoes and $4000 a tent for a TSM retreat.

A shredder truck costs a hundred dollars a minute. Money well spent to protect themselves, family and cronies.

 

[ValleyForgeLion]

"Penn State does not obligate itself to make the selection for this design-build contract based on lowest cost..."

JFC who is running this clown show? "Yeah, boss, but Clayco took us on a boondoggle tour of their work and seem like great people. I know the money is going out-of-state, but it just feels right, ya know? And they swear we'll get a diverse workforce that will look great in the pictures. And oh yeah, we have to borrow $71 million..."

 

[Midnighter]

A hundred dollars for a hammer, four hundred for a toilet seat.

In other words, a hundred dollars for a bag of carrots, a pound of potatoes and $4000 a tent for a TSM retreat.

A shredder truck costs a hundred dollars a minute. Money well spent to protect themselves, family and cronies.

When throwing live grenades in basic I was always told they were made by the lowest bidder.

 

[retsio]

Barry - new topic.

In the past, an idea was floated to combine less operating PSU commonwealth campuses with the PA college system - e.g. Kutztown, East Stroudsburg, Mansfield and others. PSU has spent so much money on Berks with Kutztown just 15+ miles away. This could be a savings for the state and PSU if the student numbers and geographic coverage would fit. Any possibilities ......