Agenda items planned are a vote on the revised Senate bylaws and a major presentation by Sandra Johnson, Provost, and Rob Altholtz, Vice President-Business and Finance, on the university budget for FY2002. He noted that elements of the plan have been in effect for about the past year, and that he felt it was time to discuss it more widely. Following his presentation, Moberg responded to questions and concerns raised by several senators. The University IT staffing system is a combination of centralized and decentralized staff. The centralized ITS support staff and organizational structure have improved over the past year.
Wide variation exists in duties and service perspectives among IT support staff.
It is difficult to coordinate IT projects between centralized and decentralized IT support staff. Many non-ITS staff feel left out from campus IT developments. Consistent staff hiring, training, and compensation is difficult in current environment. The new staffing models developed over the past 18 months are working well. These models can be scaled up to provide a comprehensive program for IT support that builds on the strengths of the current environment but reduces the weaknesses.