Antonin Nikolaevich Dolohov (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
alt_antonin) wrote2014-07-07 05:05 pm
alt_antonin) wrote2014-07-07 05:05 pm
Private message to Diggory
I will not be at the school tomorrow, but I do not need you to join me at the townhouse.
- The elves ought to have finished moving the things I tagged for moving into or out of the Headmaster's office. I doubt they have made mistakes -- they are dreadfully eager to please -- but do check the bookshelves to make certain they are properly arranged. (The library is -- or was, when I left for tea at Buckingham -- the second door to the left after entering the office. I do not know what else the castle will come up with to meet my needs, stated or inferred, by the time you show up tomorrow. It is rather disconcerting. On the other hand, I suppose it is a sign the castle approves of me?)
- In addition to the usual "get me time with"s stack for next week, there is an extra list of about twenty names on your desk -- prioritise the scheduling of those above everyone else but Council, please, but not more than seven or eight appointments per week, though I'd like them scheduled before the end of the month. Several of them are likely to be more eccentric than others; you may need to chase some of them down a bit. Twenty-minute blocks, in the Headmaster's office, please, and leave me the ten minutes on the end clear.
- I've blocked off Wednesday for supper this week, and Thursday mornings until dinner for the remainder of the summer. I realised I had forgot to block off Fridays entirely -- please do so until the end of the summer; call it Council business.
- I've placed an advertisement upon the scholars' wall at Poundtree and Associates in search of part-time teachers of Latin, Greek, and rhetoric, and elementary tutors in composition and grammar -- I did not mention 'Hogwarts' in the notice, but it is likely at least a few will realise and we may see quite a response. Any applicants who are obviously unsuited, file and forget; all others, organise roughly by years of (claimed) experience and leave in a stack in my desk. I will highlight the ones I wish to schedule an interview with. (Those interviews will need to be longer than half an hour, but I will instruct you further when I know how many I will need to conduct.)
- To save some time, contact the Department of Education and obtain the paperwork for authorising tutors -- I have not limited my search to those who are already Ministry-approved. Mr Marvolo has agreed that he will use his influence as necessary to expedite the authorisation, should it become necessary. I know that you see him frequently when you are visiting Professor Sinistra; he has agreed to pass along his impressions on those members of that department who are most likely to be helpful, as opposed to obstructionist.
- Contact the Board of Governors and get me on the agenda of their next meeting, topic, educational standards at Hogwarts and the reform thereof. I suppose I ought seek at least nominal approval for all that I have planned.
I believe that is all at the moment. (Thank you, as always, for your efforts on my behalf; they are much appreciated, particularly now.)
- The elves ought to have finished moving the things I tagged for moving into or out of the Headmaster's office. I doubt they have made mistakes -- they are dreadfully eager to please -- but do check the bookshelves to make certain they are properly arranged. (The library is -- or was, when I left for tea at Buckingham -- the second door to the left after entering the office. I do not know what else the castle will come up with to meet my needs, stated or inferred, by the time you show up tomorrow. It is rather disconcerting. On the other hand, I suppose it is a sign the castle approves of me?)
- In addition to the usual "get me time with"s stack for next week, there is an extra list of about twenty names on your desk -- prioritise the scheduling of those above everyone else but Council, please, but not more than seven or eight appointments per week, though I'd like them scheduled before the end of the month. Several of them are likely to be more eccentric than others; you may need to chase some of them down a bit. Twenty-minute blocks, in the Headmaster's office, please, and leave me the ten minutes on the end clear.
- I've blocked off Wednesday for supper this week, and Thursday mornings until dinner for the remainder of the summer. I realised I had forgot to block off Fridays entirely -- please do so until the end of the summer; call it Council business.
- I've placed an advertisement upon the scholars' wall at Poundtree and Associates in search of part-time teachers of Latin, Greek, and rhetoric, and elementary tutors in composition and grammar -- I did not mention 'Hogwarts' in the notice, but it is likely at least a few will realise and we may see quite a response. Any applicants who are obviously unsuited, file and forget; all others, organise roughly by years of (claimed) experience and leave in a stack in my desk. I will highlight the ones I wish to schedule an interview with. (Those interviews will need to be longer than half an hour, but I will instruct you further when I know how many I will need to conduct.)
- To save some time, contact the Department of Education and obtain the paperwork for authorising tutors -- I have not limited my search to those who are already Ministry-approved. Mr Marvolo has agreed that he will use his influence as necessary to expedite the authorisation, should it become necessary. I know that you see him frequently when you are visiting Professor Sinistra; he has agreed to pass along his impressions on those members of that department who are most likely to be helpful, as opposed to obstructionist.
- Contact the Board of Governors and get me on the agenda of their next meeting, topic, educational standards at Hogwarts and the reform thereof. I suppose I ought seek at least nominal approval for all that I have planned.
I believe that is all at the moment. (Thank you, as always, for your efforts on my behalf; they are much appreciated, particularly now.)
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Concerning Fridays, everything has been rescheduled satisfactorily except your appointment with Healer Whitherczeck at St Mungo's on the 18th. She claims your schedules are perfectly incompatible and the next time you are both available is August 28th at half four, which is of course dangerously close to the start of term and had been marked out for last minute emergencies. She further claims this appointment was scheduled a year ago and it is 'of vital importance to [your] continued good health' As I don't recall any other communication with her, I questioned the strength of this claim. If it is as important as she claim, I can bump something of middling importance sooner than that, but she is primarily available late Wednesday afternoons, Thursday mornings and all day on Fridays.
Where did you direct applicants for the tutor positions to send their resumes? I've put in the first request for tutor authorization papers. We'll see if the individual I'm being directed to contact this afternoon is actually available then. We'll see how the bureaucracy grinds this week. If it remains a problem I'll discuss it with Mr Marvolo before bringing it back to you.
Initial contact with Peakes. No response as yet.
A couple of first time Hogwarts parents are being particularly instant about speaking with you. Do you want me to schedule them or give them over to Septima? I believe it is routine nerves in both cases.
I get this itchy feeling when the Castle is doing it's odder mutations. Saved me a time or two on the stairs as a firstie. I'm still getting that feeling in the office, makes me reluctant to do too much major reorganization until it decides it's settled itself for you. I will of course begin checking the shelves but suspect thing may yet shift again.
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Schedule the parents, thirty minutes with fifteen minutes of padding. If Peakes continues to be difficult, get us a table at Ambergris or Portico for Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday of next week, whichever fits into his schedule, and invite Moon and Vandemar to round it out. Coordinate with Marvolo if WEA proves recalcitrant; he and I have reached an understanding, and he has burned fewer bridges with them than I have.
I shall be late tomorrow morning (as I have not yet slept). You'll find, when you arrive, that your prediction regarding the castle was correct: the staircase now opens on a receiving room, which contains a desk that appears to be perfectly suited to you. Do thank her for being so thoughtful, I've the oddest sense she appreciates the attention.