Issues to be addressed are the critical mass issues and the role of the CSC. . There is a lack of information in the study concerning asperational peers. It would be a good idea for the CACP to get a copy of the Middle States report. . Provost has asked some questions and asked for responses. Don't think that we have information on the answers to the questions.
Timing is such that the memo was received yesterday and responses are due today.
There may be an upgrade and they are not sure it will be seamless. Another opinion is that the answer is Yes for the first year, but no afterwards. Suggest that we state that the intention is that the use would be transparent for 1 year. ACC has only base SAS and no Fortran. However, the idea is that the VM software should be the same.