Disposal of surplus equipment in ways that would benefit the college. Have not worked on this yet. This is the end product of this committee. A recommendation of how the College should keep its hardware up to date with the limited resources on hand. Geneseo must agree to buy in or not on either three year contract.
Costs are very low.
If we buy in later, costs are higher. The savings on buying both products in large, SUNY-wide numbers is substantial. Although the Common Software Subcommittee has had no time to discuss whether or not and under what circumstances we should buy into any common software, an immediate decision must be made on these contracts. This sub-committee still intends to poll the campus and draft a resolution on common software for the campus. Sue Chichester pointed out that the majority of new employees are using Microsoft Office and that many longer term employees would like to switch but do not want to pay for the new software.