The Committee recommends that employee concerns about their job descriptions should first go to their managers. Some concern is being expressed for non-English speaking persons having problems with understanding the changes , UH will have Spanish speaking people to help translate the information. Some concern that translators in other languages would not be provided. Next meeting is scheduled for the second Monday in January. Distance education will be receiving a lot more funds in the near future.
Committee meets once a month.
There will be more reaching out to satellites and setting out modules to communicate with long distance students. There are plans to get them through their computers at work and home. A middle section was added to the resolution to clarify the use of Social Security Numbers, there is concern that the University needs to pay closer attention to keeping this information secure , especially in preventing identity theft. Now Lobo cards allow students, faculty, and staff to suppress the SSN and a different identification number is used. Polling his constituents through email, Gomez said the general feeling was in favor of the resolution.