Other (indicate in message) Submitted: January 27, 2023 | Updated: February 9, 2023

[See Editor’s Note] (January 2023) Request for Blue Ridge Community College, in NC: All “full-time” and “part-time” employees and salaries. As of the present day.

Hello Blue Ridge Community College (Records Officer),

I'd like to make a public records request for the following information under NC Public Records Law.
Ref: https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bychapter/chapter_132.html

Please provide the names and salaries of ALL current “Full-Time” and “Part-Time” employees, faculty, and staff, at Blue Ridge Community College, as of the present day (date the query is performed). Please include the following:

A) Name of employee
B) Original hire date
C) Current department / division / position / title
D) Current salary (Hourly Rate for Part-Time Employees)

Ideally, I’d like to receive the responsive records in an Excel format, if possible.

If any / all of this info is already publicly available online, please provide a link to where it can be accessed.

Please Note: I am not requesting to come in person to inspect, nor to obtain printed copies of, electronic records. In accordance with NC Public Records Law, I’m requesting explicitly that all responsive records be provided via an electronic medium / format (in which the records should already exist), such as an email, file share, google drive folder, mailed flash drive if necessary, etc.

**I know that it should be possible to fulfill a records request like this one, as many other community colleges in North Carolina have already done so. However, if you are unable to fulfill any or all parts of this request, please specifically cite where a reason for denial is justified under NC Public Records Law.**
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I am not required to provide a name or address to associate with a public records request, but in order to move things along I’d like to clarify that this request is being made by:

Sunshine Request
PO Box 17391
Asheville, NC 28816

This request has been sent solely from the email address [email protected] . If anyone other than that email address contacts you to pursue a similar request, it did not come from our Team. Please do not commingle or treat that as an alteration or cancellation of our request – We intend to continue to pursue our request.

Please note that by submitting this request, we are NOT committing to pay any potential fees or associated costs related to any request. If it is not possible to process the request without incurring fees, then please let me know the itemized potential cost and explanations, and do not proceed until I can respond.

Thank you for your assistance!

Editor’s Note: Sunshine Request makes no claim as to the veracity of any statements or information contained in any of the requests, or public records, we receive.

Editor’s Note to Sender 01/27/2023: The original submission has been revised, and has been broken into 13 separate records requests you can find on our website. Please keep track of the status of each request, via its individual URL. You can also do this using the “Search” function on our website.

The original Request we received was as follows:

Date sent in to Sunshine:
01/27/2023

Original Subject:
Current Community College Faculty and Staff Salaries

Original Message:
I would like the the names, titles, hire dates, salaries and department/division of all of the employees of the community colleges named below:

Blue Ridge Community College
College of The Albemarle
Craven Community College
Lenoir Community College
Mayland Community College
Nash Community College
Piedmont Community College
Randolph Community College
South Piedmont Community College
Southwestern Community College
Surry Community College
Tri-County Community College
Wayne Community College

Government Entity:
Other (indicate in message)

Start Date / End Date:
January 27, 2023 – N/A. Blank.

Based on the full list of schools named above, we will assume that the sender is requesting this information specifically related to community colleges only in North Carolina (as opposed to schools with the same names in Virginia and Michigan). We will submit all of the requests. However, please note for the future:

Sunshine Request will not fulfill the following types of requests:

☀️ Requests that are incomplete, non-specific, or vague.

While we do proofread requests we receive for general spelling and clarity, we may choose not to fulfill the request if it is incomplete, or it is unclear what specific information the requester hopes to receive. In this case, the sender may rewrite and resubmit the request.

It’s the requester’s responsibility to write the request in a manner that clearly specifies a record that is being requested, and to what government entity it should be sent.

☀️ Please be specific:

It is important that what you are requesting is specific and reasonable, and is an actionable records request. Please specify the exact type of records you’d like to receive, rather than any “possible” or “potential” info that could be searched. Remember that the larger your request, the more time it usually takes to fulfill. Specificity will often help reduce the amount of time needed to process the request.

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Thank you for using Sunshine Request!

Status: Completed

Documents:

Activity:

  • February 9, 2023 3:00 pm

    1 year ago

    from: Benjamin Rickert <[email protected]>
    to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    date: Feb 9, 2023, 3:00 PM
    subject: Re: Public Records Request: (January 2023) Request for Blue Ridge Community College, in NC: All “full-time” and “part-time” employees and salaries. As of the present day.

     

    Thank you for the update, and have a nice day!

    Status: Completed
  • February 9, 2023 2:55 pm

    1 year ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Benjamin Rickert <[email protected]>
    date: Feb 9, 2023, 2:55 PM
    subject: Re: Public Records Request: (January 2023) Request for Blue Ridge Community College, in NC: All “full-time” and “part-time” employees and salaries. As of the present day.

     

    Good afternoon Benjamin,

     

    Thank you for your help with this request. I’ve marked it as completed on our site.

     

    Have a good day.

    Status: Completed
  • February 9, 2023 8:33 am

    1 year ago

    from: Benjamin Rickert <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    date: Feb 9, 2023, 8:33 AM
    subject: Re: Public Records Request: (January 2023) Request for Blue Ridge Community College, in NC: All “full-time” and “part-time” employees and salaries. As of the present day.

     

    Good morning-

     

    Please see the attached information to fulfill the request made on Jan. 30.

     

    **Editor’s Note: Please see referenced file “Blue Ridge Community College Public Records Request.xlsx” at top left in our Documents section.

    Status: Response Received from Government
  • January 30, 2023 3:48 pm

    1 year ago

    from: Benjamin Rickert <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    date: Jan 30, 2023, 3:48 PM
    subject: Re: Public Records Request: (January 2023) Request for Blue Ridge Community College, in NC: All “full-time” and “part-time” employees and salaries. As of the present day.

     

    Good afternoon- I am writing to confirm that your request has been received. Per our procedures, please direct future public records requests to me in the future, and I will be happy to assist. (Please note that my response is in regard to your message sent to two other staff on Jan. 30.)

     

    I will be in touch with the information requested as soon as possible. At this time, I am estimating that this request will take up to 14 days.

     

    Thanks for your understanding.

     

    —
    Benjamin D. Rickert
    Director of Marketing and Communications

    Blue Ridge Community College
    180 West Campus Drive, Flat Rock, NC 28731
    Office Location: Patton Building, 118-B

    Status: Government Processing Request
  • January 30, 2023 1:32 pm

    1 year ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    cc: [email protected]
    date: Jan 30, 2023, 1:32 PM
    subject: Public Records Request: (January 2023) Request for Blue Ridge Community College, in NC: All “full-time” and “part-time” employees and salaries. As of the present day.

     

    Hello Blue Ridge Community College, NC (Records Officer),

     

    I’d like to make a public records request for information that may be available in your office.

     

    If you’re not the appropriate party to contact about the request, please provide the correct name and email address of whom I should send it to.

     

    Please confirm receipt to let me know the request will begin processing, and if possible, please provide a rough estimate of when the request may be completed. I will plan on following up again in February if I have not heard back before then.

     

    Here are the details of the request:

     

    Subject: (January 2023) Request for Blue Ridge Community College, in NC: All “full-time” and “part-time” employees and salaries. As of the present day.

     

    Message: “Hello Blue Ridge Community College (Records Officer),

     

    I’d like to make a public records request for the following information under NC Public Records Law.
    Ref: https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bychapter/chapter_132.html

     

    Please provide the names and salaries of ALL current “Full-Time” and “Part-Time” employees, faculty, and staff, at Blue Ridge Community College, as of the present day (date the query is performed). Please include the following:

     

    A) Name of employee
    B) Original hire date
    C) Current department / division / position / title
    D) Current salary (Hourly Rate for Part-Time Employees)

     

    Ideally, I’d like to receive the responsive records in an Excel format, if possible.

     

    If any / all of this info is already publicly available online, please provide a link to where it can be accessed.

     

    Please Note: I am not requesting to come in person to inspect, nor to obtain printed copies of, electronic records. In accordance with NC Public Records Law, I’m requesting explicitly that all responsive records be provided via an electronic medium / format (in which the records should already exist), such as an email, file share, google drive folder, mailed flash drive if necessary, etc.

     

    **I know that it should be possible to fulfill a records request like this one, as many other community colleges in North Carolina have already done so. However, if you are unable to fulfill any or all parts of this request, please specifically cite where a reason for denial is justified under NC Public Records Law.**

    ——–

     

    I am not required to provide a name or address to associate with a public records request, but in order to move things along I’d like to clarify that this request is being made by:

     

    Sunshine Request
    PO Box 17391
    Asheville, NC 28816

     

    This request has been sent solely from the email address [email protected] . If anyone other than that email address contacts you to pursue a similar request, it did not come from our Team. Please do not commingle or treat that as an alteration or cancellation of our request – We intend to continue to pursue our request.

     

    Please note that by submitting this request, we are NOT committing to pay any potential fees or associated costs related to any request. If it is not possible to process the request without incurring fees, then please let me know the itemized potential cost and explanations, and do not proceed until I can respond.

     

    Thank you for your assistance!”

     

    Thank you!

     

    ** Sunshine Request (www.sunshinerequest.com) makes no claim as to the veracity of any statements or information contained in any of the requests, or public records, we receive.

    Status: Sent to Government
  • January 27, 2023 3:13 pm

    1 year ago

    Submitted to Sunshine Request
    Status: Pending