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From: J <[email protected]> To: Lawrence Kraus Subject: Re: we like new version Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 15:42:52 +0000 appeal? no reason On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 11:34 AM Lawrence Krauss <[email protected]> wrote: thanks.. everything is accurate here.. in the edited version.. namely I didn't get to see all the evidence during the investigation.. couldnt cross examine witnesses or be represented by a lawyer during interview, and couldn't directly appeal oei or provost findings.. so good all around. oK.. ? just woke up on plane and gonna send out the edited versions I sent you after this within an hour or so if I don't hear from you On Oct 21, 2018, at 2:48 PM, J <[email protected]> wrote: dont give them am opportunity to correct your statments , than it is over On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 3:20 AM Lawrence Krauss <lawkrauss®gmail.com> wrote: at the airport now.. I like the new version. Reads more like me.. and I think doesn't suffer from things you worried about, has concerns up front, and more clearly explains process and my decision to retire. Please like it.. I don't want to have a day like yesterday.. want to get this out. Thanks for your stamina and friendship. Here is version after nancy's edits (bold) of my original.. I am preparing a jpeg just in case I can send out soon. Yesterday I submitted, and the University accepted, my request to retire from my position as Professor at ASU, at the end of this academic year on May 16, 2019. The University has now closed its review process, following a conciliation procedure. My choice at this time to retire in May was prompted by the strict (perhaps `rigid' would be a better word or just delete, unnecessary) regulations of the Arizona Board of Regents, under which I would only be allowed to directly test the credibility of my accusers or the veracity of their claims if I were to first agree to be dismissed, which I was not willing to do. The nature of the review process I experienced thus far had (delete) included theinability to have (incomplete )access to all (delete) evidence and accusations during the investigation, the inability (no opportunity) to cross-examine witnesses or be represented by a lawyer during the investigation interviews, and finally the inability (no option) to directly appeal the subsequent determinations made by the investigators or the Provost. EFTA01018993 To be clear, I have never harassed or assaulted anyone and have most certainly not exhibited gender discriminationin my professional dealings at the University or elsewhere. Based on what has been reported to me by the University, none of my students, departmental staff, faculty colleagues, research colleagues and postdoctoral fellows, or participants in the Origins events I led over the past decade at ASU, has ever issued any allegations or complaints to the University regarding my behavior. I am confident an appeals process that impartially examines all evidence, including the evidence I had prepared for the conciliation process, would have led to an outcome in my favor. Nevertheless, my experience over the past seven months has led me to surmise that even following such an outcome, I would no longer find a working environment at ASU that is conducive to continuing my active teaching, research and service activities. I look to the future for new and different challenges and opportunities. Lawrence M. Krauss Professor School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics Department Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 852874404 krausseaasu.edu twitter.com/Ikraussl I www.lawrencemkrauss.com please note The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected], and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved Lawrence M. Krauss Professor School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics Department twitter.com/Ikraussl l www.lawrencemkrauss.com EFTA01018994 please note The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected], and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved EFTA01018995