Jerry Steuernagel and Matt Chrystal have volunteered to help us in this regard. I thank them both for their help and enthusiasm. I understand that support staff computers can now back up files to a central PC in Peters Hall. If you are in the Novell system you should be able to do so. The latter will allow faculty to transfer files to the support staff folder who could later do work on those files as instructed.
Computer crashes are common and extraction of information from hard disks is expensive.
If you need training on how to operate in a network, coordinate an appointment with Matt Chrystal, who is determined, as I am, to make this work. We need to review and assess our system of farm operations with the objective to reduce costs and increase efficiencies that will allow us to maintain our current teaching, research and extension activities. A meeting with St. Paul faculty supervisors has been schedule for next Monday afternoon to initiate this process. Overall, due to Don Otterby's work on fiscal control and the fiscal actions taken during the last 6 months of my tenure, the department is financially sound and is fulfilling its mission within the limits of the budgetary constrains. We look forward to a better future and improved support from the College and University.