Sarah,
Welcome to the listserv! Very happy to hear you will be staying with us! I
think you will find the conversations interesting and informative.
Paula
Paula Porubcan, RPA
Field Station Coordinator
Illinois State Archaeological Survey
Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois
Northern Illinois Field Station
6810 Forest Hills Road
Loves Park, IL 61111
815-282-0762 (office)
262-215-3712 (cell)
On 9/25/13 10:04 AM, "Sarah Cole" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I'm new to the Histarch listserv. Last night I was contemplating
>removing myself from the listserv, but after viewing everyone's
>professional responses this morning, I think I'll stay. I didn't realize
>the "woman-owned" wording would cause a problem. We use that description
>because we have certified disadvantaged business status in Texas and
>Oklahoma and for federal contracts. We're an Historically Underutilized
>Business (HUB), Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), and Small
>Business Enterprise (SBE) in Texas and a DBE in Oklahoma because we are
>woman-owned. Next time we have a position open, perhaps I will be more
>descriptive about our company.
>
>Anyway, thank you for your professional and mature responses.
>
>Sarah M. Cole, RPA
>President - Principal Investigator
>Red River Archaeology, LLC
>10100 North Central Expressway, Suite 160
>Dallas, Texas 75231
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of geoff
>carver
>Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 6:59 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Full Time Project Archaeologist Position - Dallas, Texas
>
>Interesting; thanx!
>If nothing else, I sort of would have imagined this might have been a
>statement regarding management style (more conciliatory, less adversarial
>than the testosterone-fueled norm), and hence a sort of indication that
>the company might be a fairly pleasant place to work.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>
>
>On 9/25/2013 1:58 AM, Anita Cohen-Williams wrote:
>> As Conrad has obviously forgotten, HISTARCH is a woman-owned list. I
>> have deleted him from the list as he has ignored all my warnings.
>>
>>> Dear Conrad and any others who might be unfamiliar with this term
>>>
>>> A "woman-owned" business is a federal certification for contracting
>>> purposes. The ad contained no discriminatory language regarding
>employment.
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