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...past two years, the UFS--a community-oriented planning consultant group--has received funds solely from the GSD. Masis M. Seferi, director of the Field Service, refused to accept any projects this year, claiming in a memorandum to Kilbridge that the limited UFS budget made it impossible for the UFS "to continue in a responsible and effective manner," and asked him to end the program. Kilbridge scoffed at the idea. "The Field Service is an integral part of the GSD. It was here long before Seferi, and it will be here long after she leaves," he said...
...Stern fund ran out in 1969, and the UFS was forced to pound payment for financial support to continue operating. Its funding proposal to the Ford Foundation was rejected. Seferi said earlier this week that foundations are reluctant to set aside funds for working expenses. "The big foundations want to fund new operations," she said. "They're changing priorities, and the UFS didn't meet the new criteria...
After all efforts to find a new backer failed, the GSD picked up the Field Service's expanses. Since 1970, the UFS has been funded solely by the Design School's unrestricted income. The limited money has forced a cutback in outside supervisors and projects. Last year, Seferi accepted only six projects, and directed five of them by her. The sixth was handled by a non-salaried outside architect...
Kilbridge has stuck consistently to his conspiracy theme. Seferi wrote two memoranda-in September 1971 and September 1972-than reiterated the problems outlined in the Hartman memo. Kilbridge ignored her suggestions, replying that "she is battling the UFS because her contract is not being renewed...
Kilbridge's efforts to oust Seferi may succeed, but it won't make much different. Without any project this year Seferi has all but ended the Service. The GSD's hollow commitment may continue, but it will support a Field Service more worthy of that kind of backing--a Field Service that exists only in name...