Re: [Cz-L] Dr. Bursuk pilot project

Mimi,
  How many workers are on the job?
  How many man/days until now ?
Hardy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
To: "Czernowitz Genealogy and History" <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 5:09 AM
Subject: [Cz-L] Dr. Bursuk pilot project


> Dear All,
>
> I have today heard again from Dr. Bursuk about the progress of the work
> at the cemetery. Unfortunately the work is proceeding very slowly.
> The workers started working on May 12th, but so far have put in
> only 5 - 6 days of work. In these 5 - 6 days they have managed to clear
> only one tenth of one hectare, meaning 1000 square meters, ore one Dunam.
> Admittedly the area they are working on, is one of the most overgrown
> in the cemetery, but I do not know why they only worked about one day
> out of every two. According to Dr. Bursuk the work is being done well,
> the sapling trees are being cut very close to the ground.
> Dr. Bursuk will pay the workers the $2000 only after they have finished
> clearing a whole hectare, so the cost of the work is not a problem, but at
> the rate of clearing one tenth of a hectare in two weeks, the work
> will go on for years.
> Dr. Bursuk himself suggested that there may be other options, possibly
> hiring workers through a private contractor and I am looking at the same
> sort of possibilities on my own as well.
>
> Mimi


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