In addition to the items Sandi mentions,
I have heard that the IT Steering Committee wants to disallow ALL forwarding
of email.
It's hard to know what they are thinking
because they keep no minutes and allow no public notes to be distributed
(though some
sneak out). There is no excuse for that
in a committee that makes such large-scale decisions.
Ken
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Dr. Kenneth Lord
Assistant to the Provost for Educational Technology (www.qc.cuny.edu/edtech)
Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
Lecturer, Computer Science
Queens College, CUNY
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Dear Colleagues,
This communication is to URGE you to communicate
to ALL you colleagues, besides UFS senators, who are concerned with centralized
IT decisions as these impact academic needs -- teaching AND research.
I wish to insure that Brian Cohen, who is
in charge of CUNY's IT offices and the IT committee (composed to technical
personnel from the colleges) -- OUR GUEST AT THE PLENARY -- hears directly
from faculty what their problems might be.
If you cannot come (Tuesday evening, April
17, 6:30 pm, Graduate School, 9th floor meeting rooms) you are invited
to e mail me with issues that you wish raised.
Issues which I have raised with Brian Cohen
so far include decisions on e-portfolios (which we consider a faculty concern);
whether or not retirees can still get their college e mail; a system
of public communication to all faculty of IT decisions (Cohen's office
is planning a new letter) and a regular system of minutes of the IT meetings.
Issues about the new Blackboard upgrade
and CUNYFirst continue to arise and Brian will address these.
I need to hear from people who are concerned
both with teaching and their own research needs.
Sandi
Sandi E. Cooper, Chair
University Faculty Senate -- CUNY
535 E 80 Street
New York, N Y 10075
212 794 5538
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