Newly designed forms should facilitate the proposal process. Similar levels of funding are expected for the coming year. Ned will reiterate that the CAB's role is merely to make recommendations to the President, and then ITS takes over for the actual spending of the money for departments. Jim suggested that all previous proposals have been addressed in some way. None have been completely rejected.
Clarification is needed.
He's looking for feedback on it by early summer. After approval by the CAB the document will go to the Executive Council, College Planning Committee and the Information Resources Committee, then to the President. The Project Evaluation Subcommittee has sent letters to all departments with approved requests outlining the timeline and what should happen next, i.e., contacting Physical Plant etc. Faculty Day was suggested as a possible time for presentations. This policy will formalize the way ITS works with departments which operate their own servers, and provide guidelines of operation and management for departments and organizations which use this type of equipment.