"We want to see action soon."

Per Signature list some hamburgers professors call for the resignation of university President-Kurtz Monika Auweter - and can not placate: interview offers were "no more than a PR campaign," three professors respond to an invitation. ONLINE blogs documenting their letter dated Wednesday, 24 June 2009.

 

24. June 2009

Dear Madam President,

Thank you for your letter dated 16 June 2009 and is included with the appointment confirmation (...). We will respond to your invitation to an interview with the Bureau in accordance with your wishes to all university teachers and professors who have signed our call, forward.

DDP
Monika-Auweter Kurtz: "Not more than a PR campaign"

We are surprised, however, by the contents of your letter in which you are not on the central point of our letter received on the question of the meaning and intent of the conversation. The Monita are well known and in the so-called deans letter much more clearly articulated than by us. You have in your
"open letter" to the University of numerous members of the criticisms raised. Therefore, we can not see what another reciting the well-known critique of a profit verspräche. In addition, we believe, like many colleagues, after two and a half years and not realized several announcements of changing their mind from you (the faculties complaints!) Is not simply that the current demonstrations are more than a PR campaign. To make it clearer to say: We want deeds, not repetitive Bedauernsaussagen hear.

Surprised we are still on your proposal for a conversation moderated by Mr Redlich, but his conditions are quite different than those you mentioned. Mr Redlich suggests in an e-mail three per three-rounds in small circles before, exactly the opposite of what you have called us, when you talk to all the signatories asked. As much as we use the

Redlich colleagues appreciate it is unacceptable for us, but the proposal, in the final semester of several rounds of talks in small groups to organize, not least because so that the wrong impression that the current situation was a personal conflict between you and the initiators of the call and could in a small group "finely" are.

We are on your offer to call received, because we give you the opportunity wanted us by our actions to convince. Their activities over the past weeks indicate, however, rather suggests that, under the keyword "Komunikationsverbesserung" is nothing in the matter, at least in the form of a little change. That is not enough. The trust relationship is irreparably disturbed, and even if not the reputation of the University of Hamburg were already severely damaged, the former should be sufficient to mature insight from regret to leave. With your resignation, you can make it clear that you have the university at heart - and not averting your deselecting on 9 July 2009.

Yours sincerely,

Prof. Dr. Michael Friedrich