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I am requesting materials possessed by University of Connecticut for all vendors with which you have a relationship:
• Scholarship Management: Blackbaud AwardManagement, NextGen Web Solutions, Ellucian Scholarship Universe, Kaleidoscope, Submittable, SmarterSelect, Survey Monkey
• Donor Management: Blackbaud Raiser's Edge, Foundant, Bloomerang, Donor Perfect, EverTrue
I am looking for all contracts (and/or master service agreements with all associated purchase orders) that are still in effect or have been in effect in the past 3 years.
Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W
Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W ORCID.: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5780-6457
FOI #25-220 (05-20-25, 7:48 am) - Subject - Scarlett Johansson May 20th 2024 Statement on Res Ipsa Loquitur and OpenAIRE DOI.: 10.5281/zenodo.11416577
Name - Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W
Affiliation - Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W ORCID.: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5780-6457
What I am requesting for prompt disclosure are records in your possession detailing your discussions about [1] res ipsa loquitor (i) as a Latin term, which basically means: “The thing speaks for itself;” (ii) as a “doctrine in tort law, which permits an inference or presumption that a defendant was negligent in an accident injuring the plaintiff on the basis of circumstantial evidence if the accident was of a kind that does not ordinarily occur in the absence of negligence;” [2] Scarlett Johansson as a woman (and a global superstar) who has on (or around) May 20th 2024 published a statement wherein she recognized that (i) she was in the month of September 2023 contacted by Open Artificial Intelligence (“OpenAI”) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sam Altman for the purpose of working with OpenAI by voicing OpenAI; (ii) she has upon reflection “declined” to work with OpenAI for the purpose of “voicing the system;” (iii) she has chosen not to add millions and millions of American dollars to her net worth (and her bank account) by working with OpenAI because she didn’t want to exacerbate antisemitism, racism and sexism on the Internet; (iv) efforts were made to get her to reconsider her decision not to work with OpenAI on (or around) May 11th 2024; (v) the May 11th 2024 efforts to get her to reconsider her decision not to work with OpenAI were quickly abandoned; (vii) OpenAI disregarded her wishes not to be associated with them and used a voice so “eerily similar” to hers when launching ChatGPT 4.0 on (or around) May 13th 2024; (viii) she has never consented nor given her explicit permission for OpenAI to use the “Sky” voice at the time ChatGPT 4.0 was launched on (or around) May 13th 2024; [3] Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W as a Black man (and an ex-immigrant of the United States of America) who (i) was exasperated upon realizing that the filtering and distortion of his published works on internet search engines (ISE) such as AOL, Bing/MSN, Google and Yahoo was always (without exception) preceded by frenzy; (iv) is thoroughly convinced that sexism and misogyny are woven in the fabric of OpenAI particularly given how ChatGPT 4.0 was launched by disregarding the personal wishes of Scarlett Johansson not to be associated with OpenAI; [4] the decision of the Joseph R. Biden – Kamala Harris White House Administration to recognize on (or around) October 30th 2023 that AI has (i) “deepened discrimination and bias, rather than improving quality of life;” (ii) “reproduced and intensified existing inequities;” (iii) “caused new types of harmful discrimination and exacerbated online and physical harms;” [5] the formal/informal opinion of your local/state government pertaining to AI; [6] the policies and procedures implemented by your local/state government to prevent AI from (i) “deepening discrimination and bias, rather than improving quality of life;” (ii) “reproducing and intensifying existing inequities;” (iii) “causing new types of harmful discrimination...”
Pursuant to public information/open records statutes and within the guidelines of FERPA, please accept this email as an official request for Fall 2024 DIRECTORY information for students that meet the
following criteria:
a. All undergraduate and graduate students for the Fall 2024 Term
Please, kindly process the request and send the information in the format listed below.
If you have any questions in filling out this request, please let me know. If any information below is not deemed directory information, the remaining is appreciated. The following student information fields are requested in alphabetical order by last name.
Each should be in a SEPARATE column:
a. Prefix
b. First Name
c. Middle Name
d. Last Name
e. Suffix
f. Current Address 1
g. Current Address 2
h. Current Address 3
i. Current City
j. Current State
k. Current Zip
l. Current Country
m. Permanent Address 1
n. Permanent Address 2
o. Permanent Address 3
p. Permanent City
q. Permanent State
r. Permanent Zip
s. Permanent Country
t. Personal Email
u. School Email
v. Expected Graduation Date
w. Any academic honors distinctions, and the requirements to achieve such distinction.
x. Designation of students which achieve our recognition status levels of 3.2-3.49 for honors, 3.5-3.79 for high honors, or 3.8+ for highest honors.
FOI #25-218 (05-13-25, 10:23 am) - Subject - Dan Hurley contract request under IRS Form 990 and FOIA
Name - Jim Coyle
Affiliation -
I am writing to request a copy of the employment contract for Head Men’s Basketball Coach, Dan Hurley on behalf of The Gazelle Group under tax form 990 and FOIA. I agree to pay any reasonable copying and postage fees of not more than $20. If the cost is greater than this amount, please notify me. I would also appreciate a receipt indicating the charges for each document. If possible, I would greatly prefer an emailed response to jcoyle@gazellegroup.com to avoid the postage fees.
The Gazelle Group is a sports marketing company located in Princeton, NJ that represents a number of coaches across the country. The information requested will be used to help track trends in salaries. Nothing we receive will be for public use. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact jcoyle@gazellegroup.com.
We're looking to make a Public Records Request for the following information for the undergraduate and graduate population (if applicable) enrolled at University of Connecticut-Stamford in the current academic term:
• email addresses
• names
• majors
• class year
• participation in varsity sports
If any of that information is not available, we would request any and all of it that is.
We're looking to make a Public Records Request for the following information for the undergraduate and graduate population (if applicable) enrolled at University of Connecticut-Avery Point in the current academic term:
• email addresses
• names
• majors
• class year
• participation in varsity sports
If any of that information is not available, we would request any and all of it that is.
For background, the Generation Lab is a polling and research firm that conducts surveys on the college demographic nationwide, with statistics featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, The Chronicle of Higher Education and other sources.
FOI #25-215 - Subject - Open records request - Hartford Campus
Name - Generation Lab
Affiliation -
We're looking to make a Public Records Request for the following information for the undergraduate and graduate population (if applicable) enrolled at University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus in the current academic term:
• email addresses (cannot have)
• names
• majors
• class year
• participation in varsity sports
If any of that information is not available, we would request any and all of it that is.
For background, the Generation Lab is a polling and research firm that conducts surveys on the college demographic nationwide, with statistics featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, The Chronicle of Higher Education and other sources.
FOI #25-214 - Subject - Dan Hurley FOIA Request for HC Contract
Name - Jim Coyle
Affiliation -
I am writing to request a copy of the employment contract for Head Men’s Basketball Coach, Dan Hurley on behalf of The Gazelle Group. I agree to pay any reasonable copying and postage fees of not more than $20. If the cost is greater than this amount, please notify me. I would also appreciate a receipt indicating the charges for each document. If possible, I would greatly prefer an emailed response to jcoyle@gazellegroup.com to avoid the postage fees.
FOI #25-212 (05-9-25, 12:37 pm) - Subject - Security camera footage or any surveillance video in the area
Name - Student Student
Affiliation - University of Connecticut
Im requesting to see surveillance or security footage. I was involved in a car accident along Storrs Road, right at the intersection of towers loop road and Horsebarn Hill Road. The accident occurred while I was making a left hand turn into Towers Loop Road, from Storrs Road. The accident occurred sometime between the hours of 8:30 and 9:30 Pm. on Wednesday May 7th, 2025.