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David E. Martin (martinde@newton.ccs.tuns.ca) wrote:
: The idea of C.S. students from Dal and TUNS getting involved in the
: planning of a merged program is of course better than sitting by and
: leaving the whole job to the faculty members.  After a group meeting 
: with TUNS' dean of comp.science last Thursday, my feeling is that, 
: while plans appear to still be in the earliest stages of development,
: _now_ is the time to make our priorities known before plans start to
: take shape.
  
: The possibility of an upheaval in curiculum is of course a concern for
: students present and future, as is maintaining fiscal control and 
: autonomy within any newly defined body.

: Unfortunately, it is impossible to plan anything when the very
: structure and resources the program(s) is not known.  I don't 
: envy the dean's office of either institution.

: What we can do, while the senior administrations negotiate the future 
: administrative structure of Dal and TUNS, is attempt to come so some
: consensus on what we as students would like to see offered under any
: new arrangement - what we'd like to keep and what we'd like to see
: improved.  This will hopefully serve to provide the faculty (who I
: _do_ believe are our partners in this process) an idea of where we
: want our education to take us.

: So, lets hear some thoughts.

: -dave

: David Martin
: TUNS CS Student

It would appear that both Dal/TUNS CS students should get together and 
have a discussion of the situation.  Perhaps this meeting could be 
arranged between the computing societies of both institutions.  Regular 
meetings would seem appropriate (alternating between the two campuses).

Kirk Brown@ug.cs.dal.ca