Review of Year 2000 Issues - Dr. Harris advised that many institutions are writing to vendors who supply software to verify that that such programs are Year 2000 compliant. Departments that have not done this for all programs within their department need to be sure this is accomplished. Recently we received information that not only should we receive written statements from our vendors on this issue, but that all such software programs should be tested by the institution. Dr. Harris distributed a sample Client Satisfaction Survey that is on the Web. Each month individuals from different groups will be requested via e-mail to go to the Web site and complete the client surveys for any and all areas that apply to them.
Individuals also are free to complete a survey at any time.
SCT Software Futures Briefing - On December 19th, Susan LaCour, Vice President for Software Development for SCT along with several members of her staff were on campus and presented an overview of where SCT is going from a software perspective. Basically, the plans for the immediate future are to continue to have the two different product lines, IA and Banner. Susan LaCour has agreed to return during the month of January along with support personnel to further address issues brought up in the December 19th meeting concerning the direction we are presently taking. We anticipate an all day working session. In preparation, Dr. Harris has asked project leaders, the SCT group and some I.S. technical managers to provide questions he can forward to Susan LaCour before her next visit.