[rclsaver] Summary of Meeting with Student Union from Today, Friday Apr. 17
- From: "Shaun Mahal" <smahal@xxxxxx>
- To: "'rclsaver'" <rclsaver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:01:16 -0400
Team,
Ricky, Teagan and myself just came from a meeting with Julian, Justin, and
another gentleman from the Student Union. The meeting did not yield much
good news.
Justin did most of the talking, and he informed us that in the past few
days, Matt (the current SU Pres) met with some representatives from the Dean
of Student's office. He stated that they were not allowed to talk with Jim
Stone. The Dean's office representatives told the Union people that there
isn't much that can be done, that there was essentially a gag order coming
from Brown on the issue to his reports, and the representatives gave the
sense that this is set.
They presented "sound financial reasons" that Justin couldn't elaborate on,
and that the administration wouldn't back up with documents. As we've all
suspected, this is a business decision to cut a non-revenue-generating
function.
Teagan and Ricky can hopefully provide more information/insight into
anything I missed above and below.
What the Union is doing:
They are drafting a resolution, to which they would like to add our
collective endorsement. They will send it to me, and I will give send it
along to all of you on Monday. We will have the opportunity to vote
for/against as well as make some suggestions. We'll give it back to the
Union and they will present it with or without our endorsement.
What's the Union resolution going to say?
There are two pieces to the resolution - one is a minimum set of demands the
Union would like the administration to adhere to with the new plans,
including:
* A 24 hour printing facility (I suspect this will cause issues with the
selection of Mugar)
* Increased escort hours availability for students who make use of the
centralized printing
* A more robust remote printing system with web-interface support
* It seemed they were in favor of unmanned remote-printing release stations
at the current ResNet locations
* I suggested that they add in information addressing the need to endorse
placement of current ResStaff (including non-work-study and international
students) into technical positions across campus (it's one thing to give us
a job in some function, another to give us work relevant to our
majors/ambitions).
* I suggested they take out language acknowledging the ability to maintain
the current level of service - as I strongly feel new stations will not be
able to provide the same benefits we do
* I also suggested they request the administration sign off on acknowledging
the potential for costs to be passed onto students in the form of having to
pay for personal printers etc. - This point was not well received by the
Union.
The other part of the resolution:
The sense that I got from the meeting is that the ship has sailed - that
there is little we can do to change the course of action.
What are our next steps
As I mentioned, we will
From: Anish Kattukaran [mailto:anishkattukaran@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 12:48 PM
To: rcl-all@xxxxxx; rclsaver
Subject: Printing Options Across Campus
Hello again,
Im playing devils advocate again so that we are prepared to field of
questions. The talk right now is about shutting down the residential labs.
In all our press coverage we insinuate that after the ResNet labs are shut
people will be able to print only at 111 and Mugar.
I did a little research and discovered the following list of computer lab
facilitates across campus that give students access to Windows, UNIX and Mac
based platforms with almost all of the software that the ResNet labs offer
if not more. So basically there ARE a host of options for students to get
access to computers. This could be one of the factors that the
administration took into account when deciding to close down ResNet. So we
would need to address this more prominently.
GENERAL LABS:
General Access PC Labs
* <http://web.bu.edu/cc/helpdesk/hours.html> Office of Information
Technology's General Access PC Lab
111 Cummington Street, Basement
* Mugar Memorial Library General Access PC Lab
771 Commonwealth Avenue, First Floor
<http://scv.bu.edu/computation/index.html> Scientific Computing and
Visualization (SCV) Resources
111 Cummington Street, Room 203, Phone 617-353-2780
Please see <http://scv.bu.edu/cgl/access/> scv.bu.edu/cgl/access for
information on gaining access to these resources.
<http://web.bu.edu/pcsc/scanning/> Personal Computing Support Center
Scanning Facility
111 Cummington Street, Basement, ACS Help Desk 617-353-2784
This small lab is available for scanning graphics and text, either by
appointment or on a space-available, walk-in basis
<http://web.bu.edu/erc/services/computing-resources.html> Educational
Resource Center Mac Lab
One University Road, The Sargent Gym Building
Suite 150, Phone 617-353-7077
<http://people.bu.edu/lsu/> Local Students' Union Computer Lab
George Sherman Union, Student Center Basement
Open only to off-campus undergraduates.
<http://web.bu.edu/cfa/resources/computer-lab/> CFA Public Computer Lab
855 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 203
The computer lab located in the College of Fine Arts is a public Macintosh
computer lab open to all BU students, faculty and staff with a valid BU ID.
DEPARTMENTAL LABS:
There are labs at all of the following locations:
<http://web.bu.edu/archaeology/resources/facilities.htm> Archaeology
Computer Lab
Located in the Stone Science Building
675 Commonwealth Avenue, Suite 338
Biology Computing Facilities
* 2 Cummington Street, Room 510
* 5 Cummington Street, Room 332
* 5 Cummington Street, Room 519
BU Medical Center, Alumni Medical Library Lab (LRC)
Located on the 11th floor of the library at
80 E. Concord Street
BU Medical Center, Lab for Instructional Technology
80 E. Concord Street, L-G09
(for training sessions only)
Center for Computational Science High Performance Computing Lab
44 Cummington Street, Room 107
<http://cps-www.bu.edu/cpshelp/> Center for Polymer Studies (CPS) Computing
Facilities
590 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, Phone 617-353-8000
Center for Remote Sensing Computer Lab (CRS)
725 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 433, Phone 617-353-9709
<http://web.bu.edu/csp/computers.html> Center for Space Physics (CSP) Lab
725 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 506, Phone 617-353-5990
<http://web.bu.edu/cfa/resources/computer-lab/> College of Fine Arts
855 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 203
<http://www.bu.edu/cas/academics/degree/college-res.html> College of Arts
and Sciences
685 Commonwealth Ave, Room 327, Phone 617-353-2182
CAS facilities include the CAS Computer Lab, the Geddes Language Center Lab,
Computer Science labs, Chemistry computer facilities, and others.
<http://web.bu.edu/com/mc/ad/facilities.shtml> College of Communication
* <http://web.bu.edu/com/mc/ad/facilities.shtml> Multimedia Labs
<http://web.bu.edu/engit/> College of Engineering
ENG facilities include the Acoustics lab, Biomedical Engineering, the CAD
lab, the Software Engineering lab, and others.
<http://www.cs.bu.edu/labs/> Computer Science Department Labs
<http://cns.bu.edu/techlab/> Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems
(CNS) Lab
677 Beacon Street, Phone 617-353-9481
<http://web.bu.edu/geddes/facilities/labs/computer.html> Geddes Language
Center (GLC) Computer Lab
685 Commonwealth Avenue, Phone 617-353-2640
Geography Information Systems
* 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 444
* 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 458 (Macintosh Lab)
<http://math.bu.edu/misc/computer-info/tour/labs.html> Math Department
Computer Labs
Metropolitan College Personal Computer Facilities
755 Commonwealth Avenue, Room B-18
Multimedia Communications Lab
8 St. Mary's Street, Room 445, Phone 617-353-8042
The MCL is part of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and
is located in the Photonics Center.
<http://web.bu.edu/celop/mll/index.html> Multimedia Language Lab (CELOP)
890 Commonwealth Avenue, Phone 617-353-4870
<http://physics.bu.edu/prcf.html> Physics Research Computer Facility (PRCF)
590 Commonwealth Avenue, Phone 617-353-2600
<http://smgpublish.bu.edu/labs/> School of Management
<http://www.bu.edu/ssw/it/facilities/lab/index.shtml> School of Social Work
264 Bay State Road, Room B33
<http://web.bu.edu/sargent/centers/mrc/computers/> Sargent College of
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
635 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 236
<http://www.bu.edu/education/imc/index.htm> School of Education
605 Commonwealth Avenue, Instructional Materials Center (IMC), Phone
617-353-3181
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