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EITS to host tech forum
Input needed for next steps
BRIAN MINK
Issue date: 9/25/07 Section: News
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Changes are afoot in the way University officials handle information technology, and they want you to be involved.
Enterprise Information Technology Services is holding two town hall meetings today at the Tate Center Gallery, room 309, to gather community input on improving University information technology.
The first meeting begins at 10:30 a.m. and the second at 12:30 p.m.
"These meetings are done to drive what we do next. These aren't just to waste an hour and a half," said Bert DeSimone, communications officer for EITS. "We take them very seriously."
The 12:30 p.m. meeting will offer free pizza in an attempt to draw more participation in the process, DeSimone said.
Each of the sessions will begin with a brief video and presentation and will conclude with a question-and-answer period, he said.
"It's a fairly open discussion at that point," he said. "It will kind of be focused on what people want to talk about."
DeSimone said EITS takes seriously the concerns and suggestions of those in attendance. EITS projects such as the Parallel Installation Project, which seeks to evaluate alternatives to WebCT, the new security features of the MyID program and the expansion of the University's wireless network have come out of the Compact Planning process, he said.
Compact Planning is an annual process EITS uses to assess needs and desires of the University community with regard to information technology, according to the EITS Web site.
Once the brainstorming process is complete, officials determine the feasibility of carrying out some of those objectives and put plans into action.
Today's town hall meetings, which are open to all members of the University community, are follow-ups to more focused discussions with faculty groups and student organizations such as SGA, DeSimone said.
DeSimone said it's important that EITS view students and faculty as clients and seek their input whenever possible.
"There are people from EITS (at the meetings today) who are decision-makers," he said. "It'll be people who can make a difference."
Enterprise Information Technology Services is holding two town hall meetings today at the Tate Center Gallery, room 309, to gather community input on improving University information technology.
The first meeting begins at 10:30 a.m. and the second at 12:30 p.m.
"These meetings are done to drive what we do next. These aren't just to waste an hour and a half," said Bert DeSimone, communications officer for EITS. "We take them very seriously."
The 12:30 p.m. meeting will offer free pizza in an attempt to draw more participation in the process, DeSimone said.
Each of the sessions will begin with a brief video and presentation and will conclude with a question-and-answer period, he said.
"It's a fairly open discussion at that point," he said. "It will kind of be focused on what people want to talk about."
DeSimone said EITS takes seriously the concerns and suggestions of those in attendance. EITS projects such as the Parallel Installation Project, which seeks to evaluate alternatives to WebCT, the new security features of the MyID program and the expansion of the University's wireless network have come out of the Compact Planning process, he said.
Compact Planning is an annual process EITS uses to assess needs and desires of the University community with regard to information technology, according to the EITS Web site.
Once the brainstorming process is complete, officials determine the feasibility of carrying out some of those objectives and put plans into action.
Today's town hall meetings, which are open to all members of the University community, are follow-ups to more focused discussions with faculty groups and student organizations such as SGA, DeSimone said.
DeSimone said it's important that EITS view students and faculty as clients and seek their input whenever possible.
"There are people from EITS (at the meetings today) who are decision-makers," he said. "It'll be people who can make a difference."
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