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Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93  16:12:42 CST
From: Terri Cameron <GH0225%SPRINGB.BITNET@UBVM.cc.buffalo.edu>


We have just found out this week that our department will be decentralized,
with programmers moved into some as yet undefined administrative areas
around the institution and that Office Visions, DW370 and our other
office automation systems will also be taken away from our users at some
as yet undefined point, probably in the next couple of years.

Although it's pretty apparent that our Dean's mind is made up, I have
been assured that he is interested in any feedback about institutions
who have already decentralized, particularly as to how they have handled
issues such as campus-wide calendars, e-mail and bulletin boards.  I
think it would also be interesting to see how many institutions there
really are out there who do not have a centralized computing area that
includes programming support.  We are only talking about 5 programmers
for 1,200 users with some pretty diverse needs.

So, I am scanning indexes of journals looking for articles and thought
I'd ask people who might have gone through this already.

I'd appreciate any comments you can send.

Thank you.

Terri Cameron                                              PHONE: 217/782-2419
Departmental Information Supervisor                          FAX: 217/785-5561
Computing Services                                      BITNET: GH0225@SPRINGB
P.O. Box 19230                         INTERNET:GH0225%SPRINGB@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU
Springfield, IL 62794-9230