●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, June 19, 2022 ●● ● Jun 19 [01:19] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [01:19] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [01:26] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [01:26] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [01:32] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [01:32] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [01:39] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [01:47] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jun 19 [02:16] *Despatche (~desp@u3xy9z2ifjzci.irc) has joined #techbytes [02:20] *Despatche has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:37] *Despatche (~desp@u3xy9z2ifjzci.irc) has joined #techbytes [02:43] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [02:43] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jun 19 [04:01] schestowitz " [04:01] schestowitz Dear colleagues, [04:01] schestowitz In 2019, the EPO orchestrated a flawed Financial Study together with Oliver Wyman & Mercer. The President selected a base-2 scenario which foresaw deflation and an overall deficit of 3.8bn by 2038, and added a 2bn arbitrary buffer for closing the alleged gap. [04:01] schestowitz In May 2020, SUEPO mandated Ernst & Young to perform an analysis. Comparing the key assumptions of the 2019 study with those of other EPO documents, Ernst & Young found that the 2019 study consistently took an overly conservative approach. It was clear that the EPO had no deficit. [04:01] schestowitz In spite of this evidence, the President put in place as of July 2020 a new salary adjustment procedure aimed at closing the alleged gap and which cuts staff purchasing power. Instead of the alleged deflation, inflation materialized at the historical level of +10% in Austria over the past 2 years. At the same time, EPO salaries were adjusted by only +0,4%. [04:01] schestowitz Over the same period, the EPO saved on liabilities and increased its assets in the treasury fund and the pension reserve fund. Within only 2 years, the new salary adjustment procedure saved 1,33bn of the 2bn planned to be saved over 20 years. At the end of 2021 the actual budget surplus came to 385.7m, 10.6% better than 2020, and significantly above the budget figure of 214.8m.[1] [04:01] schestowitz The generated savings are currently not managed by staff. Staff has no say in the supervision of the treasury fund of the EPO and there is currently no mechanism to make cash payouts out of the pension reserve fund. [04:01] schestowitz In view of the excellent performance of the EPO, staff should be thanked for their effort instead of having a historical loss of purchasing power. This situation is neither justified nor sustainable. For the above reasons: [04:01] schestowitz SUEPO Munich requests an extraordinary salary adjustment to be applied as of 1 July 2022. [04:01] schestowitz [04:01] schestowitz Please check your email! Go and sign the petition ! We need your support ! [04:01] schestowitz SUEPO Vienna [04:01] schestowitz " [04:01] schestowitz " [04:01] schestowitz Dear colleagues, [04:01] schestowitz Inflation is at an all-time high since the euro was launched in 1997. The inflation index published by Eurostat for March 2022 is up to 7.5% for the Eurozone and 7.6% for Germany when compared with prices a year before on March 2021. And still growing. [04:01] schestowitz The trend stays worrying upwards, with no visible signs of a stabilisation, let alone a downward trend. In Europe, the macro-economic prognosis points to a long-term inflation and economic stagnation. Double digit inflation figures will become common. [04:01] schestowitz All of us are now faced with increased costs[1]: energy (44%), medical expenses, school expenses, transportation, housing, all basic needs. [04:01] schestowitz The school costs in particular, aggravated by the recent Education and Childcare reform, are impacting EPO staff parents more harshly. Additionally, to the impact of increased childcare costs since January 2022, as from August/September 2022 when further transitional measures are finished, the full weight of the indirect costs (like afterschool care and transportation) will be felt by our colleagues with children. [04:01] schestowitz Without an extraordinary adjustment to our salaries, EPO staff, in particular at the lower grades and/or with large families, are going to have difficulties complying with their liabilities in the coming months. [04:01] schestowitz Staff expects in these extraordinary economic circumstances that extraordinary measures are taken by the EPO administration. [04:02] schestowitz SUEPO requests that the administration proceeds with an extraordinary adjustment of the salaries in July 2022 to smoothen the huge impact of the inflation on EPO staff and families. [04:02] schestowitz Kind regards, [04:02] schestowitz Your SUEPO Committee Berlin [04:10] schestowitz https://diaspora.psyco.fr/posts/8661038#4c5255e0c83f013a1b08525400e2c8f0 [04:10] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-diaspora.psyco.fr | Reshare by Tek #aEvl_us <#> { [04:11] schestowitz jhari@sysad.org - 12 days ago [04:11] schestowitz so are these basically scraping individual user data based on geolocation, timing, and value profiles located at that node cluster of the CDNetwork? Cause I just got that [04:11] schestowitz Tek #aEvl_us <#> { [04:11] schestowitz Tek #aEvl_us <#> { - 12 days ago [04:11] schestowitz I have been in the middle of setting up a WordPress site, so when I saw this, it gave me an idea of how to confirm this. [04:11] schestowitz jhari@sysad.org [04:11] schestowitz jhari@sysad.org - 12 days ago [04:11] schestowitz Oh yeah? Arent there FLOSS alternatives to WordPress? [04:11] schestowitz Tek #aEvl_us <#> { [04:11] schestowitz Tek #aEvl_us <#> { - 12 days ago [04:11] schestowitz Are there? Its not going to be super complex, just, needed for one plug in, if thats even available anymore. [04:11] schestowitz jhari@sysad.org [04:11] schestowitz jhari@sysad.org - 12 days ago [04:11] schestowitz There will be, or we shant have a free press. [04:11] schestowitz Tek #aEvl_us <#> { [04:11] schestowitz Tek #aEvl_us <#> { - 12 days ago [04:11] schestowitz So far, not much luck on a replacement, :) [04:11] schestowitz https://diaspora.psyco.fr/posts/8693151#344e0e20cf1d013a8be128a1592b385a [04:11] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-diaspora.psyco.fr | Ubuntu Core 22 Release Addresses Challenges of IoT, Edge Computing ... 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