I'm sorry to see that the spammers have found this group, but I"m more sorry to see that it seems to be falling into disuse. As a new senate president, it was an invaluable tool, and even now with a few years of service under my belt, I still find that the insights of my senate peers are extremely valuable. The listserv seems to be fading away, but I hope it comes back. I have a new dilemma that I would like to get insights on. I sent an email to the state senate office, but got no response, so I hope some of you may have some ideas. At my college, two new hires (first year) decided they had problems with our librarian, also untenured, but in the fourth year of service. The two newbies wrote letters to the librarian's tenure committee, all our administrators, and to me as the senate president accusing the librarian of incompetence, unprofessionalism, and racism. I was astounded, and frankly, don't know what my obligation is. To date, I have simply remained silent, believing the unsubstantiated accusations don't warrant response, but one of the members of the tenure committee feels I have an obligation to bring the issue to the academic senate since the letter was sent to me. Have any of you experienced such an issue, and if so, what did you do or not do. Thanks.