Topics for Potential 1999 IT Retreat

1. The appropriate structure, function and organization of the existing central IT organizations (OAC, CDI, AIS, CTS, OID) in a distributed IT environment. Embedded in this topic is clarification of the core roles and responsibilities for central and local technology organizations.
2. How best to ensure provision of high performance computing resources for research and teaching..
3. How best to ensure for undergraduate students needed information technology resources - hardware, support, and training.
4. Development of improved policies and procedures for the IT components of boundary spanning collaborative research activities.
5. Development of improved policies, procedures and material support for Web-based curricular communication, including both on-line information describing the curriculum and on-line delivery of various parts of the curriculum for undergraduate, graduate and continuing education students on campus and off campus.
6. Copyright issues.