Oh, You Poor Overworked Dears

If you want to deny non-tenure track workers the right to vote in faculty meetings, and if you want to try to justify that position by arguing that it is the tenure-track faculty who do all the heavy lifting (curriculum development, committee service, student advisement, etc.), I say fine, but don't then turn around and say that you don't want to participate in a curriculum development retreat because you "feel tired." Or at least don't say this in front of everyone. And even if you are tired, don't put off the retreat (which, after all, is the type of thing one is obligated to do if one is a tenure-track faculty member) for an entire year. Stupid.